Six Flags Magic Mountain is rumored to get something BIG in 2025 and we just may be seeing some early prep for that new attraction happening right now.
A couple of years ago, I first heard rumors that Magic Mountain was supposed to get a very big roller coaster in 2024, but then Six Flags changed leadership and the rumors died down. Recently though, the rumors started to heat up again for the park to get that very big coaster.
Six Flags CEO Selim Bassoul said on the last earnings call that he wants to make a large capital investment in the chain during the next couple of years to lure back people into the parks. The parks’ attendance chainwide has been falling steadily since reopening after COVID and continues to fall even while other theme parks have rapid increases in attendance.
Initially, he wanted to save money by implementing a whole bunch of new festivals throughout the parks and that did not work into luring people back. His next and in my opinion smarter approach is to replace high-maintenance costly old rides with brand-new attractions. Now this is where the Magic Mountain rumors come in.
Early this year, survey markers were spotted by the abandoned Lucky Dragon restaurant on Samurai Summit. Electrical permits were filed as well for that location. Many thought it was for the recently announced solar panel project that will bring some much-needed shade to the massive sprawling parking lot. Recently, survey markers were noticed in the area around the Golden Bear theater and more electrical permits were filed for that location as well. When I went to the park last weekend, I noticed they had cut a tree down next to the abandoned theater.
After doing some digging on some online forums, I started seeing that reliable sources have heard the Ninja roller coaster and the Golden Bear theater were slated for demolition for a Giga coaster.
It is also of note that the Six Flags Magic Mountain X/Twitter account has been teasing a Giga coaster coming to the park. Ninja is one of the park’s oldest roller coasters and its manufacturer, Arrow Development, has since gone out of business. That would make it the perfect candidate to go for a replacement as it is old and high maintenance since they need to order custom parts that are very expensive to replace. The Golden Bear Theater has sat abandoned for years now and is mostly just vacant unused space.
Ninja, The Lucky Dragon, and The Golden Bear Theater all form a near-straight line in front of each other. Taking out all three of those for a massive Giga coaster seems just the thing that the park is looking to do based on the CEO’s recent comments.
If this all comes to fruition, I do have one quibble. My quibble is that Ninja is one of only two mid-size or in-between coasters that Magic Mountain currently has in its lineup, with the other being Gold Rusher. The other coasters are either very kiddie or very intense and losing Ninja would be losing another medium coaster for families or people gaining their confidence to ride the more intense coasters.
I have heard this new coaster could potentially be two hundred feet tall with a three hundred foot drop, which a Giga is three hundred feet or more, Hyper is two hundred feet. I also heard that after Fright Fest we can expect to start to see demolition take place at the Golden Bear Theater and I will be at the park every week during the holidays to check up on the progress of this brand-new project!
So after all those awesome details are you excited about a potential new roller coaster for Six Flags Magic Mountain? Are you excited about the prospect it could be a Giga coaster? When was the last time you have been to Magic Mountain and would this entice you to go back in 2025? Let us know in the comments below and follow Boardwalk Times for more updates on this rumored coaster!
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Ethan Becker is a columnist for the Boardwalk Times
