

#MAGIC MOUNTAIN DISCOVERY KINGDOM PLUS#
Plus you can do a meet and greet with some of the jolly old elf’s livestock. But the walkways are generally clear, music fills the entire park (with the periodic unwanted promo for Gold Passes and the like), and lights are present beyond the named areas. It would be nice to see a minimal investment each year in the décor it will truly add up over time. Christmas Tree Forest and Candy Cane Lane are both back, with the latter seeming to have been plussed a bit. The corridor leading to Medusa is Toyland and is lined with giant playthings, although a paucity of lights leads to a spookier feel more in line with Halloween. For an extra fee one can ride in an open carriage pulled by a majestic Cal Crush Clydesdale. There are some really good voices in the group, and the song selection seemed to have a better connection to the holiday being celebrated, although one with a more seductive, sensual quality than might be expected.īoth the snow play area and sled run down the slope of Blitzen’s Wonderland Mountain have returned. Holiday Pop has actual singers that seem vaguely familiar actually, nothing vague at all since the show features singers previously seen here during Fright Fest. Jingle Bell Rock features a troupe of red and white fur clad dancers flitting about the stage to songs like, well, Jingle Bell Rock several times a day and into the evening. After dark, the lights on the tree and surrounding buildings synchronize with a holiday soundtrack in Six Flags Dazzle making its debut this year.Ĭhristmas Tree Plaza is also the home of two musical offerings.
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The signature fountain hibernates in early winter, replaced by a 65 foot tree cloaked in lights and surrounded by oversized presents. Without reaching deeper into your pocket, the park adds activities with snow, fire pits to ward off the cold, a couple of shows and holiday music and décor throughout the park. On the other hand, Christmas can be a homier affair and still be successful. Although I loathe the very idea of hard ticket events, my experiences this fall showed that doing a really good haunt requires going all in to the point of needing that extra revenue not to mention generally getting rid of the guests that aren’t there specifically for the event. This time of year is much more satisfying at Discovery Kingdom than Fright Fest. Plus, of course, there were peeks over and through the fence surrounding the construction zone for the upcoming hybrid conversion of the classic woodie Roar into The Joker. Also experienced was the new show, The Wildlife Experience, which combines the bird and small animal shows into a single performance. Theme parks are no exception, so I donned my thickest hoodie, counted my pennies for a refillable mug of hot chocolate and spent a Saturday at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for this year’s version of Holiday in the Park. As the calendar moves on and the temperatures drop, tinsel and lights sprout up throughout the landscape.
