SimiGeek

For SF if you are planning on getting gold passes you mite as well get the Dimond Elite. It is $20 a month (aprox) and gives you 50% off food and free upgrade to gold on flash passes (Saves you $30 a day). Also it comes with swim with the dolphins in SF Discovery. Its worth it particularly if you never have done it. I would use this particularly if you are going in late june. Early may on a school week you should be fine. Skip amusement parks on Saturday and go to the beach or hollywood.

I really feel like Crazanity would have been a better name for one of these when SFMM gets one. Agreed. I'm honestlyl suprised we didn't get that ride. It looks like the inversion crazyness SFMM loves.

HI Coasternut, It was a pleasure meeting you at the park last week. Did you go again? Did they remove the diamond elite parking from the RV? I'm so confused. It looks like they underestimated how many diamond elites pass they were going to sell.

I used it on Monday. I was very mad when they said they were removing it for gold pass holders and emailed Neil (The Park President) directly. He took time to personally call me and apologize and tell me they will honor it.

I have the Diamond Elite Pass and went twice to pick it up and they didn't have them in. Said the cards where not in yet! Going next week, so hopefully, next they will have them and if not. I will be raising hell at SFMM! I got the diamond elite card Monday. My understanding is they were out of Platinumn. You get your exit pass at the flash pass center. There were alot of people going in the morning. My advice wait until afternoon when it gets busy to get your exit pass. Superman and X2 are exempt.

What is the likelyhood that it will still open by april 12? I was planning on going from CA that weekend. I took off work.

Really wish they would install a parking garage.

I just got confirmation from Neil himself that they have decided to grandfather existing gold pass holders for the rest of the year in allowing them early entry! https://www.dailynews.com/2018/02/07/six-flags-magic-mountain-changing-early-entry-access-with-new-membership/

It was stupid and probably inherited by Bonnie. I doubt Neil would let that fly.

After talking to Neil I have high hopes for the park. It was also mentioned that they will be continuing to update the park section by section.

Green Lantern has been closed since September. Today Tidal Wave was closed (seasonal) as well as bumper cars (they are redoing it) scrambler (refurb it). Apocalypse was closed (no reason given) and they were visibly plugging the leaks on Jet Stream (also closed). Roaring rapids was open. Goliath was back open.

We have a loopy ride with full throttle. This is over kill. We need more flats and a giga.

Whats next you can't ride in front or back unless you buy the God tier?

WTF is there anyway they are going to allow a upgrade for season pass holders?

i just searched my emails and all the ones i see from black friday or cyber monday don't say anything about early entry. so it seems more than legit to not let regular gold passes or memberships in early. i have a gold membership. but since i don't really see anything important with the upgrade, i'll just keep mine the way it is until they make me change. they've bumped up my monthly a couple times to where i now pay $6.10 a month. but as long as it's around this price, i don't see the need to pay more for the extras right now. https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/newsroom/steps-for-swift-entry

To be fair to the park, I am sure it is buried in the fine print that some benefits are subject to change. Fair point. To which I'm not mad when they only open 5 min because they haven't gotten the safety clearance from security or when we didn't get an early preview of Justice League since it opened so late. But removing something outright that was promised in order to charge more doesn't sit right.

I was there and told Tuesday that I would no longer be able to use the gold pass entry as its now a gold plus membership entry. That is a new low for the park to remove functionality after I bought a pass which advertised early entry. I emailed a very strong worded letter to the park president & guest relations and yet to get a response.

I'll let others comment on saving money but I will say two days is probably more than sufficient for both parks. The drive from the Santa Clarita Valley to Buena Park can be brutal so if you decided to do that I'd stay in Buena Park for the days you go to Knotts (as opposed to trying to drive back and forth). It's roughly ~60 miles but can take hours depending on the time of day. Magic Mountain to Knotts is about an hour and 20 min without traffic. If you go in the morning it could be twice as long if not longer. Six Flags is usually about $35 online per day + processing and a season pass is like $85 online for a season pass with a free gold upgrade (Includes parking). Parking is currently $25 but you could easily get a hotel nearby and take a city trolly for a buck or two. To get that 85$ price you usually have to get 4 passes. They do have a daily dinning deal here: https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/store/one-day-dining-deal which is $35 for 2 meals + snack + daily souviner cup. I hihgly recommend this if your going to get a more expensive meal like tritip sandwhich and a cup. I would do the 12th & 13th at Six Flags Magic Mountain It is a great park as its Coaster Capital and if you want riders going both days would be better. + The park should close at like 6 pm since its off-season. Recover on the 14th (its Saturday all theme parks are busy) Spend a few hours going to Hollywood (if you never been) and maybe Venice Beach or Santa Monica. Or if you want a really nice day at the beach drive to Santa Barbara. Don't plan to stay there hotels are ridiculous. I would do the 15th (Sunday) & 16 at Knotts. There isn't as many coasters (only like 4) and much more shows which are people eaters and can be done even on a busy weekend day. At Knotts make sure to check the calendar as some shows don't run on the weekdays (hit that on Sunday). Make sure to have a chicken dinner at Knotts Restaurant. Particularly at lunch it is not that more expensive and will give you three times as much food as a meal in the park. You can even split a 3 piece meal with a friend.

I've been to magic moutain 50 times and always run to a headliner right before the park closes and never had it break down then.

Whats the best plan of attack for Thursday night? I am going to the boofet to get early entry.

I didn't get the pass during the flash same for this exact reason. That said, I do believe you can upgrade... but I'm not 100% on that. Yes you can!

They appear to start at 17$ online with a processing fee added. https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/special-events/fright-fest-night

It's technically an "unassigned" day, but it acts the same as a holiday. It's for Rosh Hashanah. So all the LAUSD schools have it off. Definitely, a good day to avoid. All 2017 & 18 passes have a bring a friend weekday and that is the only day people are off school.

When is Key Club day this year? I haven't seen it posted and want to avoid it.

I don't think crazanity will attract the crowds. Justice league didn't seem to get that big of a following. This definitely won't attract the crowds twisted Colossus got. They really need a new coaster. Unfortunately I can see it happening 20th in 2020.