| 1971 |
Magic
Mountain opens with 500 employees
and 33 attractions, including its
first roller coaster, Gold Rusher. Magic Mountain was a joint venture between Seaworld Inc. and
Newhall Land and Farming Company. |
| 1972 |
Jet
Stream, the world's first Arrow
Hydro-Flume, opens. |
| 1976 |
Revolution,
the world's first modern coaster
to feature a 360-degree vertical
loop opens. |
| 1978 |
Colossus,
the world’s largest dual track
wooden roller coasters opens.
After its first season, the ride was reprofiled
in order to tame the ride; more
than 12 hills/dips were redesigned
and lateral Gs were greatly
reduced. |
| 1979 |
Magic
Mountain is purchased by Six Flags
Theme Parks Inc. |
| 1981 |
Roaring
Rapids, Western America’s first
white water rafting ride, opens.
The opening of this ride made the
park a "full circuit". |
| 1982 |
Freefall,
a first-generation drop ride from
Intamin AG, opens. |
| 1985 |
The
Looney Tunes Characters become the
official park mascots. |
| 1987 |
The
Grand Carousel celebrates its 75th
birthday.
It was built in 1912 and
spent 50 years as the centerpiece
of Savin Rock Amusement Park in
Connecticut before being installed
at Magic Mountain in 1971. |
| 1988 |
Ninja,
the fastest and only Arrow
suspended coaster on the west
coast with trains that swing
freely from side-to-side, opens on
top of Samurai Summit. |
| 1990 |
Viper,
the largest of the Arrow Mega-Loopers,
opens. Cameras are mounted
on the track, making Viper the
first ride to feature a modern
on-ride photography system. |
| 1991 |
Psyclone,
a
replica of New York's legendary
Coney Island Cyclone, opens. |
| 1991 |
One
of Colossus' most popular
elements, the "double
dip", is made flat so that it
can be used as a block brake. |
| 1992 |
Flashback,
the world's only hairpin drop
roller coaster, opens with six
steeply banked dives. |
| 1993 |
Sierra
Falls, a water ride built by White
Water, opens. |
| 1994 |
Batman:
The Ride, an inverted coaster from
Bolliger & Mabillard, opens,
becoming the centerpiece of the
Gotham City Backlot. |
| 1995 |
Six
Flags Hurricane Harbor, a
tropical-themed water park, opens
adjacent to Six Flags Magic
Mountain. It becomes the
first new theme park to be opened
in Southern California in seven
years. |
| 1997 |
Reaching
100 mph, Superman The Escape opens
and becomes the world’s fastest
and tallest thrill-ride and at 415
feet the tallest structure in the
park, surpassing the Skytower. |
| 1998 |
Six
Flags Theme Parks Inc., becomes
part of Premier Parks Inc., the
world’s largest regional theme
park company. |
| 1998 |
The
Riddler’s Revenge, the world’s
tallest, fastest, stand-up roller
coaster, opens next to Batman The
Ride. |
| 1999 |
The
All-New Bugs Bunny World opens
with 16 rides and attractions that
parents and kids can ride
together. |
| 2000 |
The
first roller coaster to open in
the new millennium, Goliath debuts
with a 255 foot drop into a black
hole of screams. |
| 2001 |
Six
Flags Magic Mountain transforms
into "The Xtreme Park"
with the addition of Goliath Jr.,
Déjà Vu, and X. The park
holds season pass previews for X
in December, but the ride does not
open to the public till 2002. |
| 2001 |
Jet
Stream is renamed "Arrowhead
Splashdown" as part of a
sponsorship deal. |
| 2002 |
X
opens to the public. |
|
2003 |
Scream, Southern California's first
floorless coaster opens to the
public. |
|
2004 |
Tornado opens at Hurricane Harbor |
|
2005 |
The
new stunt show "Batman Begins"
debuts in the Batman Action Theater |
|
2006 |
Tatsu,
the world's tallest, fastest, and
longest flying coaster, opens to the
public. |
