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Iron Rattler

4.5 (11 reviews)

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Rachel Macie H.

The iron rattler was really an awesome coaster as it's totally built into the surrounding rock quarry providing not only a unique ride experience but a totally beautiful view of the amazing earth structure! Iron rattler is a Hybrid Coaster that was built by Rocky Mountain Construction the ride has unique trains to fit the theme as they are totally snake like making for an awesome ride to and from the end! The line for this can get massively long as it's one of the best rides in the park so defiantly plan on hitting it first! They don't allow any articles to ride with you so you must get a locker at the beginning of the Q line this is a must because wile I was here I herd someone else complain about their items being stolen so make sure you rent a locker so you don't end up in that situation! Overall this is an awesome ride at a beautiful park so don't let it slither by!

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Eric S.

TOP 10 WOODEN COASTERS - #4 _________________________ Fast, furious, and it's got F-A-N-G-S. Rocky Mountain Construction came in and refurbished a classic in the 2012-2013 off-season, and boy howdy did they make some changes! Besides shortening the distance from just over 5,000ft to just under 3,300ft they increased the length and pitch of the first drop (from a moderate 61° to a hair-raising 81°), added 4 overbanked turns and a zero-g-roll, and--perhaps most importantly--took what was widely known as a physically rough ride and made it as smooth as glass. This is Six Flags Fiesta Texas' flagship ride and one of the best "wooden" coasters in the world. It's "wooden" in the sense that the structure and supports are made of wood, but the track itself is a steel 'I-Box' design patented and perfected by the aforementioned RMC group. This layer of steel track allows for intense elements normally reserved for steel coasters and banking that would shake a normal woodie to pieces. Every row provides an exhilarating ride, but the front lends the best view (duh) and the back yields the most airtime. Restraints are surprisingly comfortable and very secure. Ride crews were efficient in dispatching trains. The first drop will undoubtedly make you go 'oh SH*T', it is absolutely insane. The tunnel through the quarry has some lighting effects and is normally filled with fog, but on my visit the effects were turned off. Nevertheless, IR delivered a breath-taking ride and has immediately made my list of the best wooden coasters in the world. And check out how awesome the trains are themed to look like a snake (complete with tail on the last car)! ~Special ride elements~ *171ft drop @ 81 degrees (but it sure looks straight down) *4 overbanked turns (greater than 90deg, which is completely vertical); note that these are not technically inversions *Zero-g-roll *Tunnel Protip: rides in both the front AND back row are needed to fully enjoy this venomous variation of a coaster.

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Dan C.

Best ride in the park! That first initial drop will keep you trembling from fear for the rest of the ride!! The cart seems like it wants to pop out the rail in every turn adding to the thrill. Worth the wait!

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Hour and a half long wait and had kids throwing water bottles on people. Staff mad sarcastic remarks when asked about the time

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“I screamed my head off with the first drop and continued to scream throughout the ride with the unexpected other drops and fast turns.”

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2.5(1.1k reviews)
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The unfortunate thing about Six Flags is that it really has the potential to be good, but it gets…read morein its own way. We visited twice this season. Earlier in the summer it was hot, but it was worth going because we got to ride every ride without hardly a line. If every day were like that, that would be amazing, but I know that's not real realistic. We then attended on fright fest in October and let me tell you, that was the most packed theme park I've ever been to. And you would think that prestige season passholders would be able to get into the haunted attractions but you have to pay $50 more. That just seems like a scam, charging us a lot of money and then charging us again. Not to mention the lines to the haunted attractions were very long and it wouldn't have been worth it. Not sure we'll buy season passes again until they start cutting down on the amount of people they let in where it's actually enjoyable

a really solid theme park. the rides are really enjoyable, and we went on a slow day so we never…read morehad a line longer than 30 minutes. the food is overpriced, but to be expected at any theme park. the waterpark is also pretty nice, and well worth the extra in the summer heat. i was however extremely disappointed to see ai generated artwork all over the place! if a company is willing to cut corners on a graphics package, i worry about where else they're cutting corners. i'd wager half the signs and images in the park were ai - even for things that had no reason to be ai like images of wonder woman!

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4.0(4 reviews)
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New and exciting? Yes. Cutting-edge, '4D', and "first of…read moreits kind"? Hardly. Six Flags touted their most recent installation of a Batman themed roller coaster as being unlike anything else anywhere on the planet [more on that later]. What makes this ride unique is that you're situated on either side of the track, not above or below it. At certain points along the (short) course, magnetic kickers induce rotation which provides riders with 6 or more flips per go. Each 2-person car is free to rotate on its axis, completely independent of the other car's motion, so in a sense every ride is different. But because I'm a roller coaster enthusiast, I know that nothing at all makes this coaster '4D', like the promotional materials state. The track layout is planar and the cars only have uniaxial rotation........so where do the other 'D's' come into play? Also, this isn't the first of its kind, since coaster manufacturer Intamin has 3 of these 'freespin' models scattered around the world and 1 in California. There's essentially nothing new or ground-breaking with this variant of Batman: The Ride, even though Six Flags marketing states otherwise. Don't buy into their nonsense propaganda!! That being said, it's a fairly intense ride, great for teens and adrenaline junkies like yours truly. Riding this was one of the ONLY times I've ever had to remove my sunglasses, for fear of having them knocked off my head from the jarring motions. The elevator-style lift was enjoyable, and the randomness of the rotations keeps you on your toes. As luck would have it, I wound up oriented noggin-first during the coaster's biggest drop, so all the blood rushed straight to my head. That was pretty wild. Few people will notice, but early on in the queue line is an indoor area with various Batman stuff, among them a legit hologram of the coaster car. It was one of the only times I saw ride theming at SFFT, and the refined hologram was a very sleek touch. The Batmobile was nice and shiny, too. Definitely worth a ride on your trip to Fiesta Texas. Just don't go into it thinking that it's the only one of its kind in the world, cuz, well......it's not.

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