Six Flags Magic Mountain drops fireworks over drought and fire concerns
Six Flags Magic Mountain has indefinitely canceled the nightly summer fireworks show due to concerns about brush fires and the statewide drought declaration, amusement park officials said.
The long-standing fireworks display was part of the evening parade held 30 minutes before the Valencia, California, amusement park closed each night, reported the Santa Clarita Valley Signal newspaper. (Hat tip to Blooloop)
Magic Mountain officials wouldn’t speculate whether the fireworks finale would ever return.
During the October 2007 Magic Fire, smoke billowed from behind Magic Mountain’s behemoth coasters but never forced the closure of the amusement park.
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June 5th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
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June 6th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Lies, lies, and more lies coming fro Six Flags.
Cutting the fireworks for fear of brush fires is nonsense. Budget cuts is the REAL reason why fireworks won’t be shooting off this summer at Six Flags. Chain-wide Six Flags has been removing rides and closing attractions and not because their old or unnecessary, but because the company is too short on cash to keep them operating.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Says Screamscape: “The fact that your typical theme park fireworks show costs the park far more to put on than their average park employee makes in a year’s worth of work is not lost on me either.”
— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer + theme park blogger
June 6th, 2008 at 11:39 am
The real reason they dropped the show is economic. Gas prices are hammering attendance and it is going to get worse.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Thank God for small miracles. I live in Valencia and every night at 9:40 p.m. I would have to hear those obnoxious fireworks blaring away. Maybe Six Flags can invest the equivalent amount of money in upgrading the aesthetics of the park — I was there a year ago and it looks tired and worn down.
June 6th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
When my family and I moved to the Valencia area nearly five years ago, first living in one of the apartment complexes behind the Pavilion’s shopping center in Valencia, the fireworks finale was a novelty and we didn’t even realize it was coming from Six Flags until a few weeks after we arrived. Then, during the rest of that summer, it turns out that the fireworks, short of going outside for those few minutes, could be seen from my room in our apartment, so that’s where we were to see them.
It was special then but now it doesn’t seem like such a big deal. The only disappointment I can see from it is during the 4th of July fireworks that the City of Santa Clarita puts on. A little after the middle of that program, Six Flags would start theirs and there’d be two viewing options, though Six Flags’ fireworks were always better for effects.
June 6th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
First off, SFMM attendance is up, and in very measurable amount as compared to 2007.
SFMM has decided to stop offering the fireworks, which, IHMO wasn’t that much, only a couple of minutes worth at the end of the Looney Toons Parade that starts around 9 PM. The parade will still be offered during the summer nightly.
I think it is a smart decision. Heck, SFMM just spent over $10 million to upgrade X2, plus to build the new Thomas Town section of the park. And the new CSI:Live show is scheduled to open shortly at the Magic Moments Theater.
Seems like SFMM is spending a lot of money to improve its park.
June 7th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Nice, post a foolish quote from Screamscape. Most theme park employees are 16 to 18 years old and their jobs are not careers. What does Lance at Screamscape expect, the parks to up their salaries to $70 - $100k per year?
Most new attractions also cost more than all theme park employees make. Should the parks stop building new rides and attractions? I guess if you’re Lance at Screamscape then the answer is yes.
I like it when Screamscape reports the news, but I hate it when he injects his opinion. His opinion often comes across as foolish and with little logic or thought.