How is the progress of Grand Texas.......do you know?

Sean Lewis It’s first two attractions are opening on the 29th

Jonathan Giron Big Rivers water park , or the theme park, Grand Texas?

Dalia Guerra I'll believe it, when I FINALLY SEE it.

John Griswold Yeah, you're right. That's all good, but we want Astroworld back!!!!

Straight up..pun intended

More lit then six flags over texas

Yeah it was! I miss the hell out it

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Depends on the elevation.

Axel Martinez i doubt it

Lol no. New Orleans got fucked cause they built the sixflags on a seam right next to a big ass lake that overflew. Astroworld would have been fine after Harvey

@@Protronica Also people forget Astroworld survived tropical storm Allison, which was in many cases, just as bad as Harvey.

Thats true man i live in houston texas. Real shit man

My mom grew up going to that park and her two favorite rides were Texas Cyclone and Greezed lighting she was wondering what happened to the park so I showed her the two videos of the park and it really sparked a idea for me to find something from the park to keep it alive and i found a brochure of the park from 1979 off of eBay three years ago for twenty bucks and the look on her face when i gave it to her as a BD gift was amazing she loved it a lot.

Hey lol

Here after all that

@@darthkrator9366 what a ride it was... all the ups and downs of A rollercoaster you could say

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OrangeunicorndawnLPS she was in the yellow...

Captain Howdy damn bruh dont go like that he just called yo moms ugly b

Dying Horse not trippin . She wasn’t ugly.

Nor did I

talentless sellout

My daughter was 5 when Astroworld closed, and the last day we took her, she hugged it goodbye. I still have the picture.

Astroworld was my first job in 1997. It sucked.

@@melanielanphier astroworld sucked in 1997. It never got better after that. That's why it shut down

@@melanielanphier awwwww.

Closing was on October 30th, on our favorite year! (sarcasm) 2005. YAY!!! (sarcasm) RIP Astroworld and SFNO

RampagingRex Productions Clever upload time

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RampagingRex Productions could've sworn i heard a sonic unleashed song

I loved the Texas Cyclone lol! The wood made it creepier lol!

Same! Serpent was my very first Rollercoaster! And XLR8 was my favorite. I'm sad that I never got to ride greased lightning or the Texas cyclone :(

Dark Justice Media mix this cup for way too long

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Add it up don’t subtract it

JOPE chill out la flame

ISS LIT

Well, they went and built that whole new NFL stadium in the Astrodome parking lot, which really did not help the already-bad parking situation. Looking back, probably should have kept Astroworld and let the Texans go to San Antonio and the Alamodome. Houston just has no luck with pro football teams.

@@selanryn5849 Six Flags ended up losing money on the real estate sale. So not only was it a bad deal, they essentially forfeited an entire park. Astroworld was a special place.

Will Travis still bring back Astroworld after what happened at his show?

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I'm glad it's still operating, but I think a part of the thrill was lost when Wonderland Park decided not to keep it as an indoor coaster.

Greezed Lightnin' may no longer be around, but the same model of coaster is still around as Montezooma's Revenge at Knott's Berry Farm. The flywheel launch Schwarzkopf coasters are getting very hard to find.

Elizabeth Tran The viper

Ayeee

Not with all that talking turned into a closed gate

jordynliketheriver Viper Came From my home park Six Flags St. Louis then known as Six Flags Over Mid-America Viper Was Called Jetscream then

Thanks for the feedback. This was a difficult decision for me, but I thought my Geauga Lake documentary was long enough, and that anything longer would have to be split up. If I kept both parts of this video together, it would be over a half hour long. I know there are people who would have no problem with watching a 30 minute video, but for most, dividing it up into smaller videos is more manageable. Future documentary videos will be one part only.

Six Flags have recovered from bankruptcy back 6 years ago. They can't rebuy land because if you think about it... It's partly city owned now, because Cedar Fair ruined the park that was 6 years ago. (2001)

RampagingRex Productions part 2 comes up as private video, will not play?

+The Hedgehog Trio Which amusement park chain is better to you, Cedar Fair or Six Flags?

***** Really doesn't matter to me personally, as long as they have rollercoasters. BTW, wherebouts is Huron in Ohio?

Thanks for sharing! AstroWorld's coasters were definitely memorable, and it's a true shame that most of them never got to reopen at other parks. A good deal of them were Schwarzkopf designs, which are getting increasingly hard to find at most parks.

Thanks so much! I knew AstroWorld is a special place to those who experienced it, so I tried my best to cover it with the respect it deserves.

OH and I went to Huston and We saw the old Astroworld site... Man I'm so depressed will all of that dirt... If only they didn't demolish it...

Cajun Scorpion Travis just might bring it back, ESPECIALLY with that Billionaire wife of his!!

Josh Mathis Hell Yes! Opryland was so fun. I'm 43 and practically grew up at Opryland.

Christopher Clark Aren't you guys getting Grand Texas in New Caney? How is that project coming along?

John Scott We need it back.....badly!!!!!

I think it was the tripple wheel at CGA in California

I worked at Astroworld from 1980-1988, 7 operating seasons. I skipped the 1984 season. The XLR8 coaster was actually designed to go much faster than its relatively slow final speed. What happened was during the one of the coaster's trial runs, a rides supervisor ran the coaster excessively fast (by disabling the trim brakes all throughout the ride). Basically, it blew past the second lift. As a result of the overly excessive speed the coaster achieved, the front of the coaster slammed into one of the pylons and cracked the front of the ride and damaged part of the queue house. Thankfully, the coaster was empty. However, we would eventually come to find that it wasn't a design flaw. Initially, I understand this supervisor had lied to management about how the accident occurred. Thinking it was a design flaw, the park contracted to have some of the pylons changed to slow the ride down to 'prevent' a recurrence of that event. This 'accident' almost threatened to not allow the coaster to open. What happened next was ... that ride supervisor had taken photos (known as selfies today) of what happened and this person began circulating them around the park employees 6-12 months later. This supervisor was actually proud of it and stupidly began passing the photos around for all the world to see. Yes, I got to see them. Eventually the truth surfaced even among the upper management. Unfortunately, the damage was already done (literally). The coaster's damaged car (and the queue house) was repaired and part of the ride was redesigned to 'slow the ride' and prevent it from going too fast thus avoiding any other ill-fated runs. I believe additional trim brakes were also added to slow the ride further. It was definitely not a design flaw that caused that 'accident'. This wasn't the only ride incident caused by this supervisor. Prior to XLR8, this supervisor had bumped trains in the queue house at Excalibur (causing a few guests to have chipped teeth). This supervisor was also reckless driving a number of other coasters including the Texas Cyclone. Unfortunately, even after this information came to light, the supervisor wasn't fired. Instead, this person was transferred to the Shows department and allowed to remain a supervisor. We all regarded this person as a bit mentally challenged at this point, but Astroworld chose not to take action against this employee. Note that even before the XLR8 incident, this supervisor was already known for being reckless while driving rides. Why this person was not investigated or fired after what happened on XLR8, I don't know.

While Thunder River might have been universally loved by guests, it was universally hated by people who had to work it. While XLR8 may not have had a design flaw, Thunder River most certainly did... and quite a number of them, which is why we hated working this ride. I even have a scar left over from helping to operate that ride. The problem was the wild rapids were not contained and the the water currents would end up pooling into eddies which boats would get stuck swirling around in. Another boat would come along, break up the eddie and both would get stuck trying to get past a small neck in the rapids. We as ride operators would have to let the ride driver know to stop sending boats and then a number of us would all jump on the boats and try to get them unstuck. We called these 'jam ups'. Let's just say that from 1980-1981, that's pretty much all we did regularly. This was not only dangerous for us, there were times where the boats appeared to be sinking. Thankfully, after 5-8 minutes we could usually get the boats free and on their way. Eventually, Intamin and the park engineers devised a way to break up the eddies by shooting water streams and by carefully adding directed wood planks so boats wouldn't pool and would keep moving on their own. It took several years before this 'prototype' worked out its kinks. I was never fond of operating this ride. Having to jump into the water or on boats regularly was not exactly my idea of fun at the workplace.

RampagingRex Productions I used come here all the time as a kid. Favorite rides as mentioned in the video were the texas cyclone, Viper, greezed lightning, Ultra twister, Bamboo shoot and mind bender never really like xlr8 it was slow with a very weak drop.

My mom took me when i was lil like really lil so i dont remember anything about it. I'm 15 now and we past by the empty lot that used to be astro world 24/7. They now use the lot for rodeo parking and parking for some events by the NRG stadium ( used to be known as the reliant stadium ). Lol my mom told me when she took me i jumped into a lil pond lol. Down here in Houston we have alot of things but.... it's still a saddens we have down here for fun times uk. We need an astro world back. We are the 4th largest city in the United Stares and is a tourist city and i main attraction is gone smh. The astro world lot is just a huge field just there...they should just put it back

They had Grad Night at Astroworld. I got to go twice. We got season passes for at least four years in a row as kids. Also to Water World. It was fun times. The Ultra Twister was great because that first drop was a climb up and the car always lingered for a good few seconds before it dropped. Of course the favorite of most people was Greased Lightning. Quick and fun.

Nathan Rocha not true

katrina caused it to close down

Barbara Walters that was six flags new Orleans

Keymaster TheKeyboardWarrior oh gotcha

They said it was supposed to be something else at the end it became a parking lot

If you're looking to ride coasters and nothing else, Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA holds the record for most coasters at a single park. You said you've already been to Six Flags Great Adventure which is the largest amusement park in the world. Also within driving distance is Six Flags New England which is home to the legendary Superman: the Ride. Then there's Six Flags America which has... umm... yeah.

thank you rex for getting back to me so quickly ... i am watching your one about the park in new orleans right now... you do a great job with your videos .. im a new subscriber keep up the good work

No....just one: Goliath

and 2 years later you still dont know :)

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That's a possibility. I did find the image on an AstroWorld tribute site, but it was the only image I could find that was from the time period when the Wacky Shack operated.