Baby Boomers Tribute "Magic Mountain" 1971-1980 So Cal Santa Clarita Valley
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- Baby Boomers Tribute "Magic Mountain" 1971-1980 So Cal Santa Clarita Valley
Magic Mountain is a 260-acre theme park located in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company.In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In 2009, 2.5 million visitors visited the park. As of 2012, Six Flags Magic Mountain has the most roller coasters in the world with 17.
Music - Electric Light Orchestra: Strange Magic 1975
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What fond memories. The one that stands out above all, is when me and 3 of my high school friends won tickets on KMET 94.7 to see KISS perform in concert next to Colossus back in 1978 at Magic Mountain. They were filming a TV movie for NBC titled: “ KISS meets the Phantom of the park”. It was a rather corny movie, but none the less at that time KISS was probably the hottest band on the planet. Fun times!
I moved to canyon country in 79 and it was the only thing to do then in that area. I went to high school there and lived my teenage years there. I came across my magic mountain pass from 1981! I 'am 45 now, a lot of memories for me there....thank you
My uncle picked the site for Magic Mountain, named it, and was the President there. He gave me hard-hat tours while it was under construction. I was there the first day that it opened to the public.
You are to be commended for the wonderful pictures that you have put together here, and for the great music as well!!!!
Thank you for this!!!
Carlos Carpinteyro that’s actually pretty cool
Lucky you!
Carlos Carpinteyro great story
Very cool! Do you remember the "Pacman Ghost" things that used to roam around as characters? Before it became Looney Toones? What were they called?
@@lauragideon3392 I don't specifically recall those characters, but what I do know, is that the Warner Bros. characters, (Bugs Bunny in particular) were licensed to Magic Mountain in the 1971 (first year.) I have a pic of my uncle superimposed standing next to the skytower alongside Bugs Bunny. I also believe that in one of the newspapers, on opening day, there is someone in a Bugs Bunny costume cutting the ribbon to initiate the opening of Magic Mountain, amongst a crowd of people. My uncle is in that picture as well. My hat icon has the original logo of Magic Mountain, that my cousin designed, and was used in 1971, and 72. The hardhat is my uncle's hardhat that he wore during the construction of Magic Mountain. He was known as "Doc" Lemmon (phoenitically pronounced LaMahn.) I have much documentation, and about Disneyland as well, since this same uncle was the 5th employee of Disneyland, hired in 1954, before construction even began on Disneyland. Can document via pictures, and articles, including a copy of a letter specifically addressed to my uncle from Walt Disney, dated January 17, 1961.
Saw Little Richard play there in '74. There were maybe 6 of us in the audience, as he was considered a "has been" by then. He rocked it.
Me and buddies were on dirt bikes and rode up to the trailers they had for offices they had as they were just opening brand new.....went in looking for jobs...they wanted us to cut our hair !....Screw that !.....Pop-a-wheelie.....gone....great memories...One buddy went back years later and worked on the roller coaster ride....His name was Bobby
This brings back some fond memories of growing in LA in the 1970s. I was just tall enough to get on the Revolution when it opened in 1976, and I remember my best friend going out the chicken exit at the last moment. After the ride, my dad and I (reluctantly) joined my friend and his dad on Gold Rusher. I still tease my childhood buddy about it :)
Best Lowest Paying Job I've had!!! Great Times!!!!
Hell yeah!
Went with a bunch of my coworkers from McDonald’s in Hollywood in 1983 and danced for the first time at magic mountain to dancing with myself at a outdoor dance floor there. I’ll never forget that night.
Grew up going all throughout the 70s and 80s. Was there for the filming of KISS Meets the Phantom Of The Park. All day AND night! Show after show. Ace had an amazing guitar solo and cotton balls sold in baggies for $10 a bag for hearing protection lol!
Awesome video. Brings back better times. Thank you!
I worked there from 1978 to 1980 when I quit and started my career with "Ma Bell". Still live in Valencia, 1968 to present. Nice video!
I remember when they had Colossus going backwards back in 1989; went to Magic Mountain for my junior high graduation in 1976, rode the Revolution when it opened.
I remember it going backwards as well
They ran it backwards using the high-backed Psyclone train cars
I had many fun times at Magic Mountain during the mid to late 70's including my high school Grad Nite in 1980. Remember when the park opened Collossus as the largest wood twin coaster ride in the country. It was terrifying, exciting fun!
Perfect song... perfect times.
Such great memories! I grew up in Valencia and was there on opening day! And so many many days during the next ten years..it's pretty much where we all hung out. Thank you for this..it's great to see it again..just need a little "Saturday in The Park" by Chicago. They played it every night at closing time
We hung out at MM from 79 to 87
“Saturday in the Park” for me is an intense memory association with Magic Mountain!
“Saturday in the Park” for me is an intense memory association with Magic Mountain!
Was entrance free and did you pay for rides. Or was it always like the Theme Parks today.
@@ItsIdaho- Magic Mountain was always a pay to enter park, & rides were included in the main gate admission. This is why Disneyland & Knott's Berry Farm cancelled their ticket books shortly after Magic Mountain opened. You also had to pay for parking also.👍
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I worked the Gold Rusher during the summers of 1976 and 1977 during my college years. We were paid so little but I had a lot of fun working there.
This is my favorite park in the world and this is a great tribute except I would like it to be 1971 - Today
Went there when it first opened. HOT HOT HOT!!! and NO SHADE because the trees were all newly planted. NO WATER FOUNTAINS, and soft drinks were $1.50 a pop and all you got was a small paper cup primarily ice! Everyone in the park were huddled under whatever small amount of shade they could find. Never forget it.
…but gotta love Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra here👍
Just found this... I worked there from 76 thru 78 and couldn't remember some of the earlier rides. Thanks for sharing. (Kind of wished Spillikins Corner was represented though) :(
ginahere Yeah, especially since it only exists in our memories and photos now ...
Do you remember the characters that you took pictures with in the park? THey were like Pacman ghosts pre-Pacman!
I forgot about Spillikins Corner
It had me in awe that most of this still stands, I love this!
PRE-6Flags RULED!!!!! AWE THE GOOD OLE DAYS...!!!! Thanks FER the post partner and the memories. Really lost somethin today. Kids today have NO CLUE how FUN our day was...
Man this brings back some good memories,specially with this song first time I went to Magic Mountain was in the summer of 1976 when Revolution had just open,those were some great times.
The Jet stream and the LogJammer and the RevoLution and CoLossus were the best ! ! ! My first time was 1974 . . .I am 55 years oLd !
I had some crazy nostalgia on so many levels watching this. Being a seventies kid, I loved Magic Mountain more than Disneyland. Too bad they got rid of the troll mascot.
Some of my fondest childhood memories were at Magic Mountain. Some of the other rides I I feel nostalgic for were Sarajevo bobsled, Enterprise, and I remember a strange one called Swiss twist in which plastered to the side of a bobsled while it went around in circles and the person you were riding with smashed you. I also remember a funicular like red car ride it went up a steep hill for a short distance but strangely there was always a long wait for it. the last time I was there I remember one of the Eagles flight stations was still there and also some of the monorail track as well. And I could have sworn there was a water ski show there at some point in time. It was fun walking up the stairs faster than the dragon would climb the slope.
I'm glad the park is still there but it seems Six Flags doesn't have much respect for theme in theme park other than just a big collection of rides .
I worked there in 88,89.i also met puncky Brewster...I also remember The concerts.
Went there for Senior Ditch Day in 74, from mojave
LOVE the music!
Loved this place in the early and mid 70’s, so colorful and clean. I remember water shows and fireworks that they would shoot off and would explode directly overhead! Times have changed but the memories remain, thanks for posting. Does anyone remember the short kid movie they filmed there in the early 70’s about a kid being pursued by the Wizard or the Troll only because he left his hat on a ride? Have always thought about that show and have never seen it again.
Being a 70s kid and 80s teen I grew up going to Magic mountain during those times Magic mountain wasn't too far from where i lived in southern san Joaquin valley (Fresno/Visalia area)...i noticed no pictures of the trolls roaming around the park...great video and great memories coming from 56 yr old man.
Living in Oxnard at the time, I went there with my girlfriend in 1972. Don't remember much about the park, only her?
The galaxy looks cool.
nice vid grew up at that park rode all those rides
Terrific! Went there as a kid and worked there in high school....great presentation,...MEMORIES!!!
I remember the old days so well. Loved Magic Mountain pre Six Flags.
I remember riding The Dragon when I was very young.
went there in the early summer of 71, remember the tower, the gold rusher, carnival rides, the area at front entrance had water fountains . don't remember much other than that from that first trip. I didn't realize until much later were there right after it opened
"Wally~World"!
Song strange magic by ELO
Awesome....Brought back so many memories. Nicely done!!!
So many treasured memories from these years at MM. Going today is very bittersweet.
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing
Outstanding! Thank you for posting this!
Really great pictures. Well done. That song is depressing though.
When Six Flags bought Premier Parks and added a slew of existing parks to the "Six Flags" roster, things started going downhill fast ...
Six Flags bought out Magic Mountain in 1979.
Premier Parks bought Six Flags actually.
The park looks like it was just as cool back then as it is now. But way less trees.
So many of those are now gone.
Looking for a Magic Mountain commercial from 1973 that features a then-schoolmate of mine riding the log ride with his “family”
In 2009, I've been went to SFMM When I was almost 6
It took them a year and 5 months to build Magic Mountain, yet it took a contractor and his band of idiots 2 years to build my garage. No insulation or wallboard. Just a foundation, wood construction, wiring, lights and a door. Plus stole shitloads of materials I paid for and told them not to remove.
I miss the orginal Colossus. Such and iconic ride, and then they had to modernize it. 😒
Twisted colossus is now open
Colossus will end at August 16,2014 3 day left until, it will end
We use to stop there in the middle 70's on our way to Disneyland. Is it still open?
yup
Back when you could ride the monorail and didn't have to walk for miles
But, but....where's the Magic Pagoda??
blagoyavich rod. The scariest thing ever.
They need to bring it back.....I miss it
Revolution....
Bucaneer........and that Troll......now Collossus is considered an ancient ride.....Lol....where did the time go 70 s and 80 s forever.....
Used to be five$?!? Weve come a long way cuz now its like 65$
6Flags bout out the Mom & POP cause of the 2 Deaths 1) one on the Collosis and the other on Sky ride I heard?!
Did the second lane on jet stream work because you always go on the right side now
At one time, yes!
I meant the Magic mountain mascot family trolls...lol
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