{"id":1294,"date":"2024-02-19T22:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2024-02-19T22:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:09:45","slug":"six-flags-over-texas-announces-new-family-ride-a-returning-favorite-and-the-retheming-of-a-classic-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/six-flags-over-texas-announces-new-family-ride-a-returning-favorite-and-the-retheming-of-a-classic-attraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Six\u00a0Flags\u00a0Over Texas Announces New Family Ride, a Returning Favorite and the Retheming of a Classic Attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013 February 19, 2024 &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=mnXHyZ7lcaDbjlVg991TeYwHyBAdYQHk71bf2ArLK6NP4ARIEYkXd3yeWIcNjSBB75bX_bmf1K4r6a1K96zHznIeZL6gBcqBoZ-2Bo-2BmoESbX2o5P09ma4O46A0u22l2yxbNrXrwadNwVrR9WPl6E9bC3jwhwi0nyUG98AB1-2BTSE9ZzLOsChY9Fa-2BJVN1jZMwCqEzjEyZg0zJMImIetH0vO9Rzh-2BxOSQZPspBsbCXVEX0sJCS0Te4c18j3qD97-2BIcFAeByj9c39tZ1yYpqnYvZrpotCMbeNrRPJ6f5-2BK1fzxnDLK8i9s9DTehzFxpNoODnG3g-2FqO-2FraRknYDKM7SCWWrUoQg5KvmA6ZebVAjWc31X44XEYOQINYJTDPIZlj5OzdhcUeye-2F9fYXzVi3gtVxpvtpUcUfCUZq2rmx7FHvCWArYLzCdcYAnkkc9G7X6ihunZ2zk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Six&nbsp;Flags&nbsp;Over Texas<\/a>, the Thrill Capital of Texas, today announced new park enhancements for the 2024 season. One new ride,<strong><em>&nbsp;Sylvester and Tweety&nbsp;<\/em>Pounce and Bounce<\/strong>, and one returning ride,&nbsp;<strong><em>Daffy Duck<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Bucket Blasters,&nbsp;<\/strong>will be coming to the&nbsp;<strong><em>Bugs Bunny<\/em>&nbsp;Boomtown<\/strong>&nbsp;section of the park Memorial Day weekend. A retheming of the classic&nbsp;<strong>Chaparral Antique Cars<\/strong>&nbsp;into&nbsp;<strong>Dino Off Road Adventure<\/strong>&nbsp;will follow later in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Additional park enhancements include new theming elements in the queues for&nbsp;<strong>BATMAN\u2122&nbsp;: The Ride<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>MR. FREEZE\u2122&nbsp;<\/strong>, and the building of a permanent structure for the Boomtown Bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For 63 years, generations of guests have come to the park to have fun and experience thrills with their families,&#8221; says Park President Richard Douaihy. &#8220;We&#8217;re so pleased that these new attractions will offer our guests the opportunity to make even more memories with the people who matter most.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new attractions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Sylvester and Tweety&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>Pounce and Bounce<\/strong>&nbsp;is a family drop tower that lifts riders 41 feet in the air before beginning a sequence of downward pounces and upward bounces;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Daffy Duck<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Bucket Blasters&nbsp;<\/strong>is a spinning ride that features water blasters on its bucket-shaped guest compartments so riders can spray each other while the ride is in motion. It is returning to the park after a three-year absence. The ride was removed in 2021 during the construction of&nbsp;<strong>AQUAMAN\u2122: Power Wave<\/strong>&nbsp;and is now making its triumphant return;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dino Off Road Adventure<\/strong>&nbsp;will revamp the second-oldest attraction in the park with new cars, a redecorated queue, and 13 dinosaur animatronics along the ride\u2019s route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release from Six Flags over Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-six-flags-over-texas","post_format-post-format-quote"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}