Six Flags Magic Mountain | Thrill Glider | Vekoma Thrill Glider | 2027

[WarmishSign]

looks slow...

 

[Remix]

Thrill Glider

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Six Flags "Department of naming things in the park" knocking it out of the park with these names lately, first keeping the original ArieForce One name and now just promptly naming the thing after the actual ride itself, next they are going to name a diving coaster just "diving coaster".

The records about being the fastest, longest and fastest Thrillglider is cheeky too, especially since these stats look pretty comparable to any average coaster.

Other than that, looks like a really fun ride and well thought out!

 

[Callum]

2 trains of 16 passengers. Ouch...

 

[davidm]

Well they are quite honest about their cheek at least!

When you’re the first…you set the records

 

[Hutch]

Man they really don't care about what their rides are called these days huh? No wonder they don't mind keeping ArieForce One's name.

This looks pretty good otherwise.

 

[JoshC.]

I wasn't expecting this model to be capable of inversions. So that's cool.

Also a Vekoma Thrill Glider called Thrill Glider? What will happen next, a Vekoma Boomerang called Boomerang?
A Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster being called Suspended Looping Coaster?
A Vekoma Fly coaster called Fly?
A Vekoma Motorbike Roller Coaster called Motorbike Roller Coaster?
A Vekoma Junior Coaster called Junior Coaster?

 

[davidm]

Full cg-POV (presumably from the press kit) uploaded by ETR;

 

[VonRolland]

You cannot underestimate how excited I am to see how different this looks on person compared to that video!

 

[Will]

^I'm guessing the scenery won't be as nice.

Brilliant stuff, aside from the obvious concerns about capacity.

Vekoma haven't put a foot wrong in the last few years, but the US parks have been oddly late to the party.

Could we guess at a very rough opening date? I'm hoping to get over there next Spring.

 

[Magic-Man]

^I'm guessing the scenery won't be as nice.

Brilliant stuff, aside from the obvious concerns about capacity.

Vekoma haven't put a foot wrong in the last few years, but the US parks have been oddly late to the party.

Could we guess at a very rough opening date? I'm hoping to get over there next Spring.

Definitely not Spring. I'm thinking late summer.

 

[Ethan]

Would it have hurt to have more variety of inversions

 

[Newtrek5]

Would it have hurt to have more variety of inversions

Given the seating configuration, probably not . Also, if you look up Vekoma's modern suspended thrill coasters, they have similar inversions.

 

[StevenX]

I really don't wanna be so negative about this, but it doesn't seem that exciting to me at all.

I love Vekoma, I think the seating position will be fun, I think it'll ride great, probably better than it looks here. But after so many years of speculation and everything else going on in this park, this feels like it's not the thing to get people through the gates. And that's without Efteling stealing their thunder a couple months back.

On the plus side, if they do install some of the theming we see here, it'd be really nice. I really doubt they will, but let's see.

 

[Rollercoaster David]

Can't help feel that vekoma designed this as a star wars speeder bike coaster for Disney but they never went through with the concept.

looks good though, hope they can get it built in good time.

 

[Ethan]

Given the seating configuration, probably not . Also, if you look up Vekoma's modern suspended thrill coasters, they have similar inversions.

The Vekoma STCs still have more variety that this. The layout looks like Volcano's layout (RIP), turn, roll, another few turns, roll... but without the bite that Volcano had.

 

[dontbesuchamcbr]

I feel the same way. It looks like a less intense STC with less variety in the elements.

But maybe thats what ist should bei, a more Family friendly thrill coaster with a seating Arrangement, that is interesting for the guests. To be fair, launches feel better in this seating position.

 

[Underthisduvet]

This coaster although less extreme than some of the rides looks pretty good!There's quite a lot of inversions and the position might give a different feeling to other coasters.Am looking forward to trying it out when I visit but I understand what people mean when they say they feel like there's something missing

Magic Mountain have obviously given up on naming their coasters lol.Maybe they should get the coaster community to name them

Did anyone see the video Qrispycoasters made of coaster on Youtube before official video was released?They did a pretty good job

 

[MackMan]

I feel like this might be a sleeper hit. The seating position makes things feel a lot more intense, so I could imagine some of those inversions feeling very fast and fun. I also really love the flowy Vekoma Layouts, Fianna Force makes B&M look like Arrow in my opinion.

The POV I think will be underselling it, the launches and the transitions will feel so unique once on ride.

 

[Newtrek5]

The Vekoma STCs still have more variety that this. The layout looks like Volcano's layout (RIP), turn, roll, another few turns, roll... but without the bite that Volcano had.

You need to ride Fianna Force. That ride puts B&M and Intamin inverts to shame. And as others have said, the bike position will give an added sense of speed. This is Tron on steroids.

 

[Ethan]

You need to ride Fianna Force. That ride puts B&M and Intamin inverts to shame. And as others have said, the bike position will give an added sense of speed. This is Tron on steroids.

I have ridden it, and I still think this looks dull. As I said in my previous post, the STCs have more varied layouts than this. Still, I'd happily be proven wrong down the line.