Six Flags has bought ArieForce One from Fun Spot America and says the coaster will be moved, reassembled and enhanced before it returns in the 2028 or 2029 season. The company has not said yet which park will get it, but it expects to name the destination by the end of 2026.
The announcement landed on Sept. 8, turning a coaster that had already been the subject of relocation talks into a real Six Flags project. John Arie Jr. had discussed efforts to find ArieForce One a new home before the acquisition was confirmed, and the company is now weighing multiple parks across its portfolio to decide where the ride can do the most for guests.
Six Flags said ArieForce One will keep its name, a nod to a ride that has built a reputation as an acclaimed Rocky Mountain Construction coaster. It stands 154 feet tall, reaches 64 mph and packs four inversions into approximately 3,400 feet of track, including a Raven Truss Dive, an extended zero-gravity stall, an outward-banked hill and four consecutive airtime drops. That is the attraction Six Flags is now trying to slot into one of its own parks, with the company saying it wants the best possible guest experience and is carefully evaluating fit before it reveals the home.
The missing detail is not the ride itself. It is the site. Darren Torr had already said a new location would need changes to match the elevation there, meaning the coaster will not simply be rolled in and set down unchanged. Some portions of the structure may have to be reworked, which makes the choice of park more than a branding decision and puts real limits on where ArieForce One can go.
That is why the wait matters. Dorney Park does not currently have an RMC coaster, even though its lineup includes Steel Force, Hydra, Talon and Iron Menace, while Carowinds has a nationally known collection led by Fury 325, Thunder Striker, Copperhead Strike and Afterburn but also lacks one. A 2028 or 2029 debut would arrive four or five years after Iron Menace at Dorney Park, but Six Flags has not said whether that park, Carowinds or another location is under the strongest consideration.
For now, the deal gives Six Flags a headline coaster and leaves one central question open: which park will have to make room for it. By the end of 2026, the company says, readers should have that answer.
