This ride contains three inversions and seemed dull by today’s looping-coaster standards, but, when Six Flags made the trains on Joker’s Revenge take the course on backwards, it added just enough extra thrill to make it a decent thrill ride.Īlongside of, a relocated Enterprise ride from Six Flags over Texas, called Wagon Wheel, was added to the Crackaxle Canyon area. Located in Fiesta Bay Boardwalk, the infamous Joker was back with a vengeance with the construction of Joker’s Revenge, Vekoma Hurricane coaster. To prove Six Flags had entered the scene, the park added a new roller coaster, and in true Six Flags style, themed it after a character from DC Comics. The park became the eighth Six Flags park added on to a growing list of Six Flags properties. With the new management, Fiesta Texas changed its name to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. In 1996, Six Flags came into the scene and decides to manage the park, though the park is still owned by USSA.

More park improvements came in 1995, but the next year would bring the park its biggest change.

Overboard, Wave Runner, and Wipeout (SBNO). The star attraction for this expansion would be the Crow’s Nest Ferris Wheel from Chance Rides, other rides include S.S. The new section, Fiesta Bay Boardwalk, provided the park more attractions with numerous flats and upcharge attractions. But with numerous improvements that year, 1994 brought a new themed section to the park. In 1993, the park didn’t expand with more rides to add to its state-of-the-art thrill lineup. The park also didn’t forget about wild and wet attractions, Ol’ Waterin’ Hole provided the park with many wet and intense slides and soaked family fun as well. Many other flat and gentle rides opened with the park. A mass of track with numerous twists and turns thrilled the younger and gentle thrill seekers. The park built Pied Piper, a Vekoma Junior coaster, which has now come to be known as Kiddie Koaster, as of the 2011 season. Twisting through the canyon through nearly one mile of track, Rattler pulled in the thrill seekers to the park.įiesta Texas didn’t forget about kids, families, or those that aren’t brave enough to conquer Rattler. At opening, the ride boasted heights of over 179 feet, an originally 166 foot long drop that had the record title of the biggest drop on a wooden roller coaster, and speeds over sixty five miles per hour. Designed by John Pierce, Rattler had a fair share of modifications and was considered to be one of the most intense coasters in the world.

The opening year of the park brought many intense rides and the star attraction being the record breaking wooden coaster, Rattler. As a matter of fact, the park had one huge record breaking coaster, Rattler. Opening with sections such as Crackaxle Canyon, Los Festivales, Ol’ Waterin’ Hole, Rockville, and Spassburg, the park was filled with some of the biggest thrills around. On March 14, 1992, the park opened to the public, but the grand opening ceremony didn’t occur until the weekend of May 22, 1992. They began construction in the late 1980’s and early 1990, and many structures and rides rose to form what would become one of Texas's major theme parks. Looking for a definite thrill park, Gaylord Entertainment, also the owners of the late Opryland park in Nashville, Tennessee, decided to build a theme park in a rock quarry, previously owned by USAA, and call it Fiesta Texas. The park was purchased by Six Flags in 1996 becoming the chain's eighth theme park. 'La Cantera' means 'the quarry' in Spanish and refers to the former use of the property on which the development sits. The park is the major entertainment component of USAA's 'La Cantera', a 1,600 acre (647 hectare) master-planned development in northwest San Antonio. Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a theme park located in San Antonio, Texas.

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