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5. El Toro Image: Six Flags Location: Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, New Jersey)Manufacturer: IntaminOpened: 2006 Though so much of the Coaster Wars tends to be focused on the massive steel creations that came of the era, the ’90s and 2000s were also a time when wooden coasters got upsized dramatically. Obviously, the go-to example is the genre’s literal…

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