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Six Flags over Texas Timeline |
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
| 1897 |
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The Red Train, known as the Maribeau B. Lamar, and
later as the Charles Patton, is manufactured by Porter Locomotives. |
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| 1901 |
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The Green Train, known as the Sam Houston, and later
as the Larry Cochran, is manufactured by Dickson Locomotives. |
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| 1925/6 |
The Carrousel Ride is produced by
the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia. |
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| 1955 |
Disneyland Opens |
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| 1959 |
Preliminary Planning for Six Flags Begins, by the Great
Southwest Corp., real estate developer Angus Wynne of Dallas and New York Investors,
owners |
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| August 1960 |
Construction for Six Flags Begins |
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| 1961 |
Park Opening |
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| August 1, 1961 to August 5, 1961 |
- "Soft test opening" of Six Flags
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| August 5, 1961 |
- Grand Opening
- Attendance: 8,374
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| 1961 Season |
- Ticket Price: $2.75 adult; $2.25 child;
- Parking: 50c
- Hamburger: 35c; Soft Drink: 10c
- Minimum Employee age: 21
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Front Gate |
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Modern |
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France |
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Confederacy |
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Confederacy
Skull Island |
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Texas |
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Spain |
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Mexico |
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Outside the park |
| End 1961 |
- 1st Season: 45 days
- 1st Season Attendance: @550,000
- Last day: November 25, 1961
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| 1962 Season |
- Tickets: Adults $2.75,
- under 12 $2.25
- Minimum Employee Age: 18
- Open: April 20, 1962
- 1000 employees
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Mexico |
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Texas |
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Canoes added.
(the path to Canoes Q-house next to Amphitheater) |
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Skull Island
Expanded: |
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Tree
House Slide Added |
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Barrel
Slide Added |
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Pirate Ship
& Cave play area |
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Skull Island |
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Modern |
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Spain |
| End of 1962 |
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Spain |
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Attendance: @1.2 million |
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| 1963 Season |
Adults: $3.50, Under 12 $2.50 |
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Boomtown |
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Spain |
| End of 1963 Season |
- Park Helicopter Rides Ended
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Goat Cart Ride
Removed |
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Mexico |
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| 1964 Season |
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Confederacy |
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Long
Suspension Bridge Added |
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Swamp Tree
Slides (3) added |
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Skull Island |
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Boomtown |
| End 1964 |
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Mexico |
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Pirate Boat
Removed |
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Skull Island |
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| 1965 Season |
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Arena added |
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Circus Show in
Arena |
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Texas |
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Mexico |
| end 1965 |
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Circus Show ends
at New Arena |
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"Star" removed from Front-Gate and Replaced with
five large circular planters. |
Front Gate |
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| 1966 Season |
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Wild West Show
in Arena |
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Texas |
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Boomtown |
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Courthouse Clock-Tower (Ice House) added at Front Gate |
Front Gate |
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| 1967 Season |
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Modern |
| End 1967 Season |
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Confederacy |
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Attendance: @ 2 million |
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| 1968 Season |
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Mexico |
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Spindletop moved
to between Southern Palace and Skull island |
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Amphitheater
converted to 950 seat Southern Palace theater |
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Confederacy |
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Spain |
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Sid and Marty
Kroft Puppet Theater added |
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Outside Modern |
| End 1968 Season |
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Boom-town |
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Long
Suspension Bridge removed |
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Swamp Tree
Slides (3) removed |
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Skull Island |
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Attendance: 1.7 Million;
First Attendance Decline |
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| 1969 |
Angus Wynne sells Six Flags (205 acres) to Limited Partnership headed by
Jack Knox. |
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| 1969 Season |
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Tower |
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Boomtown |
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Chevy show added
at the Site of the Stagecoach ride. |
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Confederacy |
| End of 1969 |
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Wild West Show
ended |
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Arena |
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| 1975 |
Six Flags, Inc., buys Astroworld |
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| 1975 Season |
Open: March 15, 1975
Closed: November 30, 1975
Tickets: $7; Under 12 $6; under 3 free |
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Cyrus Comos, the inventor, introduced as new mascot, his Incredible
Electric Light Brigade Parade Featured. |
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Confederacy |
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Rotoriculous (later Roto Disco) added; (Cyrus
Comos Invention) |
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Small Theater
show changed from Will Rogers to The Fun Guns of Dry Gulch |
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Good Times Square |
| End 1975 |
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Small Theater
removed - (The Fun Guns of Dry Gulch) |
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Sid & Marty
Kraft show removed from Puppet show. |
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- 27 million guests to date
- Average Daily Attendance: 15,000
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| 1976 Season |
- Open: March 13, 1976
- Close: Nov. 28, 1976
- Tickets: $7.50; Under 3 free; Season Pass $25.00
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Good Times Square |
| End 1976 season |
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| 1977 |
Six Flags Inc., buys Great Adventure and Wild Safari Animal Park,
Jackson, N.J. |
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| 1977 Season |
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Tower Area |
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Good Times Square |
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Pirate Puppet
Show added |
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Skull Island |
| July 3, 1977 |
Record Breaking Crowd - 45,496
K.C. and the Sunshine Band Concert |
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| End 1977 season |
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Missile Chaser
removed |
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Modern |
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| 1978 Season |
Tickets: $8.50; Under 3 free
32 Million Guests to date |
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North of Park |
| End 1978 Season |
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Skull Island Confederacy |
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Mexico |
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Record Attendance: 2.78 Million |
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Average Yearly Attendance: 2.5 million |
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| 1979 Season |
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Sensational
Sense Machine added at site of Missile Chaser |
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Modern |
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People Mover
Machine Added |
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Six Flags Inc., buys Magic Mountain |
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| End 1979 |
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Modern, Texas |
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Banderas de
Colores (Covered walkway) Removed |
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Angus Wynne passed away at the age of 65. |
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| 1980 Season |
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South of Park |
| August 5, 1980 |
Twentieth Anniversary
2.7 Million Annual visitors (est.) |
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Modern |
| End 1980 Season |
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@Crazy Legs removed |
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Miniature Circus
Exhibit removed |
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Good Time Square |
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Astro-Lift
removed |
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| 1981 Season |
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Mexico |
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Kiddie Ferris
Wheel added by Tower |
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Tower |
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| 1982 |
Penn Central Sells Six Flags Corp., which manages the park to Bally
Manufacturing Corporation. |
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| 1982 Season |
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Modern |
| August 15, 1982 |
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France |
| End of 1982 |
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Modern |
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Last of Skull
Island Removed |
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Pirate Puppet
Show removed |
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Skull Island |
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| 1983 Season |
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Tower |
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Pac-man Land
Opened (site of Zoo) |
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"Soft-play"
playground added |
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Red Baron moved to Pac-man land |
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Ferris Wheel
moved to Pac-man land |
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(Rugged Buggy from Zoo becomes part of Pac-man land.) |
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Modern |
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Good Times Square |
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People Mover
Machine changed to Pac Man Show |
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| End 1983 Season |
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BoomTown |
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Tower |
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| 1984 |
Six Flags Inc, buys Great America in Chicago |
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| 1984 Season |
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Tower |
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Texas |
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First "Spring Break Out" |
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| end 1984 Season |
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Modern |
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Attendance: @2.35 million |
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| 1985 Season |
- Tickets: $14.95, under 42": $7.95
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Modern |
| Christmas 1985 |
"Holiday in the Park" Introduced; 100,000 Guests |
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| End 1985 |
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Boomtown |
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Attendance: Over 2.5 million |
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| 1986 Season |
Tickets: $14.95, under 42": $7.95 |
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Mexico |
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Music Mill expanded to 10,000 seats |
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| August 5, 1986 |
25th Anniversary -
52 Million Guest to date (est.) |
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| End 1986 Season |
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Modern |
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| 1987 |
Wesray Capital Corp. buys Six Flags Corp., the parks management co. for
$617 million. |
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| 1987 Season |
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Modern |
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Incredible Acrobats of China perform during the summer. |
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| End 1987 |
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| 1988 Season |
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Merry Go Round reopened at the Front Gate as the
Silver Star Carousel. |
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Front Gate |
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Tower |
| Oct. 22, 1988 |
Third Largest Crowd - Fright Night - 45,000 |
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| End 1988 Season |
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Good Times Square |
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Tower |
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| 1989 Season |
Open: March 4th, 1990
Close: December 31st, 1990
Tickets: $20.50; Children/Seniors $14 (after tax) |
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Good Times Square |
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Boomtown |
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Tower |
| End 1989 |
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| 1990 Season |
Open: March 17, 1990
Close: December 31st, 1990 |
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Texas |
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Over 3 Million Visitors, record season |
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| 1991 |
Time Warner Corp. buys one-half of the Six Flags Corp., which manages the
park for the ownership that owns it. The Blackstone Group and Wertheim Schroder buy
the second one-half. |
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| End 1991 Season |
Spee-lunkers evicted from Cave |
Confederacy |
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| 1992 season |
Yosemite Sam and Gold River added (rethemed cave ride) |
Confederacy |
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Batman Stunt Show added at site of old Stunt Show (site of older Dolphin Show) |
Tower |
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| 1993 |
Tickets: $25.95; $19.95 kids/seniors |
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| 1993 |
Timer Warner Buys the second one-half of the Six Flags Corp., which manages the park. |
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| 1994 |
Tickets: $26.95; $20.95 kids
2,500 Seasonal Employees
225 Full time workers |
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| 1995 season |
Right Stuff simulator added |
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Cliffhanger Name Changed to G-Force |
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Splash Down Falls Name Changed |
Modern |
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Chameleon Virtual Reality added. |
Good Times Square |
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Music Mill size doubled to over 10,000 seats. |
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| End 1995 season |
Spinnaker Removed |
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| 1996 Season |
Runaway Mountain Opens |
Confederacy |
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Runaway Mine Train named changed to Mine Train |
Boomtown |
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Dive Bomber Alley opens |
Tower |
| End 1996 season |
Good Times Square Train station removed |
Good Times Square |
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| 1997 Season |
New
Boomtown RR Station opens |
Boomtown |
| End 1997 |
Elmer Fudd
Little Ferris Wheel Removed |
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| 1998 |
Premier Parks buys both the Six Flags Corporation which manages the park and the park itself. |
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| 1998 Season |
Mr. Freeze Roller-coaster Opens |
Good Times Square |
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Rebuilt
Mini-mine train opens |
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| End 1998 |
Right Stuff Movie and theming removed. |
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| 1999 Season |
Gotham City Section Opens |
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BatMan the Ride Opens |
Good Time Square |
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Right Stuff Theater rethemed to Dinosaur exhibit |
Modern |
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Pay as you go
Go-Carts added by Shockwave |
Tower |
| End 1999 |
Air
Racer Removed |
Tower |
| 2000 Season |
Missile-Chaser Returns to Tower Area |
Tower |
| 2001 Season |
The Titan Roller Coaster Added |
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Wyle E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster |
Modern - Looney Tunes Land |
2002 |
Space Shuttle America in 3d Theater |
Modern Section |
| End of 2002 |
New Missilechaser removed at end of season |
Tower Section |
2003 |
Superman Tower of Power added at sight of Missilechaser and Great Air Racer |
Tower Section |
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Right Stuff Returns to 3d Theather |
Modern |
2004 |
Sponge Bob Added to 3d Theater |
Modern |
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Casa Magnetica Returns |
Spain |
2005 |
New shows: - Chinese Acrobats, Spirit of Dance and Kathy Burk's World of Puppets |
45th Season |
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| 2006 |
1) Acme Rock-n-Rocket built in Modern
section |
Modern |
| Ten new rides added parkwide for 45th Anniversary |
2) Cloud Bouncer added in Good
Times Square
3) Crazy Legs added in Good Times
Square (Different ride from previous ride with the same name.) |
Good Times Square |
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4) Bat Wings added in Gotham City
5) Gotham City Sprayground addin in Gotham
City |
Gotham City |
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6) Caddo lake Barge added to Tower Section |
Tower Section |
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7) Rodeo Ride added next to Texas Section by the Cave
8) Sidewinder scramble style ride added next to the titan (Different ride from previous ride with the same name.)
9) Boot Scottin' |
Texas Section |
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10) La Fiesta De Las Tazas tea cup style ride added at location of El Sombero. El Somberro (Hat Ride) moved
close to front gate. |
Mexico and Spain |
2007 |
Cirque Dreams Coobrila added at Music Mill Theater |
Tower Section Music Mill Theater |
2008 |
Tony Hawk's Big Spin Planned |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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50th Season
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2011 |
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Fifty Anniversary |
