El Toro
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Six Flags Great Adventure · operating · 2006

El Toro

181 ft · 70 mph

Photo: Jeremy Thompson · CC BY 2.0

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Six Flags Great AdventureOfficial park sitePlaza del Carnaval
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Intamin181 ft · 70 mph

An Intamin prefab wooden coaster with brutal airtime hills — widely ranked among the best woodies in the world.

Specifications

Ride profile

Scaled against Six Flags Great Adventure's operating coasters

Wood

Height

181 ft

#3 of 11 at Six Flags Great Adventure

Height181 ft
Speed70 mph

Ride experience

Launches, airtime, layout style, and more

  • Prefab
  • Wood

Specs from sixflags.com

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Rocky Mountain hybrid coasters

Steel track on reinvented wooden structures — steep, twisted, and often relentless.

Track compliance — why wood feels alive

Wood flexes; steel is stiffer — the same forces feel different on each structure.

Twister layouts

Helixes and direction changes stacked in one direction — classic wooden feel.

Wooden vs steel coasters

Structure and maintenance differ, but the question for riders is feel — vibration, sound, and how the train moves.

History

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Timeline

  1. 2006

    El Toro opens

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