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Roller Coaster: Tsunami
Amusement Park: Isla San Marcos Parque Temático (Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Mexico)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Steel - Sit Down
Status: Operating since 4/27/2008
Relocations: Gröna Lund as Thriller
Six Flags AstroWorld as Texas Tornado
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Zonga
Isla San Marcos Parque Temático as Tsunami
Builder: Schwarzkopf
Designer: Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Capacity: 720 riders per hour
 
Length: 3675' 
Height: 115' 
Drop: 98' 
Inversions: 4 
Speed: 54 mph 
Max Vertical Angle: 70 Degrees 
Elements: 91' 6" tall Loop
80' 7" tall Loop
56' tall Loop
48' tall Loop
 
 
Trains: 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
 
History: Originally purchased by German showman Oscar Bruch.  It debuted as the Thriller on May 17th, 1986 at the fairground in Freiburg, Germany.  For the next 11 years it mostly traveled the German fair circuit.
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