Six Flags Magic Mountain Terminator Salvation: The Ride

by **wrs28330** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:33 am

"We're holding them back!" may instead be "There's a hole in the track!" .

by **HopeOfTheFuture** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:57 pm

Damn, your guys are good.

Does someone know if there's a clear understandable audio recording of it? I have been looking at youtube videos for clear audio, but it's hard.

It´s: We're holding 'em back (definitely NOT/ There's a hole in the track)

edit:
Finally found a good youtube video with better audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83LguF8QVdU

by **MagicMountainMan** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:13 pm

^That was great! I've never heard half those on the ride because every time I ride the audio is wayyy quiet!

What they need to do is find some way to balance the audio so it's really loud during the ride, but quieter when you're in the breaks/transfer area.

by **ebl** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:26 pm

I've wondered if it would have worked better to have speakers along the sides of the track and have the audio played as the train passed. It could be triggered by a sensor.

Eric

by **MagicMountainMan** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:48 pm

^I never did get to ride Scream when they did put the speakers around the track but I heard it really didn't work... So I don't know.

They need find a solution though! I do think that the audio adds a lot to the experience.

by **atem122** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:54 pm

I'm so happy I got my rides on KROQ day when the audio was at full blast, it really does add to the experience. The fact that I have to really try to barely make out "TAKE THE TUNNEL!!!" is ridiculous!

by **HopeOfTheFuture** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:45 am

To have great audio, they should do it like with Disney's rollercoaster with Aerosmith (I have been on the one in Paris). The speakers are located right next to your ears and all the audio is really clear and underestandable.

The issue with the Terminator ride is that a wooden coaster makes a lot of noise, and that makes most of the audio really hard to hear. Also, some of the car have audio issues and don't even play audio (happened to me during my last ride on the Terminator coaster).

But I managed to find all audio lines that are posted in various videos. I might do a mix of the audio when I work on my fandocumentary (I first have to do 2 other documentaries before starting on this one).

Youtube · by **wiyoh1984** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:31 am

I was able this year to take a second trip to the west coast to check out Terminator. I can say so far it is one of my favorite modern woodies....it short of reminded me of a wooden Batman coaster meaning, fast and intense during the entire ride. I believe Six Flags made the right choice with a good new woodie!

by **ScottBrown** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:09 pm

Manic Monte wrote:I loved Psyclone's first drop. It was my favorite for many years. The rest sucked, but I'll miss that twisted first drop. Terminator's looks downright tame in comparison.

Post Earthquake Psyclone was a far cry from what you remember, it was a mixture of this ride is a joke and oh crap this thing is going to collapse

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