I like how the worker contradicted himself. Maintenance try’s to fix it and it keeps coming back and then later maintenance doesn’t do anything about it.

The day the incident happened, I had ridden it four times with my cousin, and we both noticed it was incredibly rougher. Luckily that was around 3 o'clock, but seriously hoping it doesn't close because El Toro is one of the best rollercoasters ever.

i went on this ride 2 weeks ago and it was super rough, more rough than it should

El Toro needs a re-track and reprofile as well as trains that have seats that are fully padded and are tolerant of track degradation. Padded seats act like shock absorbers to the human body on wooden coasters.

El Toro is still very painful it gave me a head trauma

This coaster will stay, however it definitely needs a full retracking. As an employee myself, I noticed this ride got significantly rougher in the last 2 weeks compared to a month ago, where it was way smoother.

This happened last week also

News like this can hurt the entire amusement park industry. They need to be absolutely on top of maintenance and safety. It could have been worse. 🇵🇭

There are four coasters like this, and all but one (that we know of) has had recent track issues and has often been closed for a period of time. One of them, Colossus at Heide Park in Germany, got a full track replacement in 2019.

Dude just basically stated that SF has been negligent. You could possibly see some lawsuits could out because of this.

Thank god I rode this 4 months prior this accident happened

They need to put suspension on the trainset.

One the hell is up all of a sudden we are getting all these accidents on rides all at once

I hope it stays the same just with better supports and RMC i-box track. That thing will be glass smooth and possibly faster

This ride needs to close. It alrleady derailed once reccently and now this.

Glad I was at Hurricane Harbor THAT day!

Just buff it out....everything will be a okay after that.

These rides are to dangerous to not have regular maintenance. Periodt. It’s not Disneyland rides, and people have gotten hurt over there when their parents weren’t watching

If they have had some issues this should of been evaluated prior to operating. And as with any coasters, especially wooden ones they need up keep, most often retracking.

I can’t believe they ran it when it was so rough, especially after the derail

El toro should become a rmc hybrid with a new layout. I could see it topping steel vengeance if they do it right

I remember I rode it when it first opened and it was so smooth probably one of the best rides I’ve ever been on then a couple years later when I wrote it again it was so rough I couldn’t even enjoy

RMC El Toro. My favorite ride for years. I can only imagine if they RMC it

Ride-ops throwing maintenance under the bus here lol

Wow. Lawsuits with good Attorneys and settle based on your injury's.

I'm almost impressed they called it a prefabricated rollercoaster

Crazy I was on it the day before

And they have the audacity to want to raise prices with these tore up rides.

EL TORO needs to be RMCd. Tha t would be a sick ride for the 2023 season

First of all if the employee notice something wrong with the ride then why did it open and if the maintenance knew about it then why did they open it. That’s one reason I like DOLLYWOOD if something is wrong with a ride it will remain closed until it get fix and no one will ride it until everything is totally safe for operations.

Maybe next time get an employee who actually knows something.

Love el toro :(

Went to six flags last year unfortunately it would be my last the park needs a lot of maintenance i main a lot from rides, paint, upkeep to its buildings, very disheartening as Great Adventure was amazing back in the day…

They need to take the time necessary to fix it. Colossus in Germany took 3 years to fix. This ride may need the similar treatment.

I don’t believe it’s an actual employee. Just a faker who wants his fame.

I guess in theory a pothole is a separation of track from structure or it's ledger. But, it's more a dip in the running track... If anything, it's a sinking support structure or ledger (horizontal members track is connected to and that is then connected to support structure) or one that can't handle the forces and is bowing under the pressure. Remember, 3 g's found in the valleys of the ride means a 20k pound train weighs 60k pounds. This is clearly Six Flags being cheap. I'm pretty sure most of the other coasters of this same model of wooden Intamin pre-fab coaster (4 exist) has had it's track replaced/re-tracked in recent years They are all about the same age (opened 2001,2003,2006,2008 the 4 opened) and at that point in their life cycle where a the re-track is the logical course of action as problems add up over the years. These are SUPER intense wooden coasters that exert a lot more forces than classic wooden coasters. This is Six Flags, as always (especially under their new greedy, penny pinching CEO) going the cheap route. 2:10 That statement means jack shit when they literally just did that exact same thing a few months ago from another accident. Needs a full re-tracking. Absolutely no getting around it.

Again. More and more issues are cropping up with these intamin coasters. They are definitely not aging well at all.

Wooden Rollercoasters already mess up your back , I can't imagine how that must have felt.

RMC it

Six flags bout to interrogate every employee to search for who ever spoke to the press 😂

He got fired today

Have Intamin retrack the section.

well that worker will never work there again lol

Please. Rolling Thunder was a horrible coaster, and someone even died on it in the 80s. It reopened and nobody complained because people weren't pansies back then.

It just went through a whole process last year and now will have to again this year. El Toro don't give up on us now 😮‍💨

Money Grab. My neck my back, My neck and my back!

Six flags is falling apart

This incident is probably the final nail in the coffin for Intamin Prefabs. They were already known for being maintenance nightmares and suffering from premature wear requiring expensive retracks.

Six Flags sucks

El Toro needs a complete retrack and reprofiling. The wood is clearly rotting and degrading. Colossus and Balder got the same treatment and they are running smoother than ever.

Still the safest form of transportation ever created. I bet more people died in car wrecks going to amusement parks on the same day than got injured on that ride.

They had a whole year to overlook the entire ride as they were fixing the part that got damaged from the derailment, they shouldve had 3 crews and inspectors looking iver the whole track... laziness

Didn’t it used to be calling “rolling thunder”?

Wow

I worked on this ride when it opened. Lol. I know so much about it.

Very unprofessional for whichever employee acted as a spokesperson for the park speaking nothing but speculation.

RMC it.

Money time

I literally just left a complaint about the safety of their rides a few months ago. People sue for shit like this, in litigious entitled fake lawyer america

Hey, cut me in on your lawsuit, now I have something to say. Sue him after.

The second it leaves its base u are on your own

a fear of losing there job huh hmmmmmm

I wish i was on this coaster and got a back injury i would sue the hell out of this park.

Literally it’s made out of wood that’s not enough to support so I’m not surprised

Wooden roller coasters are always a rough ride LOL.

i pray to god six flags puts in money to retrack el toro🙏🙏🙏🙏

Great ride but definitely comes with a great headache…

Six flags get your shit together and stop being cheap. This rides stability has been declining since 2020. An rmc conversion would make this ride awesome but leave it to six flags to cause the closing for one of the best wooden coasters.

Man, yall didn't conceal the voice, yinz slowed it dahn to make the voice even easier to match with the person speaking to you exclusively 🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡🤣

😱😳

The condition of the world today nobody does anything right cuz nobody cares . Of course this is gonna keep happening lol, I personally love El toro, great adventure is nothing without it .

I can see why you wanted your voice disguised. If I was your boss, I'd fire you on the spot for selling out your team.

This is why I won't go to Six flags. This happened to Cedar Fair with Son of Beast and they tore it down.

They need to sell Six Flags Major parks like Great Adenture to a company that will take care of this money maker park. Warner Discovery for the chain, but if they can not sell the chain i wish Sea World parks would buy this park. But i do not know if people in NJ would want a family style park like a Busch Gardens Williamsberg or Tampa Bay.

There ain't no way in hell I would ever go on that ride.. Intamin subcontracted RMC to build the ride, and the track of the roller coaster was prefabricated, which allowed for quicker installation, and lower construction costs.. you get what you pay for.. RMC needs to be shut down, not to mention the fact that they ruined how many good roller coasters especially Colossus out at Magic Mountain

I do everything but ride amusement park rides when I go! I honestly believe it’s never worth it

Tickets 🎟 on sale now……. Half off for Democrats

Wildwood almost never has any rides with many issues cause they are strict down there in the Republican areas who believe in law and order

Keep of this Roller Coaster.

I find it interesting that this SF employee went on camera with the distorted voice and all for an exclusive interview to basically tell on maintenance for not doing their jobs. Hmmmmmmm.... Can't wait to see how this turns out 🎢 🧐

RMC it.