El Toro date?

As a Los Angelino living in the west anything east of the Mississippi is considered "east" and anything between the river and the rockies is "mid-west." So if anything I'll be in the eastern mid-west...LOL! ;)

So my guess is that if employees are riding it, it will be good to go? Perhaps they worked out the lift hill stop/e-stop kinks, or maybe they're just going to run it like that.

Maybe it's part of the theming...Like how a bull stops and paws its hooves when it's about to charge...when it stops on the lift hill, it's pawing, then stalking around the first turn, then charging around the drop...how's that? :)

Looks cool, smooth and fast, but definately too short of a ride.

nah, i disagree. i think the rides length is near perfect. I get bored when they are too long *coughnitrocough* The ride looks fast and powerful and sans MCBR. Thats all Dante needs to be happy. This weekend!

So RCCA? There are plenty of non-RCCA woodies that do that.

What are you saying, Billy? Flat turns? Oh, you mean swoops are MUCH GREATER THAN flats, right? :)

I am not worried about the length at all. The actual track length is well above that of the average woodie. It just goes so darn fast that it seems like a short ride. That speed should translate to a much more exciting ride than a slower ride that lasts 30 seconds longer. I'm curious how much speed it will carry to the break run. *** Edited 6/7/2006 5:54:22 PM UTC by Acoustic Viscosity***

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BigJim4Life said:

Maybe it's part of the theming...Like how a bull stops and paws its hooves when it's about to charge...when it stops on the lift hill, it's pawing, then stalking around the first turn, then charging around the drop...how's that?

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I saw it testing yesterday and quite a few times it didn't stop at the top of the lift.

And the second train is still wrapped in plastic on the transfer track.

amusementpics has to be one of the most annoying websites. Why would you not separate your updates into separate links? I just want to see the latest updates, not the past six updates and all of its' photos. It just takes too long to load the pictures. *** Edited 6/7/2006 7:31:20 PM UTC by Intamin Fan***

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Acoustic Viscosity said:
What are you saying, Billy? Flat turns? Oh, you mean swoops are MUCH GREATER THAN flats, right? :)

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Yes, Matt, swooping turns are THAT much better than flat (i.e., boring) turns.

bill, gator, NEVER Billy...not even from "the famous Ed"...

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cyberdman said:
Looks cool, smooth and fast, but definately too short of a ride.

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I still don't understand this line of thought. Of course I haven't ridden the thing yet but I'm counting close to 10 moments of potentially massive airtime on this monster...

I dunno, maybe the ride time will be slightly on the short side but I have a feeling having your legs nailed into your lap bar over and over is going to more than make up for it.

Was at SFGAdv today (yesterday?)...err, on the 7th.

- The ride tested a handful of times with dummies. Not once did we see it stop on the lift or at the top.

- It takes the turn at the top of the lift a bit quicker when it doesn't pause.

- The ride looks like it hauls serious ass through the entire layout.

- The linked video does the ride no justice in terms of size, speed or length as it only shows what amounts to the first part (half? 3/4's? whatever) of the ride and none of the crazy twisted ending inside the RT infield (which we were lucky enough to see the train ripping through while climbing the lift on RT).

- I scored some shakey video of the same portion of the ride on my cheap digital camera (didn't feel like dragging the 'big' cameras around in the rain :) ) that also does the ride no justice in terms of size, speed or length that I'll try to make available (as a TR? Maybe some pics too?) as soon as I recover from one of the 'riding-est' days I've ever had at ANY park.

Yeah, it definitely is a whole different feeling when you see it in person.

Nice that you got to see it through the s-curves while on Rolling Thunder! Lucky. I have not yet seen the infield with my own eyes. I kind of like that though. I don't want to see it until I come flying up over that hill for the first time. :P

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matt. said:

I dunno, maybe the ride time will be slightly on the short side but I have a feeling having your legs nailed into your lap bar over and over is going to more than make up for it.

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I'll buy that. It definately looks like a great ride though; not the Voyage or anything (what else is), but still cool nonetheless. Those videos never do these coasters enough justice, of course. I might actually have to make it over to that park one of these days.

Who wants a laugh? I do, I do! El Toro was originally scheduled to open on March 31st! bwahaha *refer to my signature*

I just received this email from ACE NY region

** High Priority **

Calling all matadors!

Spread the word to your friends, family, guests, the
general public...
El Toro opens next week!

www.sixflags.com/greatadventure will post all
updates! *** Edited 6/8/2006 3:21:22 PM UTC by Ajrides***

Yeah, Media Day is Wednesday and the ride opens to the public on Thursday

ok this is sad, what is Media Day, I just totally spaced out.

The day before the coaster opens up to the public, the park usually opens it up for those in the media (news, radio, TV). I would imagine its to get advertisement/publicity/sponsors. Its pretty much just a publicity stunt I think. Just a way to gear everyones attention toward "the new ride!"

Its official. Next week ET opens.

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/index.asp

This is excellent news! My guess is they've got the lift hill kinks worked out and are ready to go! YAY!! :D

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DorneyDante said:
Who wants a laugh? I do, I do! El Toro was originally scheduled to open on March 31st! bwahaha *refer to my signature*

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Ummm, where did you here this? I highly doubt this is true. Rarely does Gadv open a coaster that early.

They never released a date AT ALL (well until today). Maybe you are saying "internally" they planned to open it March 31st, but if that was the case, I'm sure they changed that way back in November.

We get it, SF sucks. But please don't make things up to further your point.