El Toro (Freizeitpark Plohn)
| El Toro | |
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| Freizeitpark Plohn | |
| Coordinates | 50°33′57″N 12°24′04″E / 50.565953°N 12.400985°ECoordinates: 50°33′57″N 12°24′04″E / 50.565953°N 12.400985°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 10, 2009 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Wood |
| Manufacturer | Great Coasters International |
| Height | 81 ft (25 m) |
| Drop | 71 ft (22 m) |
| Length | 2,379 ft (725 m) |
| Speed | 46 mph (74 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Trains | Single train with 12 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 24 riders per train. |
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El Toro at RCDB Pictures of El Toro at RCDB | |
El Toro is a wooden roller coaster at Freizeitpark Plohn in Germany. This is the third roller coaster built by Great Coasters International in Europe, after Thunderbird at PowerPark in Finland and Troy at Toverland in the Netherlands. It cost 5.1 million EUR and was by the European Regional Development Fund.
Ride
The ride has a length of 2,379 feet and a height of 80.6 feet. The trains have a top speed of 45.6 miles per hour. They pass through two tunnels under a Log flume.
Train
El Toro has one train of twelve cars. Passengers are placed two in a row for a total of twenty-four passengers per train. It features GCI's Millennium Flyer trains.
Rankings
| Golden Ticket Awards: Top wood Roller Coasters | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Ranking | 35[1] | 34[2] | 23[3] | 29[4] | 37[5] | |||||||||||||
| Mitch Hawker's Best Roller Coaster Poll: Best wood-Tracked Roller Coaster[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranking | 20 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 15 (6.2): 46–47. September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 16 (6.2): 46–47. September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 17 (6.2): 40–41. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "2014 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 18 (6.2): 38–39. September 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ "2015 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 19 (6.2): 45–46. September 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ Hawker, Mitch. "Wooden Roller Coaster Poll 20 Year Results Table (1994–2013)". Best Roller Coaster Poll. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
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