Six Flags over Texas in the 80's

[Tyrone Biggums]

Are you sure someone died on the roaring rapids? I know several years ago one flipped over, 2 of my friends jumped from the bridge and saved 2 old ladies from drowning. They were interviewed by good morning America and Regis and Kathy lee or some shit.

Yep. It was in 1999. The rafts uses several bladders to stay afloat and some of them became deflated causing the raft to sit lower on one side and it caught on one of the pipes in the bed used to create the rapids and tipped.

We had a thread about Six Flags in Canada, but there used to be a small sea world under the Oil Derrick, iirc it was called The Seven Seas or something like that.

Seven Seas was located where the Arlington Sheraton is now. It was on the north side of Arlington Stadium.

[GE]

Yep. It was in 1999. The rafts uses several bladders to stay afloat and some of them became deflated causing the raft to sit lower on one side and it caught on one of the pipes in the bed used to create the rapids and tipped.




Seven Seas was located where the Arlington Sheraton is now. It was on the north side of Arlington Stadium.

"On March 21, 1999, a 28-year-old woman died at Six Flags Over Texas, and 10 other guests were injured, when the raft they were on overturned in 2–3 feet of water due to sudden deflation of the air chambers that support the raft. The raft then got caught on an underwater pipe, which provided leverage for the rushing water in the ride to flip the boat over.[2] In a subsequent settlement, Six Flags agreed to pay US$4 million to the victim's family, and the company would join the family in a lawsuit against Canyon Manufacturing Co., the company responsible for parts that were related to the accident."

[helosailor]

Man, I have killed off a lot of brain cells since 1987.

[robray5.0]

Thanks for the 1987 flashback! I was in 5th grade in '87. I think I spied some British knights on the Texas tornado! Lol. Man, those were some good times. My two favorite rides were the spindletop and roto disco.

[Jimbo]

Awesome, i miss the gravity/slanted house and spinnaker.

[BlackSnake]

Anyone old enough to remember the Big Bend?

[Vertnut]

My parents drove us 3 kids up to Six Flags from Austin the summer of 1965. I had just turned 5. Adult admission was $4. They were shocked. Gas was .30 a gallon then and movies were $1. The big attraction was the Spelunker Cave and the Mine Train. The place was tiny then. I don't remember a lot of details, but I do remember that much.

[helosailor]

Anyone old enough to remember the Big Bend?

That, I do remember.

[ELD3782]

Yep. It was in 1999. The rafts uses several bladders to stay afloat and some of them became deflated causing the raft to sit lower on one side and it caught on one of the pipes in the bed used to create the rapids and tipped.




Seven Seas was located where the Arlington Sheraton is now. It was on the north side of Arlington Stadium.

I guess that explains that ship that used to be in the pool there?

[Jyard]

Christ, I just spent an hour on YouTube watching POV rollercoaster videos.

[Tyrone Biggums]

I guess that explains that ship that used to be in the pool there?

Yep. They kept the ship for a while.

[ELD3782]

Yep. They kept the ship for a while.

Didn't it burn up in a fire?

[Tyrone Biggums]

Didn't it burn up in a fire?

I'm not sure. Now that I think about it, that scenario seems familiar, but I'll have to verify.

[BlackSnake]

That, I do remember.

And to think that we thought that was a bad ass roller coster.

[gnturboray]

Anyone old enough to remember the Big Bend?

I was scared of the Big Bend of course I was very young! I remember when the Shock Wave and the Texas Shootout were built in my early teens, thought they were the coolest things I ever rode!!! Great thread!!