Gold Rusher is Six Flags Magic Mountain's first roller coaster
Pulled up by a chain Lap bar only 2,590 ft of track

Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California

Gold Rusher

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What riders love
  • The ride is a fantastic tour of the mountain, Full Throttle, and Superman (RIP).
  • It's also located on a hill, so it gives great views of the rest of the park.
  • Because this is one of the original coasters, other rides such as Superman and Full Throttle were built on top of it, providing some fun interaction.
  • Really fun winding layout across the hills of Magic Mountain, taking its riders on a tour around the park.
  • I liked how chaotic it was, definitely a kid/teen's ride.
  • I recommend siting in the front few rows I prefer the front row to the back, and the front car gets a wild pop of ejector airtime into the final break run.
  • The layout nicely uses the terrain and has a decent length, it also gives a bit the nostalgia of an old school coaster
  • The layout is unhinged in a way that makes it pretty fun to experience.
  • Pretty good helix finale.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain

I recommend siting in the front few rows I prefer the front row to the back, and the front car gets a wild pop of ejector airtime into the final break run.

RThirtyEight Coasters

I got some good airtime a couple of times on this ride, the location on the hill is cool, and it was long.

Niko Ramos

It even has a strong pop of airtime as it enters the brakes.

JarvisTheAllosaurus

My friends and I rode with loose lap bars, and the one behind us got his back slammed against the seat after an airtime hill.

@wolfhoodlum1789

This ride is so fun in the back you get so much airtime in the end

@connorlyon3855

It was smooth and had a pretty good location, with a pretty cool helix finally.

Lightning Productions

A little headbanging but it is a classic and it does not really hurt, well I guess sometimes it does, good layout settling on the mountain...

Jude Iraheta

Being in the woods was nice, but i was totally distracted by the rattle that occured intermittently, but not consistently throughout the ride.

Rooted_Dirt me

It’s got a bit more kick to it than most of the Arrow mine trains from that era, but the transitions can be jerky and the layout feels like it doesn’t quite take full advantage of being up on that...

Bryan Bonafede

and for a family coaster it does got a surprising intense ending helix.

Jude Iraheta

The relatively chill rides still offers some fun from some great near-miss elements from the foliage and ride infrastructure, in addition to some nice lateral Gs.

Evangelion Martini

Though the ride layout is mostly tame, the first drop and the helix at the end are good elements with decent forces.

Erik C.

There were like 3 lift hills, and after each were underwhelming (but fast) drops.

Rooted_Dirt me

i usually like screaming "We’re all gonna die" right when we’re about to drop into the fastest accelerated drop at the beginning.

@BaconNEggz

I was really hoping for a pleasant and scenic ride through the woods on this one, but unfortunately it’s so slow and rickety that any fun to be had from the scenery is sapped from the ride.

Kellen Grady

Unfortunately, it has the same problem as most of them: awkward dead spots.

Max S.

You can usually just walk on after dark so this became our "last ride of the day tradition".

@BD-zg7is

Gets some pretty long lines on busy days because its a great family coaster.

Dylan JM

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Specifications

70 ftHeight
235 Goliath 188 Viper 170 Tatsu 164 FullThrottle 156 Riddler'sRevenge 70 GoldRusher
35 mphTop speed
Goliath85 Full Throttle70 Viper70 Riddler'sRevenge65 Scream!63 Gold Rusher35 085 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

FunGreat viewsLong ride

Criticised for

Painful or bruisingRough or rattlyOverratedSlowed by trimsWeak layoutRider fit issues

It was smooth and had a pretty good location, with a pretty cool helix finally.

Lightning Productions, Captain Coaster review

The layout was awesome running back and forth across the top of magic mountain.

Peter Glenn Mihelich, Captain Coaster review

My friend and I marathoned this back in 2018 and while it isn’t a perfect ride, we absolutely laughed our heads off riding it over and over.

Neily Green, Captain Coaster review

Really fun winding layout across the hills of Magic Mountain, taking its riders on a tour around the park.

JarvisTheAllosaurus, Captain Coaster review

Fun, old Arrow mine train with good laterals, and yes, some jerky transitions.

Josh Miller, Captain Coaster review

I have a soft spot for simple family coasters and this absolutely fits that bill.

Zach, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Gold Rusher at Six Flags Magic Mountain
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Jet Stream is a family friendly flume ride located near the entrance to Gold Rusher. The ride opened in 1972
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Planning your ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Magic Mountain. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Evangelion Martini, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Magic Mountain's first coaster (operating since opening day, May…”; Zach, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride is a fantastic tour of the mountain,…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's also located on a hill, so it gives…”; Erik C., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Because this is one of the original coasters, other…”; Neily Green, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My friend and I marathoned this back in 2018…”; JarvisTheAllosaurus, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Really fun winding layout across the hills of Magic…”; Joolz US, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I liked how chaotic it was, definitely a kid/teen's…”; RThirtyEight Coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I recommend siting in the front few rows I…”; Peter Glenn Mihelich, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout was awesome running back and forth across…”; Joel Simon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout nicely uses the terrain and has a…”; Gabe S, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout is unhinged in a way that makes…”; Dylan JM, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Pretty good helix finale.”.

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