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Tornado (ProSlide ride)

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Course
  
Funnel

Capacity
  
720 riders per hour

Opened
  
2003

Manufacturer
  
Speed
  
20 mph (32 km/h)

Installations
  
59

Park
  
Six Flags White Water

Max vertical angle
  
45°

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The Tornado is a water slide manufactured by ProSlide Technology. It requires riders to sit in a 2-6 seater round tube. Riders drop from inside a tunnel out into the ride's main element shaped like a funnel on its side. Riders oscillate from one side to the other until they exit through the back of the funnel and into a splash pool. Many of the slides feature a conveyor belt to bring the rafts to the top. On April 13, 2012 it was announced the first 6-man Tornado would be built using Hydromagnetic technology.

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Installations

The first Tornado slides opened at Mountain Creek Waterpark, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor: New England and Splashin' Safari in 2003. To this date, ProSlide has installed 59 Tornados.

Awards

  • Zinga, Splashin' Safari, Best Waterpark Ride, 2003
  • Super Tornado, Chimelong Paradise, International Best New Waterpark Ride, 2006
  • Tornado slides have occasionally ranked in the Top 5 Waterpark Rides such as Zinga at Splashin' Safari
  • Several other Tornado slides have ranked in the Top 5 New Waterpark Rides such as Funnel of Fear at WildWater Adventure
  • References

    Tornado (ProSlide ride) Wikipedia


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