German showman Oscar Bruch ordered and purchased this world famous coaster. "Thriller" was opened to the public on the 17th of May, 1986, at the fairground in Freiburg, Germany. Anton Schwarzkopf did it again and showed the world that it is possible to construct a near circular loop. But not enough; He placed "Thrillers" second loop right beside the first - it looks great and feels even more fantastic while riding troughout those huge loops. Furthermore it was the first time to implement loops of that size. The coaster is also best known for its near vertical first drop. A special carrier system, such as a box beam or grating construction, to support the loops, was not used - another novelty on a Schwarzkopf coaster. Sadly, "Thriller" more or less had to be the last coaster by Anton Schwarzkopf to leave the holy shop in Münsterhausen. However, the ride was not finished there. BHS company of Peissenberg, Germany did the final work.
Oscar Bruch traveled for 11 years with the coaster. In 1996 "Thriller" operated at the car park outside of "Gröna Lund" amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. At the end of 1997, the ride was sold to "Six Flags Astroworld" in Houston, USA. Due to very high temperatures in Texas, problems within the friction-drive occured. That is why an extra anti-rollback device was added to the lift-section. However, the coaster never ran that properly at "Six Flags Astroworld" and so it was moved to another "Six Flags" park.
Before openig-up at "Six Flags Marine World" in California, further modifications were done by US ride manufacturer Premier Rides. In detail these modifications affected the first two loops aswell as parts of the first drop. Loop 1 and loop 2 were completely raised some meters in hight, giving a shorter and tamed first drop. Those events reduced the trains final speed and thereby the high g-forces. The aforementioned loops were also moved a bit leftwards to ensure a smooth connection to the following uphill section. Last but not least some new trains were ordered from Wieland Schwarzkopf. At "Six Flags Marine World" the coaster finally reopened in 2003 as "Zonga". Sadly, the owners weren't that happy with the ride at the end and so the coaster had to move one more time.
Destination Mexico. At "Islas San Marcos" in Aguascalientes, Mexico the coaster started operation in 2008 as "Tsunami".
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