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Daily Operation, Summer Show Lineup Begins at Six Flags Over Texas

Six Flags Over Texas will begin daily operation for the 2026 summer season on Thursday, May 21. And throughout the coming months, the park will be offering one of its biggest entertainment lineups in its 65-year history. Five new shows and one returning will offer…

High-Flying Dog Stunt Show Headed to SFOT

Six Flags Over Texas’ expanded entertainment lineup for its 65th season continues with a high-energy dog show. The Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience will debut in the newly-renovated Southern Palace Theater, running weekends from April 3 through May 3. This…

Six Flags Over Texas Kicks off Ambitious 65th Season

Six Flags Over Texas began its 65th season with a bang Saturday. Park officials held an opening ceremony detailing some of the improvements—both complete and ongoing—and emphasizing that it would be a monumental year for the original Six Flags park. Despite the…

Six Flags Adds Regional Parks to Passes, Memberships

Six Flags is expanding park access to the popular Gold tier season pass/membership by introducing the concept of regions. To explain the somewhat convoluted path of how we got here, first we must go back… Starting in 2025, season passes and memberships did not…

Tormenta Reaches Record-Breaking Milestone

Tormenta Rampaging Run , Six Flags over Texas’ new-for-2026 roller coaster, has reached another construction milestone. Crews just completed its first inversion, a towering 218-ft Immelmann loop, the tallest of its kind anywhere. This milestone comes a few weeks…

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Tormenta Testing and Other Start of Summer Updates

Tormenta Rampaging Run is one step closer to being unleashed with the record-breaking coaster beginning to test. We visited the park on a toasty Sunday, (May 31, 2026) to hopefully catch some of those test runs and see what else is happening at Six Flags Over Texas as…

When will Tormenta Rampaging Run Open?

Six Flags Over Texas is set to open its biggest attraction ever—Tormenta Rampaging Run—in 2026 for the park’s 65th anniversary, but the burning question remains: when will the record-breaking roller coaster actually open? Ever since trackwork completed on the…

Six Flags over Texas’ 65th Off to a Roller Coaster Start

It’s not even May and despite the hype for the park’s landmark year, Six Flags over Texas’ 65th season has already seen more ups and downs than one of the park’s roller coasters. Perhaps it was an omen on opening day when the park couldn’t get Mr. Freeze running, but…

What to Expect at Six Flags over Texas in 2026

Six Flags over Texas wraps up its 2025 season on January 4, 2026, at which point the park will close throughout January and February to prepare for the 2026 season—the park’s 65th anniversary. That short offseason, a departure from year-round operation, will…

Full Holiday in the Park 2025 Trip Report

In 1985 Six Flags over Texas began the Holiday in the Park tradition as a festive way to celebrate Christmas and bring in guests during an otherwise slow part of the year. 40 years later, the event thrives at being a winter-time tradition for Texas families and…