Magic Mountain Mondays #35: A View From Sky Tower 3

Turning to face the other direction, here’s a view of the preferred wooden coaster, Colossus. Also of note, you can see the roof of the TDK Showcase Theater in the bottom left and the BFT bottom right.

In August of 1995, I took a bunch of photos (on film no less) at Six Flags Magic Mountain using an inexpensive camera. I was working as an Operations supervisor at the time, and the purpose of the project was to create a slide show for an employee appreciation party for our Operations staff. I’ve carted these slides around for over 25 years and I finally had them digitally transferred this year. About 2/3s of them aren’t available for posting because they are crew pictures and I have no way to request permission to post them. But I do have 50+ available that are just various shots of the park. Enjoy this time capsule from August 1995.

Magic Mountain Mondays #34: A View From Sky Tower 2

As long as you’re up here on Ninja hill, why not head up Sky Tower for some views from on high? Here’s a glance at Psyclone, that never-loved 90s woodie. Huh, it doesn’t look so painful from up here.

In August of 1995, I took a bunch of photos (on film no less) at Six Flags Magic Mountain using an inexpensive camera. I was working as an Operations supervisor at the time, and the purpose of the project was to create a slide show for an employee appreciation party for our Operations staff. I’ve carted these slides around for over 25 years and I finally had them digitally transferred this year. About 2/3s of them aren’t available for posting because they are crew pictures and I have no way to request permission to post them. But I do have 50+ available that are just various shots of the park. Enjoy this time capsule from August 1995.

Magic Mountain Mondays #15: A View from Sky Tower

Speaking of the Sky Tower, here’s a sample view from the observation deck. In this photo, you’re looking towards the front of the park, with both Hurricane Harbor and Flashback in view, along with other park elements. One such element, on the left and viewable under Colossus, is a 2-person raft ride in a tube on the Magic Mountain side of the wall splitting it from Hurricane Harbor. Huh? Why was this in MM proper? While it didn’t last long, it was kinda-sorta a view of things to come with many regional parks where the theme park and the water park are one and the same. We’ll see more of this weird ride soon.

In August of 1995, I took a bunch of photos (on film no less) at Six Flags Magic Mountain using an inexpensive camera. I was working as an Operations supervisor at the time, and the purpose of the project was to create a slide show for an employee appreciation party for our Operations staff. I’ve carted these slides around for over 25 years and I finally had them digitally transferred this year. About 2/3s of them aren’t available for posting because they are crew pictures and I have no way to request permission to post them. But I do have 50+ available that are just various shots of the park. Enjoy this time capsule from August 1995.

Magic Mountain Mondays #14: Sky Tower

The original icon. Shame on SFMM for:

  1. Not operating it regularly.

  2. Not painting it regularly.

  3. Not keeping it open when they had an employee who cared enough to make it a MM museum. No, seriously. SFMM, had someone who cared and you let it fade. This Is Your Icon. Your legacy compared to “coaster parks”.

In August of 1995, I took a bunch of photos (on film no less) at Six Flags Magic Mountain using an inexpensive camera. I was working as an Operations supervisor at the time, and the purpose of the project was to create a slide show for an employee appreciation party for our Operations staff. I’ve carted these slides around for over 25 years and I finally had them digitally transferred this year. About 2/3s of them aren’t available for posting because they are crew pictures and I have no way to request permission to post them. But I do have 50+ available that are just various shots of the park. Enjoy this time capsule from August 1995.