The Tornado is an inverted roller coaster at the Parque de Atracciones de Madrid in Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain. Manufactured by Intamin, it opened on May 23, 1999.Tornado, Atracciones, Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Description Tornado is an inverted roller coaster with a length of and a height of 98 feet.Duane Marden, Tornado - Parque de Atracciones de Madrid (Madrid, Madrid, Spain), Roller Coaster Database, retrieved February 3, 2013. It is unusual among inverted roller coasters made by Intamin in using a chain lift rather than a magnetic launcher.Matteo Crepaldi, Parque de Atracciones de Madrid, The Parks.it, April 4, 2009, retrieved February 8, 2013 It features 3 inversions, 2 loops, a corkscrew, and a 30m drop to 80 km/h.
The ride was designed by Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH and opened on May 23, 1999. It is one of five rides at the park that form the subject of physics problems in a student workbook that won the Madrid award for teaching materials.Beatriz Lucas, "Newton en el Parque de Atracciones: Las instalaciones del principal centro de ocio de Madrid se convierten en un gran laboratorio de física", El País, April 7, 2005
Ride experience
When Tornado starts, the coaster exits the station and goes up a lift hill. Riders then drop and reach a speed of before entering the first loop, followed by the second. The coaster then goes through a corkscrew, which is one of the inversions. It then goes into 2 or 3 helices before going through the brake run, which takes riders back into the station, where the ride ends. The ride lasts 2 minutes.
Controversies In June 2009 the ride was temporarily closed because it was so popular with teenagers that there was risk of an accident."Quejas entre la avalancha de jóvenes que celebran el fin de curso en Parque de Atracciones tras la suspensión de una atracción" , Qué!, June 22, 2009 In 2011, a complaint that noise from the park exceeded legal limits singled out the Tornado as even noisier than two newer roller coasters in the same park, the Tarántula and the Abismo."Salvemos la Casa de Campo: el Parque de Atracciones 'burla' la norma de ruido", Noticias agencias, ABC, June 16, 2011
References
External links On ride video Off ride video Pictures of Tornado