Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain 
Basic Overview
Average Wait Time: 10 minutes Winding through the trees that cover the majority of Six Flags Magic Mountain’s land is a great piece of roller coaster history – The Great American Revolution, or so it was called in 1976. It lies disguised between the trees that mark the opening plaza of the park, as if forgotten among all of the other much larger and taller coasters at this park. Even so, if you do give this rather-small ride a chance, you won’t regret it.
Although there is no completely visible scheme to Revolution, you won’t be bothered by it much anyways, as the wait is normally 10 minutes or less, and the queue does give a view of some of the rides off in the distance like Colossus. Soon you’ll find yourself strapped into the small trains. Unfortunately the restraints are a bit hard and there is little leg room, but it doesn’t bother you too much. The lift is a bit slow but passes by quickly. Don’t expect a view from here – the trees are so dense that you can hardly catch a glimpse of anything. Soon enough you are flying down the right-handed twisted first drop reaching speeds of 55 mph This drop is quite intense, being the nature of a Schwarzkopf looping coaster. You soon make it up to the second hill – but you are very disappointed. I actually said out loud, “Trims?! What the heck?!” Yes, SFMM had the nerve to stick trims at the top of a hill that is completely capable of giving great airtime. From here you get a quick view of Valencia before flying back into the trees once again, this time leading back upwards in a left-handed direction. Guess what? More trims, another huge disappointment, although these aren’t used as heavily as on the first hill. Now you make another left handed drop that swings back up to make a turnaround. You then hit the brake run which unfortunately does slow you down a substantial amount. Now you get a great view of the first successful loop implemented on a modern coaster while making the next descent…a very long descent…and finally the loop! This specific loop first enters with high positive Gs, then stalls at the top for a bit before hurling you back down into a long upwards left turn. The next drop isn’t diminished at all by the trims at the top of the hill, and you soon make a lengthy turn to the right that finally leads into the 144 foot long tunnel. The turn continues through the finishing of this slow turn. Now you take a relaxing cruise through the center of the loop and then you make a right-handed quick descent that leads back up into more unused trims. These take you left and back down again to form a quick 360 helix that leads you into the final brake run and finally, the station.
Pros: Intense loop, forest-like location |
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