Road Runner Express (Six Flags Fiesta Texas)

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Road Runner Express
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The entrance to the attraction.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Location Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Park section Crackaxle Canyon
Coordinates 29°35′57″N98°36′47″W / 29.599149°N 98.612984°W / 29.599149; -98.612984 Coordinates: 29°35′57″N98°36′47″W / 29.599149°N 98.612984°W / 29.599149; -98.612984
StatusOperating
Opening dateMay 1, 1997 [1]
General statistics
Type Steel  Mine Train
Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics
Designer Alan Schilke
ModelMine Train
Height73 ft (22 m)
Drop67 ft (20 m)
Length2,400 ft (730 m)
Speed35 mph (56 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration2:24
Max vertical angle27°
Capacity1800 riders per hour
G-force 3.0
Height restriction42 in (107 cm)
Trains2 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 36 riders per train.
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Road Runner Express at RCDB
Pictures of Road Runner Express at RCDB

Road Runner Express is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas. It was built for the park's 1997 season and is the last mine train roller coaster ever to be built by Arrow Dynamics in a Six Flags theme park. [2]

In contrast to most of the similarly named Road Runner Express coasters at Six Flags parks, Fiesta Texas' version is not a junior coaster, but a full-scale, though not extreme, family roller coaster. The target audience for the ride is families.

Some track portions of Road Runner Express pass under segments of the Iron Rattler roller coaster, as they sit next to each other in the park's Crackaxle Canyon.

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References

  1. "Road Runner Express - Scream Machine".
  2. "Roadrunner Express SFFT".