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In the summer of 1978, several oil tycoons from Saudi Arabia visited Texas on business and stopped at a local Six Flags to ride what was then the tallest complete-circuit roller coaster in the world. They were so impressed that they, with the help of an eccentric roller coaster designer from California, built their own version of it in the middle of the Arabian Desert, and riders came from all over to ride what these oil tycoons--known colloquially as "roller coaster tycoons"--had built. Due to the scorching desert temperatures, the ride opens in the evening and runs until sunrise.

Oasis is not a complete recreation of Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas. The pre-drop consists of a straight drop and then an unbanked curve rather than a curved drop followed by a slight banked hill; the loops are a mirror image of those found on Shock Wave; the maximum g-force experienced, generated during the first loop, is only 4.5, compared to Shock Wave's infamous 5.9; the hill and curve after the brake run drop are a mirror image of those of Shock Wave; the final curve begins closer to the ground and takes riders upward toward the station.

There are no trees because this is not built on an actual oasis. The lake is man-made, and the billionaires who funded the development have advised for health reasons not to swim in it.

See cloth tapestry for layout.

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