July 20, 2026
Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia, CA) has filed permits to demolish two of its oldest children’s rides, Magic Flyer and a steel swing ride reported to be Tweety’s Escape, weeks after the park opened its Looney Tunes Land family area in the same corner of the property. A separate permit, filed June 8, covers the original 1971 building that opened as the Four Winds Steakhouse, near the long-closed Superman: Escape from Krypton coaster.
The filings clear the last of the park’s aging children’s rides as a new Warner Bros. Discovery family land takes over the footprint, and as Magic Mountain’s next major thrill coaster waits until 2027.
The rides coming down
Magic Flyer is a small steel roller coaster built for young children. According to KTLA, the ride is roughly 70 years old, originally operating at the former Beverly Park in Los Angeles before moving to Magic Mountain in 1970, where it has run as a first coaster for generations of young riders.
The second permit covers a steel swing ride reported to be Tweety’s Escape, a 1985 attraction where riders load into oversized birdcages themed to Granny, Tweety, and Sylvester. The cages lift off the ground and rotate in a slow, swaying circle.
A third filing, submitted June 8 and valued at about $10,000, covers the original Four Winds Steakhouse building. The restaurant opened with the park in 1971, was renamed The Laughing Dragon when the Ninja roller coaster arrived in 1988, and closed in 2006. It sits near Superman: Escape from Krypton, which has been closed to guests.
Looney Tunes Land takes over the family footprint
The retirements follow Six Flags opening Looney Tunes Land on June 6, a reimagined family area built with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences and timed to the park’s 55th anniversary. The land occupies the park’s former children’s section and is organized into character zones for Taz, Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck.
The new area leans on family rides rather than thrill hardware:
- Road Runner Express. A junior coaster that runs a 679-foot track through a New Mexico-inspired desert landscape, themed to Wile E. Coyote’s chase, complete with a painted tunnel and hidden ACME traps.
- Merrie Melodies Merrie-Go-Round. A carousel scaled down in size for small children.
- Sylvester’s Pounce & Bounce. A ride to the top of a 20-foot tower that then drops riders in short bounces.
- Looney Ballooneys and Funny Flyers. A hot-air-balloon spinner and a propeller-plane spinner for young riders.
- Daffy’s Forest Four-Wheelers and Canyon Cruiser. A jeep-style trail ride and a starter coaster set in a High Sierra-themed zone.
“Looney Tunes Land blends Warner Bros.’ timeless cartoon storytelling with the energy, humor and adventure that generations have loved for decades in a vibrant new experience,” said Brian Oerding, park president of Six Flags Magic Mountain. “The introduction of Looney Tunes Land coincides with the park’s 55th anniversary and is the second project in a multi-year renaissance, which kicked off with the complete refurbishment of Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles last year and an exciting coaster on the horizon next year offering thrills for everyone.”
The next thrill coaster is a year out
The family additions arrive while Magic Mountain’s next major thrill ride waits. The park’s next coaster, known during development as Project 90011, is a suspended motorbike-style coaster Six Flags has pushed to 2027. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the ride seats guests on motorbike-style seats hung from an overhead track that follows the park’s hilly terrain, and Six Flags has billed it as the first of its kind in North America. The park razed its Golden Bear Theatre in early 2024 to clear space, and the coaster was announced in November 2024 as part of a companywide investment plan before slipping from a 2026 opening to 2027.
For a park that Six Flags markets as the Thrill Capital of the World, the 2026 investment has gone to families. Oerding described Looney Tunes Land as the second step in a multi-year “renaissance” that began with a Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles refurbishment in 2025, with the next thrill coaster still a year off. The demolition permits clear the last of the old children’s rides as that spending works through the family side of the park first.
Looney Tunes Land is open now and included with Magic Mountain admission. For more information, visit sixflags.com/magicmountain.
