Magic Mountain’s mountainous terrain provides a unique setting and the myth and legend of the great Japanese dragon Tatsu comes to life as the flight begins.

Riders board sleek dragon-like vehicles and ascend Tatsu’s 170ft tall lift with arms stretched forward, feet trailing behind and faces intensely focused on the landscape below. Once reaching the crest, riders fly like never before, plummeting straight down the mountain, soaring over the park’s white water raft ride, before entering a sharp 180-degree turn back up the hillside to round the park’s landmark bright orange Sky Tower.

The heart-pounding sensation continues as riders race up and down the mountainous terrain, darting in-and-out of looming trees, blazing over the tops of four inversions while dodging the raft ride, a suspended coaster, funicular railway and crossing an opposing Revolution coaster train high above Valencia Falls.

Aboard the wings of Tatsu, riders fly through a series of plunges, huge sweeping spirals, loops, sharp dives and high speed banked curves all designed to enhance the sensation of flight.

With 3,602ft of blazing red, orange and yellow twisted steel track barely visible intertwined through the mountainside, Tatsu’s intense flight faces a dramatic 263ft change in elevation from its highest peak to inches off the ground while spanning four separate areas of the park.

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