Six Flags Over Texas: General Discussion

[Zeock]

Six Flags Over Texas announces TORMENTA: RAMPAGING RUN - the world's tallest and fastest dive coaster.

• 309 feet tall
• 285 foot drop
• 87 mph top speed
• 218 Immelmann Inversion
• 179 foot tall vertical loop
• 4,199 feet long

From: https://x.com/aceonlineorg/status/1971240416034062542

Those stats are very impressive, but the second half looks notably weaker than the first.

 

[Matt N]

I love a good Dive Coaster, and I do think a 309ft one will be quite something to ride!

It’s also a longer layout than I’d have expected given the size, so that’s definitely a bonus!

 

[John_P]

Looks tall

 

[DiogoJ42]

Looks tall

But I'll bet it's slow.

 

[Bowser]

Full video of the layout here. The midway brake run is a bit weird but otherwise looks brilliant,

Always seems a bit sad seeing a dive coaster without a tunnel mind.


From: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPCGYqzEbC4/?igsh=Mmxod2RmNHBiNndi

 

[John_P]

Yeah always found dive machines that drop into something always have more of a fear factor. And if you can't do that for whatever reason you should be building a themeing element to create some sort of near miss.

 

[Visma]

Seems like a pretty big milestone for the dive coaster type. It will be really impressive off ride and intimidating to the average park goer.

It’s height seems slightly gimmicky though, they could have done a scaled down version of the same layout. You build up so much speed from the first drop only to come to a near stop at the MCBR.

I hope this project isn’t plagued by the quality issues of recent B&Ms. At that height and speed you’re going to feel a lot more that a slight rattle. Could be quite an unpleasant experience if they get it wrong.

All in all looks pretty good, if built in the UK it would be the tallest coaster by quite some margin! Puts things into perspective.

 

[Matt N]

According to Attractions Magazine, Six Flags have gotten into trouble with PETA over the name of this attraction, with them stating that it “glorifies the torment of bulls”:

While I’m all for animal rights, I do think this is a bit of a reach from PETA myself. No actual animals are being harmed in this project, and the name and theme don’t even seem to emphasise bulls more than very loosely, in my view.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Never negotiate with terrorists. If I were Six Flags, I'd rename it Puppy Skull Crusher out of spite.

 

[rob666]

...Puppy Skull Crusher ...

Sure I saw them at a black metal fest...

 

[John]

This is straight out of the standard PETA playbook - put out a statement complaining about something benign and sit back as people take the rage-bait and repost it far and wide. They know exactly what they're doing