Tsunami (roller coaster) 1.8

Tsunami was a steel roller coaster manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf and located at the San Marcos National Fair in Mexico. The coaster was previously located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Zonga, Six Flags Astroworld as "Texas Tornado", and operated for 10 years on the German traveling funfair circuit as "Thriller" After its time at Marine World, it was sold to the San Marcos National Fair, where it last operated.HistoryThis coaster debuted as "Thriller" on the German funfair circuit in 1986, under the ownership of Oscar Bruch and toured the country until 1997, with a short spell on loan to the Grona Lund amusement park for the 1996 season. Its last fair was the Hamburger Dom of November/December 1997, after which it was taken to the now-defunct Six Flags Astroworld in Houston, Texas.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 with a lot of downtime on the hotter days. It seemed to run decently on milder and cooler days. At the end of the 2000 season, Six Flags decided to remove the ride but it stayed at Astroworld in 2001 but did not operate that season. Early in 2002, it was moved out of Six Flags Astroworld and into storage.