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.
Does Six Flags over GA still have the Scream Machine roller coaster?
That looks awesome!
I like the pauses at the top to give time to enjoy the scenery!
I believe 95 degrees. Captured car wheels, strong harnesses / seat retainers. Lots of roller coasters invert.
Free buckets will be provided for all patrons!
You and me both, brother. After two cataract surgeries, I’m staying away from stuff like that.
Brains shrink - Old folks like us can do damage to our brains having them bounce around inside our skullz.
I took that ride, the flume, at KD too about that time e. That’s a great picture.
We got the Viewmaster set of the place and my brother may still have them.
It was an interesting time-I had just got out of the USN, and my mother enlisted me to drive down to Virginia to pick up some custom drapes she contracted an old friend of hers to make. I made a road trip out of it, and took two of my friends...:)
We almost ended the trip in a very bad way-we left for the eight hour drive down at around 9 PM after working a whole day, and while one of my buddies drove, me and the other guy dozed, and we both woke up at the same time as the car hurtled towards a bridge abutment!
We both yelled out, and the driver, who had fallen asleep at the wheel, just missed it.
Whew!
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