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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 Twisted Colossus 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 one of the largest coaster collections anywhere and famously variable dispatch speeds, Fast Lane can transform a Saturday here.
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Magic Mountain is open year-round. It runs daily in summer and during peak holiday periods, and outside those stretches it opens mostly on weekends and holidays, so check the official operating calendar for your date. On select fall nights from mid-September to early November, Fright Fest takes over the park in the evening, with haunted mazes that require a separate Haunted Attractions Pass.
| Day | Park hours (local time) |
|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct | 10:30 AM – 11 PM Haunt from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Fri 23 Oct | 10:30 AM – 12 AM Haunt from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Sat 24 Oct | 10:30 AM – 1 AM Haunt from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Sun 25 Oct | 10:30 AM – 11 PM Haunt from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10:30 AM – 6 PM |
| Thu 29 Oct | 10:30 AM – 11 PM Haunt from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
| Fri 30 Oct | 10:30 AM – 12 AM Haunt from 7 PM (separate ticket) |
From the park’s published schedule. Hours change, and evening events can close the park to day guests early — check with the park before you go.
Six Flags Magic Mountain is in Valencia, in the Santa Clarita Valley north of Los Angeles. The park bills itself as the "Thrill Capital of the World" and has one of the largest roller coaster collections of any theme park, built around giant steel coasters like Goliath, Tatsu and Twisted Colossus. Its lineup has been shrinking: Superman: Escape from Krypton and Magic Flyer have closed, and X2 was permanently retired in September 2026.
| Ride | Min. height |
|---|---|
| Twisted Colossus · Hybrid wood-steel racing coasterBilled by the park as one of the world's longest hybrid coasters; two trains race on a single continuous track. | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Tatsu · Flying coasterRiders lie face-down; the park calls it the tallest, fastest and longest flying coaster. | 54 in (137 cm) |
| Full Throttle · Launched looping coasterBilled as the tallest and fastest looping coaster, with a 160-ft loop. | 54 in (137 cm) |
| Goliath · Steel hypercoasterKnown for a 255-ft first drop into a tunnel. | 48 in (122 cm) |
| West Coast Racers · Launched dual-track racing coasterTwo trains race side by side through four launches, with themed cars from West Coast Customs. | 54 in (137 cm) |
| WONDER WOMAN Flight of Courage · Single-rail coasterRiders sit single-file on one rail; the park calls it the tallest and longest single-rail coaster. | 48 in (122 cm) |
| THE RIDDLER'S Revenge · Stand-up coasterBolliger & Mabillard stand-up coaster with six inversions, opened in 1998. | 54 in (137 cm) |
Height minimums as the park publishes them; some rides also have a maximum or need a companion below a second height. Check the ride's sign on the day.
Checked 2026-10-11 against the park’s published information.
Queues 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. With X2 retired in September 2026, Twisted Colossus has the lowest capacity of the big coasters still running, and its line never recovers once it builds.
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.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.
Included with admission
Included with admission: scare zones, shows and rides in the dark on event evenings. The haunted mazes need a separate pass.
Usually runs in September and October — check the park's calendar for this year's dates.
Worth it on busy days
With one of the largest coaster collections anywhere and famously variable dispatch speeds, Fast Lane 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.
Looking for a Flash Pass or fast pass? At Six Flags Magic Mountain it is called Fast Lane: Buy it for a specific date on the park website or app, then scan a Fast Lane QR code in the park and book one ride at a time: Fast Lane Reserve holds your place in line virtually while you do other things, and Fast Lane Ultimate lets you go straight into the Fast Lane entrance.
Price: roughly $40–$120 per person, per day: Reserve holds your place in a virtual line, Ultimate goes straight to the Fast Lane entrance. 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 twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on moderate 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 October 20, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| X2 | August 28, 2026 | 45 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 | Mildlevel 2 | Moderatelevel 3 | Busylevel 4 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Destination: Death's Playground | 0–155 typical | — | 5–2520 typical | — | 10–8040 typical |
| Final Destination | — | — | — | — | 30–7040 typical |
| CraZanity | 5–105 typical | 5–255 typical | 5–4510 typical | 5–305 typical | 5–6035 typical |
| Twisted Colossus | 5–105 typical | — | 5–2510 typical | 5–4515 typical | 10–6035 typical |
| Roaring Rapids | 5–105 typical | 5–205 typical | 5–3020 typical | 5–155 typical | 5–4525 typical |
| Full Throttle | 5–155 typical | 5–2510 typical | 10–3020 typical | 5–2520 typical | 20–4530 typical |
| West Coast Racers | 5–1510 typical | 10–3015 typical | 10–3520 typical | 10–3520 typical | 15–4530 typical |
| Tatsu | 5–1010 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–1510 typical | 10–4020 typical |
| WONDER WOMAN™ Flight of Courage | 5–55 typical | 5–2015 typical | 5–3015 typical | 5–3010 typical | 5–4025 typical |
| The Conjuring Universe | 0–1515 typical | — | 5–155 typical | — | 2–4020 typical |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE™: Battle for Metropolis | 5–155 typical | 5–1515 typical | 5–205 typical | 5–3010 typical | 5–3515 typical |
| Carnage presented by M&M'S® | 0–55 typical | — | 5–3520 typical | — | 5–3520 typical |
| Goliath | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–1010 typical | 5–3015 typical |
| Apocalypse | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–155 typical | 5–2515 typical |
| Jammin' Bumpers | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–2010 typical |
| Jet Stream | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–2010 typical |
| The Great American Revolution | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–205 typical |
| THE RIDDLER™’s Revenge | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–105 typical | 5–205 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 17 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.
Twisted Colossus, then Tatsu and West Coast Racers. With X2 retired in September 2026, Twisted Colossus has the lowest capacity of the big coasters still running, and its line never recovers once it builds.
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 one of the largest coaster collections anywhere and famously variable dispatch speeds, Fast Lane 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.
The park is open year-round, but the days and hours change by season: daily in summer and on peak holidays, mostly weekends at other times. Fright Fest adds evening hours on select fall nights. Check the official operating calendar for the date you plan to visit.
No. Six Flags retired THE FLASH Pass at its legacy parks in January 2026, and Magic Mountain now sells Fast Lane, which comes in two versions: Fast Lane Reserve and Fast Lane Ultimate.
You buy Fast Lane for one date on the park website or app, then scan a Fast Lane QR code inside the park to book rides one reservation at a time. Reserve holds your spot in line virtually until your return time. Ultimate lets you go straight into the Fast Lane entrance, and Six Flags advertises it as cutting waits by up to 90%.