Comments on: Iron Rattler to Slither Into Six Flags Fiesta Texas in 2013

By: Ruth Foster-Sparrow

Ruth Foster-Sparrow — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:47:01 +0000

I seriously hope those trains are not gonna be like that in the real ride because of the barrel roll that does not look very safe or like it's gonna be smooth because woodies that have trains like that tend to be very rough indeed.

By: Joey Till

Joey Till — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 04:26:37 +0000

The Helix on the Rattler was super pointless, it made the ride unique though. I think Rattler had an amazing first drop on the old one, and if they smoothen it out with this and add an inversion, this could be a top ten coaster no doubt. Some thing I will say though is now SFFT does not have a wooden coaster, and every single major coaster has a loop. Poltergueist, Goliath, Superman, Boomerang, and Now Iron Rattler. There are two things to look into now for the park, a real wooden coaster, and another non looping coaster. If you like coasters but don't like going upsidedown, you will half to ride Pandemonium and Road Runner Express over and over again.

By: RCTPro

RCTPro — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:19:45 +0000

I also dislike the train design, some streamlined trains with a snake skin apperaence and maybe a 'hood orament' of a rattlesnake would be enough.
But other then that the ride looks amazing, and is if I am correct the frst coaster to gain an inversion that didn't start with one, which isn't as notable as bing the first hybrid coaster to have an inversion, but considering that at least two (Son of Beast and Steel Phantom) went from having inverts to not having one, it's a change of pace that I do like. I never got to ride the old Rattler (or go to the state of Texas for the matter), but this, New Texas Giant and the other good rides there make me want to go someday,

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:05:55 +0000

If they have that rattle snake sound effect going during that tunnel it'd be really cool. Almost bringing the ride to life in a small way. At the same time, I'm not a big fan of snakes, but I'm probably the biggest fan of tunnels. Tricky…

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:01:24 +0000

I survived that lengthy and painful helix last summer. And you're right, it looks gone. From what I can tell, that's the part that's been removed and re-done completely. The rest of the layout looks the same to me.

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:58:23 +0000

Good call Dillon!

By: Michael Scrip

Michael Scrip — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:31:46 +0000

When they say upgrade… how much of the old Rattler will remain?

Do they keep most of the supports and just upgrade the track while adding all those extra overbanked turns?

The old Rattler has a helix which doesn't appear to be in the new Rattler.

I was just curious how much of it will be kept and how much of it will be a new ride.

By: Dillon

Dillon — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:54:31 +0000

Wait, who said anything about OTSR? Tons of coasters can go upside down with just lap bars these days.

By: jack sprat

jack sprat — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:09:14 +0000

I have concerns about the OTSR on the trains. Rattler needs to make its riders comfortable; it will be a very restrictive ride with the OTSR. I DO NOT want to hurt on this smoother ride. But, it still may be uncomfortable. I would do away with the upside element in exchange for a simple lap bar.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:37:53 +0000

If this rides as well as it looks, it will get an 11 or 12 out of 10.