The best part of the newsletter is this cover. It explains in detail what was inside of the Magic Pagoda. If you ever experienced this “walk-thru” attraction, the descriptions should bring back lots of fun memories. There are even a couple of black and white photos of the interior, which are so rare it's not even funny. Try a Google image search for “magic pagoda interior magic mountain” and the first three results are from my blog, and they aren’t even photos! “The report varies as to who actually posed for the creation of Hotei” I say it was Curly Howard.
Fascinating article on devices for smaller children to ride on height restricted rides. I wonder if that “unsuspecting test pilot” had a lawyer? I miss the Mountain Express.
Here’s the Mountain Express in it’s hey day at Magic Mountain. These photos came from the Roller Coaster Database website (www.rcdb.com) according to them, the Mountain Express saw two more parks, it was at Magic Landing in Texas in 1984/85, then in 1993 it went on to "Bosque Mágico" ("Magical Forest") in Guadalupe, Nuevo León Mexico. It remained in service until 2006 when it was disassembled and sold for scrap (link). Footnote: That little coaster went 40mph and was a blast to ride.
Back to the newsletter, “Magic Mountain Family Day at Knott’s”, how fun!
How about some "The Wizard and The Trolls" comics? This one is pretty darn funny and not PC in any way.
This short little comic is quite whimsical, it made me chuckle out loud.
Last up here’s the bottom portion of a fold out brochure, it highlights the Major Additions for 1975.
Hardcore Magic Mountain fans be sure to check out all my previous Mountain posts here (link).
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