Took the kids to Magic Mountain last week. With a coupon card it was under $70 for two adults and two kids. I'd consider that good value. Spent the full day there. There is lots to do and it is set up in such a way that it easy to keep an eye on the kids. I also liked that the entrance fee covered most things; we paid $5 for a locker and $10 for mini-golf. It is very safe for the kids. There are lots of lifeguards. A few things kind of took away from the visit. The big one was the long waits at the larger slides. I only got a couple rides on the larger slides because of the long line ups. Thankfully, there were other things to do that you didn't have to wait in line for. The way they have it set up is that you can only go down the slide after person ahead of you has exited slide. This seems overly cautious to me given how long the slides are. Plus, the whole safety system relies on a guard at the bottom to use hand signals to let the guard at the top know that it is okay to send next person down. Also it is one guard for three slides which seemed a lot for the guard to manage. Really?! Seems like kind of outdated. At the Canada Games Centre they have a red/green light system which is activated when someone activates a sensor further down the slide.
Also, the non-lifeguard staff are very young and inexperienced. I guess as it is a seasonal job so I shouldn't be surprised but they could have been trained better. Anything out of the ordinary will throw them for a loop. I took my daughter to play mini-golf and it was a comedy of errors when the kid at the register ran out of receipt paper. He called another kid who couldn't replace it and we had to wait for a supervisor. We were waiting for about 10 minutes. Later, when we got hotdogs, the customer ahead of us got cold hotdogs and the kid at the counter shrugged and set her on her way. Thankfully, ours were cooked.
Even with its flaws, I would come here more if it was closer than 2.5- 3 hours away. With the hot, humid weather the waterpark was perfect. Tood bad there is nothing like it in Halifax. read more