Tornado (ProSlide ride)

The Tornado is a water slide manufactured by ProSlide Technology. It requires riders to sit in a 2-6 seater round tube. Riders drop from inside a tunnel at a 45-degree angle 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.^[1]

Tornado
The first Tornado, Zinga at Splashin' Safari
General statistics
Manufacturer	ProSlide Technology
Course	Funnel
Speed	20 mph (32 km/h)
Max vertical angle	45°
Capacity	720 riders per hour
Installations	97

Installations

The first Tornado slides opened at Mountain Creek Waterpark, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor: New England and Splashin' Safari in 2003. Since then, ProSlide has installed 97 Tornados.^[2]

Awards

• Zinga, Splashin' Safari, Best Waterpark Ride, 2003^[3]
• Super Tornado, Chimelong Paradise, International Best New Waterpark Ride, 2006^[4]
• Tornado slides have occasionally ranked in the Top 5 Waterpark Rides such as Zinga at Splashin' Safari^[5]
• Several other Tornado slides have ranked in the Top 5 New Waterpark Rides such as Funnel of Fear at WildWater Adventure^[6]