Six Flags AstroWorld

Six Flags AstroWorld
Statistics
Location	Houston, Texas, USA
Opened	1968
Owner	Six Flags
Size	85 acres (34 Hectares)
Closed	2005

Six Flags AstroWorld was an amusement park located in Houston, Texas.

History

The park opened as AstroWorld in 1968 and was sold to Six Flags in 1978. It closed in 2005 due to issues such as the park's performance, and parking issues. Most of the rides have been moved to various other parks across the country.

Location

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Past Roller Coasters (12)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Batman The Escape	Intamin AG	Stand-Up	1993	2005	Darien Lake
Excalibur	Arrow Dynamics	Sit-Down	1972	1998	Frontier City
Greezed Lightnin'	Schwarzkopf	Launched	1978	2005	Joyland Amusement Park
Mayan Mindbender	Vekoma	Indoor	1995	2005	Joyland Amusement Park
Serial Thriller	Vekoma	Inverted	1999	2005	La Ronde
Serpent	Arrow Dynamics	Kiddie	1969	2005	No
Swamp Buggy	Chance Rides	Sit-Down	1970	1972	No
Texas Cyclone	Frontier Construction Company	Wooden	1976	2005	No
Texas Tornado	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1998	2002	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Ultra Twister	Togo	Pipeline	1990	2005	Six Flags America
Viper	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1989	2005	No
XLR-8	Arrow Dynamics	Suspended	1984	2005	No

External links

• Six Flags AstroWorld at Six Flags (archived 2005-10-29, 2000-08-15, 1997-05-21)
• Six Flags AstroWorld at the AstroWorld Wiki
• Six Flags AstroWorld at Logopedia
• Six Flags AstroWorld at the Roller Coaster DataBase
• Six Flags AstroWorld at Wikipedia