Paramount Announces Two Themed Coasters For Two Parks
Both Paramount's Kings Island and Paramount's Canada's Wonderland will be getting a launching roller coaster themed to recent The Italian Job movie. Looks like you will be riding in cars styled after MINI Coopers and there will be plenty of special effects. Here is the press release:
From the video (and few pictures), it looks like this will be very similar to the Mummy ride at the Universal parks. Should be interesting to see how these rides turn out.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 Paramounts 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 films climatic chase sequence.
Park guests will experience what its 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!
