{"id":339411,"date":"2026-06-17T04:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339411\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T04:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:53:11","slug":"record-breaking-six-flags-dive-coaster-gets-opening-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339411\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking Six Flags dive coaster gets opening date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thrill-seekers at Six Flags Over Texas will be able to ride the park\u2019s newest record-breaking dive coaster as soon as next week. Tormenta Rampaging Run is set to open on Friday, June 26, in time for the park\u2019s 65th anniversary in August.<\/p>\n

The Arlington attraction is marketed as the first-ever “giga dive coaster.” Giga coasters top out at over 300 feet, while dive coasters are known to pause before dropping riders into a vertical plunge.<\/p>\n

The ride is situated in the park\u2019s Spain area and will accompany a new Spanish village called Rancho de la Tormenta.<\/p>\n

As the attraction\u2019s story goes, the name \u201ctormenta\u201d was initially derived from storms that swept across the village plains, per a statement from Six Flags Entertainment Corp. But it evolved to signify the \u201cfierce strength and incredible speed\u201d of a bull that became a symbol of the town\u2019s resilience \u2014 and the coaster\u2019s namesake. Vibrant decorations and other entertainment options within the Rancho de la Tormenta section celebrate the \u201cFestival Taurino,\u201d which honors the fictional village\u2019s ranch hands.<\/p>\n

The titular coaster has six world records under its belt.<\/p>\n

At a height of 309 feet<\/a> and track length of 4,199 feet with a top speed of 87 miles per hour, Tormenta will be the world\u2019s tallest, longest and fastest dive coaster.<\/p>\n

Several of the ride\u2019s features take home their own titles. Tormenta has the highest beyond-vertical drop, so named because it is steeper than a straight-down 90-degree fall. At the start of the ride, adrenaline junkies will perch 285 feet in the air for three seconds before plummeting at a 95-degree angle.<\/p>\n

The rest of the ride is a series of high-speed twists and turns. Tormenta boasts the tallest vertical loop of any coaster type at 179 feet, and the world\u2019s highest Immelmann inversion at 218 feet. The fighter jet-like maneuver brings riders up a vertical loop \u2014 taking them upside-down at the apex before spinning them back upright as they race back down in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cTormenta: Rampaging Run is set to forever change not only the Arlington skyline, but the full lineup of thrills only offered at Six Flags Over Texas,\u201d Pete\u00a0Carmichael, park president of Six Flags Over Texas, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Visitors can access the park<\/a> with a daily pass starting at $39 or season passes starting at $70. Six Flags Over Texas also offers annual memberships starting at $8 per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thrill-seekers at Six Flags Over Texas will be able to ride the park\u2019s newest record-breaking dive coaster as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-339411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}