Ok to get started with, the view of Magic Mountain from a distance:
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So if you don't like fast roller coasters, the park really won't be for you. However if you love fast rides, then you'll be in heaven!
My first tip is if they still doing the offer is to take an empty Coke can with you and this will get you buy-one-get-one-free entry to the park. When will you be going to the park? If you're going on a weekday when there are no school holidays, then there is no need to get the VIP passes.
My second tip is that if you don't have breakfast at the hotel, then there is a Dennys at the freeway exit. Some of the food places don't open until 11.30am-ish in the park so if you haven't eaten already, you will feel hungry for a few hours. Also, I didn't find the food that great inside the park but you can leave and return the parking lot once during the day and there are plenty of the standard chain restaurants outside the park entrance.
Try to get to the park for opening time and make a left inside the park straight away and head to X2 - this ride loads really slowly so the queues can build up quickly. Tatsu will be the one to head to next and then just make your way around the rest of the rides.
OK the rides:
X2 - One of my favourite rides. As mentioned the queues do build up very quickly so get there as quick as possible. You actually go down the 90 degree drop head first! [^]
Tatsu - as already mentioned, this is a must do ride. If you have ever been on Air at Alton Towers, it is the same style of coaster but this one is much higher, faster and has four inversions!
Batman - Again if you have been to Alton Towers, Batman is the same style as Nemesis.
Riddlers's Revenge - A fantastic roller coaster where you don't sit but you stand!
Colossus - A dual track wooden roller coaster that featured on National Lampoon's Vacation when they went to Walley World. I have seen this ride go forwards as well as backwards.
Deja Vu - A boomerang coaster situated in the back corner of the park. It takes forever to load and sometimes doesn't open for a few hours after the rest of the park has opened. However if the queue is short, it is worth riding.
Scream - This ride is the same style as Kraken at Sea World.
Goliath - An incredibly high and fast roller coaster with no inversions. 7th fastest coaster in the world.
Superman: The Escape - A ride that is a lot tamer than what it looks! You will get off the ride thinking 'is that it?!' It is the 4th fastest and 3rd highest coaster in the world.
Gold Rusher - A really slow mine train. If it has a queue, don't bother with it!
Ninja - An old coaster that is the same as the Vampire at Chessington. Not worth queuing for as there are much better rides that are worth the wait.
Revolution - The first ever looping coaster. As it is very old, it is a bit of a head banger so beware.
Viper - The park's other painful roller coaster.
Terminator Salvation - A wooden roller coaster opening at some point this year.
There are many other rides dotted throughout the park including:
Roaring Rapids - Make sure you put your belongings in the lockers as you will get soaked - I had my phone with me on the ride which stopped working afterwards.
Sandblasters - The slowest bumper cars ever where you get told off for bumping.
Log Jammer - Log flume where viewers can pay 25c to set off water cannons to soak the people in the boats - IIRC, the white cannon is the best one to soak people (spent nearly ten dollars there one afternoon [:w])
Buccaneer - Pirate ship [:$]
Jet Stream - Another log flume.
Tidal wave - Another boat ride.
There are a few more fairground style rides dotted around the park.
If the Sky Tower is open, then it is definitely worth a visit just to see the view alone as well as the Magic of the Mountain museum at the top.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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