Tsunami is a steel tracked looping roller coaster at the San Marcos National Fair. It was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf. The coaster was previously at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Zonga, Six Flags Astroworld as "Texas Tornado", and before that operated at Gröna Lund as "Thriller". After its time at Marine World, it was sold to the San Marcos National Fair in Mexico, where it now operates.
This coaster debuted as "Thriller" at the stationary par...
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Tsunami is a steel tracked looping roller coaster at the San Marcos National Fair. It was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf. The coaster was previously at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Zonga, Six Flags Astroworld as "Texas Tornado", and before that operated at Gröna Lund as "Thriller". After its time at Marine World, it was sold to the San Marcos National Fair in Mexico, where it now operates.
This coaster debuted as "Thriller" at the stationary park of Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden in their car park for July 1996. Late that year, Six Flags Astroworld purchased the Thriller.
It was assembled at Six Flags Astroworld in Houston late in 1997. The roller coaster opened at Six Flags Astroworld on March 14, 1998 and was renamed Texas Tornado. This coaster had very positive reviews from guests but when summer hit, the heat and humidity seemed to disrupt operation. On very hot days the coaster suffered a lot of downtime. "Texas Tornado" continued to operate there in the 1999 and 2000 seasons...
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