Top 10 Amusement Parks in Texas | US States Ranked
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Texas is one of the best states for amusement and theme parks. The Lone Star State is home to two Six Flags parks, one SeaWorld park, two seaside parks, and several other independent parks. In this video, I rank the top 10 parks I have personally visited in Texas.
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Fiesta Texas was my home park when I lived in Texas, and I was pleasantly surprised that you ranked it #1. For many years it was more notable for its shows than its ride lineup, but in recent years it has finally begun to realize its potential. It's a truly unique park that I always enjoyed.
The last decade has been amazing for additions.
Over Texas looks like such an underrated park to me, they have an extremely deep and underrated coaster lineup, a great non coaster lineup, and I love the way the park looks and all of the Texas stuff
It's one of the gems in the chain for sure.
I like everything about the park except for the Gotham City section. It looks like a permanent carnival to me, especially after they added Joker and Riddler.
This was so amazing! Thanks for reviewing my home state man! Love Texas!
Thank you!
i’m so fortunate to have my Fiesta Texas as my home park. it’s all around a great place.
It sure is!
Ah, memories. Some of these parks remind me of the times I went to the Indianapolis State Fair when I was little. Very interesting video
Thanks!
The more I visit Sea World parks, the more I appreciate the operations at Over Texas. Giant can be frustrating, since they don't run all 3 trains any more and they usually only have 2 restraint checkers, but I understand that those trains are hard to load quickly. Every other major coaster always runs 2 trains unless they're actually refurbishing one, and ops typically make an effort to be efficient. I've also seen the maintenance staff make some pretty heroic efforts to get Mr Freeze up and running super quickly after a breakdown, which is an unfortunately frequent occurrence.
It seems like they would have redone Freeze’s launch by now with modern LSMs, and even move the second set to the valley instead of the spike. I guess money doesn’t grow on trees.
@@cody_t They'd have to buy new trains for that. Instead, they salvaged one of the old trains from The Chiller, so that they can have a spare, 3rd train. That's partly how they've been able to avoid 1 train ops on Freeze.
It would also be a shame if they got rid of the LIMs on the spike, as they contribute to the really unique forces on that spike. It would be nice if there was an emergency set of motors in the valleys, so that the train could self-rescue (can't do that with the current trains), though I can't ever remember seeing or hearing of Freeze valleying. I think they avoid that by launching the ride a bit faster than the designers intended.
@@toptiercomments840 Freeze has valleyed a lot over the years. It usually happens if the second set of LIMs have problems.
@@cody_t I guess I'm just good at avoiding it on those days, then! A retrofit to LSMs and new trains must be really expensive, since Six Flags is willing to put up with such a high maintenance ride. That said, it could happen under the new management.
The two Texas Six Flags parks are run better than the others.
I totally agree about Six Flags Fiesta Texas! It’s even better than Magic Mountain, which surprised me.
I’m genuinely jealous of anyone that lives in Texas...
The state is stacked.
I’m glad we got to move here 10 years ago from Georgia. We have enjoyed ZDT, SWSA, SFFT and our home park SFOT
idk I feel more jelly for anyone in Ohio... My problem with Texas is it's just too massive. Makes me feel like I can't leave! It also doesn't help I don't usually get to visit the parks in San Antonio (which are top notch. Sea World SA was my home park for 4 years!). My home park is SFOT which I do appreciate for what it is. We got the first RMC iron horse treatment which I do love. Mr Freeze is solid, I want more B&M coasters to ride, and because Titan exists, I haven't even ridden a B&M hyper! Though Titan is still my favorite coaster. Totally a GP. :P
@@Sugerloadedgirl789 I agree Texas is huge, but I've been lucky with traffic so it hasn't been bad driving across it.
@@CanobieCoaster my problem is money is just... TIGHT. It's nearly impossible to do trips that require a hotel. I remember having around $500 and lost pretty much all of it on a 3 day trip to San Antonio. It's not good.
It never occurred to me just how many small parks anchored by a single impressive coaster Texas has. I'd give an honorable mention to Zero Gravity. Their ride lineup was small, but very impressive. And the employees were quite nice and very proud of their rides and their work. I hope they're able to relocate and reopen.
I didn't list them since the pricing structure is annoying, but the rides and service were great.
#1 Let's go San Antonio!!!!!! 👌🏾👌🏾
Fiesta Texas is great and I love the city too.
Moving to atx in June can’t wait to check out Fiesta
Enjoy!
I live in san marcos tx and I'm only an hour from San Antonio and 3 hrs from Arlington so I enjoy going to theese parks..plus Austin Texas is getting a major theme park next year with the first of its kind in the United States rollercoaster...I can't wait...
Cotaland is expanding like wildfire.
Used to have 3 Six Flags parks. RIP AstroWorld
I'm bummed I never made it there.
@@CanobieCoaster same tbh
The drop tower at the amusement park in Amarillo used to be at Houston's Astroworld under the name "Dungeon Drop".
Dungeon Drop went to Six Flags St. Louis.
I used to go to the Sandy Lake one, Pleasure Pier, Kima Boardwalk, and I'm going to Six Flags Over Texas after Exam Week.
Nice!
2:18 Yeah that's how I felt riding this rode called Terminus at my local fair (idk if you've heard of it, but it showed up as number 1 in Theme Park Crazys list of the 10 worst dark rides in the world, and theres literally 0 theming. It's just a dark oven)
I rode it with its former "theme" of Mouse Trap. The only difference was that there were walls set up on the inside.
I love how Wonderland has a Zyklon named Mouse Trap and a wild mouse named Cyclone. It's almost as if they mixed up the signs for the rides lol
Wouldn't be the first park. Six Flags New England famously did that with Double Trouble and Time Warp.
love it we are moving to texas in a few months. only adjustment i would do is not include closed parks
That's fair. I wanted to talk about Sandy Lake since it was the best opportunity I had in a video.
When it comes to parks in Texas, I've only been to the big 3 of Six Flags Over Texas, SeaWorld San Antonio and Six Flags Fiesta Texas (in order from favorite to least favorite). I have plans to one day visit Schlitterbahn in Galveston Island. I hope to stop by Kemah Boardwalk and Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier while I am there if possible.
Fiesta is easily my favorite so I hope you give them a second chance.
@@CanobieCoaster Absolutely promise I will. As for waterparks (incase you're wondering, I hope to visit the 2 Schlitterbahn places (plus the one in South Padre) Kalahari, Great Wolf Lodge, Epic Waters, Hurricane Harbor Houston, Typhoon Texas Houston, 3 of the 5 Hawaiian Falls locations, Splashtown in San Antonio, NRH20 in Fort Worth and Splashway in Sheridan. So far I've only been to Hurricane Harbor Arlington and Aquatica San Antonio (hope to revisit those as well).
I need to get to the Schlitterbahn parks, especially the New Braunfels one.
@@CanobieCoaster And one question. There's a small park in Lubbock, Texas that wasn't in the video. Did you not go there?
I did not. It was a bit too far out of the way for what they appeared to have.
I hope to check out the 2 seaside parks later this year. Maybe even make it up to Amarillo
They're nice to hit after seeing the big parks.
My favorite is SWSA because their All-Day Dining was broken when I was there. They literally let us get as much as we wanted to eat, though I went only once around 2016, so they might have changed it.
I had a bad experience with the all-day dining at the San Diego location. It was slow service for mediocre food.
@@CanobieCoaster I meant the San Antonio location.
Fiesta Texas is in my top 5 buck list amusement parks. I’ll get there eventually.
Hope you can!
I have to agree with the log flume at Galveston historic pleasure pier review it WILL get you wet also I think I’m spoiled with fiesta Texas being my home park
I wish I had that as a home park.
Steel Eel is one of my favorite credits.
I love that ride.
Is the purple track at 0:44 a coaster?
No, it's a zipline.
you should check out splash kingdom water park in canton texas when it opens this summer
I remember passing a water park between Yesterland Farm and Over Texas. Was it that park?
@@CanobieCoaster it's located east of Dallas of the I-20 freeway
Going to have to add COTAland to the mix!
Sure will!
I'll say, having ridden Hornet when it was originally Mayan Mindbender at Astroworld... yeah, it really benefits from being indoors and in the dark.
I can see that.
I LOVE farmusement parks, Yesterland Farm looks amazing and I will absolutely NOT be avoiding Range
It's an experience for sure.
Yes!!! ZDTS is on here, good boy, you are normal
It has a little of everything.
Omg please bring a park to Houston!!
They deserve one.
let’s go over Texas!!!
Great state for parks.
Poltergeist and Road Runner Express are my favorite coasters.
Two good ones.
The ratings at the beginning of each park had me confused for a bit before I finally got what they we're supposed to mean lol
Sorry they were confusing.
@@CanobieCoaster No it's cool! I actually like the ranking out of the ten parks instead of the normal rating ?/10 one
Amarillo gang
I wish more enthusiasts got to Wonderland.
I still need to get to come of them
There's a lot in Texas!
That river rapid ride water looks unregulated
Which one?
Six Flags Over Texas is my home park CAN'T BEAT THE ORIGINAL PARK BY FAR
It's certainly up there.
Maybe you should do a video on the ending turns to the out-and-back hyper coasters rating your favorite ones
On the texas starflyer in pleasure pier my friend screamed in the middle of the ride " WERE GONNA BE THE NEXT SPLAT THE CAT "
That ride's setting is awesome.
@@CanobieCoaster agreed
10:15 why is that train sliding over to launch with an open restraint?
I'm not sure haha.
@@CanobieCoaster did that train launch?
Yes
@@CanobieCoaster wait WHAT?! WITH AN OPEN RESTRAINT? That’s unbelievable
@@bmfanboy8838 that’s ridiculous how that train got launched with an open restraint
"Hey Patrick, what am I"?!
Lol
I totally get what you mean when you see Fiesta Texas is better than a Six Flags park. It's the only Six Flags park that I think can arguably live up to the claim of being a "theme park" as the chain likes to claim.
Fiesta Texas is my second favorite Six Flags park but only because I think the Magic Mountain ride lineup is so good that it makes up for the poor aesthetics. To me, Fiesta Texas is the Knotts Berry Farm of the Six Flags chain. And oddly enough, Knotts is my second favorite Cedar Fair park for the same kind of reasons.
Frontier City has good theming, but it can't match the ride lineup of Fiesta. Six Flags Mexico is somewhere in between.
I had gone before Six Flags had bought the park. Pretty much all that themeing is all original. They only added rides and the Looney Tunes characters.
Have you ever been to Astroworld when it was open?
Sadly I didn't make it there.
Wait. A park with 2 kiddie coasters gets only a 9 for Rollercoasters? How bad do you have to be to get something like a 3 then?
It's a ranking of the parks on the list. Yesterland Farm has the 9th best coasters of the parks on this list.
I recently discovered zdt and visited it....sad to say but the silo climb is closed
Forever?
@CanobieCoaster
I went they 2 weekends ago and they Said apparently it wasn't popular enough....did enjoy the fact they had a pump it up machine in the arcade tho and the switchback is better then the screaming eagle in st louis for thrill
#2 I was born in Arlington tx
Nice!
I need to check out fiesta Texas when my daughter gets of age
Absolutely!
Six flags fiesta texas is my home park
Lucky!
1:44 pretty sure it has 2 coasters not 9 but I’m not sure
That's where it places in comparison to the other parks on this list. I meant it's 9th for coasters.
I didn't realize there is 10 parks in texas
There are quite a few.
Sir where was the stat fair
Didn't make it there.
@@CanobieCoaster damn that’s sad it’s really fun try to make it next time
R.I.P. Astroworld
I wish I could have visited.
I just came back from fiesta Texas
Hope you enjoyed it!
No way Fiesta Texas should be ranked higher than Over Texas! Over Texas is bigger, has more thrill rides, more coasters, and a better area for young kids! The top 3 coasters at each park are pretty even, but after that Over Texas pulls ahead with the Shockwave and Runaway Mountain. Both parks have drop tower rides, but the one at Over Texas is much taller than the one at Fiesta Texas. Both Parks have loop coasters, but the one at Over Texas is much taller. Both parks have super swings, but again the one at Over Texas is much taller. Both of the parks have pendulum rides, but in that case the one at Fiesta Texas is actually taller... Overall Six Flags Over Texas has much better selection of flat rides... Plus Six Flags Over Texas is about to get a rare wave coaster...
The only thing I would say Fiesta Texas has over Six Flags Over Texas is the beautiful quarry wall. However Over Texas has a nice scene as well, with great views of Cowboys Stadium and the Rangers ballpark, and on many weekends during the summer the Rangers put on long fireworks displays which are viewable through much of the park. Plus there's more things to do within the immediate vicinity of Six Flags Over Texas than there is around the vicinity of Fiesta Texas. Plus Over Texas should get a bonus point for being the original Six Flags park, and the reason for its name.
I think Fiesta Texas's atmosphere and the fact their top rides are so much better than those of Over Texas's is why I placed it where I did.
@@CanobieCoaster I disagree with their top rides being so much better... Iron Rattler and the Giant are pretty even... Titan vs Wonderwoman is also pretty even in my book... And the same is true for Mister Freeze vs Superman... And after those top 3, Over Texas has them licked.
@@imdbtruth Mr. Freeze and Superman are close, but I far prefer Iron Rattler and Wonder Woman to Titan and New Texas Giant.
@@CanobieCoaster I also slightly prefer the Iron Rattler, but it's *very close* because the New Texas Giant offers a very similar experience. The Titan vs Wonderwoman is a bit harder to quantify because the rides have different features, but the Titan has a top speed of 88 mph versus only 52 mph for WW. The Titan's drop is also more than twice as tall as WW, and a ride on the Titan also lasts longer. The Titan can accommodate 1600 riders per hour, compared to Wonderwoman only being able to accommodate 600 riders per hour.
I personally choose the top-3 at SFOT compared to the top-3 at Fiesta Texas, but I concede that it's a close call... And that's all I'm saying, comparing the top-3 coasters at these two parks should be a neck and neck decision... And I can understand if you choose the top-3 at Fiesta Texas, but it should be a close call, and once you get beyond the top-3 coasters, Six Flags Over Texas easily pulls ahead in both the quality and quantity of their remaining thrill rides.
And again, when it comes to having an area and rides for younger kids, Six Flags Over Texas is also vastly superior to Fiesta Texas in that regard.
And again, Six Flags Over Texas will soon open their Aquaman Power Wave coaster, which will be one of only a handful of its kind operating worldwide.
@JR JR Can you be more specific?
I live in Texas and ngl it is the best place ever I mean we have Whataburger and H-E-B nothing else is better. Also if u where born in Texas you’ve been a dare devil your whole life.
I've never been to a Whataburger.
it’s really good they have burgers and amazing French fries. They also have a Dr.Pepper shake.
Six flags over Texas is a bit beater then Fiesta Texas
I like Over Texas but not as much as Fiesta.
texas has 3 batman clones
Yes, and only one actually named Batman the Ride.
@@CanobieCoaster 😂 ikr
And two of them are only a 20 minute drive away from each other!
6:07 texas string rat?!?? is better
I prefer Boardwalk Bullet easily.
@@CanobieCoaster oh ok lol
I’m sorry but the pleaser pear is a rip off there’s barley any rides you have to pay to even walk on it and for each ride and it’s soooooooooooo fucking expensive I really don’t think it’s good but kemah is so much better you only have to pay for the ride’s also there’s a aquarium that you can feed sting ray’s in
I agree Kemah is better but I enjoyed my lone visit to Pleasure Pier.
@@CanobieCoaster see the thing is pleaser Pier is really nice alone which is kinda sad lol but across the road there is a really REALLY good sea food place called fish tails try it out next time lol also merdoches is a nice shop also but I still have to say kemah is much better then pleaser pier
It's not ah'ma-ree-oh its amuh-rih-loh
I always struggle with that one.
I appreciate that he gives Wonderland its due in his videos. (I've actually learned a lot about it from this channel!) But as a person who grew up in Canyon, his pronunciation slaps my ears every time. Like, I know that it's CORRECT, but it's not RIGHT.
I'm just shocked Texas has 10 parks. And soon to be cotaland
Cotaland will be a nice addition.
Number 1 should’ve been Astroworld.. RIP..
I wish I could've gone.
Joe Biden I want to work at sea water parks but there’s is there anyway you get bills sea world Seabrook Texas Texas and Bing Parks I want to work at Seaworld that is so par and he said and he said so I want the Seaworld in Texas and seabrook there’s a lot of land Jace cantu
SeaWorld does have a ton of land.