At the end of October there was exciting news surrounding Six Flags Qiddiya. Many people doubted that the proposed Six Flags park in the desert of Saudi Arabia, would ever get the green light. But back in March, construction began.
The new photo was released and can be seen in the article below, we now have further photos to share with you and news of a second roller coaster being constructed at Six Flags Qiddiya.
Firstly, a number of new photos had been uploaded to ThemeParX of the mighty Falcon’s Flight showing further images of the huge airtime hill. Although it is difficult to gauge the true scale of this gigantic steel structure as there are few other structures currently in place to compare it with, you can still see just what an amazing feat of engineering Falcon’s Flight will be when it opens at Six Flags Qiddiya.
Falcon’s Flight is being manufactured by Intamin and will be a roller coaster unlike any other ever built. The massive steel structure will be the world’s tallest free-standing coaster structure which they are calling a “super” coaster. The coaster is set to break the height record with its airtime hill.
Falcon’s Flight will travel along over 13,000 feet of track making it the longest in the world, hitting speeds of up to 155mph making it the fastest. All in all, when Falcon’s Flight opens at Six Flags Qiddiya it will be the world’s longest, fastest and tallest roller coaster.
In the photo below of Falcon’s Flight, posted to Linked In by Anthony Mezher, we get to see in the background dark supports with yellow track.
This is believed to be for a second roller coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya which according to a post to Instagram by Coasterhub three weeks ago will be the “Iron Rattler Mine Train, the world’s largest Tilt Coaster! Made by Vekoma, it will stand 197ft (60m) tall and feature five inversions! Two of the inversions on the ride will be made up of the world’s first Double Zero G Roll!”
This is extremely exciting news and we will continue to bring you all the latest developments and construction updates on both Falcon’s Flight and the Vekoma Tilt roller coaster coming to Six Flags Qiddiya as soon as they are released.
We had been eagerly awaiting news of the latest progress which has been made so far on this headlining signature attraction at Six Flags Qiddiya and last week, a new photo appeared online of the massive airtime hill which has slowly been going vertical over the last few months and now sits around 300-400ft. It can be clearly seen in the photo below posted on Twitter by JAXXN #BB25.
In the video embedded below posted to YouTube by Theme Park Predictions you can once again see the new photo revealed this week of Falcon’s Flight as well as details of how this Intamin roller coaster could pave the way for roller coasters in the future.
Previous photos and videos were posted to ThemeParX back in August where we got to see more track had been installed.
But this coaster will not be like the current tallest coasters called strata coasters which feature a short layout and a large top hat hill/drop. This will be the longest coaster in the world coming in at almost 2.5 miles long. It will reach speeds over 155 miles per hour and utilize LSM launch technology. The ride experience will be over 3 minutes long.
We published an article summing up everything we know so far, All We Know About Six Flags’ SUPER Theme Park (And Why You Probably Haven’t Heard of It!)
Six Flags is certainly taking on one of its most ambitious projects ever. Located within the new entertainment district in Saudi Arabia called Qidddiya, it will sit about 40 miles outside the nation’s capital city and is said to be a multi-billion-dollar project.
Six Flags Qiddiya is set to cover 75 acres, have six lands and feature 28 rides and attractions. The headlining attraction, Falcon’s Flight which will be manufactured by Intamin, aims to become the world’s tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster!
A number of images of concept art have been released and we heard back in March that construction had already begun on this “Super coaster”.
Now, ML Designs have posted a precreation video of Falcon’s Flight which is coming to Six Flags Qiddiya which will totally blow your mind. It has been created using NoLimits2 and is based on the public 3D blueprints that have been released. The only section which is not confirmed is the clifftop section as public 3D blueprints were not available of this part. Take a look for yourself…
Here are the statistics currently listed which if accomplished will see Falcon’s Flight taking the record for being the world’s tallest, fastest and longest.
- Height (max) – 606ft beating Kingda Ka 456ft
- Fastest – 155.3mph beating Formula Rossa, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, 149.1 mph
- Longest – 13,123ft/4km beating Steel Dragon, Nagashima Spa Land, Japan 8133ft)
But Falcon’s Flight will not be like the current tallest coasters called strata coasters such as Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure which feature a short layout and a large top hat hill/drop. This will be the longest coaster in the world coming in at almost 2.5 miles long (3 min duration). It will reach speeds of over 155 miles per hour and utilize LSM launch technology.
The highlights will include a signature freestanding arch hill and the cliff drop which will be the coasters highest point and will then plummet riders over the edge into an approximate 500ft drop.
We were certainly blown away with this precreation of Falcon’s Flight. It looks like is will be a completely unique and thrilling roller coaster and should certainly help to pull the crowds to the new Six Flags Qiddya park when it opens.
According to this recent twitter post by @AzeezLazez, a projected opening date of October 2024 is currently being floated but we hope to have further confirmation of this soon.
Head of entertainment department at 6 Flags:
We aim to launch the 6 Flags Park project in #Qiddiyah ????
in October 2024 and we will soon announce the official opening date and the business is moving very quickly pic.twitter.com/oleEHJFocB— ﮼ابوخالد (@AzeezLazez) May 30, 2023
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