Magic Mountain adding wooden coaster in 2009

Originally posted by dcs221

I don't understand why they were so pressed for time...checking out the video now though.

Maybe they just forgot

SF employee 1:"hey, did you call those guys a GCI and order that coaster?"
2:"no, did you?"
1:"no I thought you did....!"
2:"Ok call them now and make them have it ready in five days!"

[Coasterkidmwm]

I THINK part of the new Terminator is set in a "everything is destroyed" setting for a bit. A wooden ride could fit this theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWm19fX3XqM

Notice the beginning especially with the parachuter stuck on the power line tower or whatever that is.

[Oscar]

Rarrr has anyone found any additional information on this Magic Mountain construction?

The area has been cleared and flattened and posts are up... That's about it so far.

There's also these piles of wood the themeparkreivew.com posted pictures of:

It was announced. Video here.

Layout looks really amazing, GCI's best this year by far. Love the Kentucky Rumbler drop.



Take a deep breath and climb aboard Terminator?????????: The Coaster ????????? a journey that begins at Six Flags Magic Mountain and transports you into a desolate future to battle alongside John Connor and his post-apocalyptic legion of Tech-Com soldiers.

With five belly-flopping hills and six high speed banked turns, Terminator?????????: The Coaster is a state-of-the-art ride that combines the acrobatic thrills of a modern roller coaster while retaining the nostalgic look and feel of a classic "woodie."

The unparalleled sights and sounds will drop and turn you straight into the confines of Skynet?????????s artificially intelligent network of lethal machines, in one final attempt to save human kind.

Join the resistance spring 2009.

Terminator?????????: The Coaster By The Numbers
Height Restrictions: min. 48"
Ride Category: Thrill(More like this)
Flash Pass: No
Length: 2,850 feet
Unique Features: Loading station "fly-thru" and on-board entertainment elements
Introduction: Coming in spring 2009
Manufacturer: Great Coasters International Inc. (GCII)

Info provided from the announcement page linked at the top.

I love the layout. Hope to get over to SFMM sometime in 2009, but doubt it.

[Oscar]

Yipee, I may be able to ride it whe it opens. Looks like a great fun ride.

The first half looks so good! I think after the station fly through it starts to die down a bit with all the flat turns, but I think it looks freaking awesome.

Love the layout, hate the name...

[Dirk_Ermen]

lmao, why are parks always building a new coaster just after I've visited xD

This would be another GCI coaster that features a station fly-through, but this ride looks really unappealing to me. I just think this ride will be as exciting as hoped for. I also think that a wooden coaster based about Terminator is a little ridiculous. An intamin could have been more suited for the name than a GCI coasters in my opinion.

^Seeing as Renegade and Troy both have station fly bys, it won't be the second coaster.

And I think it looks way cool. The ending is very similar to Renegade. I like how the second turnaround hugs the post-lift turn, should be some cool headchoppers. It also seems a little shorter than I expected.

^And Rumbler and thunderhead

Rumbler has 3...

Also a bunch of CCI rides had them, but they weren't ever really hyped until GCI did it.

is it just me or is that banking really odd?

Is it just me or is that lift ghetto steep in that picture?

this looks like so much fun, so many pops of airtime but what's with the intense lack of themeing? they act like it's gonna have animatronics etc, but nothin'. ah well, it will be a good experience.

Looking very very good! GCI is kicking ass the last years. But the name sucks, unless there's going to be some heavy theming.

I am excited about this one. Have never been on a GCI before, let alone the Millennium Flyer trains.

I will not be suprised if the theming is just cars with big decals, and a big terminator the coaster sign. At least they should put in an animatronic or something.

TPR Posted pictures:

Besides the foundation there are parts of the support structure in the the top left I think. Whoooo progress.

UPDATE!

And Terminator has gone vertical!









picts from themeparkreview.com

I am super stoked for Terminator. It does have odd banking, but it seems really fun.

UPDATE!!

Update with pictures and the story line:
Riders queuing up to board the new Terminator Salvation wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain this summer will get survival instructions from two of the movie?????????s stars: rapper/actor Common and model/actress Moon Bloodgood.

Currently under construction, the $10-million coaster will feature an additional $1 million in theming to tie in with the ride?????????s ?????????Terminator Salvation????????? movie storyline.

While waiting in the queue, riders will be encouraged via video clips featuring Common and Bloodgood to ?????????join the resistance????????? and help fight the Terminator robots.

Common, who plays a soldier named Barnes in the movie, and Bloodgood, who portrays pilot Blair Williams, will explain the key points of the movie?????????s plot while laying out the ride?????????s back story.

During the ?????????training session,????????? riders are warned that the ?????????machines are coming????????? and to ?????????go to the safe house????????? to await further instructions.

The ?????????safe house????????? in this case will be the coaster loading station, which will be filled with movie props and memorabilia including Terminator robots. Once riders complete their training, they become ?????????resistance fighters????????? and board the roller coaster.

Scheduled to open Memorial Day weekend, the Great Coasters International woodie will be built next to the D?????????j????????? Vu looping steel coaster and in the same location as Psyclone, a reviled wooden coaster mercifully removed from the Valencia amusement park in 2006.


picts from http://www.rcprocommunity.com/showthread.php?p=27476
story from http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-bl ... ermi-4295/