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Power Outage Delays Six Flags Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor Opening

An investigation by Southern California Edison may determine whether the outage stemmed from the grid or local infrastructure.

Overview

  • A pre-opening outage began around 9:15 a.m. and delayed the parks’ scheduled 10:30 a.m. openings on Wednesday, keeping guests outside the gates until staff announced a 1 p.m. start.
  • Southern California Edison said it restored electricity around 12:15 p.m. and has opened an investigation into the cause.
  • Six Flags said teams completed required safety inspections and restart procedures and reopened both Six Flags Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor shortly after 1 p.m., with some rides coming online later due to individual restart cycles.
  • The company did not say the outage was caused by park equipment and did not announce refunds, ticket extensions, additional hours, or how many visitors were affected.
  • The interruption cost guests valuable morning ride time and joins several separate 2026 incidents at the park, including a brush fire, a bomb-threat sweep, weather closures, and construction-related shutdowns, which have heightened attention to operational reliability.