Tornado, Steel roller coaster in Walibi Belgium, Wavre, Belgium

Tornado was a steel sit-down coaster at Walibi Belgium in Wavre, built by Vekoma and opened in 1979. Its track had yellow rails on orange supports, which turned burgundy when repainted, and it ran two trains of six cars seating 24 riders. It was the first coaster Vekoma built itself and the first in Europe with inversions.

Built by Vekoma, this ride opened in 1979 as one of Belgium's first coasters featuring inversions. It used a chain lift system and marked an important moment in Belgian amusement park development.

Tornado was the first coaster Vekoma built itself, after Eddy Meeùs approached the Dutch firm in 1979; other parks had warned him such a ride would draw the wrong visitors. Its success was followed by Alton Towers' Corkscrew and Efteling's Python, and the years that followed are called by fans the golden years of Belgian amusement parks. In October 2005 the closed ride briefly reopened as Tornalloween, a haunted house built around the coaster.

Tornado closed permanently after the 2002 season and was dismantled in early 2006, so there is no ride to queue for today. Its site was taken by the Vertigo station, a suspended coaster prototype that failed; the ground has not been used for attractions since. Visitors walking the park will find no track, only the spot where the coaster stood.

The coaster features a chain lift hill that leads directly into a double corkscrew and helix combination. This design came from Vekoma's MK-1200 model using their Bayerncurve technology of that period.