shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileSaudi Arabia

at Six Flags Qiddiya, on the Tuwaiq Escarpment west of Riyadh

Falcons Flight

Name: Falcons Flight — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — a track that takes its time falling.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“The longest roller coaster ever built. Four kilometers of steel laid across the Tuwaiq Escarpment west of Riyadh, with a top speed near 250 kilometers per hour and a vertical drop off the cliff face itself. The desert as the ride. The sky as the wall. From the queue you can see the city below, small and pale. from the studio

from the studio

— bring it home

Falcons Flight, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Falcons Flight

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Falcon's Flight is the headline coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya, the theme park anchoring Qiddiya City — a planned entertainment district about 40 kilometers west of central Riyadh. The site is laid along the Tuwaiq Escarpment, a long limestone ridge that drops sharply onto the desert plain below. The track runs roughly 4 kilometers of steel, designed by Intamin, and uses the natural cliff as part of its first descent rather than a conventional lift hill.

— informed by Wikipedia — Falcon's Flight

— the visit

Six Flags Qiddiya is the first Six Flags property in the Middle East, part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 program and developed by the Qiddiya Investment Company. The park sits within a larger Qiddiya City masterplan that includes a motorsport circuit, a water park, and a stadium. Falcon's Flight is one of more than two dozen rides in the opening lineup, marketed as breaking three coaster records at once: longest track, tallest drop, and fastest steel coaster.

— informed by Wikipedia — Qiddiya

— the air

The Tuwaiq Escarpment runs roughly 800 kilometers across central Arabia, a wall of pale limestone rising 200 to 250 meters above the plain. The ride uses that drop directly — the train crests, then falls down the face of the cliff itself, claiming a vertical descent near 160 meters and a top speed approaching 250 kilometers per hour. The desert beyond is flat and largely empty, so the horizon reads as a single straight line.

— informed by Wikipedia — Tuwaiq Mountains

— where

Saudi Arabia · Qiddiya, Riyadh Province

— within

Six Flags Qiddiya

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

40 km E

Riyadh

capital city

at the lake

Tuwaiq Escarpment

limestone cliff

90 km NW

Edge of the World

cliff overlook

Falcons Flight

Riyadh

Tuwaiq Escarpment

Edge of the World

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Falcons Flight — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

The headline roller coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia, designed by Intamin. It is marketed as the world's longest, tallest, and fastest roller coaster, running roughly 4 kilometers of track along a desert escarpment.

In Qiddiya City, about 40 kilometers west of central Riyadh, on and around the Tuwaiq Escarpment. The site is the first Six Flags theme park in the Middle East.

Publicly announced specifications put the top speed near 250 kilometers per hour, achieved by dropping down the natural cliff face of the Tuwaiq Escarpment instead of climbing a conventional lift hill.

The headline vertical drop is announced at roughly 160 meters, taken off the limestone escarpment itself. The ridge above the desert plain runs around 200 to 250 meters of natural relief.

Six Flags Qiddiya is part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 entertainment buildout under the Qiddiya Investment Company. Check the official Qiddiya City site for current opening status, ticketing, and ride availability before traveling.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The piece reads as a portrait of the ride and the escarpment, not a brochure. Coaster collectors and Saudi-resident expats have responded to it as a piece, rather than as merch.

The piece sits well with Industrial Modern, Desert Minimal, and Boys' Room Maximalist. The pale stone palette and the steel line carry against concrete, raw wood, or warm plaster walls.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large holds the wall. For a more cinematic read of the long track, the 4-tile Mural lays out horizontally; the 9-tile Mural works in a stairwell or game room.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both handle steam and scrubbing. The Glossy finish is meant for framed wall display, not wet rooms.

A microfibre cloth and water is all the surface needs. Skip abrasive pads and ammonia-based sprays. The colour lives in the ceramic and will not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license artwork in or out.

— if this one stayed with you