Judge Roy Scream, Wooden roller coaster in Arlington, Texas, United States
Judge Roy Scream is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, built by Marvin M. Black Co. and opened in 1980. Its custom out-and-back layout was designed as a starter coaster for families, and the track runs beside the park's entry lake. The structure is an open lattice of pale crisscrossing wooden beams, with a tall inverted-V hill and a long descending slope.
Judge Roy Scream was announced on November 30, 1979, and opened on March 1, 1980, at a cost of $2.1 million, built by Marvin M. Black Co. It was the first wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas. In 1994 the park ran its trains facing backwards, planned for ten weeks but kept for the rest of the season after high demand.
The name comes from Judge Roy Bean, a self-proclaimed judge and saloon keeper of 19th-century Texas. A sign in the queue line describes his version of justice of the peace. The coaster's name plays on the similarity between "Judge Roy" and "Judge Roy Scream".
Judge Roy Scream stands beside the park's entry lake, reached from the Goodtimes Square section by a tunnel that passes under the road leading to the parking lot. The coaster's track runs out and back along the lake, so riders board near the water before the lift hill.
In 2002 the coaster appeared in Chris Sawyer's RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 as part of a Six Flags tie-in. Four years later, in 2006, the park held a marathon ride on it: 19 contestants took part, ten from the American Coaster Enthusiasts and nine radio contest winners.
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