{"id":709514,"date":"2026-06-17T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709514\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:40:08","slug":"six-flags-set-to-open-record-breaking-roller-coaster-tormenta-on-june-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709514\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Flags set to open record-breaking roller coaster Tormenta on June 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wait for Six Flags\u2019 new record-breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/jackontheweb\/latest\/six-flags-unveil-record-breaking-coaster-opening-in-2026\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">roller coaster<\/a> is almost over.<\/p>\n<p>The park announced that the Tormenta is set to open on Friday, June 26, in time for the park\u2019s 65th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/article\/record-breaking-six-flags-dive-coaster-gets-22308101.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Morning News<\/a>, the Tormenta is marketed as the first-ever &#8220;giga dive coaster.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Giga coasters top out at over 300 feet, while dive coasters are known to pause before dropping riders into a vertical plunge.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Carmichael, park president of Six Flags Over Texas, said in a statement, \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<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.audacy.com\/krld\/listen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">LISTEN<\/a> on the Audacy App<\/p>\n<p>Tell your Smart Speaker to &#8220;PLAY 1080 KRLD&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsletter\/subscribe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign Up<\/a> to receive our KRLD Insider Newsletter for more news<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KRLDNews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KRLD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/krldnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX1Qei3Ev-DLiUujxT2A__Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wait for Six Flags\u2019 new record-breaking roller coaster is almost over. The park announced that the Tormenta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-709514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}