1/16/2023 0 Comments Magic mountain![]() ![]() The trolls King Blop, also known as King Troll, Bleep, Bloop, and the Wizard became recognizable symbols of Magic Mountain. However, they did not continue using the characters after their first year (another Six Flags park Great America has continuously used such characters since its opening in 1976, eight years before Marriott Corporation sold the park to Six Flags.) In 1972, they began using trolls as the park mascots. to use Looney Tunes/ Merrie Melodies characters. In the 1971 season, Magic Mountain obtained permission from Warner Bros. The Showcase Theater (renamed Golden Bear Theater), was part of the original park and featured Barbra Streisand as the first of many headline performers who would appear at Magic Mountain over the years. There were four transportation rides to the peak: Funicular, a cable railway or funicular, later renamed Orient Express the Metro, which consisted of three monorail stations around the park: Whitewater Lake, Country Fair, and Mountain stations and "Eagles Flight", a skyride that combined two stations at the peak: the long one north to Galaxy Station, and the short one west to El Dorado Station. Īt its 1971 opening, the rides and attractions included Gold Rusher, a steel coaster the Log Jammer, a log flume the Sky Tower, an observation tower Grand Prix, similar to Disneyland's Autopia ride El Bumpo, bumper boats a Carousel and other smaller rides. Because the park was in a relatively remote part of Los Angeles County, the Greyhound bus line provided bus service to and from the park and Los Angeles, as well as from Northern California, and optionally allowed purchase of park admission at the time the bus ticket was purchased. 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, there were 500 employees and 33 attractions, many of which were designed and built by Arrow Development that did previous work on attractions at Disneyland. Construction began in November 1969, until May 1971. They eventually formed a partnership to build an 200-acre theme park. Dickason if they could build a theme park. Knowing that Newhall Land and Farming Company had enough undeveloped land in the new town of Valencia, he asked CEO John F. ![]() founder George Millay and his executives began looking for a place in the Los Angeles county to build a theme park. Jet Stream is a family friendly flume ride located near the entrance to Gold Rusher. In 2017, the park had an estimated 3.3 million visitors, ranking it sixteenth in attendance in North America. It became the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters on July 16th, 2022. With 20 roller coasters, Six Flags Magic Mountain holds the world record for most roller coasters in an amusement park. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added "Six Flags" to the park's name. ![]() It opened on May 29, 1971, as a development of the Newhall Land and Farming Company and Sea World Inc. ![]() Six Flags Magic Mountain, formerly known and colloquially referred to as simply Magic Mountain, is a 262-acre (106 ha) amusement park located in Valencia, California, 35 miles (56 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. ![]()
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