, ''previously known as Six Flags Frontier City'', is an Amusement Park in northeast Oklahoma City . It is owned by CNL Income Properties and operated by PARC Management . Frontier City is currently the largest theme park in Oklahoma.
Originally operated by Premier Parks (now known as Six Flags Inc. ), Frontier City was the company's first and flagship park. Six Flags' corporate headquarters were located at the southeast corner of the Frontier City property until early 2006.
Frontier City was originally opened in 1958 as a Western "town" theme-park. It originally opened up at the Oklahoma State Fair grounds but moved to its current location to become a "boomtown" since it sprung-up quickly. It was created to compliment Oklahoma City's western heritage and provide a new amusement park for the area due to the demise of Delmar Gardens and Springlake Amusement Park .
On January 27 , 2006 , Six Flags announced it would be selling Frontier City as well as the White Water Bay water park, both located in Oklahoma City, at the conclusion of the 2006 operating season. At the same time, Six Flags also announced its plan to close corporate offices in Oklahoma City and move to New York City . Six Flags CEO Mark Shapiro had said he expected the parks to continue operation after the sale.
On January 11 , 2007 , Six Flags then announced that it would sell Frontier City and White Water Bay to PARC 7F-Operations. {Link without Title} As a part of the deal, the ''Six Flags'' prefix was removed from the name, making the park once again.
Both parks are open for the 2007 season.
- is a family interactive dark ride designed and manufactured by the Sally Corporation with an old west concept. Riders use pistols equipped with infrared LEDs/readers that count up a score based on targets hit. The ride uses an old building that once housed a previous dark ride, Treasure Mountain. The old ride was completely dismantled and walls deconstructed so that Quick Draw's hardware could be installed.
Frontier City currently has three major operating roller coasters and one children's coaster.
- is a wood hybrid, "out and back" coaster consisting of a wooden track with structural steel supports. Originally built in 1968, it was designed by Aurel Vaszin and Edward Leis for National Amusement Device Company for Fairyland Park in Kansas City, MO . It was relocated to Frontier City in 1991 and was one of the first complete relocations of a wooden coaster. The original coaster was modified to fit the terrain of the current site. In 1999, the original NAD trains were replaced by new Philadelphia Toboggan Company trains.
The Wildcat is 75 feet in height and has a first drop of 65 feet. Its track length is 2653 feet and maximum speed reached is 50 MPH .
- is a steel coaster designed by Anton Schwarzkopf . The Silver Bullet was originally built to be a completely portable coaster. There are no concrete footings holding the coaster down like permanent structures. Instead, water-filled ballasts hold the weight of the coaster down. Operating since 1979 , it had a brief position at the Texas State Fair from 1980-1983. It was relocated to Frontier City in 1986 . Since being at Frontier City, it has gone through many color schemes including blue/black, and teal/red.
The Silver Bullet is Oklahoma's tallest and fastest coaster, at some 83 feet high and 55 MPH speeds attained.
- , originally built in 1978 , is a "shuttle loop" rollercoaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics . Originally named the "Lightning Loops," it was relocated from Six Flags Great Adventure to Frontier City in 1994 . At Great Adventure, it had been interlocked with an identical launched loop coaster which gave it the name "Lightning Loops".
- is a " Galaxi " style coaster built as an indoor attraction at Frontier City in 1989 . Prior to that it had been an outdoor roller coaster known as the Orange Blossom Special built in 1974 by S.D.C. The Nightmare Mine has been standing but not operating since 2003 .
- is a small children's coaster made of strap steel.
- was an Arrow Dynamics "Runaway Mine Train" meant to be installed in Frontier City after being relocated from Six Flags Astroworld in Houston, TX. Excalibur was carelessly dismantled in Astroworld and upon arrival at Frontier City was deemed in too poor of shape to be rebuilt. It sat in the storage lot behind the park until 2006 when it was sold for scrap metal.
- - an S&S Power Sky Sling built in 2003
- - a Stellner Tilt-A-Whirl attraction
- - a Chance tower/drop ride in which riders sit around a square tower in a ring of seats harnessed to a cable system which lifts them into the air where they "hang" for several moments before plummeting back down to the ground.
- Skycoaster
- , formerly "Ozarka Splash" once sponsored by Ozarka , is the first Arrow Dynamics built "log flume" style ride. Riders travel in a log themed boat through a concrete canal filled with water. Splash is characteristic of older-style flumes by the fact that 90% of the ride is ground level, as opposed to newer versions where the ride is a fiberglass canal suspended over the ground.
- is a large raft-style attraction which carries riders through a simulated white water rapids.
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