AstroWorld (fictional post-2005)

AstroWorld (formerly Six Flags AstroWorld from 1975 to 2005) is a seasonally operated theme park located in Houston, Texas. Owned and operated by Carwardine Parks, it is located on approximately 57 acres (23 ha) of land, which was later expanded to over 75 acres (30 ha) between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston. Part of the "AstroWorld Resort" (formerly "Six Flags Houston") complex, the park also includes Carwardine's WaterWorld Houston (formerly Six Flags WaterWorld), a water park that is adjacent to the main park.

History
The park opened on June 1, 1968, and was originally developed and constructed as part of the Astrodomain, the brainchild of local philanthropist and former Houston mayor Judge Roy Hofheinz, who intended it to complement The Astrodome.

AstroWorld was sold to the Six Flags Corporation by the Hofheinz family in 1975. Although it was the fourth theme park to be included in the Six Flags family, it was the first to be acquired by that company rather than built from the ground up. Initially, it was marketed as "AstroWorld: A Member of the Six Flags Family" so as to not confuse patrons with Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.

In 2005, this park was sold from Six Flags to Carwardine Parks; before being sold, tearing the park down to make more parking spaces for when the Houston Texans would play at Relient Stadium was in consideration.

In 2006, the park underwent a complete rehaul, featuring multiple new flat rides as well as a new kiddie area called Kids Kountry and two new coasters. The Secret of NIMH: The Ride replaced Barnstormer while Redwall: Fight the Good Fight replaced Serpent and Tidal Wave, becoming the tallest coaster in the Houston area.

In 2007, Astro Eye was added.

In 2016, Texas Tornado returned to the park as "Rainbow Flash: Texas Tornado 2", instead of having bulky OTSRs, it would get new trains from Premier Rides with comfort collers.

In 2018, Boogeyman was added and the park celebrated its 50th anniversary.

After the AstroWorld Festival crowd crush incident (which happened at neighboring NRG Park), AstroWorld announced that all concerts at the Southern Star Amphitheatre would be cancelled until safety improvements could be made. After renovations to prevent such a thing from happening again, the Southern Star Amphitheatre reopened in April 2022 with a concert by Hound Dogg, Good4Yu and High Voltage.

Areas

 * Entry Plaza
 * European Village
 * Oriental Village
 * Cyclone Square
 * Kids Kountry

Roller coasters

 * Aero Dynamic (1999; a Vekoma SLC, formerly known as "Serial Thriller" [1999-2005], got the new Vekoma Vest Restraints in 2019 for it's 20th anniversary)
 * Boogeyman (2018; a SED-Hopkins Tilting Coaster, unlike the other tilting coasters, the cars have 6 per row instead of 2 or 4, making it technically a wing coaster)
 * Maggie Simpson's Adventure (2022; a Zamperla Family Gravity Coaster)
 * Rainbow Flash: Texas Tornado 2 (2016; an Anton Schwarzkopf steel coaster; formerly known as Thriller at Gröna Lund, Taz's Texas Tornado and Texas Tornado in it's 1998-2000 tenure at AstroWorld, Zonga at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, and Tsunami at the Feria Nacional de San Marcos; retained it's rainbow color from it's tenure as Tsunami as part of it's new theming for it's return to AstroWorld, originally had VR until 2017)
 * Redwall: Fight the Good Fight (2006; a Intamin Mega Coaster, replaced the old location of the AstroWay for the lift hill, and the rest of the ride is designed cleverly to use unused land that was never used and to place the aging Tidal Wave ride which died in popularity due to the resurgence of log flumes [Bamboo Chutes] and WaterWorld being free with admission, it also replaced Serpent)
 * The Secret of NIMH: The Ride (2006; a Zierer NIMH Clone)
 * Shockwave (1993; an Intamin/B&M Floorless Coaster; formerly a stand up coaster and formerly known as "Batman: The Escape" [1993-2005], several track adjustments and catwalk modifications had to be made to fit the new sit down floorless trains from B&M, which were installed in 2018, previously operated at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Great Escpase)
 * Texas Cyclone (1976; a wooden roller coaster, entirely retracked by GCI in 2016 for the 40th anniversary with new wood being constructed by RMC on several of the sections where the track goes under the other track.)
 * Toad Patrol: Toad Hollow Tumbler (1989; a Schwarzkopf/SED-Hopkins Looping Star, formerly known as "Viper" until the end of the 2007 season, several track adjustments and catwalk modifications had to be made by SED-Hopkins to fit the new cars from Sunkid GmbH and the new special effects)
 * Ultra Twister (1990; a TOGO Ultra Twister; new Huss-TechEruo UT-Replace trains replaced the original TOGO ones in 2008 to raise the capacity; was partially re-tracked by S&S Sansei in 2011; before the retrack, it was less popular and the queues had to be shortened as a result, previously operated at Six Flags Great Adventure)
 * XLR-8 (1984; An Arrow Dynamics suspended coaster, repainted in 2004 and again in 2014, it's currently red and whitish gray, to tie in with it's 30th anniversary)

Flat rides

 * 610 Limited Train (1968; A train ride with two stations)
 * Astro Eye (2007; A 200 foot tall Ferris wheel)
 * Bamboo Chutes (1968; An Arrow log flume)
 * Bowser's Giant Drop (1999; An Intamin Giant Drop, formerly known as "Dungeon Drop" [1999-2005], the four cars are named "Ludwig", "Iggy", "Roy" and "Larry" after the Koopalings)
 * Carwardine River Rapids (1980/2006; An Intamin River Rapids Ride, heavily refurbished by Intamin in 2006)
 * Fairly Odd Spinner (2006; A Zamperla Disk'O, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Scrambler (1968; An Eli Scrambler with multiple names over the park's history)
 * Sling N' Swing (1976; A Chance Wave Swinger, formerly "Gunslinger")
 * Silverwing: Through the Night Sky (2017; A Huss-TechEruo Cliffhanger)
 * SpongeBob's Boating Crash (2006; A Zamperla Dodgems, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Texan Roulette (1968; A Chance Trabant, formerly "Wagon Wheel")
 * Tick Tock Clock (2006; A Zamperla Giant Discovery, part of a 10-ride deal)

Kiddie rides
All kiddie rides are located in the Kids Kountry section


 * Azul's Railway (2006; A Zamperla Rio Grande, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Care Bears Cloud Jumper (2006; A Zamperla Aero Top Jet ride, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Grumpy Bear's Whirlwind (2007; A Zamperla kiddie Wave Swinger ride)
 * Funshine Bear's Sunny Balloons (2006; A Zamperla Samba Tower ride, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Jimmy Neutron's Scientific Gliders (2006; A Zamperla Kite Flyer, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Koopa Shell Twist (2006; A Zamperla Mini Tea Cup, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Thornberry Convoys (2006; A Zamperla Convoy ride, part of a 10-ride deal)
 * Wish Bear's 40 Winks (2006; A Zamperla Mini Ferris Wheel ride, part of a 10-ride deal)

Up-charge rides

 * The Mario Kart Experience Express (2006; A go-karts ride, retrofitted from their previous go-kart ride)

Carwardine's WaterWorld Houston

 * Castaway Cove (2009; a water play structure)
 * Cosmic Canyon (2009; a ProSlide Mammoth entirely in the dark)
 * Luigi's Darklines (2012; ProSlide slide complex with tube slides in the dark)
 * Mario's Pipelines (2012; ProSlide slide complex with transparent body slides)
 * Slideboard Central (2016; a WhiteWater West Slideboarding complex)

Venues

 * Chichen Itza Event Center
 * Southern Star Ampitheatre

Former Rides

 * Antique Taxis (1968-2006; an Arrow Antique Car ride, closed to make way for Astro Eye)
 * Astroway (1968-2005; a Von Roll VR-101, demolished due to maintenance issues, gondolas relocated to a ski resort in Nevada to replace their aging fleet)
 * Barnstormer (1995-2005; a Skycoaster ride, removed to make room for The Secret of NIMH: The Ride due to landlock issues, currently sitting in storage)
 * Greezed Lightnin' (1978-2017; a Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop, relocated to the staff parking area of Carwardine Corners, where it is still rotting today, although the trains and launch motor were sent to Carwardine Colony for Flash Forward recently, removed to make way for Boogeyman)
 * Jurahnimo Falls (TBA-2011; a body slide, removed to make way for Mario's Pipelines)
 * Mayan Mindbender (1995-2005; a Vekoma MK-700, relocated to Wonderland Park where it now operates as Hornet, building now the Chichen Itza Event Center)
 * Serpent (1968-2005; an Arrow Mini Mine Train, scrapped and replaced with Redwall: Fight the Good Fight)
 * SWAT (2003-2015; an S&S Sky Swat, scrapped and replaced with Rainbow Flash: Texas Tornado 2)
 * Tidal Wave (1988-2005; an Arrow Dynamics Shoot-the-Chutes, replaced with Redwall: Fight the Good Fight)

Former Venues

 * Aquatic Stadium (TBA-2005; closed to make way for Kids Kountry)

Restaurants

 * Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon (European Village)
 * Carvel Ice Cream (Entry Plaza)
 * Dippin’ Dots (Many locations)
 * Lee's Sandwiches (Entry Plaza)
 * Subway (Entry Plaza)

Map
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Trivia

 * AstroWorld's live show performers unionized through affiliations with the (GIAA) and  in 2009.
 * AstroWorld's Kids Kountry section is mostly themed to the Care Bears and Nickelodeon.
 * In addition, this park was the park to inspire the revival of the Kids Kountry trademark.
 * The park is the only park in the Carwardine Parks chain to have more state flags than US flags in the park, featuring 150 Texan flags around the park compared to only 120 US flags.
 * Serpent was originally going to be moved to Kids Kountry in the spot where Grumpy Bear's Whirlwind now sites under the name "All Grown Up!: Angelicoaster", but that was cancelled due to All Grown Up! not popular enough to justify relocating and refurbishing an old Arrow Dynamics Mini Mine Train.