TowerSpotter Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Picture's are old from August 1, 2013. Posted on their facebook. https://www.facebook.com/GrandTexas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hopefully, the developers will curtail the erosion which will come from clearing out all of that undergrowth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muralpainter Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Grand Texas theme park work underway:http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/grand-texas-theme-park-work-underway/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 "The 630 acre facility with feature Big Rivers Water Park a 40 acre site which will include a river ride which flows through the already natural forest at the location. Waterslides that wrap around large oak trees. Several roller coasters including one said to be one of the 10 largest wooden roller coasters in the United States." Wow ... can't wait for this to open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) http://grandtx.com/ New Website Edited November 13, 2013 by Mab 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 That lake and island is a feature Earthquest Adentures would have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Thanks to Mab for finding these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonartstudent Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Greezed Lightnin'!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityMan Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 That wooden coaster looks like it's gonna be a blast! I wonder if they'll go ahead and shoot for the longest/tallest since they already have plans to be in the top 10 anyway. As for the rest of the concept, I like what I see although the ever present question about parking will surely surface soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Just can't get to excited about this project. The renderings make it look very second rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) That wooden coaster looks like it's gonna be a blast! I wonder if they'll go ahead and shoot for the longest/tallest since they already have plans to be in the top 10 anyway. As for the rest of the concept, I like what I see although the ever present question about parking will surely surface soon. Yea that might be the one they are saying is going be in the top 10 biggest roller coasters in the US list. Edit: They still haven't shown the waterpark and looking at the land the have acquired, looks like more will be added to the theme park Edited November 13, 2013 by TowerSpotter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Some dup topics hanging around in other sections of the forum: http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/27761-grand-texas-theme-park/#entry440112 http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/21047-new-western-style-theme-park/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Looking ten times better than the initial renderings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) The renderings are definitely cartoonish but it does look like fun. They remind me of the poster maps one could get at Six Flags or Astroworld back in the day. Edited November 13, 2013 by Specwriter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) "Big Rivers Water Park is slated to open in April 2015 and the Grand Texas Theme Park should be ready by December 2015." Awesome! Hopefully "ready by DECEMBER 2015" means this park will be open year round ... like Disney parks. Edited November 13, 2013 by HtownWxBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 It has the potential to grow into something larger, and I look forward to any progress made as far as roller coasters go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt16 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 The renderings are definitely cartoonish but it does look like fun. They remind me of the poster maps one could get at Six Flags or Astroworld back in the day. It's kind of hard to have renderings of 600 acre park without making it cartoonish. Otherwise your renderings would show very little of the overall plan, or you would have way too many of them to really get people interested. I think what I see looks like a good plan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 What is depicted south of Highway 242 on the Site Development Plan? That very much looks like a tri-oval, i.e. race track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arndthwrld82 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 What is depicted south of Highway 242 on the Site Development Plan? That very much looks like a tri-oval, i.e. race track. Good catch! I didn't notice that. It definitely looks like a tri-oval race track. Very interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Grand Texas website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpi160 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Good catch! I didn't notice that. It definitely looks like a tri-oval race track. Very interesting...The Grand Texas website shows it as a wakeboard lake. See the gallery section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Unless it is actually something else entirely, I'm betting the racetrack was thrown in there as a pie in the sky idea. Not to say it is not possible, but a tri-oval-ish racetrack would be a long shot. I suppose one can never be too sure, but I follow a lot of motorsports and have heard nothing about anyone connected the existing racing series showing an interest in a permanent track in the Houston area. Between NASCAR in Ft. Worth and Circuit of the Americas in Austin, I doubt anything big would come here. Small time stuff doesn't have much use for a tri-oval, and IndyCar is not big enough to support a big new facility on its own. But anything could happen, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Grand Texas to create sports, entertainment district on 630 acres in Montgomery County Edited February 7, 2014 by Mab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 You had me at "agritainment" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I liked Earthquest's theme better. I guess we have to take what we can get. Maybe this won't turn out to be so bad afterall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 http://houston.culturemap.com/news/innovation/02-21-14-new-astroworld-to-bring-live-animals-with-roller-coasters-ready-for-agritainment-at-houstons-theme-park/ Detail on Flint Ranch one of the theme zones coming to grand texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 5. The Astroworld Carousel: The carousel at the former Six Flags Astroworld was a thing of absolute majesty. It was more than 100 years old, and when it was first installed at Pen Mar Park it was already called the Grand Carousel for the amazing detail of the animals. In 1968 Roy Hofheinz himself bought the carousel and had it installed in Astroworld where it remained until the park closed in 2005. So why is it on this list if it's gone? That's just it, the Astroworld carousel is returning to Houston! Dan Horenberger of Brass Ring Entertainment bought the carousel at auction and had it given a museum quality renovation. Now it's slated to be part of the new Grand Texas Theme Park opening next year. How wonderful that a piece of our history will once again offer riders another go-round.http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2014/02/best_carousels.php?page=2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Well, although that obnoxious horse mascot is nowhere in sight ("Lasso's Corral" must be the kids area), I can't get over the over-Texas theme. While I'm fine for a certain area of the park (at least there appears to be a Mexico-themed area) being all Wild West style Texas theme, I'm not fond of the theme of the rest of the park. They could crib some design cues from Epcot to make an Asian-themed one, maybe some sort of faux "big city" theme. The "howling wolf" rock reminds me too much of the California Adventure bear (Disney's theme park), in fact, the whole thing reminds me a bit of that theme park, and not in a good way. It also seems too far away from Houston--over six times as far away from downtown as Astroworld, and twice that of even Magic Kingdom in Orlando. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 So my opinions on this have been mixed. We are the 4th, going to be the 3rd, largest city in the US....we should always have a nice theme park. However, I think the design looks VERY VERY tacky x.x omg its soooooo tacky! I mean sure thats what I theme park is suppose to be. A theme park is an exaggeration of reality so you can do just that...escape from reality, but this is kinda blahhhhh. Whats missing are other themes that would clearly define houston apart from any other. Where is the space theme? Where is an energy theme? Where is a big city theme? I would hope that this design will mature more and maybe tone some stuff down and include more variety in future expansions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Signs are going up! Pics from the Grand Texas facebook site. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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