Pros & Cons of Six Flags Over Texas | Arlington, Texas
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2020
- These are the pros and cons of the original Six Flags park, Six Flags Over Texas.
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Music in this video, as found in the UA-cam Audio Library:
Intro music: Come With Us
Theme music: Black Vulture
Background music: Stars Align
Mr freeze station is a pro. Most people in Texas don't have saunas
It’s only a sauna until they get around to turning the ac on in December
@@declanc3412 they have sprinklers outside I did not understand that as person afraid of coasters enthusiast me understanss
Lol
I noticed that the last time I went, the week of thanksgiving. Burned up all summer
@@throwmilly That week had good tempeture it was only a few day after tornado hit near park
Pro: my grandparents are like a few minutes away
Cons: they are old why would they ride
Same thing with Castles 'n' Coasters
Did tornado affect him is he alright
@@annoyingperson2255 No. My grandparents are alright.
Never underestimate seasoned (older) individuals. They may ride everything, and you will probably be the one to chicken out. It depend on how old you are, but your definition of old is probably not old. Have a blessed day and prosperous day in the Lord.
Same
As someone who doesn’t go too often, anytime I visit the park I see it as a treat. I understand the rides are getting pretty old now but they’re just nostalgic classics to me. Shockwave was the first roller coaster I can vividly remember riding. I remember finally getting over my fears of titan and mr.freeze and going back to back on those rides again. Me and my friend were one of the first people to ride the new Texas giant and were surveyed for it. All the scary stories behind runaway mountain and the lake by judge Roy scream the kids would tell at middle school. Gotta get a funnel cake in the summer. Not too say the rides didn’t have their problems, they never really inconvenienced my times at the park. I finally moved back to Ft Worth after a couple years and I can’t wait to go back, I drive by the park nearly every damn day.
This is my home park, so you better do it justice
Edit: these were actually really fair criticisms. It’s definitely safe to say that Six Flags neglects the park, which is a shame, because it has fairly strong attendance and is in the corporate headquarters’ backyard
Six Flags spend too much money on SFMM, SFGAdv, SFGAm, and SFFT.
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh) Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
(Ooh) Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt...
Seems like they dont neglect the park but the additions are just kinda..bleh
@@AirtimeThrills in terms of major thrill rides they kinda do though. The coaster additions alone in the last 20 years speak to that. 2001 was Titan, then the family Pandemonium (or Tony Hawk's Big Spin I guess at the time), then New Texas Giant which you can't really count as an addition since the count stayed the same, then Joker which fine the S&S free spins are fun but... hard to get excited about, then the Power Splash which we only even got because Six Flags Dubai or wherever never happened. We were the dumping ground for a ride not even meant for us. So you could say "Hey, that's 5 in 20 years" or you could more rationally say "hey that's 5 coasters but one is just a refurb, one they got on the cheap cause they ordered in bulk and one wasn't even supposed to go there. " And it's not like this is La Ronde. Last time I saw numbers (may have even been your video from a year or so ago) SFOT is the 4th highest attendance in the chain, well ahead of SFFT which gets WAY more love. And Dallas/Fort Worth is the fourth largest metro area in the entire country and the fastest growing by some margin. Houston isn't far behind but San Antonio ain't drawing theme park crowds from 2.5 hours away so Houston definitely can't be considered SFFT metro area. Over Texas is an afterthought for the chain and I get genuinely angry seeing the other parks get these great coasters whole SFOT is left to pretend our Batman clone is a top tier ride.
@@nicholasrainone1647 they do ger additions on average every 4 or 5 years or so, compared to some other parks like SFA who havent gotten jack in 2 decades
I’m so glad u agree with the coaster lineup problem, they really need to add more coasters that pack a punch and become a new standout attraction, SFOT doesn’t get much love from SF
Because this park is trash, and will always be trash.
@@tismejaytee it’s not trash...it’s just mistreated
definitely but i feel like it has run out of some space for a big new coaster
@@carloss5376 they need to replace that old wooden coaster it’s not even that good 😬
@@zoegoodall2158 judge Roy scream?
"the 405 parking lot." Unfortunate, but true.
I totally agree!!
That's why you take the 5 instead cuz once you pass Commerce it's a much better drive
I could go on a tangent about all the things wrong with my home park at Over Texas! So much potential!
Same
Six Flags spend too much money on SFMM, SFGAdv, SFGAm, and SFFT.
@@raylaguna2601 I don’t mind them spending money on Fiesta only because 1. It’s in Texas 2. It actually has a great layout and theming and 3. It has so much character. But I feel like they should show that kind of love to the original
@@raylaguna2601 That’s their biggest money makers So of course they do. I only wish that they could slow down on Fiesta Texas and Discovery Kingdom so they could focus just a bit more on cleaning up the smaller parks.
@@SiebayPlays Well my home park should’ve been the money marker park in the first place.
SFOT homer here. A lot of nostalgia at this park that went unmentioned. World first tubular steel coaster and best Arrow minetrain left out there. World first log flume. LaVibora is a rare credit that is close to extinction. Oh, and yes, Texas Sky Screamer is EFFING terrifying. Ride it on a breezy day, the seat will rotate outward about 120 degrees and back again over and over for the entire ride. Scariest ride ever lol
From an outsider perspective, I’ve always seen Over Texas as a park that just seems strong! It’s coaster lineup could use one or two more solid coasters but overall I like their lineup and I want to go to the park one day!
I really wanna visit here for the pros you listed. It seems like the atmosphere is great and it’s a fun place, but the coasters aren’t quite good enough for me to really miss it when I’m not there
You should definitely visit, it's a solid park, and doesn't have as many clones as most SF parks. It's very unique with its layout although it can have its drawbacks. How about getting a chance to ride the very first log flume, or one of the last remaining bobsled coasters?
You have to keep in mind it's also the original six flags park, the Texas giant is the first RNC and it's an awesome coaster. You have to understand things are gonna be outdated and campy. But that's also part of the charm. Six flags over Texas is under new management and is getting a reboot. It'll get reinvigorated and tickets are extremely cheap right now 😁 definitely worth the money.
As a former employee, you should visit the part.
I love your pros / cons series! Your commentaries are always fair and keep a good balance between being entertaining and informative 😄
As my home park, I think it is neglected so much. Six flags needs to spend some money to some cleaning and landscaping and get an original coaster.
Six Flags spend too much money on SFMM, SFGAdv, SFGAm, and SFFT.
@@raylaguna2601 The park pres is also pretty bad
Just like our Iron Rattler here in San Antonio, the Judge Roy Scream is long over due for some kind of upgrade! Such a shame, I remember hearing about it in the early 80's and being afraid to get on it as a kid.... now its just a sad neglected old relic, on display for everyone to see as they approach the park. FU six flags!
Although the mini mine train at SFOT had a MrBeast challenge take place on it, it still doesn't have the honor to be as good as Lil Phantom
A H A H A H A H A H A
Gotta ride Mini Mine train in honor of Mr. Beast am i right?
But it does have a coaster just like Big Dipper/Woodstock Express.
Have better airtime
Fight me
My first coaster of the year
This is my home park and I agree it is disappointing a lot. But I feel like it is on an upwards curve for the next few years and has been getting better every time I visit it.
Agreed. SFOT needs some more love
This is my home park. My thesis paper could be the issues with this park.
Jess Bian i have a Gut felling you do not drink Alcohol at the park
Jess Bian i drink at theem parks not for Dutch Gurridge for rides but in case people i do not know strike up conversation i am to shy to talk when sober
My home park too, I really don’t have many problems after they fixed the back row single rider policy
Hi Jess Bian. How is it visiting in January?
This was my home park for 28 years, starting going in the 80s as a kid. I'm glad some of the old favorites are still there such as Shock Wave and Judge Roy Scream, but I sorely miss the Flashback. I live in Wisconsin now and have started going to Six Flags Great America, but I would love to go back to Over Texas soon.
I would love to go to Six Flags over Texas. Just to see where it all began and this video also helps me with what they do right so good job and thanks.
This is My Home Park. It has problems but I Will Always Have A Soft Spot for It.
I’m originally from Houston, so I would love to claim Astroworld as my home park. 😥I moved to DFW 10 years ago and although I wish Over Texas was a better park, I am still grateful to have them.
I’ve only been to Over Texas once, I’m headed back to hopefully pick up some credits that were closed in about 2 weeks. The homemade pickles at the bbq place are a standout for any 6 flags park. I love Mr Freeze. I cannot fault NTG it’s RMC’s first and I really prefer the Gerstlauer trains to the new RMC trains. They really do have a stand out collection of flat rides, I hadn’t realized! My one visit was on a cold rainy day and we literally rode everything that was open, returned the rental car early and flew to San Antonio to hit up Fiesta and Seaworld.
what stand has homemade pickles? 😲
I'm soo glad you posted this! I live an hour from Magic Mountain and my best friend just moved to Arlington last week. I was gonna use visiting her as an excuse to check out SF Over Texas.
Thank you for the birthday upload @airtime thrills. Ik you uploaded today just for me and I appreciate it
Pros: it has an RMC
Cons: it’s doesn’t have Lil Phantom
if a park doesn’t have lil Phantom, then is it even a good park?
@@Splater765 No park is good, except Kennywood. Sorry SteVe, you've been overtaken.
@@Splater765 no
@Tomas Alessi T3 SUCKS!
@@coasterjunkie7550 yeah, even Arnold couldn’t save that film, but to be fair he was also in Batman & Robin.
Great video as always chris! Definitely want to visit this park at some point in my lifetime.
Huge fan how Hershey winter event
These ranking and pro/con videos are so great!
Loving this style of video, as someone who lives in the UK and only has access to 3 (arguably) good parks, its interesting to get a more in-depth view on different parks I may go to when I eventually go to the US. Keep it up!
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! Better than an over-underrated park-type video idea tbh, this allows you to be a little more in-depth. An awesome video like usual!
Love your Chanel and your videos
You and coaster studios are easily my favourite channels
Man I love this place I go at least once a week
Thankyou:) I'm going there in 6 days for my birthday and I am so excited. It will be my first visit and and the whole day will be a pro for me:)
Airtime thrills is the goat of coaster channels
Six Flags Over Texas… the location is insanely good! When you climb up the lift hill on Titan you have one of the best views! You can see the AT&T Stadium and both of the baseball stadiums. The Oil Derrick is really cool too!
Six Flags Magic Mountain was my secondary park growing up and that tower there was NEVER opened, so being able to go up the oil Derrick at SFOT was a pleasant surprise to say the least! You have such amazing views up there! You can see both Fort Worth and Dallas from up there! Really cool!
Great video! Keep it up!
I’ve gone to SixFlags over Texas twice and I really enjoy and I gonna be going again next week with my friend group and I’m so excited.
We're going for the first time in 40 years next week! Thanks for the great review!
What I appreciate the most about this video is how you're classifying the coasters as you discuss them. Like how New Texas Giant is a steel hybrid and Titan is a hypercoaster. This in particular is super interesting to me. Were I a wealthy man I would definitely make it my life goal to visit every park I could on the planet.
Love Field, Chris.
And love your videos. 🤗
I clicked so fast lol 😂 when u talk about my home park I just had to watch
Same
Same! I honestly love my homepark. May not be the best, but their collection is seriously underrated! Maybe with the new park president, they can focus on park based improvements other than adding flat rides.
@@coastervelocity3899 yes! Exactly!! I love SFOT as my home park, it’s great, I actually have a YT channel devoted mostly to SFOT
I've been going to this park since 1967-1968. I could write a book on the rides and attractions it once had that are no longer there. I was 5 years old in 1967 and was lucky enough to have a Dad that enjoyed stuff like this. We went to the park 2-3 times a summer. Even with minimal lines back in the early days of the park, it would literally take you all day to explore the entire place. The big orange tower with the observation platform on top was a landmark I still remember. It also had a large free fall slide you could ride down on old burlap bags. Then there was the Riverboat ride, the Log Ride, The Spelunker's Cave and so many others I've forgotten the names of. One of the main attractions back then was the staged live action shootouts they had in the Texas area. They'd never have anything like that in this day and age because the gunshots were loud and sounded very real. When I got older, married and had children, I took them to the park just like my Dad took us, and did the same with my Grandkids.
Aww you’re my dad’s age and he would take me to the park all the time as a kid. I miss the way it was back in the 2000s when Time Warner owned the park.
@@butterpecan1938 Here's a couple of examples of what the park was like in it's earlier days.
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Over the summer, I was on a road trip and came here on the way. We knew it was closed, but we had gone before and it was great to see these rides again. It also meant I got video of Aquaman Power Wave and was one of the first people to put that footage on UA-cam. Great experience.
Shockwave is probably one of the most pleasant surprises I've ever had on a coaster. It looks very basic and uninspired and the setting is awful. But it is SOOOOOOOOOO much better that is looks from off ride. The airtime really caught me off guard and the loops are fantastic.
Texas Skyscreamer is the scariest ride I've ever been on. I haven't done the Orlando Starflyer or the rides at the Stratosphere but the Texas Skyscreamer terrifies me. The chains look like tiny necklaces. I know it's safe but I can't help being scared to death on that thing.
Pro tips about finding things:
NTG: When entering the park, take a left. When you reach Spain and the chicken place, take a right into the Texas area. Then, go left until you find the bridge taking you to the entrance plaza area. Or, you could go to Runaway Mountain, go through the JB’s smokehouse, and take the little path near Rodeo, into the smoking area, up the hill and to the ride.
Runaway Mountain: When you enter the park, take a right into the Looney Toons section. Keep going until you see the sign for France by the bathrooms, lemonade, and All American. Go into France. Continue down the path to the Southern Palace Theater and it will be right there.
Shockwave: You can do two things. You can take the path for Runaway Mountain but keep going through the smokehouse. Take a right and continue passed the defunct Yosemite Sam ride until you reach the tower. Then, travel behind it and continue. Or, upon entering the park, take a right into USA, keep going straight until you reach the mine trains. Turn left and head to the tower section. You can take a shortcut through the Superman entrance and the Cheesesteaks restaurant. Continue until you reach the observation tower, then go behind it.
Judge Roy: Upon entering, go through the USA section and take a right when you get to the Boomtown section (Mine trains) like you are going to Gotham. Once in Gotham, you can Either
A: Take the little side path next to the Majestic theater to reach the plaza
B: Go up the stairs with the green railing next to the Sky Screamer entrance to the plaza
THX
I can officially say that my home park is the same quality as Chris home park. Great escape and frontier city
Me too
Me: La Ronde
Chris: Frontier City
I'm literally crying because of proud I am that you referred to the confederate states, the old south. I hate how people forget how recently all people of then US had the right to vote
Hella respect brother. Keep up the awesome content
So proud.
- one of your first 50 subscribers.
@@MrSpazOhYeah ?
my home park is worse than Chris's
*lightwater valley*
but I haven't been in like 4 years so I consider Blackpool my home park lol
@@kristalic isn't the Ultimate at Lightwater Valley Coaster Bot's favorite coaster?
Shockwave is so underrated, it’s really good
And there usually isn’t a line. Love it, especially at night.
@@throwmilly I feel like it’s down a lot, The last 2 times I went I was stuck on the lift hill (reopened in 10 minutes) and it was down the other day
I haven't seen it closed yet, but about a month ago, my daughter, seat belt wouldn't open ( in time for her to get off) so she had to ride again. 😆 It's good to now know that it breaks a lot. I may avoid it more. All the videos of ride accidents I watch start like that.
The most underrated is Mr Freeze
@@kolbyhill8121 is no. N b bc it ooro i o see e aww etc cuisine see
This video brings back memories. I lived in Fort Worth for a few years growing up and my dad took me on Shock Wave for my first loop coaster. I was terrified but now I can never get enough of coasters
SFOTexas is my home park. It's the original Six Flags park opening in 1961. I would say I would agree with you, a few more cons that pros, but I keep going back and have for over 50 years!
SFOT's coaster lineup, IMO, has 3 major problems:
1: Every coaster is either intense, rough, or disorienting. Batman, Freeze, Shock Wave, and Titan are positive G monsters, which not everyone likes or can tolerate. Judge Roy, La Vibora, and the Mine Trains are rough, which not everyone likes or can tolerate. Pandemonium and Joker spin, and Runaway Mountain takes place in pitch black. These rides are potentially very disorienting, and again, not everyone likes this or can tolerate it. The only roller coaster that somewhat bucks this trend is New Texas Giant, but even then, many members of the GP don't enjoy strong ejector airtime.
2: A majority of the coasters are small, short (in duration, not necessarily height), and low capacity. New Texas Giant is big and has a great ride duration, but the capacity is absolutely abysmal. I did some quick napkin math, and I think Giant often runs at less than 500 riders per hour. This is only exacerbated by how many skip-the-line passes the park gives out/sells, which can double the wait times for the regular line.
3: The layouts of most of the coasters at the park are either cloned or uninteresting. As much as I love New Texas Giant, the layout really consists of only the first drop, 3 overbanks, and 12 airtime hills. Shock Wave also has a very basic layout with two loops and 4 airtime hills. The only inversions in the park are the 5 on Batman, Shock Wave's two loops, Freeze's inverted top hat, and whatever you can get on Joker.
It's not all bad, though. One great strength of the park is the number of unconventional coaster types available. There is a spinning coaster, a 4D free spin, an indoor coaster, a bobsled, an invert, a custom Schwarzkopf looper, a classic wooden coaster, an RMC, and the park is about to add a multi-launching water coaster. Not all of these coaster types are uncommon, but not too many parks have this much variety. This is really only an advantage if SFOT is your home park, but it is an advantage nonetheless.
There are a few key additions that I think would solve most of the problems with the park's coaster lineup while building on its strengths:
1: A conventional looping coaster. Your idea of relocating Scream to SFOT makes so much sense that it almost hurts to think about it. Scream is a pretty typical layout for a B&M floorless, but it would add tremendously to the park's variety of inversions and provide a reliable and high capacity ride that is longer and less intense than Batman. It wouldn't be the enthusiast's pick, but it would be a hit with the GP and very beneficial for the park.
2. A floater airtime machine. A B&M hyper may be a longshot, but a man can dream can't he? Even a small scale version like La Ronde's Goliath would be a great addition, and this would better fit within Six Flags' budget and be less intimidating to the GP. Much like Scream, this would have broad appeal, be reliable, and have high capacity. It would also address the park's lack of floater airtime, and space wouldn't be an issue, as it could be built over top of the parking lot.
3. A themed, multi-launching coaster. Busch Gardens Tampa has Cheetah Hunt, Carowinds has Copperhead Strike, Universal Orlando has Hagrid's, and Magic Mountain has West Coast Racers. I believe this is the new wave for the Amusement industry. Some are more intense than others. Some are better themed than others, but they all have relatively broad appeal and unique layouts that draw crowds. To my knowledge, they have all been very successful additions for their respective parks. The dueling/racing aspect of West Coast Racers is an added bonus, and something similar would be a great addition to SFOT. Also, if the park decides to remove Roaring Rapids, imagine how great it would be to fly through that rock work on a coaster like this. It would basically be prebuilt theming.
4. A large scale RMC Raptor. A Jersey Devil clone or something similar would be a great complement to New Texas Giant. Stronger, more sustained ejector hills, along with inversions (especially a zero G stall or 2) would give this coaster all the goodness that newer RMCs have that Giant does not.
5. An S&S Axis Coaster. Need I say more?
...When I began this comment, I had no idea it would be this long... Props to anyone who actually reads the entire thing, LOL.
When i did my top 10 intense moments video, SFOT was all over it
@@AirtimeThrills Exactly. I know so many people here in the DFW area who say that they can't ride roller coasters anymore due to their age, but I wonder if they'd feel the same way if they had a B&M hyper or something like Cheetah Hunt nearby.
My favorite Six Flags of them all
Six flags over Texas!!!!
Ik alot of yall may not agree but.. ive been to all the six flags in the world except the one in mexico and somehow found this to be secound best six flags park. and the reason why is that its located in a really good are and it has the carm. this park is soooo fun when u know how to make it fun. even tho theres not alot of many rides the rides that have is soo amazing nd there food is pretty bad ngl but this park is kinda underrated
Over Texas represent! (It needs so much more tho)
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh) Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
(Ooh) Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt...
Great video!
I would Love to visit here some day
Imo the way to fix the HH and SFOT being separate problem, they need a transport attraction that goes over the freeway and connects to the 2 parks, or even a new bridge that connects them
What is HH?
@@coasterjunkie7550 hurricane harbor
Also the mascot for hhgregg.
And new park pres
Hell yea homie my home park got featured on this channel YEAAAA 😝
Yeah, that was the most busy I’ve ever seen over texas, loved the day though, great for photos.
When I go to six flags in 2022, I will ride my first coaster that has a loop,it will be six flags over Texas!!!! I can't wait!!
Almost exactly a year ago, I visted the park with a friend who was a Six Flags employee by that time (but not at SFOT, she worked at what what you said will be your home Six Flags Park) - and I remember us going back and forth in circles to find the entrance to Shockwave - as that was what we, both being big Schwarzkopf fans, wanted to start our day with. Yes, that park's layout can really mess with you. :D
When it comes to parking, I never had the luck to park close to the entrance, in fact we always had to park so far away that it may have been closer to walk to Fiesta Texas instead. ;-)
I didn’t realize you were in Oklahoma until I watched this video. We’re also in Oklahoma!
Last time I was at Six Flags Over Texas at Arlington was June 1975!!! They had to close the gondola late in the date due to high winds!!! Texas sure is famous for its thunderstorms!!! Had a killer time!!!
Pros: Batman Clone + Old school Schwarzkopf looper+ RMC woodie
cons: weather is too damn hot, plus the MCBR on Titan bringing you to a dead stop!
Titan has to though, it use to run all the way through but to many people were blacking from then intensity.
i used to go to six flags over Texas but moved to Florida in 2016. I even remember when Aquaman was a log flume
Grew up riding Shockwave, Runaway Mountain, Mine Train, a ton. There was also a 4D flight simulator kind of thing we went on alot when I was a kid, but it eventually got replaced with a 4D spongebob thing - I assume thats probably not a thing anymore, and I havent been to SF in at least 10 years. Been watching vids like these and its making me really want to go back to the park soon and ride all of the things I never had a chance to
Pro:
-Barely an hour away
-Has a classic collection
-Historical
-In choir, will go every year
-Father’s childhood park
Con:
-My father adores spiny rides
-We never eat the food at the park
-Water fountains just don’t work
-Older sister will find a way to ruin every visit.
-Needs a new elite coaster
What this park could get
- S&S hyper looper to replace Go karts
- An actual hyper/giga to deliver speed and (floater) airtime
- Multi looping B&M like a large scale Dive, wing or floorless
- Large scale launch coaster like Pantheon
And a modern woodie
The only drop tower better than Superman that I’ve ridden is the haunted mine drop at glenwood caverns. Wow it’s so good.
Good points. Can't argue. SFOT truly needs a new awesome coaster. No more Larson friggin loopers AKA Circle Of Suck. The new Mack will be unique and all, but a REAL coaster is needed.
This is my home park. I don’t go very often because the maintenance is lacking, but I’d be willing to give it another try.
There’s one more pro. Six Flags over Texas is a year-round park. This is my home park and I appreciate the Texas food. The bbq is a nice touch.
Pros: they are great videos
Cons: i've never been to a six flags park
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Toasty Biscuit They do not have much thereming Just good rides and crowds
Same
They're known as the discount chain because the buy cheaper rides and a lot of clones
@@timothywait9457 welp I haven't been to disneyland in 8 years. I only go to my home park lagoon
This is my home park and probably the one I know the best. My thoughts pretty much line up with yours with a few exceptions. Judge Roy Scream is in dire need of a makeover (track, structure, etc.) for it is falling apart. The music mill amphitheater takes up space that could be used for a major attraction (new coaster comes to mind) as foes the go karts. With Texas Live and other music venues across the way there is no real need for an amphitheater. Now a few cool additions: the looney tunes dark ride is being restored back to the spelunkers cave (with a pirate theme) and they restored the Casa Magnetica (fun house). Both are small attractions but still cool to experience. As someone who grew up in the north visiting Cedar Point regularly, I do find similar charm with this Six Flags park (probably because of its history) and have grown fond of it since moving to the DFW area in 89. BTW, I may have commented on this before but I have slept since then and it keeps popping up in my feed. Anyway thanks for video and look forward to more.
I agree Judge Roy has seen better days. Seems to be getting worse
That park looks really fun, and I might want to go there soon. But right when COVID ends, my first park I will go to is magic mountain for the first time! Knotts berry farm is my home park but I will soon make magic mountain my home park once I go there a few times. I am so excited to go there hopefully March!😁
The right side of the park where you said the "newer" stuff is located was the USA section from the beginning until the Looney Toons folks took over. It had a "modern" car ride called Happy Motoring, a scrambler called "The Missile Chaser" and a mouse coaster called "Sidewynder" along with some exhibits. The Boomtown section was added in 1963. Hurricane Harbor was not a part of Six Flags in its beginning. The water park originally opened in the 1980's as Wet N Wild. Six Flags purchased the water park in 1997. That's why it's not connected to the amusement park. To help you out... go through Mexico and Spain, turn left at the Crazy Horse Saloon... cross the bridge and your at the NTG. The sign to the picnic pavilions has Titan written right over it. For Runaway Mountain.... Turn right at the Crazy Horse Saloon and keep on that main street. You'll run right into it. The Shock Wave's line is short because it's not new... it's been there since 1978.... not because of its location. It's one of the easiest ones to find.... it's at the base of the tower. Your statement about NTG potentially being another Steel Vengeance.... It's kinda hard to be another coaster that hasn't been built yet. If it wasn't for the NTG, there would be no Steel Vengeance. There's a lot of things you are not taking into consideration when calling this a "middle of the road" park.. way too much to mention here.
This my home park thank you 😊
You weren't supposed to talk about the loaded nuggets... one of the best parts about them is the line is always short 😂
Now he’s ruined the loaded nuggets, just like The Awesomist supposedly ruined a SFMM restroom by saying it was a clean restroom in a tips video.
@@DoswarePictures hey at least he didn't say where the clean restroom was at over Texas
Just went there last week. It was great! The lines were only 2 minutes long and the rides were great! It could still have a few more thrill rides but otherwise I would recommend going!
I visited in ‘02 and the layout is very funky. I was part of a group that split up and I was the only one to find the Looney Tuned dark ride on day one of two.
this is my home park too. I agree that the park seems neglected. Me and my brother joke about it every time we visit. Seems like every time there are always a couple coasters down for maintenance. I will say that the batman is my favorite ride at the park. I miss being able to go.
I live in Vegas so my home park is Magic Mountain in LA. Since california is still shut down had visit six flags over texas. This is my first six flags visit outside magic mountain. I really enjoyed this six flags. Over Texas is not on magic mountain level but still pretty good. Im looking to visit more six flags locations once more states open back up.
Was just there last week and I think it's a fair assessment - also had my first trip to Fiesta Texas which I think is better (not just location, but coaster collection) - only other unique credit at Over Texas that I think deserves mentioning is La Vibora - every time I ride it I can't believe it exists!
As an Arlington native and old employee i could walk this park with eyes closed but i definitely agree this park has a confusing setting
this is on my bucket list, especially titan and new Texas giant.
Get ready to be dissapointed, titan sucks.
Titan isn't anything like a great B&M so the airtime is minimum but if you don't get stapled there are a few nice moments. The intensity on the helix is insain and make sure your head doesn't stop down during it. It hurts.
titan is the goliath of the east
I will admit it, the barbecue is pretty good at SFOT. And don't worry you'll be able to walk to your favorite rides in the dark pretty soon. It's only taken me over 40 years! 😅🤣
I’ve been here so many times it almost feels like a second home. I know where everything is and I’ve ridden everything there. I love going there with my friends on the weekends too.
I visited in February of this year when I was in Texas visiting my best friend who moved to the Dallas/Forth Worth area. Unfortunetly Judge Roy Scream was closed because of the constructions and it was windy so all the tall rides closed a few times. Overall I felt like it was a fine park but with my home park being Hersheypark (on Knoebels) it definitely did not feel up to park with Hershey. Middle of the road is exactly right! Lol.
I disagree with the New Texas Giant comment and the Titan comment. I love those rides more than any of the coasters at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. I agree with your comment on the Shock Wave. That's my favorite classic coaster.
This is the best park in Texas for me by far
Edit: I prefer Mr. Freeze over New Texas Giant
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Fiesta is so much better imo
@@AirtimeThrills I can see why. I clearly didn’t have the best time there because of IRat being closed
@@AirtimeThrills so I'm genuinely curious about this. I've never ever ever understood the SFFT love. The ops are ATROCIOUS, even for a Six Flags park, and the park isn't even that pretty outside of the location. I've been many many times and I've maybe had a solid overall experience 20% of the times going. I'm a little bias since SFOT is my home park but as bad as ops can get there I've never had worse ops than the worst days at SFFT. I've genuinely never understood why enthusiasts go nuts for SFFT. I appreciated ElToro Ryan's Coaster Idiots trip through Texas where they all seemed to appreciate SFOT more than SFFT
Same here and the line isn’t near as long. I waited 3 hours for Texas giant two months ago. Never again.
Six Flags Over Texas is my third favorite of the 5 main parks I've been to ahead of Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Six Flags America at 5 and 4 respectively it behind Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Magic Mountain at number 2 and 1 respectively. Hurricane Harbor across the street is one of my favorite water parks as well and both locations are a must do when in town.
Out of all the Six Flags parks I’ve been to, this is my list.
1. Six Flags Over Texas
2. Six Flags Fiesta Texas
3. Six Flags Over Georgia
4. Six Flags Frontier City
I didn't realize how much of an issue navigating the park was for people. I've been going there since I was a baby and can tell you how to go just about anywhere
My heart lies with Fiesta Texas being from San Antonio but I've always love making a weekend trip up to DFW to spend a day or two at SFOT.
This is my home park and all I have to say is I agree with your opinions. They need that coaster that's going to make them stand out from Fiesta texas
Hey! When are you planning on coming back down to texas? If you have any idea. I am a smaller youtuber gaining popularity in the six flags fiesta texas crowd, I even made it onto screamscape which is cool, but i feel like seeing you at the park and getting all those peeps off the airtime thrills searches would be amazing. But mainly we missed each other when I was in california a couple years ago which was unfortunate, but you seem like a super cool guy to see and talk to and I would love to show you how to have a great time at fiesta texas since you didn't last time. Anyways hope your having a great day.
Discovery Kingdom also has terrible locker policies. Their three main coasters--Joker, Medusa, and Superman--don't have bins on the platform. The worst part is that the employees don't tell you you can't bring your stuff with you until you're at the front of the line and just wasted several minutes because you need to leave and get a locker.
I love Shockwave, there's never a line and the airtime is just as strong in the front and back
The good thing is their ride lineup is decent but I'd say the bas thing is the investment rate that's been bugging me and it's the same problem for Over Georgia unfortunately!
Speaking of the left side of the park being twisted, I had a park map in my hands and still couldn’t find Runaway Mountain for a while. Then I asked a park attendant how to get to it and he didn’t know! Then again, he asked me to repeat the name several times, and I had to add “It’s a coaster here at your park,” so I’m not sure he knew what was going on at all.
Wow. Reminds me of a SFMM employee who said that Full Throttle was their tallest coaster. Superman is visible from almost everywhere in the park.
Dosware Pictures Lol. This guy was pretty young, and for all I know it might have been his first day. Still, you’d think even a first-day employee would know the names of the rides. 🤷♂️
@@StamfordBridge wasn’t even the only time I experienced something like this. At Legoland California in 2010, an employee said Legoland Florida opened three weeks prior. It opened in 2011.
Dosware Pictures That’s a weird one!
Imagine if six flags treated over texas like cedar fair does with carrowinds, which they should considering how the DFW metro area has exploded in population in the past 20 years.
Yes although Dallas needs two parks only other park is state fair and they have a Allen Marshall cause sandy lake closed
SFOT has always been my home park I’ve been a season pass holder since 2015! I go about six times a year that includes Hurricane Harbor! My advice is to go to hurricane Harbor during the hot summer months with only hopping over the the main park only for the water rides and go to the theme park side during the fall, winter, and spring months
ive been to over texas probably about 4 times? i’m going again in 2 days but unlike all the other times i’m actually not terrified of coasters. There’s definitely a lot of cons with the park and you captured pretty much all of them. even after going all the time i still get lost.
I went to sfot last month. I really liked it and expected a huge fun time, but things didn’t really go as planned. When we first arrived, we went to the Spain/Mexico section. We rode conquistador for a warm up, which was actually more scary than I expected. Then we rode El Diablo, it had a very short ride wait time, and was very thrilling. And then we went to La Vibora. In my opinion, if any ride needs to go or get fixed, it’s La Vibora. The wait time was almost 3 hours for a shaggy old short ride that is so rough that you will repeatedly hit your body when the cart turns. I liked it then, but now it’s just a waste of time and money. We went to look around for food, and yes it was amazing. We were going to go to the Superman, but right as we were about to get on, the park was like “hey, we should close all the rides because of some rain” Which was stupid bc the storm was over the airports and the lightning was nowhere near us. So for some reason we all decided to go back to the left side of the park for shelter. Basically almost wasted $600 to walk around the park and get turned away from the good rides. Solid 3/5
SFOT is my home park and I grew up going there all the time as a kid back in the 2000s-like every day almost. It’s not the same fun place it used to be. They’ve been cutting a LOT of corners the last 10 years and they’re spamming the park with way too many flat rides. It’s turning into a fairground and not much of a theme park. And the closest thing the park ever gets to a new ride is when they update a current one and call it new *cough cough* Mr. Freeze “reverse blast” OR remove a landmark ride, like Flashback, for a lame replacement *cough* Joker.
Yes I’ve given this some thought haha I’m definitely feeling some type of way about it. 😂😂😂😂😂
I sat in the back of the Texas giant and it was crazy intense with the G-force. It was one of my favorites there.
NTG surpassed my expectations! It’s a midtier RMC out of the 11 I’ve been on. Judge Roy Scream is an underrated woodie with its airtime! I loved La Víbora’s aggressiveness 😂 I agree some coasters are hard to find. The one visit I had here, the guests were kinda rough...also didn’t appreciate the single rider back seat policy at all...I was moved out of the back seat on NTG and Shockwave without any explanation so had to experience them closer to the middle of the train.