SoCal
Six Flags Magic Mountain
The self-declared coaster capital of the world, and for once the marketing is close to true.
12 attractions11 height limits4 tracked snacks
10 US parks · independent & unofficial
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Every height requirement, every ride worth queueing for, every snack worth the money — checked, dated, and built to work on park WiFi. No affiliate-driven rankings, no reprinted press releases.
- 81Attractions documented
- 42Height requirements
- 32Snacks with real prices
- 24Places to eat
Everything on this site verified September 2026
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The 10 parks
Start with your park
Each park hub links to its full ride list, height chart, dining, printable map, accessibility notes, and a first-timer plan you can actually follow.
SoCal
Knott's Berry Farm
America's first theme park — a real ghost town, the boysenberry, and the haunt that started the entire industry.
11 attractions4 height limits4 tracked snacks
SoCal
LEGOLAND California
The brick-built first-coaster park — Miniland, a dragon's castle, and the friendliest height ladder in Southern California.
7 attractions0 height limits3 tracked snacks
SoCal
SeaWorld San Diego
A marine park with a real thrill lineup — Emperor's dive coaster, Electric Eel's spike, and the bay it all sits on.
7 attractions2 height limits3 tracked snacks
Orlando
SeaWorld Orlando
Three B&M coasters and a marine park — Mako's airtime, Kraken's loops, Manta's flight, on the water.
8 attractions5 height limits3 tracked snacks
Orlando
LEGOLAND Florida
The brick-built park on the old Cypress Gardens — a dragon's castle, historic botanical gardens, and Florida's friendliest height ladder.
6 attractions0 height limits3 tracked snacks
Texas
Six Flags Over Texas
The 1961 original that named a whole chain — oil derricks, the Shock Wave loops, and the ride that started the hybrid-coaster era.
8 attractions5 height limits3 tracked snacks
Texas
SeaWorld San Antonio
The Texas SeaWorld — Iron Rattler's quarry walls, three coasters, and the biggest water-park half in the chain.
7 attractions3 height limits3 tracked snacks
New Jersey
Six Flags Great Adventure
El Toro, Nitro and the empty sky where Kingda Ka stood — the Northeast's biggest coaster park, an hour from Manhattan.
7 attractions6 height limits3 tracked snacks
Chicago
Six Flags Great America
Raging Bull, Goliath, the original Batman invert and a pair of racing woodies from 1981 — Chicago's coaster park.
8 attractions6 height limits3 tracked snacks
Tools, not listicles
Three things we do that a search result cannot
Interactive
Height Checker
Drag one slider to your child’s height and see, park by park, exactly which rides they clear and which they miss — including the ones they miss by an inch.
Saves offline
Food Tracker
Mark 32 snacks as want, tried, or skip. It saves on your device, shares as a link, prints as a checklist, and keeps working when the park WiFi does not.
Printable
Park maps
Clean schematic maps drawn from open geographic data — no clutter, no ads baked into the image, and they print on one page in black and white.
What is running
On right now, in September
Each of these states whether this year is confirmed or still only expected. Most sites will not tell you which.
Included overlay
Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Fright Fest is Six Flags Magic Mountain's included-with-admission Halloween overlay: scare zones and decorated midways by day, haunts after dark, with some upcharged attractions. Magic Mountain's version leans on the hillside park's scale — the midways between the summit and the plaza carry the atmosphere.
Expected — not yet announcedNo extra ticket
Included overlay
Fright Fest at Six Flags Over Texas
Fright Fest is Six Flags Over Texas's included-with-admission Halloween overlay: scare zones and decorated midways by day, haunts after dark, with some upcharged attractions. The original park's version wraps the tower section and Gotham strip in the chain's standard haunt format.
Expected — not yet announcedNo extra ticket
Included overlay
Fright Fest at Six Flags Great Adventure
Fright Fest is Six Flags Great Adventure's included-with-admission Halloween overlay: scare zones and decorated midways by day, haunts after dark, with some upcharged attractions. The Northeast's biggest fall crowd nights — Great Adventure's Fright Fest Saturdays are among the year's busiest days at any park on this site.
Expected — not yet announcedNo extra ticket
Included overlay
Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America
Fright Fest is Six Flags Great America's included-with-admission Halloween overlay: scare zones and decorated midways by day, haunts after dark, with some upcharged attractions. The Chicago park's version is the region's default Halloween theme park night and the best-attended of its seasonal overlays.
Expected — not yet announcedNo extra ticket
Separate ticket
Knott's Scary Farm
Knott's Scary Farm is the oldest big haunt in the country — running since 1973 — and still among the best: dozens of mazes, scare zones through the real Ghost Town, and a separately-ticketed night event that transforms the whole park.
Expected — not yet announced
Separate ticket
Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld San Diego
Howl-O-Scream is SeaWorld San Diego's separately-ticketed Halloween night: produced haunted houses, scare zones and coasters running after dark across the marine park. The San Diego edition is the smallest of the three SeaWorld haunts and the most atmosphere-per-acre — the bay-side park turns genuinely eerie.
Expected — not yet announced
Timing
Thinking about when to go
Every month graded on crowds, cost, weather, and what is actually running — including the months we think you should avoid.
September
A
September at these parks: one of the year's best windows. The connoisseur month: school back everywhere, every park still running its summer-lite calendar, and the entire Halloween season opening at the end of the month..
Moderate crowds
Moderate cost
October
B
October at these parks: a good window with known trade-offs. Halloween month: the haunts run every weekend, the day parks decorate, and the crowd calendar splits between calm haunt-free weekdays and the year's peak Saturdays..
High crowds
High cost
Planning
The guides people actually need
Height requirements at every park on this site: the complete ladder, 42 to 54 inches
The height ladder at ten parks in one place: which rides a 42-, 48- and 54-inch rider can board, why the big tier sits at 48 and 54, and why this site sometimes says 'not stated' on purpose rather than guess.
Line-skip passes at ten parks: what Flash Pass, Fast Lane and Quick Queue cost and when they are worth it
Four park companies sell four different line-skip products, and none of them work at the others. This guide prices THE FLASH Pass, Fast Lane and Quick Queue as of July 2026, names the tier worth buying at each park, and gives the Legolands the honest nothing-to-buy answer.
Your first coaster park trip: how to plan it, what to ride first, and the mistakes everyone makes
A first trip to the big regional parks runs on three arithmetic problems — height, crowds and heat — plus one skill: the rope drop. This guide solves all four and names the rookie mistakes that cost the most riding time.
Seasonal calendar
The whole year on one page
Every party night, festival, and overlay. Colour shows how much has actually been confirmed.
Event
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Fright Fest
Both
Fright Fest
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Fright Fest
Both
Fright Fest
Both
Scary Farm
Both
Howl-O-Scream
Both
Howl-O-Scream
Both
Howl-O-Scream
Both
Brick-or-Treat
Both
Confirmed Expected Last confirmed cycle
Comparisons
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Independent and unofficial. Not affiliated with Six Flags, Knott's Berry Farm, LEGOLAND, or SeaWorld. We buy our own tickets.