Thunder Run (Kentucky Kingdom)

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Thunder Run

The ride's design, viewed from above
Kentucky Kingdom Location Louisville, Kentucky, USA Coordinates 38.195646°N 85.747357°W / 38.195646; -85.747357 Status Operating since August 1990 Rider height 48 inch minimum
Statistics
Builder	Dinn Corporation
Designer / calculations	Curtis D. Summers John Fetterman
Type	Wooden
Track layout	Double Out and Back
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	90 feet
Drop	74 feet
Top speed	53 mph
Length	2850 feet
Inversions	0
Duration	1:54
Rolling stock
Manufacturer	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Riders per train	24
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Thunder Run is a Dinn Corporation wooden roller coaster located at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It has been operating since 1990.

History

Thunder Run was originally planned to be built at LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park, however these plans never came into fruition. It opened in August 1990.

The ride closed with the park in 2009 due to bankruptcy.

After standing but not operating for four years, Thunder Run ran with a small group of people in 2014. It reopened with the rest of the park on May 24, 2014. For the 2017 season, Thunder Run would receive a new train from the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and various modifications would be made to the track.

During the 2018-2019 off-season, Thunder Run was retracked.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill 3 Hills Bunny hill Bunny hill

Carowinds features a mirrored version of this ride, known as Hurler. Kings Dominion also featured a Hurler clone. However, this version closed in 2015 to be converted into a Rocky Mountain Construction I-Box roller coaster named Twisted Timbers, which opened three years later on March 24, 2018.

Trains

Single train with 6 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

Images

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  A train in the station

External links

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  Thunder Run on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
• Thunder Run on the parks website

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