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El Toro, a Spanish term meaning The Bull, is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. Designed by Intamin of Switzerland, it opened to the public on June 11, 2006. Intamin also worked with members of Rocky Mountain Construction to build the ride. When it opened, it had the steepest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world at 76 degrees, until the record was broken by T Express in 2008 by one degree. Overall, its structure height of is ranked third, its drop height of is ranked second, and its top speed of is ranked second among all wooden roller coasters in the world. It was also the first wooden roller coaster to use a cable lift as opposed to the traditional chain lift. El Toro is the main attraction of the Mexican-themed section, Plaza Del Carnaval. It replaced the Viper roller coaster that closed in 2004. ==History== El Toro sits on the former site of Viper, which closed in 2004. Everything was removed in early 2005 except for the station.〔 El Toro was announced on September 28, 2005 along with Bugs Bunny National Park, a new themed area for children. It was also announced El Toro would be part of a new themed area known as Plaza del Carnaval. The lift hill was topped off on December 20, 2005. The ride started testing on Memorial Day weekend in 2006. The ride had a surprise opening on June 11 then held its grand opening on June 12. El Toro has several similarities to Viper, the coaster that it replaced. The most obvious similarity is that El Toro uses Viper's station, the only part of Viper that was not torn down.〔 The station previously held two Viper trains at once, with a loading platform in the front and an unloading platform in the rear. The ramp that was previously Viper's main exit is now used only for wheelchair access, as El Toro has a new exit on the other side of the station. During El Toro's construction, the station was gutted and an entirely new platform built. Like El Toro, Viper turned left out of the station before the lift hill and turned left at the top of the lift before the first drop. El Toro suffered a malfunction with the lift motor in early August 2013. The motor was sent to Maryland to be fixed.〔http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/forums/roller-coasters-theme-parks/228238〕 El Toro reopened on August 30, after it had been down for several weeks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「El Toro (Six Flags Great Adventure)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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