End of Summer Updates: 65th Anniversary and Cocina Abuela Progress

End of Summer Updates: 65th Anniversary and Cocina Abuela Progress

August at Six Flags Over Texas means the end of summer season and daily operation. We visited the park on a hot Friday to check out the park after its 65th anniversary festivities, see how operations are going, and also try to get an update on Cocina Abuela and...

The completed Immelmann loop on Tormenta Rampaging Run

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 after...

Tormenta Installation

Tormenta Tops Out: New Coaster Achieves Record-Breaking Height

Guests attending this year's Holiday in the Park can now see the full, record-breaking 309 ft height achieved by Tormenta Rampaging Run with the ride recently being topped out. Crews installed the final track piece of the ride's peak early the morning of December 19,...

Tormenta Rampaging Run Construction Achieves Key Milestone

Tormenta Rampaging Run Construction Achieves Key Milestone

Six Flags over Texas' New for 2026 coaster Tormenta Rampaging Run just achieved a key milestone by installing the first pieces of track. The park broke the news on social media on October 7, 2025: One of the first two pieces installed was the track piece previously on...

Aquaman entrance sign

Aquaman Testing Video, Other Late February Updates

We visited the park on a brisk, late-February Saturday to see Aquaman continuing to test in preparation for its March opening, and also explore some of the other ongoing changes to the park in preparation for the 2023 season. Aquaman Testing As you'd hope for a ride...

Universal park in Frisco Texas artist rendering

Six Flags over Texas Could See Competition with New Universal Park

Six Flags over Texas could see some stiff competition in one important segment with a newly-announced Universal theme park. Universal Parks & Resorts just announced plans to build a new 97-acre theme park in Frisco (a roughly 40-mile drive northeast of Six Flags)....

Harley Quinn Spinsanity ride

Spinsanity Rides Again During Late July Park Updates

As Texas' heat wave continues, the resulting drought of theme park crowds was blazingly obvious during our visit to Six Flags over Texas on Sunday, July 24th. The longest wait we experienced was for La Vibora, at most 10 minutes. Most other rides were 1-train waits to...

Aquaman Power Wave construction

July 4th Weekend Updates

Texas' early summer heatwave continues and if there's one benefit of super hot weather, it's the lighter crowds at Six Flags over Texas. Our visit to the park over the July 4th weekend celebration started with an pleasantly sparse parking lot, but there were other...