Status Operating Opened 1985 Inversions 2 | 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.
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Texas Tornado (roller coaster) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA