![]() The next year brought four more flat rides to the park, Electric Rainbow, Himalaya, Dragon, and Tumble Drum. Also added for 1973 was the Swiss Twist flat ride. Then, to where it now resides defunct as Montaña Rusa (Spanish for roller coaster) at Bosque Mágico in Nuevo León, Mexico. The coaster was a portable Wildcat coaster coming from Schwarzkopf and was removed in 1982 to Magic Landing in El Paso, Texas. Next year came around and a new roller coaster was added, Mountain Express (defunct). With the new mascots came a new attraction in the kid's section of the park, Wizard’s Village. The year 1972 brought the park’s unique and short-lived mascots, The Wizard and his trolls named Bleep, Bloop, and Boop. ![]() Gold Rusher was repainted to its current scheme of yellow and a new thrill was added to the park, the world’s first Hydro Flume, Jet Stream. Over five million dollars were spent renovating Magic Mountain for the 1972 season. The park then closed around Thanksgiving for renovation. Other major attractions included a restored 1912 Grand Carousel, Metro monorail (SBNO), Log Jammer log flume, and the iconic 384 foot high Sky Tower attraction. Opening as simply "Magic Mountain", the park had just two roller coasters the classic Arrow Dynamics Mine Train, Gold Rusher, and the kid-sized Clown Coaster (Now, Magic Flyer). Two years later, Southern California’s extreme thrill park, opened on May 29, 1971. Newhall, working alongside designers of SeaWorld San Diego, designed and began building the park in 1969 at the cost of twenty million dollars. If it worked for Disney, it would hopefully work for the city of Valencia. When Disneyland first opened in 1955, it was built in a small town outside of Los Angeles. The strategy was to build a theme park.Īnaheim, California was home to the world-famous Disneyland. The town, Valencia, was owned by the Newhall Land and Farm company and decided to take a strategy from nearby Anaheim, California. In 1996, Premier Parks, now known as "Six Flags", bought Magic Mountain from Time Warner and added "Six Flags" back to the park's name.Ī small town just outside of Los Angeles was looking for a way to attract people to live in the newly-formed town. ![]() The name of the park went back to just "Magic Mountain" and several roller coasters were built in the following years. Less than a decade after Six Flags bought the park, the park was sold to Time Warner in 1989. In 1979, the park was sold to Six Flags and renamed "Six Flags Magic Mountain". In 1973, the park added its third roller coaster, the now-defunct Mountain Express. Two roller coasters opened with the park in its first year. The admission price in 1971 was $5 for adults and $3.50 for children between the ages of 3 and 12. When the park opened in 1971, there were 500 employees and 33 attractions, many of the attractions were designed and built by Arrow Development Co., which later became Arrow Dynamics. 2 Additional History (Under Construction). ![]()
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