A new attraction coming to Texas is an\u00a0adrenaline seeker’s dream. One of the state’s most popular parks will soon unveil a 309-foot roller coaster that, upon completion, will break six world records.<\/p>\n
Six Flags Over Texas<\/a> announced last week that the “Tormenta Rampaging Run,” themed after Spain’s tradition of the\u00a0Running of the Bulls<\/a>, is coming to Arlington in 2026. During the event, six Spanish fighting bulls, along with six steer, run from the\u00a0Corrales de Santo Domingo to Pamplona\u2019s Plaza de Toros bullfight arena.<\/p>\n The borderline terrifying experience draws over 1 million spectators annually. As the tallest dive coaster on Earth, the ride is also set to draw risk takers near and far. The park is roughly four hours away from downtown San Antonio.\u00a0<\/p>\n Guests will soar at 87 mph, making it the fastest dive coaster on the planet, the company said in a news release. It’s also the longest. With a record-breaking 179-foot loop, drops, and turns that span 4,199 feet, folks will have several weightless moments and thrills equivalent to those of bull runners. The last two milestones it achieves are having the highest immelman inversion (folks are upside down at 218 feet) and the highest 95-degree beyond vertical drop.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Without warning, the train will release,\u00a0dropping riders a record 285 feet down,” the company said.\u00a0<\/p>\n President of\u00a0Bolliger & Mabillard, Sophie Bolliger, a consulting engineer and designer of the coaster, says, \u201cas the world\u2019s first giga dive coaster, Tormenta Rampaging Run introduces a completely new ride category,” to parkgoers.<\/p>\n \u201cThis level of innovation sets new standards for the theme park industry, and our company is honored to be part of this historic moment with Six Flags,” Bolliger said.<\/p>\n A giga dive coaster extends between 300 and 399 feet tall and contains a drop within that height, Coasterpedia<\/a> and Coaster 101<\/a> cite.<\/p>\n Six Flags says the addition will anchor a new Spanish village decorated with colorful banners and euphoric music. The fictional town, called Rancho de la\u00a0Tormenta, gets its name from\u00a0the storms (tormentas) that “swept across the plains it occupied, but that soon changed with the birth of a legendary bull that grew to be the most feared and respected animal in the land.” Many of the country’s matadors attempted to defeat him, but none were successful. The bull became known as “Tormenta.”<\/p>\n Both the plaza and roller coaster will be a part of a special year for Six Flags Over Texas. The park reaches\u00a0its 65th anniversary in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new attraction coming to Texas is an\u00a0adrenaline seeker’s dream. One of the state’s most popular parks will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,821,820],"class_list":{"0":"post-446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news","11":"tag-mysabusiness","12":"tag-mysastaff"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","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=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}