Tormenta Rampaging Run starts testing ahead of its record-chasing debut

Six Flags Over Texas has finally put steel in motion on Tormenta Rampaging Run, and that’s the kind of milestone coaster watchers love because it turns a concept render into something loud, real, and close. The park’s new Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster has entered visible testing, with trains now cycling over the layout ahead of its grand opening.

That matters here because Tormenta isn’t just another marquee addition. Six Flags is promoting it as a world-record giga dive coaster, one that will rank among the five tallest coasters on Earth and is being billed as a six-record breaker. The sources don’t spell out every target, but the message is clear: this is meant to be a statement ride, the sort of project that reshapes a skyline before it ever reshapes a wait time.

The testing footage is the first real proof that the build is moving into its final stretch. For enthusiasts, that means the big machinery questions are starting to give way to the fun ones: how the train will glide through that towering profile, how the dive coaster pacing will feel once the system is fully dialed in, and how much presence this thing will have from the park pathways before riders ever board. Six Flags Over Texas already had a headline attraction on its hands; now it has a coaster beginning the last, most exciting phase before opening.