Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey
July 31, 2009
Page Five




So classifying El Toro as a hybrid coaster and the fact that it's the only hybrid that I've been on it is now my #1 ranked hybrid coaster.



One thing that is different from most wood coasters out there on El Toro is it's track.  Instead of building the track on site each rail is manufactured in a factory under controlled conditions and to exact specifications before sending to to be installed.  This results in precise tracking as well as less maintenance for the park.  Of course the capitalist pig in my head also says that it guarantees a future revenue stream when replacements are needed but then again the park doesn't have to have a tracklayer on staff or on contract.  



Here's Ken and Corey after their first ride on El Toro.  You get air everywhere on this ride but for me I'll take a seat in the back every time.




El Toro was a fun ride outside of the pain and was a good coaster for my 250th credit.

Oh that big green tower in the background, just ignore it as it doesn't work.  It's engine either ate itself, electronics were fried from a lightening strike or it's cable shredded.  Any of those explanations or a combination of them are completely plausible but one would think that after something like 4 years in operation they'd have all the bugs worked out of it.



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