Rolling Thunder (Six Flags Great Adventure)
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| Builder | Don Rosser, William Cobb | ||||||||||||
| Type | Wooden - Twin | ||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 3,840 | ||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||
| Height | 96 feet | ||||||||||||
| Drop | 85 feet | ||||||||||||
| Top speed | 56 mph | ||||||||||||
| Length | 3200 feet | ||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2:10 | ||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters | ||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||||
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Rolling Thunder was a racing wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. The ride was the park's first wooden coaster and debuted in 1979 during the park's fifth anniversary season.[1]
History
Rolling Thunder opened on June 6, 1979.[2]
In August 2013, Six Flags Great Adventure announced Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom.[3] The park wanted to build the queue line to the right of Kingda Ka, but the vintage Rolling Thunder blocked any path from taking place. Rolling Thunder also sat right next to El Toro, a steeper, taller, faster, and smoother Intamin prefabricated wooden roller coaster. Rolling Thunder closed on September 8, 2013 in order for Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom's queue line to be built. The bottom of Rolling Thunder's first drop still exists and sits directly under El Toro.[4][5]
The entrance sign and queue line were reused for El Diablo, a super loop, in 2015.[6] El Diablo closed in 2018 and reopened at La Ronde as Chaos for the 2019 season.
Design
Trains
4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
Images
Backstage view of the ride
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References
- ↑ "Rolling Thunder". GreatAdventureHistory. https://www.greatadventurehistory.com/RollingThunder.htm.
- ↑ "It's A Scream", Fort Worth Star-Telegram (June 7, 1979), pp. 21. Retrieved on March 28, 2021.
- ↑ "New Six Flags ride 'Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom' to feature 90-mph drop". Detroit Free Press. http://web.archive.org/web/20130831023929/http://www.freep.com/article/20130830/FEATURES07/308300032/Zumanjaro-Drop-of-Doom-Six-Flags-roller-coaster.
- ↑ "Six Flags Great Adventure- One Part of Rolling Thunder still stands..". Insanity lurks inside. 2014-05-16. https://www.insanitylurksinside.com/2014/05/six-flags-great-adventure-one-part-of.html. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ↑ "10 Remnants of Removed Roller Coasters". Theme Park Crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkRrB1mjUN4.
- ↑ "El Diablo". Great Adventure History. https://www.greatadventurehistory.com/ElDiablo.htm.
External links
- Rolling Thunder on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
