Mayan Mindbender, Steel roller coaster in Amarillo, Texas, US

Hornet is a steel family twister roller coaster at Wonderland Park in Amarillo, Texas. It opened there on 6 March 2009 after four years in storage, following its earlier service as the enclosed Mayan Mindbender at Six Flags AstroWorld and as Nightmare at Boblo Island. The Amarillo installation is an outdoor ride, not the pyramid-enclosed layout of its AstroWorld years.

The ride opened in 1988 as Nightmare, an indoor dark coaster at Boblo Island Amusement Park; after that park closed in 1993 it was moved to Six Flags AstroWorld and renamed Mayan Mindbender, enclosed in a pyramid-themed structure. When AstroWorld closed after the 2005 season, Wonderland Park bought it; it sat in storage for four years and reopened on 6 March 2009 as Hornet.

The ride's Mayan Mindbender name and pyramid shell date from its years at Six Flags AstroWorld, where it was an indoor dark coaster themed as a Mesoamerican temple. At Wonderland Park the pyramid is gone: the Hornet now runs as an open-air family twister, so riders see the track and the Texas sky rather than darkness.

Hornet stands at Wonderland Park in Amarillo, where it reopened on 6 March 2009 after four years in storage. The ride is outdoors, so plan around Texas Panhandle wind and heat rather than expecting shelter. Riders board at the park itself; check the height requirement at the entrance before queuing with young children.

The ride opened in 1988 at Boblo Island as Nightmare, an indoor dark coaster. It moved to Six Flags AstroWorld as Mayan Mindbender, then sat in storage for four years after AstroWorld closed in 2005 before reopening at Wonderland Park on 6 March 2009 as Hornet.