Riders drop from inside a tunnel at a 45-degree angle out into the ride's main element shaped like a funnel on its side.

Riders oscillate from one side to the other until they exit through the back of the funnel and into a splash pool.

Many of the slides feature a conveyor belt to bring the rafts to the top.

On April 13, 2012 it was announced the first six-person Tornado would be built using Hydromagnetic technology.

[1] The first Tornado slides opened at Mountain Creek Waterpark, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor: New England and Splashin' Safari in 2003.