Pandemonium (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)
| Pandemonium | |
|---|---|
| Previously known as Tony Hawk's Big Spin | |
| File:Bigspin.jpg Pandemonium at Six Flags Fiesta Texas | |
| Six Flags Fiesta Texas | |
| Location | Six Flags Fiesta Texas |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 10, 2007 |
| Cost | $6,500,000 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Spinning |
| Manufacturer | Gerstlauer |
| Designer | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Model | Spinning Coaster Model 420/4 (Extended) |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Drop | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Length | 1,351 ft (412 m) |
| Speed | 31 mph (50 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:51 |
| Capacity | 1400 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 42 in (107 cm) |
| Trains | 8 trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per train. |
| Pandemonium at RCDB | |
Pandemonium (formerly know as Tony Hawk's Big Spin and Big Spin) is a Gerstlauer spinning roller coaster that opened in 2007 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Its design consists of eight cars holding four riders each. While the cars traverse the track, they spin around according to the angle of the track and the shifts in the riders’ weight.
History
The ride was originally billed as the "total Tony Hawk experience" and was designed to have the look and feel of a giant red-and-black skatepark. It offered a full "extreme sports" experience, with monitors in the queue lines displaying highlights of the history of action sports and a large spinning Tony Hawk figure crowning the ride, as well as Tony Hawk's Big Spin merchandise available at the ride exit. The ride was named after the skateboarding trick of the same name, which is a body varial with the skateboard rotating fully once, or 360 degrees. Prior to the opening of the ride, Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom HuckJam toured through several Six Flags parks in 2006 and 2007.
In late 2010, Six Flags began the process of cancelling licensed intellectual property deals they had with various brands including Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk's Big Spin at Six Flags Fiesta Texas was renamed and rethemed to the Big Spin for the 2011 season until Memorial Day Weekend, when it was renamed Pandemonium.[1][2]
References
- ^ MacDonald, Brady (November 25, 2010). "Six Flags amusement parks prepare for thematic makeovers". LA Times. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ Pandemonium (Six Flags Fiesta Texas) at the Roller Coaster DataBase Please specify an RCDB ID number as the first parameter.