The Tornado is a
water slide
A water slide (also referred to as a flume, or water chute) is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to s ...
manufactured by
ProSlide Technology. It requires riders to sit in a 2-6 seater round tube. Riders drop from inside a tunnel out into the ride's main element shaped like a funnel on its side. Riders oscillate from one side to the other until they exit through the back of the funnel and into a splash pool. Many of the slides feature a conveyor belt to bring the rafts to the top. On April 13, 2012 it was announced the first six-person Tornado would be built using Hydromagnetic technology.
Installations
The first Tornado slides opened at
Mountain Creek Waterpark,
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor: New England and
Splashin' Safari in 2003. To this date, ProSlide has installed 97 Tornados.
Awards
* Zinga,
Splashin' Safari, Best Waterpark Ride, 2003
* Super Tornado,
Chimelong Paradise, International Best New Waterpark Ride, 2006
* Tornado slides have occasionally ranked in the Top 5 Waterpark Rides such as Zinga at
Splashin' Safari
* Several other Tornado slides have ranked in the Top 5 New Waterpark Rides such as Funnel of Fear at
WildWater Adventure
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References
External links
{{commons category, ProSlide Tornados
Official ''Tornado'' page
Tornado
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