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Ride along on new Tormenta: Rampaging Run roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas
Daredevils and speed seekers, buckle in. The new coaster at Six Flags is ready for riders. After months of previews and a few delays, Tormenta: Rampaging Run opens Thursday. We have an early spot in line with our own Paige Ellenberger. She's ready to take on the ride, live!
ARLINGTON, Texas - The newest roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas breaks six world records. Tormenta Rampaging Run also opens to the public this week.
Tormenta Rampaging Run
What's new:
The new ride’s grand opening is set for Thursday in the park’s new Spanish village, fittingly called Rancho de la Tormenta.
The plaza features colorful banners with Spanish music. Tormenta, which is branded as the first-ever giga dive coaster, is the main attraction.
What they're saying:
"This is a giga dive coaster. I know we’re using nerdy coaster terminology, but what that is is a giga coaster is any coaster that is 300 and 399 feet tall. So, it sometimes isn’t a dive coaster. Sometimes it’s just a coaster that doesn’t go upside down or anything. So the giga is that part, but then we have the dive part. A dive coaster is interesting because when we get to the top, we’re going to hold you over the edge for about three seconds, let you stare down at life’s choices, and then you get to enjoy the rest of the ride," said Tony Clark, a Six Flags spokesman.
FOX 4’s Paige Ellenberger got the chance to preview it on Wednesday before it opens to the public.
"Holy cannoli!" she yelled as she plummeted more than 300 feet. "We’re upside down. We’re around. Hands up. Oh my god. Holy cow. Tears are coming out. I think I’m drooling a little bit here. I am shaking."
She called it unbelievable and said by the time the ride ended, she was physically shaking because of the adrenaline.
Clark argued it’s better than a cup of coffee.
By the numbers:
Reaching a maximum height of 309 feet above the ground, the ride drops you 285 feet at 95 degrees for its drop, followed by twists and turns throughout the rest of the track.
The ride boasts six world records, according to the Six Flags Over Texas website:
- Tallest Dive Coaster: 309 ft
- Highest 95 Degree Beyond Vertical Drop: 285 ft
- Fastest Dive Coaster: 87 mph
- Highest Immelmann Inversion: 218 ft
- Tallest Vertical Coaster Loop: 179 ft
- Longest Dive Coaster: 4,199 ft
The Source: The information in this story comes from Six Flags Over Texas and FOX 4 reporter Paige Ellenberger's first ride.