Parts for a new B&M begin to arrive at Six Flags Magic Mountain

Hey Joe, dont forget, they have to go for the "Tallest, longest, fastest, and most inverted" floorless coaster. They only need a total of 8 inversions in order to claim the record on a floorless coaster. Why not go for a bunch of records in the process?

I dont think saying for example, "Medusa clone, The Er, Um, Uh, Second Floorless Coaster in the state of California" would work that well.

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I was hoping for the "Long Line Simulator". That's an attraction that isn't installed at enough Six Flags locations.

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You people are saying that it could be a Medusa clone but you don't even know if it will be a floorless. It cracks me up.

I feel sick...........more arguments about CP vs. MM.........yeah, ok, so maybe they wanna brag about having the MOST coasters, but that does not put them in competition with CP alone, it puts them in competition with ALL amusements parks. I am sure that MM is more concerned with keeping the peeps away from Knotts and Disney and not CP. So can we please drop the age old comparisons. I live in NJ and I don't see MM advertising here, and I am quite sure they don't advertise in Sandusky either so that's the end of that.........

Last time I checked Ohio was not nearly 3000 miles away either....lol

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Wow sfmm is adding another ride, this just sounds great we all know it is going to be big.

One. they have more room than Cedar Point to build a big Ride. ( wow i wish cedar point would of realized that they were running out of space)

Does anyone know what the he!! is going on at busch gardens this year and where shock wave is going. what will happen any one with news inform me.

fabolous said:
"Clone. Ha! This is Magic Mountain were talkin about. Do you think they waited 4 years after the first floorless to build a clone"

What about Batman, De Ja Vu and Psycclone? Sure, they have plenty of originality in other coasters like Ninja, Revolution and X, but Magic Mountain isn't against cloning by any means.
Here's hoping for a double zero G roll or a tripple corcscrew.
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-Matt in Iowa
195 coasters ridden -- Faves: Shivering Timbers, Ghostrider, Twister, Hershey Wildcat, Lightning Racer

Matt Scott says:

"Here's hoping for a double zero G roll or a tripple corkscrew."

Frankly I'll settle for one zero-G, my favorite B&M element. In fact the reason I rank Batman Knight Flight last among the floorless I've ridden [all in the US but SFFT's] is that it doens't have "the Kumba thingy."'

Moosh

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If this Coaster has a Batman: The Dark Knight layout i am gonna be furious. That coaster looks good, it's just that Six Flags needs some originality.

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i geuss you could call deja a clone , even though it was the first to open , but it is still a record breaker and that was the point i was tryin to make. Phsyclone is not a clone but ill give you batman

Psyclone is a design based on the Coney Island Cyclone.

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A little bird told me it is a S:KC clone... ahh the humanity! *** This post was edited by GoliathKills on 10/21/2002. ***

Goliath Kills -

That would be considered, only if SFMM were built adjacent to a cliff.

They can just use lots of taller supports to achieve the same layout. ;)

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You must be this dumb to ride Viper. -SFGAdv.

If it is a S:KC clone that would be great for you guys in Cali. S:KC is my second favorite coaster, intense, well paced, and extremely smooth. That said I doubt it will be a clone of S:KC or a clone at all. S:KC uses the quarry wall for both of its big drops and the helix, it would look very weird just sitting in the parking lot. I think it will be an original record breaker, but either way they can't go wrong.

My question is why in the parking lot? I thought they had plenty of room.

That's the thing. You thought. The park can not fit anything within the current borders without either weaving through other rides or removing a current attraction or building. And why not in the parking lot? The location planned for this new ride will be perfect in livening up the "dead" Colossus County Fair area of the park.

S: Kc is an awesome ride. I think it's real cool, that SFMM is getting another ride! I live in texas, so I won't get to ride it or anything! LOL!

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I'm going to bet money that it;s a B:TDK.

VOLLEYGUY - The only person who really dug into tht subject was you.

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LeWiS

I think you Californians are really getting spoiled. But then again, getting spoiled coasterwise is good, so I should just be quiet

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I know the CP MM thing is pretty fun to speculate on, and I know they've been hyping it up, but I don't think CP was the reason MM tried to launch 2 coasters in one year or build this new one.

From what I read when Disney's California Adventure opened, the other attractions in the immediate area, Knotts, SFMM, Universal all had to rethink their strategies. Unlike DisneyWorld, Disneyland was really considered a one day passport type attraction. The other parks in the area would woo Disney guests for the remainder of their vacation. When California opened, it sent a shockwave through the community, because Disney was really trying to monopolize peoples vacations - spend all your time in Anaheim. Thus, SFMM opened two very large seductive coasters, and Knotts built Accelerator - huge by their standards, to remain a "viable" option to tourists.

DCA is obvioulsy not what Disney hyped it to be, but it help explains why such a strong reaction. SFMM was simply hyping the most coasters in the world claim to compete in Southern California - not with CP. Unlike Orlando, if Disney beats SFMM, there are no buildable places within 50 miles of the Magic Kingdom. Yes, I know they are different animals.

Turns out, the building boom helped SFMM more than the failure of DCA - the locals love it and are pumping in the cash. So why another coaster - because they now have an angle to whatever Disney can throw them. Disney will never be the "x" treme park with the crazy record breaking rides.

Also, I don't think its a Medusa clone - the rides at SFMM and SFMW are very different, and they had the opportunity to clone between the two parks and they haven't. In the California market, they sell the value of the season pass as being able to enjoy both parks (tv spots). Its hard to make that claim if they are carbon copies....