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CoasterMatt
10-21-2008, 09:51 PM
The official announcement will be in the next week, but here's the concept art:
CoasterMatt
10-21-2008, 09:55 PM
Six Flags Magic Mountain will officially unveil plans this week for Terminator: The Coaster, a $10-million wooden roller coaster scheduled open Memorial Day weekend 2009.
The 2,850-foot-long coaster with Millennium Flyer trains will include a 100-foot lift, five hills, six banked turns as well as visual and audio effects and a loading station fly-through. The three-minute start-to-finish ride reaches a top speed of 55 mph.
The Great Coasters International woodie will be built next to the Déjà Vu looping steel coaster and in the same location as Psyclone, a reviled wooden coaster mercifully removed from the Valencia amusement park in 2006.

from Brady McDonald - L.A. Times (http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/six-flags-magic-moun-3069/)
Cadaverous Pallor
10-21-2008, 10:00 PM
Awesome! :) But, how does a woodie fit into the Terminator concept?
CoasterMatt
10-21-2008, 10:29 PM
I don't care - GCI makes some fun coasters, and the Millennium Flyer trains are wonderful.
Kevy Baby
10-21-2008, 10:50 PM
That looks like a big-assed coaster
CoasterMatt
10-21-2008, 11:05 PM
100 feet tall, 2850 ft. of track isn't that big - Ghostrider at Knott's is 118 ft. tall, and has 4533 ft. of track, for comparison.

BUT GCI is known for their twister coasters, which is a different style from anything else in SoCal, so I'm looking forward to it.
Kevy Baby
10-21-2008, 11:11 PM
The picture makes it look like it is almost as tall as the tower. I was wishin', hopin' and dreamin'
lashbear
10-22-2008, 12:51 AM
Dammit - Memorial Day is ALSO after April, innit?

Also Matt, Crystal Beach Cyclone Much ??? :eek:
CoasterMatt
10-22-2008, 05:56 AM
The ride it closest resembles is Renegade, at Valleyfair (same builder, same fun S curve first drop)
mousepod
10-22-2008, 06:16 AM
Awesome! :) But, how does a woodie fit into the Terminator concept?

At the end of the ride, you're killed by a robot from the future.
Cadaverous Pallor
10-22-2008, 07:39 AM
At the end of the ride, you're killed by a robot from the future.DAHDAH DAH DAHDAH!

</terminator music>
CoasterMatt
10-22-2008, 05:03 PM
Here's (http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/sixflags/35226/) the announcement, including video.

It doesn't look like that great of a coaster, but I've been mistaken before :D