West Coast Racers Review (Updated), Six Flags Magic Mountain Racing Coaster | This Ride is Redundant 

I’ve found this ride to be fantastic! The initial airtime element is one of the craziest ejector moments on any coaster

Wholeheartedly agree. It's a good ride but it makes no sense at Magic Mountain, and imo both Full Throttle and Twisted Colossus do WCRs job better. (Even tho WCR actually duels all of the time lol.) Imo it's my #7 in the park at best.

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Redundant, but it still does two things that twisted colossus doesn't, It duels And it has discomfort collars

This was such a fantastic addition, I was worried if it would be too similar to TwiCol but it's already different enough just from the fact it always duels. No but I really like the system they do to make it always duel, the layout is very different of a feel from Full Throttle and pretty any Premier, and the wave turn mist gave crazy sideways ejector, forceful turns and cool inversions. Even if they aren't whippy, it's the dueling aspect.

Love the look with columns. Trains gracefully executing the circuits. They got a lot of things RIGHT with this coaster. Especially the theming.

Racers is one of my favorite in the park, twisted doesn’t always duel and full throttle is greatttt a favorite of mine as well but it is too short and not worth it if it’s a long wait and seems to break down frequently IMO. Racers fills those voids and adds a great family ride that’s still thrilling I really love the ride ❤

This is going to be weird to say, but I think West Coast Racers is one of my favorite coasters to look at. It's weird to say because Magic Mountain has a lot of really iconic rides with great visuals both on and off ride and most people would probably think West Coast just gets buried under all of them both literally in the prk's skyline and in the lineup. Yet there's just something about it, especially when you see it from the top of Samurai Summit that just looks super cool. I don't consider it my favorite ride by any means, and it's really in the middle of the pack when it comes to the park's lineup, but whatever they did, I hope they keep doing it because I just think it looks really nice.

I am a big fan of this ride, but it's not my favorite by Premier. I have no issues with their seats on any of their trains, but I do see why taller guests have issues with these and their older seats. My issue is with the discomfort collars. Average height and shorter guests are subject to all kinds of painful banging with those collars, so basically, everyone will have some kind of problem with these trains. I learned to hold onto the collars, which does work. But I still prefer most Premier coasters without the collars. The high-5 at the very start slammed me into the collars, and I was in so much pain. Holding the collars has prevented that from happening again, and it's now my # 6 in the park. I love the racing element!

I rode this in october of 23 and when I boarded the train, I moved the comfort collar over my head with one of my hands, and then sat down. the medal part fell out of my hand and hit me straight in the head. It hurts so bad that I couldn’t even enjoy the ride.

Fun coaster, but hard to get on. If you enter SFMM as a passholder and head right, you can ride Full Throttle twice before the park opens, then 2-3 rides on Twisted Colossus with no line, then Wonder Woman with a very short line. But then by the time you reach West Coast Racers, the line is unreasonable. Heading to WCR right at park open can work (if the ride is actually open), but then you give up the walk-ons on Full Throttle, Twisted Colossus, and Wonder Woman, which is never an advantageous tradeoff, so I end up usually not riding WCR.

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honestly I like West Coast Racers more than Full Throttle. I was genuinely impressed with my first ride in 2021 and would put it in my top 5 at the park (although I haven’t ridden Wonder Woman yet). the launch was way better than expected, the high five at the beginning legitimately felt like it was going to toss me out of the train, the inversions were really fun, and I greyed out on several of the turns. not to mention the perfect dual enhances the experience by a mile. my only complaint is that the pause before the second lap is pretty lackluster, but other than that I loved it.

Yeah...this ride would have been PERFECT at a park like Six Flags New England instead...which has no launch or dueling coasters and the crowds arent what Magic Mountain's are so itd be a more manageable wait

It’s always surprised me how slow operations are on this ride. It always prevents me from queuing any time other than at open

I used to have no issue with Premier restraints, and then WCR broke down on me before starting the second lap. Those shin guards are torture for long durations sitting on the launch track. Even though I got an extra long ride, it was a very fun coaster.

I've rode this coaster quite a bit as SFMM use to be my home park and I rode it all day during media day and plenty of times since. I honestly prefer Full Throttle. The comfort collars seem to impact me more and more with this ride. I'd rather have the set-up that Full Throttle has. For me West Coast Racers is the 7th best coaster in the park. As a side note I really didn't have an issue with the back rows. I would say West Coast Racers is a good ride but not anywhere near the some of the best rides SFMM has to offer.

The underground area of the park is themed after the outside of Six Flags America. 🙃

Watch them relocate it to six flags New England and it just be an expensive lawn ornament

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Before my only trip to SFMM in late November 2019 I predicted this coaster to not open until 2020, then I was a little embarrassed to have gotten that wrong. Only now I realize I was right: it was only open to pass holders. Thank you for making me feel vindicated.

What they should’ve built is a dive coaster or a legit hyper airtime machine.

I haven’t done the ride yet (believe or not) so thank you for this review

I have to hand it to SFMM, they really do have long coasters. I mean, you always ride both sides in TC, and now in this, and the only really short coaster at the park is Full Throttle. This looks like a fun must ride. I have so much to look forward to with SFMM since my last trip. Full Throttle, Twisted C, WCR, and Wonder Woman. Wow, it would be worth visiting for those four even if that's all the park had, but to still have all the others to look forward to again is a treat, especially Tatsu and X2 which I just love. I'll give Scream and Riddler's a miss as Riddler's rattles my head and gives me a headache and I always bang my head into the restrains on Scream and find it too boring to be worth the headache, but will ride everything else that's open, including Viper which I find enjoyable. I believe the entry requirements will change soon to the US, so Ill be able to visit, and even though I am going to Europe in August, if the rules have changed by May I'd like to do a week in California then back to OZ. Like a bullet trip as I call them. Long flight but I'll use my miles to go business class, sleep all the way there, go Knotts, Disney, Six Flags, then fly home. Will be fun. I just hope I am lucky enough to get a duel in TC, as that seems to completely transform it. I will beg the operators!

I do wonder about the trains’ maintenance cycle- it would seem quite a lengthy wait for the second half of the ride if WCR only operated on a two train cycle…is there a fourth train that the park uses?

SFNE Would’ve been a good home for this ride I think

Completely agree. I really do enjoy the ride but it should be at another park. I don’t really love the area, there’s not much shade. I’m sure it does look better than the old area at least

AKA: Manta W/ inversions. SFMM should get a Skyline P'Sghetti Bowl coaster that will allow them to have the most coasters yet again and the most dueling coasters at 3!

Icebreaker is my personal fave premier that i have been on. My expectations were so low, but that "Family" coaster gave me stronger airtime than mako did that day

What are your current top 5 coasters made by Premier Rides?

I just went here in January. And west coast racers is still really good! And by the way, when I went to West Coast Racers, it had alot of delays when I was in line. Like an hour wait!

I would like one of these in Mexico and I think it could use something like Hollywood rip ride rockit, that you can listen to music while you ride the attraction

My biggest complaint about WCR (aside from comfort collars) is yes it does a lot of things but it doesn't stand out any one thing. However I believe a lot of people like it because it is not as intense as some other other rides at the park. SFMM has a lot of intense rides and this is a bit more tame for the GP.

Are you planning to go to sfne for opening day this year?

A good ride if it's working, which is not often...

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I agree its redundant, but its still really fun

Do you find the lap bars continuously lower? I had that experience on tigris

It is a very fun coaster. However, it always seems to have a long line and the operations are atrocious. I would rather spend my time over at Twisted Colossus, X2, or Wonder Woman.

its a great ride the park didn't need.

Hey now, you're using outdated video of Ice Breaker at my homepark 😂.....they have officially removed the comfort collars.

feel like its one of the worst rides at MM. The trains are so terrible it ruins any fun it normally may have. The mid ride wait is annoying too. Put the Full Throttle trains on it and it would be a better experience.

Should have gone to Great Adventure.

Twisted Collosus and WCW ARE mobious loop layouts. There's no such thing as "qausi-mobious".

Weird.

Worst. Restraints. Ever!!!

Soo boring 😴