I took one look at those spiraling cars and decided that this would be one of the first things I did if ever in the great state of Texas.

The Ultratwister features specially designed track and six-passenger cars that operate on an axis about heart-level, center of balance on a human being. Shoulder harnesses lock you into place while shields keep your hands away from the wheels that are actually sticking out right next to your head.

As a moving conveyor belt tracks the car, we move along backwards to the very rear of the structure where a platform begins to lift us up at an angle level with the 96-foot high lift. The car inches up to the top and then the fear hits, because the design of this car is allowing for a vertical descent. Not a very high descent, but heart-stopping in the highest degree, and then into two powerful drops before commencing the first spin, an unusual sensation in itself, and then you're up into a strange counterbalance contraption that allows you to slip backwards towards the station, but not before two more spins. With the short lines at the park at this time during the tour, the Ultratwister was an easy thrill to do over and over again. At 1181-feet long , it delivers a 1 minute and 40 second ride at 43 miles per hour, an adventure not to be missed.

Barbara Colnar of Six Flags Media Relations was very disappointed that she didn't get a chance to welcome us personally to the park (I tell you, Texas is big, but it's friendly) but she encouraged us to ride all of the coasters, including the Mayan Mindbender, a ride that she said gets overlooked from time to time.

Indeed, the park had a wide selection of coasters to devour and we were in the mood to do some serious front-seat, air-timin' rants. So, it was on to tackle some of the other scream machines in the area. One of which was celebrating a birthday.