May 06, 2009 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- SIXF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Despite cloudy skies, it didn't rain on Six Flags Over Texas' parade Tuesday, as workers unloaded an Acme rocket float and a motorized Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine.
Those floats are part of the Arlington park's new summer attraction, the Glow in the Park parade, which will open May 23. Along with a dragon spewing smoke and a fiber-optic version of Gotham City, the $2.5 million parade will wind its way through the park, taking about 30 minutes to travel the entire route from the Batman roller coaster toward the front gate.
"This has a little more of an edge to it," said Phil Rahn, project manager at Gary Goddard Entertainment, which developed the parade for Six Flags. "It has stunt people in it and live singers and drummers, lots of different types of lighting, so it's very exciting and very different."
The parade has six main floats illuminated with electroluminescent wire. The floats were manufactured in Southern California before being shipped to Arlington.
If you go The parade will open May 23 for weekends only until June 13, when the park will operate the parade daily through Aug. 16. The parade will start about 9:45 each night.
65 performers
6 main floats
3 minifloats
9 puppets that light up