Tornado
Adventureland, Altoona, IA
Photos: Martin Lewison, Wacky Windjammer · Wikimedia Commons
Out and Back coaster · Wooden · William Cobb
Opened 1978 · Owned by Palace Entertainment
The 1978 Bill Cobb classic that put Altoona on coaster maps decades before The Monster doubled the stakes.
- Height
- 93 ft
- Top speed
- 55 mph
- Length
- 2,760 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Opened
- 1978
- Builder
- William Cobb
On-ride video
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Plan your ride
Lines are shortest at park open and in the last hour of the day. Enthusiasts swear by the back row for the biggest airtime.
Good to know
No inversions — intense, but you never go upside down
Wooden ride — expect a classic, rattly feel
Compact layout — 2,760 ft of track
