{"id":1299,"date":"2009-06-30T07:48:14","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T12:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2017-09-14T20:38:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T01:38:26","slug":"the-troubled-history-of-the-rattler-at-six-flags-fiesta-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/the-troubled-history-of-the-rattler-at-six-flags-fiesta-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"The troubled history of the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100721005755\/http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com:80\/news\/special_reports\/Heated_competition_biggest_always_best_for_amusement_parks_Experts_blame_Rattlers_bite_on_rush_to_be_faster.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/TheRattler1.jpg\" alt=\"TheRattler\" title=\"TheRattler\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/TheRattler1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/TheRattler1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100721005755\/http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com:80\/news\/special_reports\/Heated_competition_biggest_always_best_for_amusement_parks_Experts_blame_Rattlers_bite_on_rush_to_be_faster.html\">archived story<\/a> was posted online for our recent investigation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090701032431\/http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com:80\/news\/local_news\/Serious_injuries_at_theme_parks_go_unreported.html\">thrill ride industry<\/a>, and it links to internal documents at Fiesta Texas. The documents reveal how park officials were still working out the kinks of the flagship wooden rollercoaster, the Rattler, after the park&#8217;s grand opening in 1992. They tracked hundreds of injuries that were never reported to state officials.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/04\/internal-memos-fiesta-texas-struggled-to-control-the-rattlers-excessive-speeds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Internal memos: Fiesta Texas struggled to control the Rattler\u2019s \u2018excessive speeds\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The key memos:<\/p>\n<h3>Excessive speeds of the Rattler<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/406611-internal-memo-about-the-rattler-at-fiesta-texas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Six-Flags-Fiesta-Texas-Memo-about-the-Rattler-Rollercoaster.png\" alt=\"Six Flags Fiesta Texas Memo about the Rattler Rollercoaster\" width=\"720\" height=\"923\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13301\" img style=\"border:1px solid black\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Six-Flags-Fiesta-Texas-Memo-about-the-Rattler-Rollercoaster.png 720w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Six-Flags-Fiesta-Texas-Memo-about-the-Rattler-Rollercoaster-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Rushed construction at Six Flags<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/395652-memo-describing-rushed-construction-process-for.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Memo-describes-rushed-construction-of-the-Rattler-at-Six-Flags-Fiesta-Texas.png\" alt=\"Memo describes rushed construction of the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas\" width=\"720\" height=\"895\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13305\" img style=\"border:1px solid black\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Memo-describes-rushed-construction-of-the-Rattler-at-Six-Flags-Fiesta-Texas.png 720w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Memo-describes-rushed-construction-of-the-Rattler-at-Six-Flags-Fiesta-Texas-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Questionable excess g-forces<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/406612-internal-memo-about-the-rattler-at-fiesta-texas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Excess-G-Forces-on-the-Rattler-Roller-Coaster-Caused-Injuries.png\" img style=\"border:1px solid black\" alt=\"Excess G Forces on the Rattler Roller Coaster Caused Injuries\" width=\"720\" height=\"890\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Excess-G-Forces-on-the-Rattler-Roller-Coaster-Caused-Injuries.png 720w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Excess-G-Forces-on-the-Rattler-Roller-Coaster-Caused-Injuries-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This archived story was posted online for our recent investigation of the thrill ride industry, and it links to internal documents at Fiesta Texas. The documents reveal how park officials were still working out the kinks of the flagship wooden rollercoaster, the Rattler, after the park&#8217;s grand opening in 1992. They tracked hundreds of injuries &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The troubled history of the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/the-troubled-history-of-the-rattler-at-six-flags-fiesta-texas\/#more-1299\" aria-label=\"Read more about The troubled history of the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[162,251,421,472],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-express-news-stories","category-journalism","tag-documents","tag-injuries","tag-rattler","tag-six-flags-fiesta-texas","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The troubled history of the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas | John Tedesco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/30\/the-troubled-history-of-the-rattler-at-six-flags-fiesta-texas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The troubled history of the Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This archived story was posted online for our recent investigation of the thrill ride industry, and it links to internal documents at Fiesta Texas. 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