El Toro
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El Toro
Six Flags Great Adventure · US · Intamin Prefabricated Wooden Coaster (Plug & Play)
“Jackson receives its wooden bull, hauled by cable and set free.”
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Fast facts
- El Toro is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. coasterpedia.net
- The ride opened on June 12, 2006 and is listed as operating. coasterpedia.net
- Intamin is named by the park as El Toro’s manufacturer. sixflags.com
- The coaster stands 55.2 metres tall, reaches 113 km/h, and has zero inversions. en.wikipedia.org
- Coasterpedia lists El Toro at 1,500 riders per hour. coasterpedia.net
- The project was reported at a cost of $28 million. parklore.com
The story of El Toro
Six Flags Great Adventure announced El Toro on September 28, 2005. It was planned for the former Viper site, with Viper’s station reused, and it opened to visitors on June 12, 2006. coasterpedia.net
As the frame rose, the great wooden structure drew attention toward a once quieter end of the park. Contemporary Great Adventure history records the construction as a visible new presence above the trees. greatadventurehistory.com
El Toro’s engineering was part of Intamin’s prefabricated wooden coaster work: track pieces cut with precision, layered and bonded, then assembled into a swift cable-lift course. It gave the old material a notably modern bearing. coasterpedia.net
The ride’s later years included closures after incidents in 2021 and 2022. Repairs followed, and El Toro returned to operation on June 17, 2023, restoring the big wooden landmark to Jackson’s midway. en.wikipedia.org· parklore.com
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- sixflags.com Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- parklore.com Acceptable source
- greatadventurehistory.com Acceptable source