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===List of roller coasters=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:90%;" |- ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Image ! scope="col" | Opened ! scope="col" | Closed ! scope="col" | Manufacturer ! scope="col" | Type ! scope="col" | Location<ref name=ParkMap>{{Cite web|title=Your Guide to Fun at Six Flags AstroWorld!|url=http://www.sixflags.com/parks/astroworld/pdf/map.pdf|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051109151635/http://www.sixflags.com/parks/astroworld/pdf/map.pdf|archive-date=November 9, 2005|access-date=August 27, 2020|publisher=Six Flags AstroWorld}}</ref> ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | [[Batman The Escape]] |[[File:Batman the Escape.jpg|alt=Batman the Escape|center|frameless|110x110px]] | style="text-align:center;" |1993 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[Intamin]] |Stand-up roller coaster | style="text-align:center;" |European Village |The [[Batman]]-themed roller coaster was being stored at [[Six Flags Darien Lake]] in [[Darien, New York]], as of 2016,<ref name=Demolished/> and was eventually scrapped.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Batman The Escape|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=53|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Excalibur (Six Flags AstroWorld)|Excalibur]] |{{center|—}} | style="text-align:center;" |1972 | style="text-align:center;" |1998 |[[Arrow Dynamics|Arrow Development]] |[[Mine train roller coaster]] | style="text-align:center;" |Nottingham Village |Formerly known as Dexter Frebish's Electric Roller Ride, the roller coaster was stored at [[Frontier City]] in [[Oklahoma City]], and was eventually scrapped.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Excalibur|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=133|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Shuttle Loop|Greezed Lightnin']] |[[File:GreezedLightnin054.JPG|center|frameless|110x110px|alt=Greezed Lightnin']] | style="text-align:center;" |1978 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[Anton Schwarzkopf|Schwarzkopf]] |[[Shuttle Loop]] | style="text-align:center;" |Western Junction |The roller coaster was relocated to [[Joyland Amusement Park]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]], and remains in storage in nearby Mackenzie Park.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Greezed Lightnin'|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=55|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> Ownership was transferred to [[Cliff's Amusement Park]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Amusement Today]]|url=http://amusementtoday.com/2012/05/historic-greezed-lightnin-moving-to-cliffs-amusement-park/|title=Historic Greezed Lightnin' moving to Cliff's Amusement Park|date=May 4, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825120103/http://amusementtoday.com/2012/05/historic-greezed-lightnin-moving-to-cliffs-amusement-park/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Mayan Mindbender |[[File:Astroworld Ozarka Splash.jpg|alt=Mayan Mindbender|center|frameless|110x110px]] | style="text-align:center;" |1995 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[Vekoma]] |Custom MK-700 | style="text-align:center;" |Oriental Corner |The roller coaster was relocated to [[Wonderland Park (Texas)|Wonderland Park]] in [[Amarillo, Texas]], as [[Hornet (roller coaster)|Hornet]].<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Mayan Mindbender|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=48|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Serial Thriller |[[File:Serial Thriller.jpg|center|frameless|110x110px|alt=Serial Thriller]] | style="text-align:center;" |1999 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[Vekoma]] |[[Suspended Looping Coaster]] (689m) | style="text-align:center;" |Nottingham Village |The roller coaster was relocated to Montreal's [[La Ronde (amusement park)|La Ronde]] amusement park as [[Ednör – L'Attaque]].<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Serial Thriller|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=551|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Serpent (roller coaster)|Serpent]] |[[File:Serpent rollercoaster (Six Flags Astroworld, 2004).jpg|center|frameless|110x110px|alt=Serpent]] | style="text-align:center;" |1969 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[Arrow Dynamics|Arrow Development]] |Mini-[[mine train roller coaster]] | style="text-align:center;" |Oriental Corner |Serpent was the park's first roller coaster and the last junior mine train made by [[Arrow Dynamics|Arrow Development]]. It was demolished following the park's permanent closure.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Serpent|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=135|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Swamp Buggy Ride |[[File:Treetrunk.jpg |center|frameless|110x110px|alt=Serpent]] | style="text-align:center;" |1970 | style="text-align:center;" |{{Circa|1972}} |[[Chance Rides]] |Toboggan | style="text-align:center;" |Fun Island |The ride carried guests "55 feet up above the center of a giant swamp tree and then slide dizzily down a spiraled track wrapped around a huge tree".<ref name=HTO/><ref name=Hughes70>{{cite news |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=May 10, 1970 |title=Summer Is Coming – Here's Our Preview |first=John |last=Hughes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58256818/details-of-lesser-known-six-flags/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009153015/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58256818/details-of-lesser-known-six-flags/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Swamp Buggy|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=745|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Texas Cyclone]] |[[File:Texas Cyclone2.jpg|alt=Texas Cyclone|center|frameless|110x110px]] | style="text-align:center;" |1976 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[William Cobb (designer)|William Cobb]] |[[Wooden roller coaster]] | style="text-align:center;" |USA |Modeled after the [[Coney Island Cyclone]], the coaster was demolished, with trains relocated to Montreal's [[La Ronde (amusement park)|La Ronde]] amusement park.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Texas Cyclone|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=54|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Tsunami (roller coaster)|Texas Tornado]] |[[File:Montaña Rusa Tsunami.png|center|frameless|110x110px|alt=Texas Tornado]] | style="text-align:center;" |1998 | style="text-align:center;" |2002 |[[Anton Schwarzkopf|Schwarzkopf]] |Sit down roller coaster | style="text-align:center;" |Plaza de Fiesta |The roller coaster did not operate during 2001–2002, and was later relocated to [[Six Flags Discovery Kingdom]] in [[Vallejo, California]], as Zonga.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Texas Tornado|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=492|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Ultra Twister (Six Flags)|Ultra Twister]] |[[File:Ultra Twister.jpg|alt=Ultra Twister|center|frameless|110x110px]] | style="text-align:center;" |1990 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[TOGO]] |[[Pipeline roller coaster]] | style="text-align:center;" |European Village |The roller coaster was relocated to [[Six Flags America]] in [[Woodmore, Maryland]], and eventually scrapped.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=UltraTwister|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=4537|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Viper (Six Flags AstroWorld)|Viper]] |[[File:Viper (Six Flags Astroworld) sections.jpg|alt=Viper|center|frameless|110x110px]] | style="text-align:center;" |1989 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[Anton Schwarzkopf|Schwarzkopf]] |Looping Star | style="text-align:center;" |Oriental Corner |The roller coaster operated as Jet Scream at [[Six Flags St. Louis|Six Flags Over Mid-America]] in [[Eureka, Missouri]], from 1981 to 1988.<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Viper|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=50|accessdate=August 28, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[XLR-8]] |[[File:XLR-8.jpg|alt=XLR-8|center|frameless|110x110px]] | style="text-align:center;" |1984 | style="text-align:center;" |2005 |[[Arrow Dynamics]] |[[Suspended roller coaster]] | style="text-align:center;" |Plaza de Fiesta |The roller coaster was demolished, with trains relocated to [[Six Flags Magic Mountain]] in [[Santa Clarita, California]].<ref>{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=XLR-8|location=AstroWorld|rcdb_number=134|accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> |}
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