In one of the worst kept ride annoucements SFMM will indeed introduce Terminator The Coaster next year.

Still havent figured out how you can have a Terminator ride that isnt steel? Doesn't make sense. Im sure the themeing will be top notch Six Flags quality, but the ride should be another great ride from GCI

LA Times

It's about time! I might try to go to CA one year and hit up SFMM!

Wow that was a very messy announcement. And a Terminator ride made of Wood? Jeeze.

But it's a GCI, it's sure to be a great ride.

Wow that was a very messy announcement. And a Terminator ride made of Wood? Jeeze.

But it's a GCI, it's sure to be a great ride.

I agree, although Terminator sounds like a great coaster, when i think of Terminator being a coaster i think of it being some type of Intamin or Vekoma launched coaster.

I bet a Flight of Fear clone could be easily modified to fit the Terminator Theme.

I only have one question as to your Flight of Fear idea.

Why?

For Pete's sake, why?

Dont enough FoF clones exist??? Now how about a Vekoma Moto coaster with Harley Davidson FatBoys you ride. Hmm seems like that would be Arnold approved and fit the theme.

Don't know where I read this but I remember hearing somewhere that Terminator Salvation takes place in post-apocalyptic setting with many of the images that have been coming out showing a desert scene. If this proves true, I can understand the wooden coaster direction. Post-apocalyptic accompanies lack of technology thus a wooden, old-time, coaster. Somewhat of a roundabout way of approaching it, but hey wouldn't you come up with any excuse to obtain a GCII coaster?

EDIT: In addition, this is not the official announcement. The official announcement will take place this week, too bad for SFMM that all this info was leaked. Either that or terrible planning on the PR side. Could you imagine if that would have happened with Diamondback...

Well this coaster has been known about for quite a while. The guys at TPR have been calling it terminator since the removal of the old coaster.

Yeah what if that would have happend with Diamondback. I mean besides the article in First Drop magazine and the discovered plans at the city of Mason. Atleast the name and details were kept close until the announcement.

Since when does the material to build the ride have to represent the name/theme of the ride? There are tons of bird themed rides out there that our wood or steel (Raptor, Talon, Raven). The new Tony Hawk rides are steel, even though I think of wooden ramps and skateboards. Mantis is steel even though I would think more of a forest when thinking of an animal like that. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples out there, but I think you get the idea. I really don't think a theme/name is rarely if ever based on the material to build a ride.

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I understand what you mean about those rides and their names, but non of them have a theme. This ride is to be themed after the Terminator movies. So if it is to be themed to the movies, I just find it hard for a wodden coaster to be themed after metal cyborg assasin. But thats just me.

Heres some more info and video of the coaster. Who needs a press release now?

PR Newswire

That looks like one twisted mother. Definately a great GCI product

Reminds me of a cross between Ravine Flyer II and ThunderHead and the first drop looks to be very similar to Kentucky Rumbler

I noticed it had a layout slightly similar to Villain at GL, sorta with all the turns, airtime hills, and that Doglegged "L" Shape.

Much more on this:

http://themeparks.about.com/b/2009/03/26/n...r-salvation.htm

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/...ain-termi-4295/

Since there are so many topics on this coaster, I decided to go back to the original. Terminator Salvation the ride has begun testing at night! I absolutely cannot wait to see how great this ride will be!

I still think its funny a wooden ride is named Terminator?

Terminator Testing video

Looks kind of... well, meh. Of course, Maverick looked "meh" too.

A review:

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/...salvation-4533/

A review:

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/...salvation-4533/

It looks low (95'), slow (50.1 mph) & short (2877') to me. The review bills it as being family friendly. The top speed is less then Test Track at Epcot.

Speed alone means nothing. Space Mountain never hits 35. Superman The Escape at Magic Mountain supposedly does 100. Leap The Dips does 6! I know which I'd rather ride (and the answer may well surprise you!)

Press release with video:

http://sev.prnewswire.com/null/20090522/NY...22052009-1.html

A review:

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/...salvation-4533/

It looks low (95'), slow (50.1 mph) & short (2877') to me. The review bills it as being family friendly. The top speed is less then Test Track at Epcot.

The top speed neing less than that on Test Track means nothing. Test track actually gets up to 60 + mph. That is actually quite fast. Firehawk doesn't get that fast, in fact, few coasters at KI do.

I think it is a little odd that they would have a wood coaster to be themed after a Terminator movie. I haven't been on a GCI, thunderhead will be my first next week.