Hi Everyone.. I've been reading this forum for a while (grew up in LA and SFMM) and always like to read what's new. Went to the park last Saturday (21st), first time in 5 years. We (2 of us) got there at 10 and the gates opened at 10:30. We first bought gold flash passes and then followed this route (option b). All the rides were open and the flash passes worked on everything. We did not notice any lines until Tatsu; so 11:20ish. With the flash pass, we would queue up the next ride once checked in and we never had to wait. That was awesome. zero waiting! Riddlers Revenge had the largest wait since the flash pass just got us into the huge mess of the car queues (probably 20 minute wait there). We waited for the front car for every ride which added a few minutes, no biggie since we saved so much. By the time we hit Goliath, the gold flash pass wait was ~20 mins from check in time, which we timed perfectly. In the pm, Tatsu and Terminator had the largest flash pass wait times at ~30mins (but we hit them in the AM with no wait). We ended at X2 and the line took 1 hour 10 minutes. Exited the park around 6:30.
Looking back, we should have done what the poster said for option a, run to X2, then go get the flash pass. That early in the morning I doubt the line would be over a hour. The standard flash pass would have been fine, since our waits were always nothing or close to that; but if the waits are long, you can upgrade to the next level anytime during the day. But I'm still SOOOO glad we bought them and would suggest weekend SFMM go-ers to do the same. Great time at the park.
edit: even though our flash pass always had super small wait times (5-15mins), once noon hit, the real lines looked pretty hefty. not sure how they calculate the flash place wait times, but our waits were easily way less than 50% (gold advertised) of actual wait time.
The Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) Discussion Thread
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Hi Everyone.. I've been reading this forum for a while (grew up in LA and SFMM) and always like to read what's new. Went to the park last Saturday (21st), first time in 5 years. We (2 of us) got there at 10 and the gates opened at 10:30. We first bought gold flash passes and then followed this route (option b). All the rides were open and the flash passes worked on everything. We did not notice any lines until Tatsu; so 11:20ish. With the flash pass, we would queue up the next ride once checked in and we never had to wait. That was awesome. zero waiting! Riddlers Revenge had the largest wait since the flash pass just got us into the huge mess of the car queues (probably 20 minute wait there). We waited for the front car for every ride which added a few minutes, no biggie since we saved so much. By the time we hit Goliath, the gold flash pass wait was ~20 mins from check in time, which we timed perfectly. In the pm, Tatsu and Terminator had the largest flash pass wait times at ~30mins (but we hit them in the AM with no wait). We ended at X2 and the line took 1 hour 10 minutes. Exited the park around 6:30.
Looking back, we should have done what the poster said for option a, run to X2, then go get the flash pass. That early in the morning I doubt the line would be over a hour. The standard flash pass would have been fine, since our waits were always nothing or close to that; but if the waits are long, you can upgrade to the next level anytime during the day. But I'm still SOOOO glad we bought them and would suggest weekend SFMM go-ers to do the same. Great time at the park.
edit: even though our flash pass always had super small wait times (5-15mins), once noon hit, the real lines looked pretty hefty. not sure how they calculate the flash place wait times, but our waits were easily way less than 50% (gold advertised) of actual wait time.