SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS
& Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Dallas / Ft. Worth, Texas
Six Flags Theme Parks
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(2/19/2025) ACE To Recognize Six Flags Over Texas Coaster As New Landmark
(2/10/2025) La Vibora and El Diablo Demolition Update
(2/9/2025) More On Those FAA Filings for the 2026 Attraction
(2/8/2025) Official Statement About The Repainting of Titan
(2/7/2025) Permit to Built Tall Amusement Ride Filed with the FAAfor 2026
(1/12/2025) Titan Repaint Update
 Park News - (2/19/2025) ACE (American Coaster Enthusiasts) have announced that they will recognize two new roller coasters as ACE Roller Coaster Landmarks in 2025. One of these will be the awesome Shock Wave (Schwarzkopf - 1978) at Six Flags over Texas.
Honestly, I’m surprised it took this long for Shock Wave to be honored, as Mindbender at SFOT was awarded in 2008 and the Revolution at SFMM was awarded in 2002 when the Landmark status award was first created.
(2/10/2025) A batch of photos taken at Six Flags over Texas this weekend shows off the status on the demolition of La Vibora (which is essentially gone) and it looks like El Diablo won’t be too far behind.
(2/8/2025) Six Flags over Texas has posted an update about the repainting of Titan. For the first time since it opened, Titan will have an all new color scheme, but in contrast to the previous rumors, it will not be painted the Dallas Coybows colors. Instead Titan will be featured in all Red, White and Blue. So far we can see a nice blue track and the fatter supports columns are being painted white, so I’m not sure what will be red, unless they are saving the red paint for the lift hill.
Based on the video, the majority of the focus so far has been on the helix spiral leading up into the mid-course brake. You can watch the official Six Flags video here.
(1/12/2025) It has been rumored for awhile now, but I’m being told that Titan at Six Flags over Texas is now closed for the next couple of month to be repainted. If this follows the previous rumors, we can expect to see the ride get an entirely new color scheme. The last one that was rumored would see Titan take on a more Dallas Cowboys style color, with silver supports and blue track… which is essentially a copy of Millennium Force at Cedar Point.
(1/5/2025) A reader sent in a few photos from Six Flags over Texas showing off the current progress on the demolition of La Vibora.
(12/12/2024) For those who have been waiting to see what has been taking place at Six Flags over Texas, some pictures showing the removal of La Vibora were posted on FB a couple of days ago.
While it’s hard to tell without more photos, the interesting thing is that in the few images we are seeing, the bobsled track sections appear to have been taken apart and set down carefully. This stands in stark contrast to how the crews are cutting and ripping Green Lantern apart at Six Flags Great Adventure.
Yet, I have serious doubts that Six Flags is trying to sell this ride to anyone, but as I believe this was the last functional Intamin Bobsled coaster in the world, perhaps they are just salvaging a few pieces of track and a bobsled to be shipped off to the National Roller Coaster Museum for preservation.
(11/29/2024) I’m not sure if this is going to happen, but there is a rumor that Six Flags may be looking at repainting Titan at Six Flags over Texas and using some entirely new colors. We know Six Flags is currently repainting a number of their larger hypercoasters right now, with work starting on Goliath at SFMM and SFOG, with the later getting an entirely different color scheme. In the case of Titan however… the rumors seem to indicate that they might try to give it a Dallas Cowboys style makeover, with silver/grey supports and a deep blue track, not unlike Millennium Force at Cedar Point.
It would sort of make sense, considering that SFOT is located just down the street from the team’s massiver AT&T Stadium. Keep in mind work has not started on any of this, though there are some claims that some patches of test paint may have been applied in the maintenance or brake run area. Anyone have photos?
(11/17/2024) For those wondering, Six Flags over Texas has confirmed the current closure and plans in place to remove La Vibora and El Diablo from the park. The rides near the front of the park are being removed to make way for a “record-breaking dive roller coaster” coming in 2026, but the details of this new attraction wont be announced until sometime during the Summer of 2025.
(11/9/2024) Interesting things are afoot at Six Flags as the current season comes to a close. Changes are coming, and based on the swirling rumor-mills, many parks may see a ride or two close for good this winter, especially at the legacy Six Flags parks. Most of these rumors have been focused on what’s going on at Six Flags Great Adventure, but from what I’m starting to hear, Six Flags over Texas may have already closed down a ride or two that may not return.
In the case of SFOT, the word going around is that some early site demolition work may have already started near the front of the park in preparation to remove La Vibora and maybe even El Diablo. The two are located very close to each other, and clearing them out would provide the park a sizable space to add something new near the front of the park as early as 2026. The demolition here may also have some kind of impact on the park’s railroad as well.
From the sound of things, this may be only the start of unexpected closures across the Six Flags chain this winter, as it sounds like the new corporate office is looking to trim the fat a bit by removing attractions that are older, difficult to maintain, or those with high operational costs that no longer run high on guest satisfaction ratings.
2025 - Splash Island at Hurricane Harbor - (8/18/2024) News from Hurricane Harbor got lost in the shuffle when some of the bigger Six Flags parks made announcements for the 2025 season last week. The Arlington waterpark has announced on their website that they will be adding a new water fortress attraction area called Splash Island for the 2025 season. The large complex will feature a 1,000 gallon dumping bucket of water at the top, and appears to offer 7 new small waterslides that will launch off the structure.
If that wasn’t enough, the park will also add a collection of 6 micro slides for the smallest guests to enjoy in another splash area next to the water fortress.
2026 - Dive Machine Roller Coaster - (2/9/2025) Doing a little digging myself into the FAA website regarding the proposals being filed to build something new at Six Flags over Texas, there are actually a large number of filings in the system filed as “Project Rubi” but they range from Project Rubi 1000 to up Project Rubi 4003, with structural heights anywhere from 309 feet tall down to 162 feet tall. These could be for positions for the various taller element structures on a single coaster, or I suppose they could possibly represent different layouts under consideration.
(2/7/2025) Local news reports have confirmed that paperwork was filed with the FAA in January to construct a new proposed “amusement park structure” somewhere in Arlington that would be up to 309 feet tall. While the paperwork does not specifically mentioned “Six Flags over Texas” the article confirms that the GPS coordinates in the filing come up as the location of the removed La Vibora bobsled coaster.
This matches up with the teaser from Six Flags late last year that Six Flags over Texas was planning on building a new “record-breaking dive coaster” for the 2026 season. The paperwork listed the project under the codename, “Project Rubi 1002”, with a projected construction timeline from March 1, 2025 to March 30, 2026.
Please note that while they are asking for permission to build up to 309 feet tall, this does not mean that the final ride project will actually be that tall when built. While a “dive coaster” has traditionally been in reference to a B&M Dive Machine style coaster, the company has never come near building a 300+ foot tall version before. Currently I believe the tallest Dive Coaster built to date would be Yukon Striker at Canada’s Wonderland that is 223 feet tall and features a 245 foot drop into the tunnel that goes below the waterline. Valravn at Cedar Point is also 223 feet tall, but with a shorter first drop, lacking the below grade tunnel at the bottom.
Meanwhile most of the newer Dive Coasters installed at Six Flags and Cedar Fair parks since then have been much shorter, and more focused in adding more inversions to their layouts: Thai would include the upcoming Wrath of Rakshasa (180ft / 5 inversions), Iron Menace (160 ft / 4 inversions) and Dr Diabolical’s Cliffhanger (150 ft, 2 inversions). So with that in mind, i don’t believe that the actual functional ride height of a new coaster at Six Flags over Texas would need to come anywhere near 300 feet in height. To become the tallest coaster in the park, it would only need to be taller than Titan’s 245 foot structure. I believe the only structures at the park taller than Titan are the Oil Derrick tower (300ft), Superman: Tower of Power (325ft) and the Texas SkyScreamer (400ft).
Plus, when it comes to building coasters, parks within a big chain usually have a more long term goal in mind, in selecting a series of parks to get similar creations, each one a little taller or longer than the previous model, so I’d hold off on thinking that the first Giga Dive Coaster is coming in 2026 until we know a little more.
(11/14/2024) A press release from Six Flags today confirmed that the company is planning to spend over $1 BILLION on the parks over the next two years. Some of this will come in the form of enhancements to the guest experience, such as new themed areas, dining upgrades and technology enhancements. While we’ve seen the 2025 capital projects ($500 million) already announced, they decided to post a list of teasers of what they are already confirming will come to some of the parks in 2026 as part of another $525 million capital investment plan.
Six Flags over Texas made the list for 2026 capital projects, and with a big one. Look for the original Six Flags park to add “a record-breaking dive coaster” to the park this year. I’d look to what they’ve got going in to Six Flags Great America in 2025, Wrath of Rakshasa” as a sort of guide as to what SFOT can expect in 2026… just a little bit bigger.
2028 - Six Flags Entertainment will have the Option to purchase 100% Ownership of the Six Flags over Texas property. For more details, click here.
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