Construction for Six Flags Over Texas’ forthcoming record-breaking dive coaster hit a critical milestone this morning: it topped out.
The final piece of Tormenta Rampaging Run’s lift hill, the tallest spot on the coaster, was placed just before sunrise Friday, a Six Flags Over Texas representative confirmed.
Tormenta promises to be the tallest dive coaster in the world at 309 feet, from which it will drop passengers 285 feet at a 95-degree angle.
Friday marks completion of the lift hill and 870 feet of track, including 390 for the ascent, 105 along the top and 375 in descent, according to the representative.
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Construction crews lowered the crowning piece of the new Tormenta Rampaging Run roller coaster under construction at Six Flags over Texas, Friday morning, December 19, 2025. The brake and hold track element is the highest point of the 309 feet high coaster. The new attraction will be the tallest, fastest, longest and first-ever giga (300+-foot-tall) dive coaster in the world, setting six world records, including the tallest coaster loop of 179 ft high and highest Immelmann inversion. Riders will drop 285 ft off the top at a record breaking, beyond vertical angle of 95 degrees. The coaster replaces La Vibora (a bobsled coaster), Conquistador, and El Diablo in the Spain section of the park. The new Spanish village area will be called Rancho de la Tormenta. It will open in 2026 as the park celebrates its 65th anniversary.
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Fort Worth company H3 Construction is building the ride using mostly local workers, with Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard providing the engineering and design.
The new dive coaster is coming to the Arlington theme park for the park’s 65th birthday, with plans to open in 2026. Themed after traditional Spanish bull runs, Tormenta is the cornerstone of a revamp of Six Flags Over Texas’ Spain world, which includes retiring the Conquistador ride and adding a restaurant.
Additional improvements throughout the park are some of many happening at Six Flags properties across the country as part of a $1 billion spending plan introduced after the company’s merger with Cedar Fair.
While Six Flags has not revealed the cost of Tormenta, it said in September that it is the “largest single investment” ever made in the history of Six Flags Over Texas.
In addition to its total height, the coaster will break several records, according to the company, including:
Fastest dive coaster, reaching speeds of 87 miles per hourLongest dive coaster at 4,199 feetWorld’s tallest vertical coaster loop at 179 feetWorld’s highest Immelmann inversion at 218 feet
Six Flags Over Texas Tops Off Record Breaking Roller Coaster, Tormenta Rampaging Run
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