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Six Flags Over Texas | Tormenta | B&M Dive Coaster | 2026

IGwaziSolos said:
It's a perfect representation of CoasterForce for the current main conversation on a giga dive coaster to be about the future of the pirate ship swinging ride (hope it gets replaced with a giga swinging ship either way)
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Giga. Aquatrax. Swinging Ship.
 
Matt N said:
Is it me, or does it look to have a strangely tall brake run like Leviathan and Orion?
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One thing that has kind of always bugged me about B&M is how the elevation of some of their elements are so high off the ground that they really miss the opportunity of interacting with the terrain. When you're so high up even during low parts or valleys of the layout, you kind of miss out on the sense of speed and perspective of what you're doing during the ride.

I recently rode Man of Steel at SFA and man, one of my favorite things about that ride was how close it was to the ground on the straightaways and some of the turns at full speed. I was literally reaching my arm out and feeling the whisps of grass zooming by. It felt so much faster seeing trees zoom by, the interaction with the terrain made a world of difference.

In this case it's a bit different, because you can see the pre-lift does drop out of the station fairly close to the ground.

But still even then, I've always wondered why their stations have to be so ridiculously high (20, 30, 40 feet off the ground *cough* Nitro, Gatekeeper, etc...) because it makes their installations feel a little stagnant. Like...welp, let's just "plop" this right there over everything, without a concern for immersing the ride into the existing landscape.

While a ride like Pantheon has theirs a mere 4-5 feet, almost ground level. Which again, helps tremendously with the immersion of the ride from a non-rider perspective and with the actual ride experience. It makes it feel like they actually tried to work with the terrain and landscape for the installation, instead of just disregarding it and throwing something right over it.

BTW I completely forgot Titan had new colors, I barely recognized it! Thanks, I HATE it! 🤣
 
I think the thing that bothers me the most about this coaster is that the layout is just... kinda ugly? It just doesn't flow or look as neat as B&M's older layouts. I thought the same with Rapterra too, and the Wrath of Shakira or whatever that other dive coaster at Great America is called, such a goofy layout.
 
Ethan said:
I think the thing that bothers me the most about this coaster is that the layout is just... kinda ugly? It just doesn't flow or look as neat as B&M's older layouts. I thought the same with Rapterra too, and the Wrath of Shakira or whatever that other dive coaster at Great America is called, such a goofy layout.
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I think the layouts for some of their newer coasters, like Rakshasa or Rapterra have been pretty good. This one is just, kinda boring.
 
WarmishSign said:
I think the layouts for some of their newer coasters, like Rakshasa or Rapterra have been pretty good. This one is just, kinda boring.
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I think I sit on the other side, I prefer this layout alot to most recent B&Ms. I like how tight it is and some of the aesthetic choices with the placement of the elements on the skyline, Especially the overbank towards the end perfectly framing the first drop. I just hope it rides well!
 
bob_3_ said:
I think I sit on the other side, I prefer this layout alot to most recent B&Ms. I like how tight it is and some of the aesthetic choices with the placement of the elements on the skyline, Especially the overbank towards the end perfectly framing the first drop. I just hope it rides well!
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I just think it's a more basic layout than some of their other new coasters. (cough, 3 Immelmann's, cough) Boring isn't the right word. It's just not that unique.
 
The following pics are credited to Rain Marie, Savage Mister, Jeffrey Siebert, Cliff Knight and Six Flags Over Texas.

They show Tormentas lift hill seen from I-30 and Funicular track being installed on Tormentas lift.
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