The Six Flags chain announced their new-for-2020 attractions early Thursday morning, confirming the rumors that Six Flags over Texas would be getting a Mack Powersplash titled Aquaman: Power Wave.
Rendering of Aquaman: Power Wave’s entrance
The ride will feature two, 148-foot towers on each end. Electromagnets will launch the 20-passenger vehicles at speeds up to 63 mph between the two spikes and 700 feet of track before ending in a splashdown finale.
The boat makes its signature splashdown
In El Diablo fashion, Six Flags over Texas is claiming Aquaman: Power Wave to be their 15th coaster, though this ride certainly comes closer to meeting the definition of a roller coaster than El Diablo.
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Aquaman's ride vehicle will seat 20
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Perspective of Aquaman's boat on tower
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Overview of Aquaman: Power Wave looking toward Justice League
In a previous article we used satellite imagery to mostly dismiss the rumor saying the ride would barely fit in Aquaman Splashdown’s footprint, at least not without impacting other attractions. The renderings reveal the new ride will be a tight fit indeed, with its splashdown pool coming within feet of Pandemonium. It also appears that the basketball game at a minimum will need to be removed to make room for the ride’s tower next to Daffy Duck Bucket Blasters ride.
The wood deck next to the basketball game has already been removed as well. So yeah, it’s going to be a tight fit, but that basketball game was kinda an eye sore anyway. The visual of this ride will look awesome. I just wish they could have found another location without having to remove one water ride for another. How about remove Texas Arena and Caddo Lake Bardge? They only use Texas Arena for haunted houses anyway. I don’t know, it’s a cool addition either way.
Yeah it does seem like there’s plenty of unused areas. Like demolishing Lone Star Theater for what, a tent that will likely be used for a haunted house? And then what?