{"id":342998,"date":"2026-06-19T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342998\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:42:11","slug":"six-flags-over-texas-sets-7-records-with-new-tormenta-coaster-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342998\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Flags Over Texas sets 7 records with new Tormenta coaster \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six Flags Over Texas will set seven world records when the new Tormenta roller coaster themed to Pamplona\u2019s Running of the Bulls tradition opens as part of the Dallas\/Fort Worth-area amusement park\u2019s 65th anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n

The Tormenta Rampaging Run dive coaster by Switzerland-based ridemaker Bolliger & Mabillard will officially debut on June 26 at Six Flags Over Texas. A soft opening could begin before the grand opening date.<\/p>\n

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Tormenta will become the world\u2019s first giga dive coaster \u2014 combining a 300-foot-plus height (giga) with a beyond vertical drop (dive) to create a completely new ride category.<\/p>\n

Giga coasters are a rare breed with only six in existence, according to Roller Coaster Database<\/a>. Four of them are at Six Flags parks: Fury 325 (Carowinds), Millennium Force (Cedar Point), Leviathan (Canada\u2019s Wonderland) and Pantherian (Kings Dominion).<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Tormenta Rampaging Run dive coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. (Courtesy of official Six Flags Over Texas Facebook account)<\/p>\n

Dive coasters feature a brief stop at the top of the lift hill that leaves riders dangling over a vertical drop for a few seconds before the brakes are released. The floorless coaster allows riders to dangle their feet with nothing between them and the ground.<\/p>\n

Tormenta will set seven roller coaster records:<\/p>\n

Tallest Dive Coaster: 309 feet
\nHighest Beyond Vertical Drop: 285 feet
\nFastest Dive Coaster: 87 mph
\nHighest Immelmann Inversion: 218 feet
\nTallest Vertical Loop: 179 feet
\nLongest Dive Coaster: 4,199 feet
\nWorld\u2019s First Giga Dive Coaster: Over 300 feet tall<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Tormenta Rampaging Run coaster trains at Six Flags Over Texas. (Courtesy of official Six Flags Over Texas Facebook account)<\/p>\n

Tormenta Rampaging Run will surpass Canada Wonderland\u2019s Yukon Striker<\/a> that currently reigns as the world\u2019s tallest (223 feet), fastest (81 mph) and longest (3,625 feet) dive coaster.<\/p>\n

At the top of Tormenta\u2019s 309-foot-tall lift hill, the 24-seat floorless dive coaster train will hang over the edge briefly before plummeting down a 95-degree beyond-vertical first drop.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Tormenta Rampaging Run dive coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. (Courtesy of official Six Flags Over Texas Facebook account)<\/p>\n

Tormenta will reach a top speed of 87 mph as it navigates four inversions over 4,199 feet of track.<\/p>\n

The initial dive will take riders into a pair of record-setting inversions \u2014 a 218-foot-tall Immelmann and a 179-foot-tall vertical loop.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Tormenta Rampaging Run dive coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. (Courtesy of official Six Flags Over Texas Facebook account)<\/p>\n

Following a brief brake run, Tormenta will drop into a shorter dive that will take riders through a smaller Immelmann, cutback loop and 180-degree overbanked turn before returning to the station.<\/p>\n

The sweeping Immelmann loops were named after a German pilot who used the distinctive flying maneuver in World War II.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Tormenta Rampaging Run dive coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. (Courtesy of Six Flags)<\/p>\n

The Tormenta coaster will rise above the Spain-themed area of Six Flags Over Texas in a newly created village called Rancho de la Tormenta.<\/p>\n

The coaster\u2019s backstory incorporates the name of the village \u2014 named for the storms that sweep across the plains \u2014 and a local unbeatable bull that the matadors nicknamed Tormenta for his fierce strength and incredible speed.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Tormenta Rampaging Run dive coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. (Courtesy of Six Flags)<\/p>\n

The Rancho de la Tormenta village will also be home to the new Cocina Abuela restaurant offering scratch-made Spanish and Latin American dishes.<\/p>\n

Six Flags Over Texas opened in 1961 as the first Six Flags amusement park. The Texas-themed park that pioneered the pay-one-price admission model was inspired by the debut of Disneyland in 1955.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Tormenta Rampaging Run dive coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. (Courtesy of Six Flags)<\/p>\n

Six Flags Over Texas is celebrating the park\u2019s 65th anniversary throughout the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six Flags Over Texas will set seven world records when the new Tormenta roller coaster themed to Pamplona\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8370,54290,27,29,28,69],"class_list":["post-342998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-amusement-parks","tag-six-flags-magic-mountain","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342998","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=342998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}