Thread formerly known as GCI lats, now SFMM trip

Terminator is very forceful. Turn out of the station to the lift is high on the lats. Doesn't feel like the seats are padded, I'm just glad that they are. My guess for laterals would be +/-1.0 to 1.5. Has plenty of airtime too.

7 rides in one day on Terminator, from front to back and middle seats. Back seat kicks ass as most wood coasters do. Oh and if you have bad gas from the horrible food, good luck keeping it in on Terminator. [xx(]

Best time for SFMM is late April or early May, during the week. Never go on a weekend, even in the off season. They don't have as many rides open in off season. And X2 is a prima-donna. If it's really windy, they won't run it.

[jayman]

Originally posted by Onjin

Terminator is very forceful. Turn out of the station to the lift is high on the lats. Doesn't feel like the seats are padded, I'm just glad that they are. My guess for laterals would be +/-1.0 to 1.5. Has plenty of airtime too.

7 rides in one day on Terminator, from front to back and middle seats. Back seat kicks ass as most wood coasters do. Oh and if you have bad gas from the horrible food, good luck keeping it in on Terminator. [xx(]

hmm maybe it's loosened up a little, i rode it not long after it opened, and was somewhat dissapointed, it may have been the tepidness of the layout,( looks much much more exciting than it actually is) or the seating , or both, but all i could think of was while it was fastish and smooth, is that it was kind of a "safety woody'. it had forces, and i think it was an ok ride, but it was certainly "no ghostrider"
i also feel like if you need special effects on a wooden coaster, it's because you are trying to make up for what it lacks.
i particularly disliked the tunnel on that far turn , AND HATED the sound thing. i laughed my ass off at the "exploding truck". i'm certainly not going to say that all gcis are like this,because i havent ridden others but judging by where the praise regarding them comes from and what sort of praise they recieve( with the exception of yours) i'm not exactly going to go out of my way for their rides.

^Theme totally sucked. And the waiting in various rooms in the queue got really annoying. Why name a ride Terminator that is built out of wood? I just rode it in May 2010. Woody's are like fine wine and get better with age. I can't say it was smooth unless you compare it to Collosus(sp). No sound that I can remember. I think the sound box was removed, I don't remember seeing it at the back of the trains. SFMM spends too much money on trying to have more coasters than Cedar Point. Therefore theme just sucks for the most part. Just look what they did with Scream.

Definitely not as rough as Ghost Rider. That is the best addition Knott's has ever put in. I took my niece and nephew on that for their first wood coaster, back car too. Pics of their faces after the ride, priceless.