When you think of great amusement parks in El Paso, one that triggers great memories is the one that old school locals will remember: Magic Landing. After having a conversation with a friend online, I began to ask myself, “where WAS Magic Landing even to begin with? What did it look like back in the day?”.
Here’s a brief history lesson of El Paso’s Magic Landing
The park opened up in the summer of 1984. It would be located off of I-10 East between El Paso & Horizon. However the park would be most known for a tragic accident in 1985 after an employee, Frank Guzman Jr., died after having his arm ripped off by a roller coaster, as reported by The El Paso Times.
Despite this, many people would continue to enjoy Magic Landing until its closure in 1988. Several people have shared their experiences by going to the park with their families when Magic Landing was still open like Roberto Franco’s retelling on Texas Highways.
Some people even went further and posted their own home videos like Jesus Herrera’s personal 1985 collection that’s found on Texas Archive, and probably most famously, Braker Lane’s home videos from 1987 that were uploaded onto YouTube…