With construction proceeding on the park's record 20th roller coaster, Six Flags Magic Mountain today revealed a few new details about that coaster's home within the park.
Wonder Woman Flight of Courage will be the park's 20th roller coaster when it opens later this year. The RMC Raptor will debut as the tallest and longest single-rail coaster on the planet. And it will become the anchor attraction in a revamped DC Universe land.
So what is changing in DC Universe? Well, since Wonder Woman is laying claim to the new coaster, the former Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth ride needed a new name. So that will become Teen Titans Turbo Spin.
Six Flags also said that the land will be "expanded and entirely remodeled." Here's the park's concept of the new land entry.
Batman The Ride also will be part of the revamped land. Six Flags made the announcement today in honor of National Superhero Day. (Which, reportedly, was created by a certain other superhero comic company that we will not - and Six Flags' rival Disney Parks cannot - name.)
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Not just Magic Mountain. Great America is also getting a DC Universe to replace the Yankee Harbor section (though that "addition" will consist entirely of retheming existing rides).
This really just feels like more of the same from SF, not some monumental shift in the chain's approach to its most recognizable IP. When SF began installing Justice League attractions in parks around the country, those often came with rethemes of areas to create DC-themed areas that included reskinning existing attractions or adding new flat rides around the new dark rides. In some parks, SF used the Justice League installations to create a second DC-themed land like in Georgia where there's a land around the Justice League attraction, including Superman Ultimate Flight, and a second land themed around Batman and associated villains on the opposite side of the park.
These new DC Universe lands appear to be less focused, allowing Six Flags to make them more of a mish mash of DC themes without having to stick with comic, TV, or movie series. The initiative just feels like more of the same from SF, though I hope they realize the importance of theming in the parks, which needs to be more than some signage and ride names.
What makes a single rail coaster any different from any other steel coaster?
Also... they tried building a DC/Justice League area at Six Flag Great Adventure. They area was starting to fall apart after a couple of years. Lack of Maintenance.
Only around 30 mins from my house, but haven't been there in 4 years or so. In general, the park & rides lacks maintenance. The food is the pits and super expensive. Other than the Coasters and one or two other rides, there is not much attraction.
I generally like seeing Six Flags upgrade their existing areas as many have been neglected over the years, but to me this redesign feels like a bit of a misstep. DC Universe was the first area at SFMM to really get modernized back when Green Lantern opened, and it didn't really feel like something in need of major work. Unfortunately, this looks like a lesser area than what was there before, which is a shame as there are still several areas of the park that are in need of a refresh (most notably Baja Ridge and Samurai Summit) and the money could have been better spent there.
The land looks like it will have way more traffic flow. But I'm sad the flash ride and it looks like the teen titans tower pizza is also gone and that was the best pizza place in the park.
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It's good to see that it looks like Six flags are making a somewhat effort to clean up the park and repaint some of the older rides. I've not been to this park for years but I have read comments from other readers that it seems the park is in a much better place than several years ago. I am curious if Six Flags can keep this up and not let it get run down again (Unless it's still run down?).
However, a part of me still feels like this is the perfect park for a gigi coaster, and if the rumors hold true that Knotts will be getting a gigi coaster, then they may have just embarrassed six flags and will be the talk of the town for years to come.