Six Flags Magic Mountain to get yet another coaster in 2010

[cowboy1192]

http://rcdb.com/id4346.htm

Any ideas on what it might be?

[saylorman47]

Wasn't it slipped that they were working with Intamin or someone at WCB 2009?

[Coaster Justin]

Could it be an Intamin Motorbike Coaster or Mega Lite? Maybe a Fahrenheit like Ride.

[frightfestkid]

Why is SFMM getting so many new coasters?
I know there a major Six Flags park, but so is SFGAm and SFGAv and were not getting any new coasters.

[bobbinbop20]

^they get new stuff all the time because of all the other parks that are in that area, they need to keep up with the other places, as for a place like sfgam theres not any other big parks near by so thats like the only game in town, and both sfgam and sfgad got the dark knight last year so we still get something.

[Chitown]

This has been known for awhile and the reason why RCDB has it posted.

Shapiro made mention of a new coaster in 2010 toward the end of last year. I heard that it will probably be a Tony Hawk Big Spin.

[Coaster Justin]

I Don't see a Tony Hawk or Dark Knight in their Future. Here's Why:


Tony Hawk----- Sierra Sidewinder
Dark Knight---- Mulholland Madness

The Competition has the Same things under 50 Miles Away.

- Same for Why I hope SFMM doesn't get S&S Towers.

[tp41190]

I Don't see a Tony Hawk or Dark Knight in their Future. Here's Why:


Tony Hawk----- Sierra Sidewinder
Dark Knight---- Mulholland Madness

The Competition has the Same things under 50 Miles Away.

- Same for Why I hope SFMM doesn't get S&S Towers.

That doesn't matter. As long as its not called Tony Hawk, or Mullholland Madness no one cares.

[onyxhotel08]

Attendance will not be affected if SFMM does not add a new ride every year. These days, if people like a park, they will come back even if a big addition doesn't take place each season.

[tp41190]

Thats the thing, Magic Mountain has NOTHING else to offer. If there is no new coaster people will not return. There are so many other parks within a hour drive from Magic Mountain so they always will have to keep adding stuff.

If you have ever been there, you will realize that Magic Mountain only has coasters to offer.

-poor staff
-HORRIBLE ride operations
-4 flat rides (all old crappy carnival ones)
-disgusting bathrooms
-NO atmosphere except LA smog
-broken bubblers (force you to buy water)
-separate gated water park
-no scenery or theming

[BP317]

Although most of that is true, I dont really agree with all of it. I find SFMMs operation to be onpar if not better than SFGAms as everything opens with the park (none of this open half the park at 11 BS) and, at least when ive been to SFMM which have been fairly recently they were very well staffed and had more ride ops on each coaster than any other SF park ive been to. I agree the staff isnt that great though and their flat ride collection is a joke, and the bathrooms need to be redone badly. Last time I was there all the coasters that could run two were running two trains and not stacking (except Tatsu which was stacking) and the only ride closed was Sky Tower. Goliath was 3 trains and loading them really quickly. What really surprised me was for the most part the employees are older (been to SFMM a few times now and still only seen one orange tag ride operator whereas you go to SFGAm they are everywhere).

Going next Tuesday to ride Terminator

[tp41190]

^I wish we had that the day of WCB.

On colossus they stacked 1 TRAIN in the brake run for 3 mins while the ops played rock-paper-scissors...mind you this was a 1 train operation!

One of the Ops at Batman found a camera in the station and kept throwing it on the ground to make it flash...while the train was waiting to be dispatched.

Tatsu left a train in the brakes for 5 mins while they waited to fill up the train that was loading.

Superman The Escape took 5 mins to launch between cycles....the Ops were just messing around when the doors closed.

[onyxhotel08]

How...wise let's see you have a company deep in massive debt that it can't give a decent ride to parks that get them once every 5-10 years and actually still turn up attendance and make some money while a park like SFMM always drains the budget and doesn't even make up for it in people going to the park or the overall quality. Yes, they have competition. But their quality of coasters will still draw people in who like to ride them even if they don't add one every single season. These days people are more likely to go to a park they have been going, and SFMM is a good park for coaster fans, than look for another one as if you can get bored with rides like X2 or Tatsu.

[Goku1910]

http://rcdb.com/id4346.htm

Any ideas on what it might be?

WTH!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!??!!!???!?!!?!?!?

lol

[onyxhotel08]

They did say Tidal Wave would come down probably soon and a family roller coaster would be put in.

[Ilovthevu']

Everyone that's been to that park knows that park needs more flats. In fact, many people believe they have none. So, what do they do? They add another coaster. Shapiro was saying that they want to have the most coasters, and that's a just something stupid.

The park needs more flats. Maybe, they need to get rid of some coasters for some flats like Viper, Superman the Escape, or Revolution based on people saying that ride isn't good. They shouldn't be adding more.

You go that Mullholland Madness is at California Adventure, and if they get the Dark Knight, than that's not good. If SFMM gets the Dark Knight, people don't have to go California Adventure. If SFMM got a ride like California Screamin', I think that would really hurt California Adventure. That's what I consider a signature ride at that park. However, that ride isn't cheap.

[onyxhotel08]

You certainly can get high thrill flat rides and it can cost much less than another coaster...sooner or later they will have to tore down buildings all over the park to make enough room...they can't really expand nor would they afford it

[BP317]

You go that Mullholland Madness is at California Adventure, and if they get the Dark Knight, than that's not good. If SFMM gets the Dark Knight, people don't have to go California Adventure. If SFMM got a ride like California Screamin', I think that would really hurt California Adventure. That's what I consider a signature ride at that park. However, that ride isn't cheap.

Mullholand Madness is one of, if not the, worst ride at DLR. If SFMM got one it would not hurt Disneys business at all as no one that goes to DLR would care and would continue to go there anyway because its a Disney branded park. Same thing goes for California Screamin.

[Chitown]

^Exactly.

I would consider Knotts Berry Farm as the direct competition to SFMM.

[cowboy1192]

How do the prices at Knotts compare to SFMM?

[Coaster Justin]

I hope they Keep Superman and Revolution (Nostalgia Reasons Only). If they were to remove Coasters for Flats, I'd like to see them Get Rid Of:

- Viper (Relocated)
- Riddler's (Relocated)
- Scream (Relocated)
- Deja Vu
- FLASHBACK's former Area?
- Canyon Blaster (They already have a Kids Coaster)

[cowboy1192]

^I agree on everything except Riddlers... Thats one of thier main attractions and the whole gotham area wouldnt really be the same without it.

[Coaster Justin]

Riddler is Part of the Movie District Area. It's NEAR Batman but it's not in that same area.

[vprlvr456]

Did any of you hear that CaliAdventure getting a HUGE maveover. MM is going to become a Goofy ride and the ferris wheel is going to have a mickey face on it

[monsterfan99]

^Yep. The Mickey's Fun Wheel looks outstanding now. The Cars Land should be great for the park as well. I can't wait to go there once they are done with it. Only sad part is it took the budget for new rides at WDW due to the cost being around 1.1-1.3 billion.