EL TORO DROP COMPLETE!!!

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Acoustic Viscosity said:I hate to pull a PR, but I seriosuly think this is going to be one of my top 5 coasters out of nearly 90 woodies. It looks wicked awesome to me! :It's totally Superman Ride of Wood, but with a WAY better layout. :)

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Honestly, I'm hopeful it turns out that good...the speed at the crests of the hills and the shape of those hills LOOKS promising...

In defense of S:RoW, though, it's hard to compare something built in someone's back yard to an actual Intamin megacoaster...LOL! ;)

are there any 90 degree banks on it?.... the top of the first turn around looks like it

also the ET construction journal says this

March 24, 2006: Construction on El Toro continues to march forward aggressively for opening. The trains arrived and will soon go through inspection prior to installation.

looks like those trains are gonna be collecting dust for a while..... lol.....

im going to see if can find pics of the trains anywhere online

If it wasn't for this ride we would not be renewing our Six Flags passes or going to Gadv this year. Looking forward to it!

That drop is out of control! I don't even like woodies but this monster and voyage look stellar. Airtime seem to be in abundance and was probably a main focus in design along with smoothness. I (Personally) think this is a nice and unique wooden coaster because I've never riden nor seen or heard of an Out and Back coaster with a decent Twister Finally with Turns really close to the ground. Maybe I'm not really well traveled but..............

Really looks to be a great ride.

Magicmike....based on your picture, and the fact that you "don't even like woodies"...is it safe to assume you live in SoCal?

Would tend to explain your feelings about wooden coasters...go to PA and/or Indiana, and you'll likely find out you just don't like BAD wooden coasters... ;)

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matt. said:

Could I please get a rundown of exactly what this coaster isn't doing for you? What exaclty is under impressing you? Is it just a length thing or what?

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Well like mOOsh mentioned, it does look like it will be a nice addition to the park -- I just don't feel the need to rush out there to ride it. FWIW, I thought the same thing with Kingda Ka.

The problem with this ride is that it is being overshadowed by more interesting to watch being built coasters (Patriot, Voyage, Tatsu, Kentucky Rumbler). Also, it is taking forever for them to make any decent progress on this coaster. With the rate they are going it MIGHT be open by the end of the season. New for 2007?

I don't know maybe it will grow on me, but so far no good. Just MHO though.

Now come on, Gator. There IS good wood in SoCal. It's just not in Valencia. :)

Actually, Belmont's wasn't bad either...nothing to write home about (or even a TR, LOL), but not bad.

Valencia, though, has got 1-1/2 of the worst wooden coasters EVER! ;)

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Swoosh said:
Also, it is taking forever for them to make any decent progress on this coaster. With the rate they are going it MIGHT be open by the end of the season. New for 2007?

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Okay, I'll give you the fact that they are taking longer than they should have to get this thing finished, but come on now! 2007?? Nearly all of the large support structures are in place. Pretty soon the only thing left will be to "snap" the track into place. Once the structures are done they can probably finish all of the trackwork in 2 days (as opposed to 2-4 weeks for a normal coaster). That's where the speed comes into play. Supports are supports are supports and they are always going to take long.

Remember, there are almost no supports in the twister finale, so in the next 3 weeks you'll see everything coming together quickly.

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rOLLocOASt said:
Runaway has been repainted, and El Toro is scheduled for a June opening.

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Are you sure about the June opening? We've got a trip scheduled for the end of May and thought maybe we'd have a chance of riding it. :(

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Swoosh said:

I don't know maybe it will grow on me, but so far no good. Just MHO though.

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It is taking forever to build, and there have been some other amazing coasters to watch being built this year, but I guess I'm just basing my opinions here solely on the potential of the ride itself.

The construction time-line just isn't going to matter to me once I'm plumetting down those airtime filled Intamin drops. *** Edited 3/30/2006 12:29:21 AM UTC by matt.***

Word, fellow Matt. :)

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rollergator said:
Magicmike....based on your picture, and the fact that you "don't even like woodies"...is it safe to assume you live in SoCal?

Would tend to explain your feelings about wooden coasters...go to PA and/or Indiana, and you'll likely find out you just don't like BAD wooden coasters...

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You assumed correctly. But, until 1997 I lived in Atlanta. Truthfully the only woodies that I've riden are Scream Machine, Georgia Cyclone, American Eagle, Mean Streak, Ghost Rider, Colosus, the ultra crappy Psyclone, and the Woody at Belmont park here in San Diego. So yeah, not very many!

If I lived somewhere near New Jersey then I'd probably be extatic like some are but I have my very own new coaster experience to look forward to in late April. But El Toro looks great and will be an un-believable addition to there nice coaster line up.

This thread has me confused in more than one way.

First of all, this ride looks awesome. Sorry guys. Of course, Voyage and Rumbler are looking like top tier rides that will be in that *special* class of wood for us enthusiasts. But El Toro looks far from uninteresting. That first drop looks awesome. Ive never been to SFGRadv before, but the next time I go I bet Ill be getting re rides un this sucka.

Second, is that the only place they could have put the ride? Im so confused as to why their only two wooden coasters are right next to eachother. To me thats a poorly planned location for their new wood, although Ive never visited so I guess I really cant comment on the layout of the park.

Consruction seems to be going slow because they are doing alot more than just building a coaster they're putting in a whole new section of park. They also painted Runaway train. IMO SFgradv has done the most construction and coaster installations (5) since 2000 and will continue in the future. KK didn't open till the third week in May and I think ET will do the same. For those of you who think it looks boring I suggest you not ride it and make the lines shorter for us who want to. I think its going to rock and I can't wait to see it on Saturday and ride it at Coaster Cellebration for ERT.

There is NO WAY El Toro is going to open third week of May. They'll be lucky if they make it by Memorial Day.

Ajrides, El toro construction and painting other rides ect have nothing to do with one another.

More than likely shipping and weather conditions are the culprit and not anything else thats going on in SFGADV.

Chuck

Flag Day perhaps? 4th of July? Labor Day?

IF they were smart, they would have had it ready by Cinco de Mayo and have had the media day then.

You guys are crazy. Guaranteed it opens in May. Guaranteed.

So should we start a pool to see if El Toro is going to open up in early, mid or very late June? Looking at the progress of the ride my money is on late, very late.

Have Fun

Paul