Gauntlet was my favorite ride in the park. The SLC is a good layout, so when it can run smooth like Gauntlet, I really like it. I visited in 2017 for a concert, and the park was slammed. So when I went back for another concert earlier this year in June, I did the season pass, as it was actually only $10 extra (factoring in free parking and a food credit), and it allowed me to also go on Friday afternoon & half of Sunday. Saturday was again slammed, but I got plenty of rides and slides in on the other days. I do wish it had a better coaster lineup, but I appreciated everything else the park had to offer. That Zach Williams concert was one of the first legitimate concerts to take place in the country post-lockdown. It's interesting that I just rode Twist N Shout last Saturday, and I just now realized from you that it used to be here. 0:25 btw, the pronunciation is (Wash ih tah) for Ouachita, kind of similar to Wichita; wash instead of wich. Yeah, I'm being the pronunciation police. It's actually kind of a running joke around there, which you reminded me of. I went to camp at Ouachita Baptist University for years.
No problem, I'm not the best at pronunciation so I don't take any offense. I'm glad the park does well on weekends since it seems like a well-kept park even if the coaster lineup isn't amazing.
I’ve lived in Hot Springs my whole life. I can remember magic springs when it looked WAYYY DIFFERENT! Me and my best friends all went to Cutter (the school down the way) and we got dropped off there during summer like it was a daycare. Now I live across the highway (I can see brain drain from my back porch) and me and my son get season passes and go all the time. The water park is definitely where we spend most of our time. This video was really cool!
Thank you for posting. This brought back a lot of memories for sure. Remember back in the 80s when they had a roller coaster in the very front of the Park and it's simply had 2 hills and one loop in the middle. 😂 Back then I loveed it because it went forward and backwards. Based on your review they obviously removed it and updated the park tremendously LOL. Comparing it now from back then it's a lot better. I also recall an observation tower back in the 80s too but I may have my parks mixed up.😊 Glad to see that it's still there at least!
I moved to Arkansas a year ago and have been curious about this park. I’m glad to see this review is available and am looking forward to taking my family for a visit in the future.
Great comprehensive review. Big Bad John is another one of those coasters that hardly gets any attention, so it's great to see some light shed on it. I'm glad you got a good ride on Gauntlet, my ride on it was terrible lol.
Great informative video! I am driving from Memphis to Dallas this weekend to go to Six Flags fiesta Texas Six Flags over Texas with a buddy. I was contemplating making a stop on the way down for a couple hours and magic springs to film a vlog. Would you suggest that it’s worth it? I also like hearing that the coasters are not too rough because a couple of the ones they have tend to be rougher.
@@CanobieCoaster Thank you! I am planning on stopping by tomorrow for a couple of hours which should be plenty of time for me to ride the coasters and get some video.
Ive hit Silver Dollar City actively since 2015, before i moved to Little Rock. Would this be a good ~60 dollar purchase, just to try out for a one time trip?
Our family loves magic springs amusement park. It’s only 45 minutes from where we live so we always try to get season pass tickets. It’s not a bad deal and this year they’ve got some golden pass ticket that we’re really thinking about getting so that we can get a meal for free because everything is really pricey there.
@@CanobieCoaster Yeah. My dad considers a National Park to be far greater worth than an amusement park. Next time I go to Hot Springs I will definitely take a look.
I don't mean to be that guy, but it is pronounced (Wash-eh-taw) referring to the Ouachita Mountain region. I live in Northwest Arkansas and have been to Magic Springs a handful of times. Ive always loved the park aince i was a kid. Great family place for a summer getaway.
The reason Arkansas Twister is so far from the other coasters is because of how HUGE it its, It is rated the #1 coaster in all of Arkansas, oh, and I forgot to mention, this coaster goes 50 mph and is 3,340 FEET, so that's why It's so far away from the other coasters.
@@CanobieCoaster I get it, like, is there a limit on how much space your supposed to use? Why can't you just build the Arkansas Twister next to the gauntlet?
The wave pool sucks they should have had wild river country open this summer but unfortunately there closed and everything is too far off we walked all day long they don't refill water up on sunny extremely hot days I saw a lady pass out from the sun beaming down on us they
I'd say it's worth it but right now it's not at the top of my list of parks to visit. So I'd certainly like to get there someday but not right away for sure. I do wish however that Ed Hart still owned and operated the park. With the success he's had with Kentucky Kingdom, I think he could have had just as much success with this place as well. Hopefully they'll try to add more exciting additions to the dry park later on.
Agree!! The park in the 80’s was awesome. I remember when the Roaring Tornado opened and we went. My aunt lost her hairpiece on that ride 😂 😂. I was too young to ride it at the time. I also remember the beautiful landscaping they had. I loved Magic Springs in the 80’s.
Well I love magic springs so much and in fact it’s closed right now because it’s winter and they don’t wanna be around people you know how to do that so I really love match brings I actually live in Hotspring Dakin salt and it’s really fun we have a Lotta stuff to do now but we don’t have a Lotta stuff still do but merry Christmas is almost Christmas is almost coming up and it’s not open right now but as well please don’t when I went to open on Christmas so I hope y’all have a dolly Holley Ameri Christmas and next year for Magic Springs I am going to be going and I’m just so sad and I cannot wait any longer but that’s life and I really wanna go on Xcode star because my Chloe my friend Chloe she really but I want to go out with somebody but like not really nobody else wanna go on with her I want to go on you know XX poster and the brain drain and I want to go on the gauntlet I never been on the gauntlet so I’m so sad and next year I
