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Six Flags Astroworld
AstroWorld was a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately 57 acres (230,000 m) of land (later expanded to over 75 acres) between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston, Texas, USA. Opening on June 1, 1968, AstroWorld was originally developed and...
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Texas Cyclone
The Texas Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster at the defunct Six Flags Astroworld in Houston, Texas, and was known for its airtime, speed, and feeling of being out of control. It was 93 feet tall, had 3,180 feet of track, and the ride lasted for two...
Drop:
- 24.384 m (80 ft )
Height:
- 28.3464 m (93 ft )
Height Restriction:
- 1.2192 m (4 ft )
Designer:
G-force:
- 4.2 (41 m/s² )
Closed:
- Oct 30, 2005
Max Speed:
- 102.99802 km/h (64.000512 mph )
XLR-8
XLR-8 was a steel suspended roller coaster. It was designed by Arrow Dynamics (at the time called 'Arrow-Huss') and located at Six Flags Astroworld from when it was constructed 1984 until AstroWorld closed in 2005. XLR-8 was the successor to the...
Height:
- 24.6888 m (81 ft )
Height Restriction:
- 1.0668 m (3.5 ft )
Manufacturer:
Opened:
- May 12, 1984
Closed:
- Oct 30, 2005
Max Speed:
- 54.87863 km/h (34.10027 mph )
Viper
The Viper at Six Flags Astroworld was an Anton Schwarzkopf designed Looping Star model and had operated at Astroworld since 1989. It consisted of a single loop and was demolished with the closing of Astroworld in 2005. It had originally been the Jet...
Inversions:
- 1
Manufacturer:
Opened:
- 1985
Closed:
- Oct 5, 2005
Max Speed:
- 76.92664 km/h (47.80038 mph )
Capacity (riders per hour):
- 1,700
Greezed Lightnin'
Greezed Lightnin' is a steel Shuttle Looper roller coaster at Joyland Amusement Park, relocated from Six Flags Astroworld.
Greezed Lightnin' was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf and opened in 1978 at Six Flags Astroworld. It used a flywheel launch...
Drop:
- 39.7764 m (130.5 ft )
Inversions:
- 1
Height:
- 42.00144 m (137.8 ft )
Height Restriction:
- 1.2192 m (4 ft )
Manufacturer:
Designer:
Opened:
- 1978
Closed:
- Oct 30, 2005
Max Speed:
- 96.56064 km/h (60.00048 mph )
Capacity (riders per hour):
- 1,300
Mayan Mindbender
Mayan Mindbender was an enclosed steel roller coaster located at Six Flags AstroWorld. The ride was themed to a Mayan Temple.
The ride was originally know as Nightmare at Boblo Island. When that park closed it was relocated to Six Flags AstroWorld....
Height:
- 8.2296 m (27 ft )
Height Restriction:
- 1.0668 m (3.5 ft )
Manufacturer:
Opened:
- 1995
Closed:
- Oct 30, 2005
Batman The Escape
Batman The Escape was a steel stand-up roller coaster in storage at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort and designed by Intamin. There are no plans for the coaster yet.
The ride was originally built in 1986 for Six Flags Magic Mountain where it was known...
Drop:
- 25.908 m (85 ft )
Inversions:
- 1
Height:
- 27.432 m (90 ft )
Height Restriction:
- 1.3716 m (4.5 ft )
Manufacturer:
Ride Type:
Opened:
- 1993
Theme:
Closed:
- Oct 30, 2005
Max Speed:
- 74.02982 km/h (46.00037 mph )
Serial Thriller
For the coaster at Geauga Lake formerly called Serial Thriller, see Thunderhawk (Michigan's Adventure).
Serial Thriller is a steel inverted roller coaster Six Flags AstroWorld. Built by Vekoma, it was a standard Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC)....
Inversions:
- 5
Manufacturer:
Opened:
- May 29, 1999
Max Speed:
- 79.9844 km/h (49.7004 mph )
Capacity (riders per hour):
- 1,040
Serpent
Serpent was a steel roller coaster at Six Flags AstroWorld. It was built by Arrow Dynamics in 1969, which made it the parks first roller coaster and the last junior mine train made by Arrow Dynamics. After AstroWorld closed this ride was scrapped.
Height:
- 6.096 m (20 ft )
Height Restriction:
- 0.9144 m (3 ft )
Manufacturer:
Opened:
- 1969
Closed:
- Oct 30, 2005
Max Speed:
- 22.53082 km/h (14.00011 mph )
Capacity (riders per hour):
- 500
