Posted on 10/05/2025 9:01:30 AM PDT by DFG
Six Flags Over Texas is raising the bar for thrill-seekers with the announcement of Tormenta Rampaging Run, a record-breaking roller coaster scheduled to open in 2026.
Billed as the world’s first “giga dive” coaster, the ride will have a peak of 309 feet, launching riders down a one-of-a-kind 95-degree drop from 285 feet high, and eventually reaching speeds of up to 87 miles per hour. Along the way, passengers will flip through a 179-foot vertical loop, the world’s tallest, and twist through a 218-foot “Immelmann inversion” (a helix track named after maneuvers pulled by War War 1 pilots).
In total, Tormenta Rampaging Run will break six previous world records, according to Six Flags, making it the tallest, fastest, and longest dive coaster on the planet. The track itself will stretch more than 4,100 feet, blending the height of a “giga coaster” with those classic pauses and plunges that are more commonly seen in dive coaster designs.
In rollercoaster speak: a giga coaster is any ride that soars beyond 300 feet in height, while dive coasters are associated with suspending riders briefly before sending them into a nearly-90 90-degree dive.
Six Flags announced that the ride will be themed and designed after Spain’s famous “Running of the Bulls” tradition.
Additionally, the coaster will be the centerpiece of a brand-new section of the Arlington theme park called ‘Rancho de la Tormenta.’ Visitors will walk through a plaza filled with Spanish architecture and new restaurants offering Spanish and Latin American-inspired menus on their way to the record-breaking ride.
The new coaster’s opening will also help mark Six Flags Over Texas’ 65th anniversary.
Since opening in 1961, the Arlington amusement park has often been considered the flagship park of the Six Flags chain, pushing boundaries with first-of-their-kind attractions, such as the upcoming Tormenta Rampaging Run.
Construction on the record-breaking rollercoaster is already underway, with Six Flags offering sporadic updates on its official website. Construction is scheduled to finish and open to the public sometime next year.
It's one-of-a-kind because all the others dropped their passengers onto the pavement on the first run. 95 degrees is rough.
I love tall fast coasters, and until I was about 55 I rode a lot of them. I don’t do that any more, my 70+ body won’t take it well. But they are great fun.
For liability insurance reasons they might want to consider setting up an EKG station and clearance to ride it. lol
I tend to stay away from coasters. Coming from the engineering/construction industry I can’t help thinking “low bid”.
I will consider that.
I’ve been there and to other amusement parks for their most thrilling rides.
This sounds intriguing!
Specialized jobs like this with human life at stake are built upon contractor relationships over many years, not "low bid." Welds especially are inspected. This isn't kindergarten or government work. The insurance companies are involved.
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Sigh. I wish I could ride amusement park rides, as I always had an iron stomach and enjoyed those kinds of things, even though they were maintained and operated by “Carney Folk”.
Now, I have the inner ear stuff that goes with age. I was able to ride on one of those rides that has the chair attached by chains, and it swings you out around 45-60 degrees, and my head was swimming. Darn it. But I didn’t hurl, and enjoyed it.
This ride sounds like a Vomit Comet. Ye-ha!!
Maybe you can still enjoy the log rides!
Nothing could possibly go wrong.
However, I don't believe I will ever go back to one of those big parks (I think this was in King's Dominion Amusement Park back in the late Seventies or early Eighties) not just because of the cost, but because of the people who roam around and cause trouble in them.
Benjamin Crump on speed dial yet?
I hear ya.
That looks like a good one!!
We used to love Splash Mountain in the Days Before Woke.
Will the people operating the ride have more tattoos than teeth?
It was a nice place, when I went, decades ago.
95 degrees is 5 degrees past vertical. Not sure I believe that. 85 degrees is more likely.
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