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 morning, a Six Flags Over Texas representative confirmed.
Tormenta promises to be the tallest dive coaster in the world at 309 feet tall, 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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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 hour;longest dive coaster at 4,199 feet;world’s tallest vertical coaster loop at 179 feet;and world’s highest Immelmann inversion at 218 feet.
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