Tornado to Touch Down at Six Flags SplashTown - Spring 2005

Tornado to Touch Down at Six Flags SplashTown - Spring 2005

Prepare to Ride the Ultimate Storm!

Six Flags SplashTown Announces an Award Winning New Ride and Teams Up with Six Flags AstroWorld for a FREE 2005 Season Pass Offer

SPRING, Texas, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Officials confirm Tornado, an enormous new thrill ride, will touch down at Six Flags SplashTown for the 2005 season on opening day, April 30. Guests will experience a ride of a lifetime, directly through the eye of a gigantic award-winning funnel slide. Plus, guests can double their excitement with the purchase of a 2005 Six Flags AstroWorld season pass by receiving a free 2005 Six Flags SplashTown season pass. This special offer is good through April 30, 2005.

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When construction is complete, Tornado will resemble an enormous, 60-foot tall household funnel turned on its side. With a bright yellow and blue checkerboard design, this massive structure will be highly visible in this beautifully landscaped water park.

The excitement begins on a platform set 75 feet in the air where daring riders are set in motion down a 132-foot long tunnel and thrown into the giant open-ended funnel. However, guests do not have to brave this storm alone: Tornado provides specially designed, four person cloverleaf-shaped tubes for families or groups of friends to ride together. These unique tubes navigate riders through the giant funnel, splashing back and forth on 5,000 gallons of swirling water. When riders arrive at the vortex of the Tornado, they are sent through the eye of the storm into a cool catch pool below.

"This is an enormous water ride that will give our guests the unique sensation of being drawn through the eye of a giant tornado," explained Chuck Hendrix, vice president and general manager of Six Flags SplashTown.

Tornado's unique design has already received numerous distinctions, including the amusement industry's 2003 Golden Ticket Award for Best Waterpark Ride and the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions 2003 Best New Product Award in the Waterpark Category.

Six Flags SplashTown opens for the 2005 season on Saturday, April 30. Daily summer operations begin May 25. Six Flags SplashTown is located off I-45N at the Louetta exit. For more information on dates, prices, and hours of operation, visit sixflags.com or call (281) 355 - 3300.

Six Flags AstroWorld season passes are available online at sixflags.com for $59.99 each plus tax (with Family Four Pack purchase). Through April 30, 2005, Six Flags AstroWorld season pass purchasers will receive a free Six Flags SplashTown season pass. Six Flags SplashTown only season passes are also available online for $44.99 each plus tax (with Family Four Pack purchase).

Six Flags SplashTown is owned by Six Flags, Inc., the world's largest regional theme park company. Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates a total of 31 parks in North America and Europe. Six Flags parks serve 34 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly held corporation with corporate offices in New York City and Oklahoma City. The Company's stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol: PKS.

SIX FLAGS and all related indicia are trademarks of Six Flags Theme parks Inc. (R), (TM) and (C) 2005.

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Source: Six Flags, Inc.

CONTACT: Donna Marie Jendritza, Djendritza@sftp.com , or Joyce
Ballenger, Jballeng@sftp.com , both of Six Flags, Inc., +1-713-794-3295

Web site: http://www.sixflags.com/


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