Six Flags Magic Mountain to add family coaster for 2010

Six Flags Magic Mountain will add its 17th roller coaster in 2010, bringing the Valencia amusement park into a tie for the most coasters in the world, officials said.

Scheduled to open in early summer 2010, the family coaster will be located in the northwest corner of the park between the looping Déjà Vu coaster and the Johnny Rockets Shakes and Fries food stand.

The steel coaster moves Magic Mountain into a statistical tie with Ohio’s Cedar Point for the coveted title of “roller coaster capital of the world,” according to Roller Coaster Database.

Magic Mountain expects to unveil the name, theme and logo for the new ride by the end of November.

In 2009, Magic Mountain installed the $11-million Terminator wooden coaster (shown above), its first new coaster since 2006.

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— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer

Photo: Six Flags Magic Mountain

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