53 years of family entertainment! Today, Six Flags Over Texas is celebrating 53 years of fun in the Lone Star State. The park officially opened on August 5th, 1961. And without DisneyLand, Six Flags may have have never existed. Founder of Six Flags, Angus Wynne Jr. made a visit to DisneyLand urging Disney to build a new location in the DFW area. At the time Disney was not ready to commit on building a new location. So Angus decided to do it himself and construct his own park. After complications with the name, Angus decided to go with Six Flags Over Texas, as opposed to Texas Under Six Flags. It took about a year to construct the park at a US investment of $10 million dollars. To show you how times have changed, Giants renovation was around that price it took to build the entire park in 1961. Since its opening, Six Flags Over Texas has continuously performed well in terms of revenue and attendance! And Six Flags has since become the worlds largest theme park operator! Check out some accomplishments below. -Largest collection of roller coasters - Six Flags Magic Mountain. -Worlds largest theme park - Six Flags Great Adventure. -One of the worlds best show parks - Six Flags Fiesta Texas. And now for the best part: Six Flags Over Texas: -Worlds first Six Flags theme park! -Worlds first park to introduce the pay one price system. -Worlds first park to introduce Broadway style shows! -Worlds first theme park to introduce the Log Flume ride. -Worlds first theme park to introduce the tubular steel roller coaster. -Worlds first theme park to introduce a double consecutive looping roller coaster. -Home to the worlds tallest swing ride. -Home to the worlds tallest free fall combo tower of its kind. -Home to the tallest, fastest roller coaster in the state. -Home to the worlds largest land based Oil Derrick Observation Tower. -Oh, and its the worlds best theme park! :) As you can see many records and first started at the park here in Arlington. What are some of your favorite memories of Six Flags?
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 13:57:08 +0000
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