Tornado (Selva Mágica)

Roller coaster in Mexico
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Tornado
Tornado while it was at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 1976
Selva Mágica
Location Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Coordinates 20°43′26″N 103°18′45″W / 20.724004°N 103.312419°W / 20.724004; -103.312419
Status Defunct
Operated 2002 to 2019
La Feria Chapultepec Magico
Name Tornado
Location Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates 19°24′55″N 99°11′47″W / 19.415334°N 99.196328°W / 19.415334; -99.196328
Operated 1993 to 2001
Busch Gardens: The Old Country
Name Glissade
Location Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Operated 1972 to 1985
Statistics
Manufacturer Schwarzkopf
Product Jet Star III
Designer / calculations Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type Steel
Riders per train 12
Propulsion Electric spiral lift
Inversions 0
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Tornado was a steel roller coaster located at Selva Mágica in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It had previously been located at Busch Gardens: The Old Country and then La Feria Chapultepec Magico.

Design

Elements

Colour scheme

Blue track and orange supports. It used to feature yellow track and black supports before being repainted, with yellow track and blue supports at La Feria Chapultepec Magico and brown track and supports at Busch Gardens: The Old Country.

Trains

2 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged inline in 6 rows, for a total of 12 riders per train.

External links

  • Tornado on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
Articles on Busch Gardens Williamsburg