VR Guide: Six Flags Over Texas

About VR Guide: Six Flags Over Texas Android App

The MotorCo Guide to Six Flags Over Texas application is a relative location and semi-virtual based guide to the amusement park in Arlington, Texas.

The free version of the app has ads, but no registration or sharing of location.

The app calculates the users distance to all of the attractions in the park, and sorts them from closest to furthest so the user knows exactly what is around and which rides are nearby.

This allows the user to triangulate their distance and make better decisions and optimize your time.

Each attraction also has a detailed description, a live Google map that will take the user to the location, as well as a virtual simulation or YouTube video that shows the user exactly what the ride is like, so you can simulate what the ride is like before you go on it. Some of the virtual reality imagery isn't great - the YouTube ride simulations are often more informative.

The app works on the wearable as well.

About Six Flags Over Texas:

Six Flags Over Texas is a 212-acre (86 ha) theme park located in Arlington, Texas, east of Fort Worth and about 15 miles (24 km) west of Dallas. It was the first Six Flags Theme Park, but because of later acquisitions it is not the oldest park of the Six Flags chain (that particular title is held by Six Flags New England). The park opened on August 5, 1961, following just a year of construction and an initial investment of US$10 million by real estate developer Angus G. Wynne, Jr.

Following a visit to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, shortly after its opening, wealthy real estate developer Angus G. Wynne, Jr. decided that his home state of Texas should have a local park for entertainment. Planning for such a place began in 1959, under the leadership of Wynne and the Great Southwest Corporation, along with the backing of various New York City investors. Construction on the park began in August 1960.

Firsts and ones of a kind
First Six Flags Theme Park. This is the original Six Flags Theme Park, opened on August 5, 1961
First Pay one Price (POP) admission
First theme park to feature Broadway-style shows (1961)
First Intamin Ride, the Jet Set
First Log Flume – El Aserradero (1963)
First Mine Train Roller Coaster – The Runaway Mine Train (1966)
First relaunch of the modern-day parachute ride - Texas Chute Out (1976) Removed in 2012.
First Freefall Ride - Texas Cliffhanger (later renamed G-Force and then Wildcatter) (1982). Removed in 2007.

Records

Tallest Roller Coaster in Texas - Titan (245 ft)
Fastest Roller Coaster in Texas - Titan (85 mph)
Largest Land Based Oil Derrick - Oil Derrick (300 ft)
Tallest swing ride in the world Texas Skyscreamer (400 ft) (2013)