Magic Flyer also known as Percy's Railway, is a small, oval-circuit

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made by Bradley and Kaye that opened in 1971. The coaster is located in the Whistlestop Park area of

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. It was an unknown-named coaster at the former Beverly Park prior to operating at Magic Mountain. SFMM Magic Flyer 2

History

''Magic Flyer'' was originally located at Beverly Park in the 1940s, known as the ''Little Dipper''. It was relocated to Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1971 where it began operation as ''Clown Coaster''. In the 1984-1985 off-season the ride was renamed and rethemed to ''Wile E. Coyote Coaster'' to suit the theme of the nearby Bugs Bunny World. In 1998, the roller coaster closed and was disassembled. In 2000, the coaster was redesigned to look like the larger ''Goliath'' roller coaster, located in the same park, and relocated near to it. The old supports were replaced with supports that resembled those found on the Goliath and the trains were rebuilt from the chassis up. It was repainted with Goliath's color scheme and given the name ''Goliath Jr.'' (Goliath Junior) to reopen in 2001. In the 2007-2008 off-season ''Goliath Jr.'' was rethemed to ''Percy's Railway'' to match Six Flags Magic Mountain's new kids zone, Thomas Town. Similarly to the Goliath Jr. makeover, the cars were rebuilt to resemble Percy the Small Engine (the leading car) and his Troublesome Trucks (the two following cars), all from the television series ''

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''. In late 2010, Six Flags began the process of removing licensed theming from attractions. They terminated several licenses including that for ''

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''. The Thomas Town at

has been renamed and rethemed to Whistlestop Park which reopened on March 19, 2011. ''Percy's Railway'' was now again rethemed and renamed to ''Magic Flyer''. The coaster saw very little change aside from Percy's face being removed and the red stripes painted over.

Ride

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exits out of the station and directly ascends the

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. The track then makes a small dip before navigating a 180° turn to the left. A second small dip is followed by another ascent before making a second 180° turn to the left and returning to the station.

References

External links

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