Designed by Don Rosser and William Cobb, it was manufactured by Frontier Construction Company and opened to the public on June 12, 1976.

In the 1970s the Coney Island Cyclone was in a state of disrepair and was in danger of being demolished to expand the nearby New York Aquarium.

AstroWorld did not have a wooden roller coaster at the time, and the owners attempted to buy and move it to Houston.

The Texas Cyclone trains were shipped to La Ronde in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and can be seen in the middle of Le Monstre.

[4] A small section of the track was also removed after the ride had closed and sent to the National Roller Coaster Museum in Texas, where it is currently stored.