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Six Flags Magic Mountain · California · typical hours 10 AM–9 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride X2 first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. There is no headline evening show, so the final operating hour is usually the quietest time to ride.
Worth it on busy days: With twenty coasters and famously variable dispatch speeds, a Flash Pass can transform a Saturday here.
See today's live waits free Ready-made touring plansQueues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 2 PM–4 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Six Flags Magic Mountain day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 10 AM | 30% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 47% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 68% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 86% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 97% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 95% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 82% of the day's peak |
| 6 PM | 64% of the day's peak |
| 7 PM | 44% of the day's peak |
| 8 PM | 30% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. X2 has the lowest capacity of any major coaster in the park and the line never recovers; Twisted Colossus is second worst.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during the summer holiday and Fright Fest weekends in October.
The best value for short lines is January and February weekdays and early December.
Worth it on busy days
With twenty coasters and famously variable dispatch speeds, a Flash Pass can transform a Saturday here. Midweek in the off-season it is wasted money — the same queue that takes ninety minutes in July takes fifteen in February.
Price: roughly $40–$120 virtual queue — you wait, just not in line. Prices change often and by date — treat this as a range, not a quote.
Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.
Check today's waits before you buyPlanning ahead? The free Six Flags Magic Mountain crowd calendar scores every day for the next four months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on busy days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.
Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through September 8, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Camp Duck Amuck Fun Fort | August 28, 2026 | 10 operating days |
| SCREAM | August 28, 2026 | 10 operating days |
| X2 | August 28, 2026 | 10 operating days |
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Twisted Colossus | August 28, 2026 | 5 operating days |
Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.
Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Busylevel 4 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CraZanity | 5–155 typical | 5–4530 typical | 45–7050 typical |
| Twisted Colossus | — | — | 45–7060 typical |
| Roaring Rapids | 5–2010 typical | 5–4030 typical | 5–6030 typical |
| Full Throttle | 5–2010 typical | 15–4530 typical | 40–6050 typical |
| Goliath | 5–105 typical | 5–3010 typical | 20–6040 typical |
| Tatsu | 5–1010 typical | 10–4530 typical | 25–6040 typical |
| THE RIDDLER™’s Revenge | 5–55 typical | 5–255 typical | 10–6025 typical |
| West Coast Racers | 10–3525 typical | 20–5035 typical | 35–6045 typical |
| WONDER WOMAN™ Flight of Courage | 5–205 typical | 5–3020 typical | 20–6045 typical |
| The Great American Revolution | 5–105 typical | 5–2010 typical | 20–5030 typical |
| Jet Stream | 5–1010 typical | 5–3510 typical | 5–4015 typical |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE™: Battle for Metropolis | 5–2010 typical | 5–3020 typical | 5–4020 typical |
| Apocalypse | 5–105 typical | 5–2015 typical | 15–3020 typical |
| BATMAN™ The Ride | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–3020 typical |
| LEX LUTHOR™: Drop of Doom | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–3020 typical |
| Jammin' Bumpers | 5–105 typical | 5–1510 typical | 10–2520 typical |
| Gold Rusher | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–2015 typical |
| Ninja | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–205 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 4 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.
Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 10 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
10 AM–11 AM and 8 PM–9 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 2 PM–4 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
X2, then Twisted Colossus and Tatsu. X2 has the lowest capacity of any major coaster in the park and the line never recovers; Twisted Colossus is second worst.
January, February, November and December — January and February weekdays and early December. Avoid June, July, August and October, when the summer holiday and Fright Fest weekends in October.
With twenty coasters and famously variable dispatch speeds, a Flash Pass can transform a Saturday here. Midweek in the off-season it is wasted money — the same queue that takes ninety minutes in July takes fifteen in February.