Italian Job At PKI in 2005!

Just checked PKI's site. Italian Job Test Track in 2005!

Paramount Pictures’ The Italian Job™ Premieres as a High-Speed Mini Cooper™ Stunt Car Ride at Paramount’s
Kings Island in 2005

Stunt drivers dodge near-collisions, chase through tunnels and narrowly escape massive explosions triggered by gunfire from a menacing helicopter.

Another Hollywood big-screen spectacular comes to life at Paramount’s Kings Island with the addition of THE ITALIAN JOB: Stunt Track™, a new multi-million dollar fast-track coaster experience for 2005. Based on the high-action finale of Paramount Pictures’ The Italian Job (2003) starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Mos Def, and Donald Sutherland, this new wild ride takes families on a high-speed stunt car adventure through movie sets and scenes inspired by the film’s climatic chase sequence.

Park guests will experience what it’s like to be a Hollywood stunt driver and go behind the scenes of an action movie. Guests board their very own MINI Cooper S tricked out with audio special effects adding to the multi-sensory sensation of the experience. Once strapped into their custom stunt car, rubber meets the road as the MINIs peel out to begin their chase sequence. Drivers twist through a parking garage, dodge near-collisions, race down stairs, chase through tunnels and narrowly escape massive explosions triggered by gunfire from a menacing helicopter. Tires skid out one last time as the stunt cars crash through a billboard and splash down into an L.A. aqueduct concluding the chase sequence and their trial as a stunt driver in this screen test!

http://www.pki.com/italianjob/ *** Edited 8/12/2004 3:10:46 PM UTC by Tanner_J***

very cool looking.....

Tack up another year coasterless, but i sure do hope this turns out better than TT at epcot.

Ummm that is a rollercoaster.

my mistake, i guess it will be a coaster....very interesting definately have to renew that pass soon

from the video it looks like it will be a launched coaster.

So is this ride definately going where the ACs are?

It is a launched coaster. Very cool effects shown in the video and talked about in the press release. At the end of the ride you even splash down into a pool of water. Not to mention the cars will have sound systems.

If they are going to do something so heavily themed, it would be nice if they have budgeted to keep all the special effects working more than 2-3 years after it opens. A themed experience tends to lose a lot more if the theming is allowed to deteriorate. Can the base ride stand on its own as a solid experience?

Also, while the video does look cool, I'm still curious to see how all this stuff they plan to implement gets translated into real life. *** Edited 8/12/2004 3:21:14 PM UTC by Eric H***

clearly a coaster. . .

I guess it looks fun. Is that Intamin track?

Just wondering, Premier or Intamin? Can't really tell as the track, launch and water splash has been used by both of them. *** Edited 8/12/2004 3:18:41 PM UTC by olov***

Woah.... I just got a call from the press confrence, he says there will be 2 launches. And going-down-step sensations. (Vekoma simulator?) Looks pretty cool...

Aww man come on guys!! This looks REALLY cool doncha think?? I like fast and low to the ground myself. I wonder how long it will be.

Anyone know where in the park they are building it?

The sound thing will actually be cool. I always thought that Rock N Roller Coaster was a much better ride because of the music.

The ride looks very cool, but it makes me sad that Paramount is making a franchise out of that movie. It was NOT good.

Movies and coasters are like apples and oranges. They probably should have made the coaster and left it at that. ;)

Paramount seems to make rides based on lousy movies: Wayne's World, Tomb Raider, Days of Thunder... Although this ride looks much better than DoT. *** Edited 8/12/2004 3:31:45 PM UTC by Vater***

Looks like PCW is getting the same ride as well.

It's not linked on the home page yet, but I tried the same URL as the PKI version on PCW's site, and it came up.

http://www.canadas-wonderland.com/italianjob/ij3.html

That looks like a fantastic ride. Nice to see some innovative ideas. Good job PKI.

Thank you Paramount! Maybe now PCW will actually have something worthwhile to ride other Vortex and the flat rides!