Six Flags Over Texas

Six Flags Over Texas is a Amusement park of the company Six Flags, located at Arlington with the Texas. The park is in the east of Fort Worth and 24 km in the west of Dallas. It is the first park of the chain Six Flags.

It opened the 1961 after one year of construction. The initial investment of 10 million $ is due to the financier Angus G. Wynne, Jr, which made S fortune in the real estate and oil. The park succeeded in spite of many changes of owners and extensions to generate a strong multitude and important incomes.

History

Project and Construction

After a visit of the park Disneyland recently open (1955) to Anaheim in California, Angus G. Wynne decides that its state of the Texas was to have an amusement park. The design begins in 1959 under the direction from Wynne and the Great Southwest Corporation, like with the support of various investors New York board. The construction of the park begins in August 1960.

Origin of the name and Opening

The name of the park “Six Flags Over Texas” comes from the six various nations which controlled in the history the territory of Texas: France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the States confederated of America and the the United States of America. The little story would like that Wynne wanted to call in the beginning the park “Texas under Six Flags”, but his wife protested that Texas cannot be under anything. The original park was cut out in several sections like the Spain and Mexico , cutting which it still preserves and which defines the thematisation of attractions and buildings.

The park opened with the public the Tuesday the 1st er August 1961 in the shape of an pre-opening test. The park was composed of six sections: Mexico, Spain, France, the Confederation, Texas and modern Époque. It included/understood a score of attractions. The price was of 2,75$ for the adults and 2,25 for the children, comparable with the tariffs of Disneyland. The carpark cost 50 hundreds, 35 for hamburgers and 10 for drinks.

The opening ceremony took seat only on Saturday, August 5, 1961 and accommodated: 8374 visitors. The park attracted during the first season, which was completed on November 25th, 1961, more: 500000 visitors.

The years 1960

Years 1960 are one decade of expansion for the park. Many attractions are added thus that two new sections: Boomtown (mushroom town) and Tower Section named because of an oil derrick built in 1969 and used like panoramic Turn.

The park sees also the birth of two great classics of the amusement parks, the logs ( Log Flume ) in 1963 and the Train of the mine Runaway Mine Train in 1966.

The number of visitors then reaches almost the 2 million per annum. In 1969, the park is resold by Angus Wynne with a regrouping of investors around Jack Knox.

The years 1970

The park continues its growth and its expansion during the years 1970 and as of 1971 changes direction. The company Central PEN Railroad takes the control of the park. The park adds two Russian mountains, several attractions and a new sector: Goodtimes Public garden . N the other hand the park closes several attractions having lost their popularity.

In 1975, the park offers a new mascot, the inventor Cyrus Cosmos who will be visible in several publicity campaigns.

In 1978, the park cumulated since its opening 30 million visitors.

The years 1980

Years 1980 see the addition of three attractions of additional Russian mountains like into 1983 of a section for the children thematized according to the character of CAP-Man. This last is replaced in 1985 by the characters of the Looney Tunes.

The park launches also three festivals:

Spring Breakout (pause of spring) launched in 1984 and presenting concerts and animations for the students
Fright Nights
Holiday in the Park

They is the two last make it possible to extend the season until the new year. But the park is not open all the year.

The years 1990

Years 1990 are a little poor compared to the previous decades. But the park opened the decade in brass band with Texas Giant, of the Russian mountains. After one record year, the park engages during one dull time with changes of management, the arrival of the characters of Looney Tunes.

At the end of the years 1990, the park launches a system named FastLane comparable with the FastPass of Disney.

Unfortunately the majority of the additions of the years 1990 (for example the zone on Gotham City) are rather far away from the original topic of the park but the park counts at the end of the decade 10 Russian mountains with feelings.

The years 2000

In 2000, the park added the Russian mountain Titan and renovated the section Looney Tunes the USA.

In 2002 the park reopens Put it Magnetica but stops the festival texan.

In 2006 for its 45e birthday, the park tries to be reorientated towards the family with:

the addition of ten family attractions
a daily parade
of the characters like Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo and the League of the Dispensers of justice
the organization of a festival latino

The park

The park in the beginning was not exactly a property of the company Six Flags Topic Parks. By an arrangement similar to that of Six Flags Over Georgia, realized in 1967, the park was held by a limited group of roughly 120 partners, of which close relations of Angus G. Wynn and managed by the company.

Texas (1961)
Spain (1961)
Mexico City (1961)
France (1961)
the USA (1961 - opened under the name of Modern)
Old South (1961 - opened under the name of Confederation)
Tower (1969 - named because of the Turn of observation in the shape of derrick)
Boomtown (1963)
Gotham City (1999)
Star Badly (1961 - more often named Front Spoils according to its situation at the entry of the park or like depend on section the USA
Looney Tunes the USA (1983 - initially called CAP-Man Land then Looney Tunes Land
Goodtimes Public garden (1973)

Russian mountains

Attractions for adults

Attractions for the children

(Located in Looney Tunes the USA )

Bug' S Bunny' S Spirit off St Louie : a horse-gear of plane of Zamperla
Elmer Fudd' S “America the Beautiful” Railway : a small train for children of Zamperla
Road 66 Bumper Bus , of the minis Bumper cars of SBF (open in 2001)
Sylvester & Tweety' S State Fair-is Wheel minis Large wheel of Zamperla (open in 2001)
Daffy' S Capitol Turns an insane bus of SBF (open in 2001)
Michigan J. Frog' S Tinsel Town Re-examined a mini flying chair of Zamperla
Speedy' S Truckin' Across America of mini the cars in the shape of truck.
Taz' S New York Adventure a Turn of fall for children of SBF (open in 2001)
Yosemite Sam' S Texas Tea Cups of the minis cups of SBF - (open in 2001)

Spectacles

David Blackburn Southern De luxe hotel Theater - the largest covered theater of Six Flags Over Texas proposes spectacles of dances and music of all types
Majestic Theater - in the beginning named Krofft Puppet Circus & Goodtimes Theater is also used for spectacles of all types
Lone Star Theater - for special spectacles
Crazy Horse Saloon - this saloon for old proposes since the opening of the park of the spectacles of cowboys and girls of saloon.
AT&T Music Millet Ampitheater - the largest amphitheater discovered of the park accommodates concert and of the spectacles.
Back Porch Training course - accommodates small groups at certain periods of the year.
the USA Training course - accommodates small groups of music or dance
Texas Arena - this amphitheater accommodates the spectacle of cascades.

Old attractions

Sky Hook - a crane transformed into Turn of observation
Crazy Legacy - a octopus
Rotoriculous - a horse-gear of the type Music Express train
Virtual Quest Interactive Theater - an attraction of Virtual reality
Ferrocarril Fiesta Train I & II - a miniature train in a decoration
Las Cocheses Pulled up Goat Cart Ride - a horse-gear of Chèvre
Los Conquistadores Mule Pack Train - a horse-gear of Mule
Caddo War Canoes - Canoé S
Flying Jenny/Little Dixie Carousel - a horse-gear of the type carousel drawn by Mule S
LaSalle' S Riverboat Forwarding - a scenic Cruising similar to the Jungle Cruise of Disney
Overland Butterfield Stagecoach - one strolls in Calèche
Skull Island - an island including/understanding of the toboggans, the caves and a boat pirates
Spee-Lunker' S Cave - a scenic Croisière through a cellar
Spindletop - a rotor (blower)
Great Six Flags Air Racer - a broad plane similar to the flying Chairs
Spinnaker - a enterprise
Tower Slides - a Toboggan
Turbo Bungy - a Trampoline
Helicopter Wrinkles - a voyage in Helicopter above the park
Astro-Top spin - Chair-lift S
Humble' S Happy Motoring Freeway Track I & II - an automobile course
Jet set - a horse-gear of plane
Missile To drive out - a scrambler classic
Petting Zoo - one miniature zoo

First, rewards and records

First

First park Six Flags (1961)
First Log Flume - El Aserradero (1963)
Russian First Mountains of wood - The Runaway Mines Train (1966)
Russian Premières Montagnes with successive loops - Shock Wave (1978)
the First attraction of Freefall - Wildcatter (1982)

Records

More Russian high mountains of the Texas - Titan (255 feet)
faster Russian mountains of the Texas - Titan (85 mph)
Plus high freefall doubles in North America - Superman: Tower off Power (325 feet)
higher Derrick of oil - Oil Derrick (300 feet)

Rewards

World' S Best Wooden Roller Coaster off 1999 - Texas Giant

References

Jordan, Scott L. MousePlanet - This Old Park. Retrieved September 21, 2004.
McCown, Davis. ParkTimes. Retrieved September 21, 2004.
Rogers, Joel A. CoasterGallery.com. Retrieved September 21, 2004.
Six Flags - Media Information. Retrieved September 21, 2004.
Yeager, Bryant. SFoT Source - Your Guides To Six Flags over Texas Retrieved December 23, 2006.

External bonds

Six Flags Over Texas official website
Parktimes - Six Flags Over Texas History
sfot.net - Six Flags Over Texas To form Employed pages
Lone Star Thrills
SFOT Source - Your Ultimate Guides To Six Flags Over Texas

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