{"id":55232,"date":"2025-11-18T22:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/55232\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:37:10","slug":"six-flags-over-texas-unveils-teaser-for-new-309-foot-tall-roller-coaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/55232\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Flags Over Texas unveils teaser for new 309-foot-tall roller coaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/v-six-flags-tormenta-coaster-train-reveal-4p_00.00.15.34.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">ARLINGTON, Texas &#8211; Six Flags Over Texas is building anticipation for a new roller coaster that\u2019s expected to break records at the Arlington theme park.<\/p>\n<p>   Tormenta Rampaging Run <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/screenshot-2025-09-25-105615.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Coming in 2026 to Six Flags Over Texas: Tormenta Rampaging Run\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What&#8217;s new:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Six Flags gave an update on the roller coaster&#8217;s construction and unveiled a car for the ride on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">It seats eight riders across and will have three cars in a train. A total of 24 riders will be on the ride at once.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-six-flags-tormenta-coaster-train-reveal-4p_00.00.11.24.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">In September, Six Flags Over Texas announced that Tormenta Rampaging Run would be the world\u2019s tallest, fastest, and longest dive coaster.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Themed after the running of the bulls in Spain, it will elevate riders to a height of 309 feet before plunging them into a 95-degree, beyond-vertical drop from a record-breaking 285 feet. It will reach a top speed of 87 mph and span 4,199 feet of track.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">It will anchor a new themed area called Rancho de la Tormenta, an immersive Spanish village located in the park\u2019s existing Spain area. It will also feature a new restaurant, Cocina Abuela, offering Spanish and Latin American-inspired dishes.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;Really what you\u2019re seeing at Six Flags Over Texas, the OG of the entire company, is a golden renaissance of this park,&#8221; said Jeffrey Siebert, a Six Flags regional general manager.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The new coaster will open in 2026 as part of the park\u2019s 65th-anniversary celebration, which will also include special events and giveaways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story comes from Tuesday&#8217;s unveiling of the Tormenta Rampaging Run\u00a0ride car and past news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/arlington\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arlington<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/entertainment\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article ARLINGTON, Texas &#8211; Six Flags Over Texas is building anticipation for a new roller coaster that\u2019s expected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,2777,223,122,216,393],"class_list":["post-55232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-tarrant-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55232","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=55232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}