| Roller Coaster: | Cucaracha (1962 to present)
Sidewinder (8/4/1961 to 1961) |
| Amusement Park: | Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington, Texas, USA) |
| Classification: | Roller Coaster |
| Type: | Steel - Sit Down |
| Status: | Defunct
Operated from 8/4/1961 to 1964 |
| Make / Model: | Allan Herschell Company / All Models / Mad Mouse |
| Track layout: | Wild Mouse |
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| Inversions: | 0 | |
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| Location: | Originally opened in the park's US section under the name "Sidewinder". It was located next to the "Humble Happy Motoring Freeway" (now called "Exxon"). A second track was added to the Humble Happy Motoring Freeway for the 1962 season and the Sidewinder was relocated to the park's Mexico section. |
| Etymology: | While in the Mexico section the roller coaster was called "La Cucaracha" (Spanish for "Cockroach"). |
| Facts: | La Cucaracha's queue building was reused by "El Sombrero" a Chance built "Trabant" ride with a Mexican hat theme. |
| | Some references state this mouse was relocated to Forest Park. This is complicated because the Cucaracha was a Herschell Mad Mouse model while the Forest Park was a Monster Mouse model. It may be the Mad Mouse was upgraded to a Monster Mouse as part of the move. This was an add-on available from Herschell. Whether this is what happened or not has yet to be proven. |
