Six Flags Fright Fest 2025 (Magic Mountain)

[Clive]

I had totally forgotten about this, but totally agree. Twisted Colossus in particular felt like a throwback to a time when Magic Mountain had not just competent, but enthusiastic ride operators. I'd love if that spoke to a new culture beginning to permeate through the park, but I've been hurt before.

It's apparently been four years since I've visited the park, so I probably missed some peaks and valleys, but my overall takeaway is that while the park has a long, long way to go to become the world-class destination they clearly want it to be, it's moving in the right direction, which is sadly more than I can say for Knott's.

(I realized I visited the park when it initially reopened during the peak pandemic, but that's kind of an outlier and doesn't resemble normal ops at all.)

 

[Freak]

Hmmmmm is there a surprise maze that no one is mentioning?

Just watched a vlog on Fright Fest and apparently there's a maze called Pop's Circus inside of the warehouse where Stranger Things was? Or am I making things up in my head? The website never mentioned it and the interior looks like the warehouse and doesn't match any of the other themes listed?

If there is, that's kind of hilarious their website failed to mention it!

EDIT: Okay disregard the post. The description I read made it out to sound like it was Aftermath 3.0. I glossed over the DC Universe location I saw and then put two and two together. So they just randomly decided to just cut Aftermath? I'm all for quality over quantity but that seems kind of odd to me.

 

[Clive]

Hmmmmm is there a surprise maze that no one is mentioning?

Just watched a vlog on Fright Fest and apparently there's a maze called Pop's Circus inside of the warehouse where Stranger Things was? Or am I making things up in my head? The website never mentioned it and the interior looks like the warehouse and doesn't match any of the other themes listed?

If there is, that's kind of hilarious their website failed to mention it!

EDIT: Okay disregard the post. The description I read made it out to sound like it was Aftermath 3.0. I glossed over the DC Universe location I saw and then put two and two together. So they just randomly decided to just cut Aftermath? I'm all for quality over quantity but that seems kind of odd to me.

It’s the “new” Carnage maze - Pop’s Circus is just in-universe theming.

I think they cut a few mazes in the same way Knott’s did when their lineup was stretched laughably thin. I do think each house, on average, was better than the last time I went in 2019, for whatever that’s worth.

 

[Jerroddragon]

Photos From Sunday night

 

[Jake S]

I think they cut a few mazes in the same way Knott’s did when their lineup was stretched laughably thin. I do think each house, on average, was better than the last time I went in 2019, for whatever that’s worth.

And certainly better staffed than when I went in 2022. I think it's an upgrade.

 

[downunder]

I wound up going on Sunday due to lack of Dark Harbor or Haunt being on (already did a lot of HHN). It was Fright Fest or Castle Dark lol.

Props to the maze and street talent, they were great and gave it their all. Mazes were solid, a little spare for personnel in places. It was a Sunday night and felt quite low key. It will be interesting to see what direction Fright Fest does in the future; it will be hard to evolve it into a hard ticket separate gate event. And of course, the Six Flags corporate razor gang is always looking to cut costs.

On a side note, Goliath and Twisted Colossus were running great. X2 on the other hand was beyond brutal, even on an inside seat, haven't been on it for years (not since 2017) - that ride could hurt people lol. And I got caught out by the in-station locker being not for free (it's been a while).

 

[Freak]

I wound up going on Sunday due to lack of Dark Harbor or Haunt being on (already did a lot of HHN). It was Fright Fest or Castle Dark lol.

Props to the maze and street talent, they were great and gave it their all. Mazes were solid, a little spare for personnel in places. It was a Sunday night and felt quite low key. It will be interesting to see what direction Fright Fest does in the future; it will be hard to evolve it into a hard ticket separate gate event. And of course, the Six Flags corporate razor gang is always looking to cut costs.

On a side note, Goliath and Twisted Colossus were running great. X2 on the other hand was beyond brutal, even on an inside seat, haven't been on it for years (not since 2017) - that ride could hurt people lol. And I got caught out by the in-station locker being not for free (it's been a while).

You made a very wise choice. Went to Castle Dark a few years ago and it is by far and large the worst theme park haunt I have been to. Fright Fest is HHN Orlando compared to Castle Park. I'm serious. Don't even bother.

Haven't been to Magic Mountain in a hot minute. I think I saw somewhere that the house wristbands were $25. I may decide to check it out for funsies this year.

 

[Rideguy70]

On a side note, Goliath and Twisted Colossus were running great. X2 on the other hand was beyond brutal, even on an inside seat, haven't been on it for years (not since 2017) - that ride could hurt people lol. And I got caught out by the in-station locker being not for free (it's been a while).

If you sit in the front row for X2, it's the least painful. And I was also always irritated at the paid lockers at the station for X2, until I realize that if you're just willing to put your items on the floor near the lockers, the staff is okay with that.

Haven't been to Magic Mountain in a hot minute. I think I saw somewhere that the house wristbands were $25. I may decide to check it out for funsies this year.

A regular wristband is $40. But you can get the FF equivalent of a HHN FFP for only $69! Though I suspect that does not include park admissions... but if you do have a season pass/AP/membership, that's a pretty great deal!

 

[Jerroddragon]

The 70 dollar pass is only valid with admission

So with my AP still was only 245 bucks for 15 months to knotts and six flags and a full season of haunts which I’ll most likely hit 10ish times

 

[downunder]

@Rideguy70 I sat in the from row, right inside seat. I'm a fan of X2 and I was surprised how rough it was since I last rode. I think I heard one of the trains was shipped back to S & S I presume for some refurb.