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Six Flags Over Texas: General Discussion

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


Is the silhouette in the logo not meant to be a matador?

If so it’s an unnecessary choice of branding for a barbaric ‘sport’. It isn’t a big deal as at the end of the day I highly doubt anyone who was on the fence as to bull fighting is suddenly going to partake now that a ride at Six Flags has connotations of it but all things considered it isn’t the best choice of branding.
 
Is the silhouette in the logo not meant to be a matador?

It looks like a reference to the “Running of the Bulls” street event.

bull-run-.jpg
 
Putting my cards on the table, I'm a vegan and quite pro animal rights. But it's hardly surprising that a ride themed to animal cruelty is attracting criticism. Clearly it does normalise something that a lot of people find quite horrific. I know you could argue that lots of ghost trains have things like dungeons, but I do think there's a difference between a ride with a historic setting, and a ride that seems to celebrate something very controversial that's still happening. I don't think it's just Peta that would find this particular theme off putting. Even a lot of people who eat meat oppose blood 'sports'.
 
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