Six Flags Magic Mountain wait time statistics

West Coast Racers has the longest average wait at Six Flags Magic Mountain, at 40 minutes, followed by Final Destination: Death's Playground (38 minutes) and Tatsu (37 minutes). 27 of the 44 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.

West Coast Racers sees the longest peak waits at Six Flags Magic Mountain, with its daily maximum averaging 65 minutes, ahead of Roaring Rapids (59 minutes) and Tatsu (59 minutes).

Six Flags Magic Mountain is usually quietest in September and February, when crowd levels average as low as 35%. The busiest month tends to be June, at around 64%.

Tuesday is typically the quietest day of the week at Six Flags Magic Mountain, averaging 38% compared with 76% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 27 percentage points quieter than weekends.

So far in 2026, Six Flags Magic Mountain is running 4 percentage points busier than at the same point in 2025 (43% compared with 39%). Of the full years on record, 2023 was the busiest, averaging 57%. 2020 and 2021 are left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels in those years.