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Texas Tornado (roller coaster)

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Status
  
Operating

Type
  
Steel

Opened
  
1985

Inversions
  
2

Manufacturer
  
Hopkins Rides

Opening date
  
1985

Height restriction
  
1.27 m

Track length
  
625 m

Park
  
Wonderland Park

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Similar
  
Hornet, Texas Cyclone, Viper, Ultra Twister, XLR‑8

The Texas Tornado is a steel roller coaster at Wonderland amusement park in Amarillo, Texas.

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Ride Layout

Riders begin by climbing the chain lift hill beside the highway to the coaster's highest point of 80 ft (24.4 m) before it heads down the first drop. Immediately after the drop, the train powers through a 72 ft (30 m) tall vertical loop before heading along an elevated section nearly level section of track with a slight dip to the right. The train turns downwards and left and then back up and left towards the second 52 ft (15.8 m) tall vertical loop. After the second loop, the train heads down and through a 13 ft (4 m) deep, 200 ft (61 m) long tunnel before climbing back to the brake run.

Trivia

  • The Texas Tornado's famous double loops do not occur in a row, but are lined up to appear that way.
  • During the park's 2009 winter off season, most of the track was repainted from plain white to red, white and blue.
  • #29 on top rollercoasters in all of Texas.
  • The design for Texas Tornado was scribbled on a napkin at a cocktail party at a trade show.
  • The first coaster to be designed by North American water ride company Hopkins Rides.

    • References

    Texas Tornado (roller coaster) Wikipedia
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