Which roller coaster, Viper or El Toro,is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey?
Viper (Six Flags Great Adventure) Viper was a pipeline roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Manufactured by TOGO, the ride opened to the public in June 1995. The roller coaster closed at the end of the 2004 season and was demolished the following year for various reasons. It was replaced with El Toro.
Pipeline roller coaster The Pipeline Coaster is a roller coaster model where the trains ride between the tracks as opposed to a traditional roller coaster where they ride above them. The concept was first developed by Japanese ride company TOGO, and was known as the Ultra Twister. They built six installations of the design, and five are still in operation. Arrow Dynamics created an alternate version of the concept, but it never made it past the prototype stage in development. Intamin also experimented with the pipeline concept and built and relocated one model, known as the Spiral Coaster, but it is no longer operating. Some of the drawbacks of the design include the need for large, uncomfortable over-the-shoulder restraints as well as the obstruction of the riders' view by the enclosed pipe structure.