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Park News - (4/17/08) We've heard that Mega Wedgie will open on May 24th at Hurricane Harbor.
  (4/14/08) A reader has confirmed for us that Shockwave did reopen this weekend.
  (3/24/08) According to this posting at SixFlags.com, not only has the price of a child’s ticket at Six Flags over Texas dropped to just $29.99, but if you buy your tickets in advance on the website, even adults are now allowed to pay just $29.99 for their tickets. Apparently lots of people have taken them up on this deal because according to the local news report, Six Flags over Texas reported being “at capacity” on several days during Spring Break.
  (3/17/08) Six Flags over Texas has cut back the price of children’s tickets this season by $5, making a child’s ticket only $29.99. The price of an adult ticket remains the same at $46.99, though there are discounts for buying online in advance or various Coke sponsored promotional discount offers.
  In other news... I’m not quite sure what to make of this one. A woman is now suing Six Flags over an incident that took place a couple of years ago on the Texas Tornado (A Chance wave swinger style ride) ride at Six Flags over Texas. The claim is that the ride malfunctioned and when the ride op hit the E-Stop to bring everyone down to the ground, a few people were injured when they bumped into each other, which isn’t that uncommon a thing when your typical swing ride comes to a stop. So I guess it all comes down to just how hard some of the riders did bump into each other since the suit claims that “operator error” contributed to the accident, though I think the last thing we want to see is a ride op getting the blame for hitting the e-stop on a ride when they felt that the ride needed to be stopped.
  (3/7/08) SFOT-Source has confirmed that the Bumper Cars have been removed and that Casa de Magnetica is currently listed as SBNO (Standing But Not Operating).
  (3/6/08) A trip report from Six Flags over Texas during opening weekend can be found at Theme Park Review. Unfortunately the unpopular mandatory locker policy that was being tested out at SFOG and SFA last year seems to have made it’s way to SFOT this year with new lockers and signs going up at Batman, Mr. Freeze, Titan and Texas Giant. Of course a look at the Tony Hawk’s Big Spin site reveals pretty much nothing more than a big mudhole, meanwhile the park apparently put a rush on the new stupid 3-Point Basketball game. (Did I mention I hate Basketball games in theme parks?). They did spot Tony Hawk track though… along with the still unfinished pieces of Shockwave waiting to be put back up.
  As for the new Fly Me To The Moon, a Screamscape reader send in a quick review of it at last, but they were not impressed. They tell us that while you enter the theater various themeing and signs leftover from SpongeBob 4D are still in place and the new film just wasn’t very fun at all and kind of dull. In fact they would have preferred to have SpongeBob or just about any other of the older ride films (Dino Island, Right Stuff, etc) back instead. Ouch…
  (1/11/08 - Updated) In an interesting move, it seems Shapiro may be trying to win over coaster enthusiast’s hearts and doing the right thing with the current renovation on Shockwave. From what I’ve been told this is just the first phase in a 3-5 year plan to completely renovate and fix up the track on the 30-year-old coaster to ensure that future guests will be able to continue to enjoy it years from now. From what I’ve been told a similar plan has also been approved for Demon at Six Flags Great America. Now how about restoring Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain too and getting rid of the painful shoulder restraints that were added? 
  (12/19/07) According to the Star-Telegram Six Flags has applied for liquor licenses to sell beer in both Six Flags over Texas as well as nearby Hurricane Harbor in 2008. Another good bit of news is that Six Flags announced that they will lower the price of admission and parking at Hurricane Harbor in 2008 to be more competitive with other waterparks in the region. They had not yet determined exactly what the new prices will be, but the 2007 prices were $15 for Parking, $24.99 for kids and $31.99 for adults.
  Oh… and due to some potential copyright issues over the name Wild Wedgie that have come up, the new halfpipe slide will now be named Mega Wedgie. Say it with me now… MEGA WEDGIE. Ummm… Shapiro… that’s not much better. Though going with the theme of cruel bully pranks, can I suggest that they rename all of their bowl slides to Super Swirlie? Then maybe they can rename the Tornado slides to be called Texas Titty Twister or the Purple Nurple. Hey, someone get Shapiro on the phone right now, I’ve got an idea for a new slide called the Upper Decker…
  (12/12/07) Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Texas will add the new Wild Wedgie slide to the park this season. This is a four story tall Sidewinder / Boomerango half-pipe style tube slide attraction.

2008 - Fly Me To the Moon and other Entertainment - (1/28/08) Screamscape has been told that Six Flags over Texas will be adding a few music video based shows of their own in 2008, likely places in the Southern Palace and Majestic Theaters. Another video based show called Sam Houston’s Texas is expected to be shown in the Lone Star Theater along with a live actor play Sam Houston. Right now the only live stage shows planed are: Crazy Horse Saloon’s Showboats Acommin’ and the return of Coobrila in the Music Mill Amphitheater. A plus note to the entertainment side of things though is that the Justice League heroes will be joined in the park by Legion of Doom bad guy characters roaming the park.
  (12/28/07) The local news mentioned last week that the SpongeBob 4D simulator ride at Six Flags over Texas will be replaced with a new “Fly Me To the Moon” 3D attraction from Nwave. I’m guessing this is a ride edit using footage of the 3D feature film Fly Me To the Moon (also produced by Nwave) slated to come out in the summer of 2008.

2008 - Tony Hawk’s Big Spin - (4/28/08) Lone Star Thrills has posted a new Tony Hawk construction update. They also tell us that the Six Flags All American Café (formerly USA Food Court) renovation is now complete and that Conquistador is getting repainted.
  (4/17/08) Local WFAA News has posted an update on Tony Hawk’s Big Spin today, complete with video footage shot on site as well as the official animated video from Six Flags and archive footage of the Wildcatter coming down.
  (4/16/08) Lone Star Thrills has posted a new construction gallery for Tony Hawk’s Big Spin. The park’s website has been updated as well to promote the ride as opening on May 24th.
  (4/15/08) A Screamscape reader sent in some new pictures of Tony Hawk’s Big Spin at Six Flags over Texas and boy has that ride gone up quick! From the look of things they’ve got about 80% of the ride in place already after only the first week. It looks good there on the midway too.
  (4/11/08) Lone Star Thrills has posted a new photo update showing off the start of vertical construction on Tony Hawk’s Big Spin.
  (4/10/08) A countdown for Tony Hawk’s Big Spin has been added to the bottom of the Six Flags over Texas page. It appears to be counting down towards a May 17th opening, though considering that things are only now starting to go vertical they’ve got a lot of work left to do.
  (1/3/08) Another reader sent in a few more shots of Six Flags over Texas taken from the last day of the holiday season run. In addition to a wider look at the Tony Hawk site, we also get to see the newly repainted Batman.
  (1/2/08) A Screamscape reader sent in new construction photos from Six Flags over Texas this week. In addition to a picture of the USA Food Court closure, we’ve got several shots of the future home of Tony Hawk’s Big Spin, though it’s nothing more than dirt and sticks right now. We’ve also been told that the park will add new style Qbots to the Flash Pass system in 2008.
  (12/24/07) The latest report from Six Flags over Texas is that the park seems to have closed down the USA Food Court area for renovation. From what I’ve been told there isn’t much to see on the Tony Hawk’s Big Spin site other than land clearing.
  (11/29/07) According to SFOT-Source, in addition to Tony Hawk’s Big Spin the park will also complete a $1 million renovation of the USA Food Court as well as repainting Batman: The Ride.
  (9/25/07) The Star Telegram reports that Six Flags over Texas will add a Tony Hawk’s Big Spin coaster to the park in 2008 on the site of the Wildcatter (Freefall). Like the two that opened last year, this one will come from Gerstlauer and have a similar layout to the one at Fiesta Texas, standing 52 feet tall and 1,351 feet long, coming in at a cost of $6.5 million. Screamscape sources also tell us that crews have already begun scrapping the control systems from the Wildcatter before they start the demolition of the ride itself in the next week or two.

2009/2010 - Wooden Coaster - Rumor - (5/8/08) According to a new rumor posted to SFOT.net, Six Flags may be planning on removing Flashback and dropping in a new wooden coaster in that general location. This does make sense as my sources tell me that Six Flags may very well have two new GCI wooden coasters in the works for 2009, but they also had two originally planned for 2008 which was eventually cut back to just one. I wouldn’t be surprised if this project falls back to 2010 however if true since the park is opening Tony Hawk this year and 2009 may be too soon. The funny thing is that the Bumper Cars in this area of the park were closed down late last year in anticipation of building a new coaster project in this very area of the park… only back then our sources tell us it was a Dark Knight Coaster project that was eyeballing the site. For an unknown reason the Dark Knight project was cancelled (and likely sent to SFNE…) when management made the choice to install Tony Hawk instead. Anyone know more?