Thunder Road Front Row POV Carowinds
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- This is one of our POVs of Thunder Road at Carowinds ( North & South Carolina ) closing July 26, 2015 (The day this video was made). R.I.P Thunder Road.
Height: 93' (28 m)
Max speed: 58 mph (93 km/h)
Height restriction: 4' 0" (1.22 m)
Opened: 1976
Park: Carowinds
Cost: 1.6 million USD
Thunder Road was a wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Fort Mill, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. Thunder Road was a racing roller coaster model featuring two individual tracks that paralleled each other.
SC/NC misses you thunder road!!
Yesss sadly I never rode it bc I was only 6
@@colton2345 same
RIP Thunder Road. Rode this about 17 times in a row one time when it was real slow. Would have gone more but my buddy felt too sick
I miss Thunder Road. But if you go to Scarowinds there is an area that has gravestones with all the removed rides names on them and they added Thunder Road. RIP Thunder Road :(
This ride will be sorely missed but never forgotten
I miss you old friend Thunder Road :( You gave me and my family many many years of great memories.
This ride was SO MUCH better than Hurler!! even back when Hurler was new... I always liked this one better... especially when one side went backwards.
I miss it so much ;-; I was on one of the last rides on it and my sister actually cried when we had to get off.
yea.. i was there on the last night
Good Thunder Road POV! So sad that it's the last day of its operation... :(
Wow, that brought back memories! Thunder Road was the very first roller coaster I ever rode. (Around 1985 or so.) At first, the dueling trains really got me. When it ended, I felt like all of my teeth were loose! Best time EVER, y'all!!
same but in 92
shame their tearing this down : (
there getting rid of this for a water park thing really stupid move by ceder fair
Not from a business perspective. They got rid of a popular but old ride but they added multiple new attractions in its place with lower maintenance overhead. New attractions sell more tickets.
Just another lash on there back They closed Geauga Lakes The Big Dipper it is still SBNO and That ride was Over 100 years Old:(:(:(
Kevin Thompson
Over 100 years old? It's probably closed for a much needed remodeling in that case. Wooden coasters can only last so long before the wear and tear makes them unsafe to operate.
Wood coasters get Rebuilt all The Time Don't Know what you talking about This left For The Waterpark,,,,,if you look how Paramount's ran the park I also heard That The employees were Telling them they couldn't find Log Flume Parts anymore
Kevin Thompson
Of course wooden coasters get retracked and retrofitted with new mechanics many times during their life cycle, but there's also the support structure that you need to think about. That wears out too, and when that wears out it's a good time to consider a full rebuild. Often times parks will use that as a chance to redesign the ride as well - like how Colossus became Twisted Colossus.
RIP Thunder Road.
jjjjbhhyyyhhhh
So sad to see this classic go:(
Who all misses Thunder Road
Hurler should have been torn down instead
"Grit your teeth and bear the load... Enjoy your ride on Thunder Road!!!"
I remember that ride like it was yesterday!!!
Just for a stupid water park expansion. How stupid. I miss Thunder Road. I love a good clone of Rebel Yell.
I remember when it was a glorious white trimmed with red and blue. A beast in its time, and a classic wooden coaster. Brings back so many fond memories. Such a shame they didn't preserve it.
Is no one going to talk about when they ran one of the trains backwards?
That was the best. The first time I rode it, I got on the backwards train by mistake. It was scary as crap but fun. It was my favorite ride ever since.
I miss the thunder road
Exactly
Stupid
I haven't been back since. Six Flags is better
God damn, so sad to be reminded again that TR is gone. It was the best, and will always be the best, even if it's gone. At least we have this footage to remember it by.
Oh my heart
I grew up 1 hour from Kings Island. When I moved to Charlotte & went to Carowinds I thought, "Hey, cool, they have a replica of The Racer here!" Well, except that unlike The Racer, it looked like Carowinds spent maybe $10 on paint. 😁 I'm partial to wooden coasters, having grown up riding The Beast. Steel coasters are fine, but I'm especially fond of wooden ones.
Back in 1973 when I was 7 years old, this roller coaster threw me out of my seat! After the first drop, it threw me up and I was sitting on top of the head rest. I couldn't fold my legs to get them back underneath the leg bar. A white woman sitting behind me reached forward and pushed my butt, and I flopped back in the seat. I thanked her when the ride was over.
That sounds scary. I remember riding this when I was probably 12 and realizing during the ride the attendant hadn't checked that my seat belt was secure. The lap bar was still there but the metal seat belt came up and was hitting me, and I came out of my seat a little bit.
If you could actually get thrown out of the seat like that, you were probably too short to ride.
@@VestedUTuber
I was the exact height of the height-stick... "you must be this tall to ride."
One of my all time favorites when I was a kid. I like how it starts out like a race.I never seen another rollercoaster built like that.
This was the first roller coaster I ever rode when I was in 7th grade and it was SO much fun. I'm sad it's gone. The wooden coasters are just as fun as the new ones and have an element of nostalgia
The first real roller coaster I ever rode…
Are you sure you want to completely demolish Thunder Road?
Loved thunder road growing up and going to Carowinds. I was so sad when a tried to get into a car and found that I no longer fit Growing up sucks. I no longer fit into most of the rides now.
Growing up definitely does suck sometimes. Sorry you can’t fit in some of the rides. Glad you got to experience them though.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
RIP Thunder road
This was my first coaster ever. There were so many things about this coaster that made it special. Irreplaceable. Hate that carowinds got rid of it.
I remember that coaster beat the tar out of my entrails.
Me at Carowinds: Let’s go on thunder road!
Thunder road in 2015: BYE HAVE A GREAT TIME
Me: Awww now I have to ride copperhead strike
0:55 Anyone else notice they have the flags backwards?
I loved this coaster. It was a little on the rough side, but it was still good, and I know it holds a lot of sentimental value for Carolinians (and anyone else who spent a fair amount of fun times in this park,) like me.
My all time favorite roller coaster. RIP
Why do they have to close this ride down? It's fine the way it is. At least we now have copperhead strike and fury 325 which are decent rides.
NC/SC rlly misses you thunder road we wish you could come back to carowinds!!!
I loved this rollercoaster. I rode it many times. Coming down the first big hill was always a rush especially in the front seat. The back seat got whiplashed over the top of the hill from the weight of the passengers in the other front seats.
I miss this ride, it was cool when the two trains would race each other. IMO this ride was better than Hurler
should’ve made this a dueling RMC, us carowinds would love it
Thunder road should never have been removed. The extension to the water park wasnt worth it and if they needed space for copperhead strike they should have put that where hurler is cause that ride sucks.
wow i wish i couldve rode this. I moved down from Ny in 2016.
I still believe with my opinions that this is the worst decision they made-
R.I.P Thunder Road
The music at the end .. ''yeah'' *liza vibes*
Carowinds Dice Adiós a Thunder Road
isn't this the exact same thing as "the racer" at king's island
cupcake mishi except with way more airtime, a different layout, and a different color scheme. So the only similarities are the train, manufacturer, racing aspect, and out-and-back layout
I miss this
so lucky i got to ride this
It’s 2023 and I still wanna cry they took this away
same here
Why they remove this
water park
Was my favorite ride
Just one wooden coaster. They need to make up their mind
I miss the thunder road
woolfkrazee And a new coaster.
Looks like the American Eagle at Six Flags Great America
I was just about to say that
Actually it is a like for like version of Rebel yell
Why did it close down?
I heard nothing was structurally wrong with it Paramount's tried to tear it out too
They got rid of it to expand the water park.
+Kevin Thompson they wanted new waterslides
they tore it down and put a waterslide
yes I know They wanted a Separate Entrance Because the South gate wasn't always open????Because of location i had Many park employees tell me that was Why Now They are gonna see how the waterpark goes They are also Fencing off The Waterpark From The new County Fair?????
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Joe Bowen Shut up no one cares
No
i remember riding this one backwards. i miss this ride dearly.
I only got to ride it once
1976? Wow it's 11 years younger than me!!!
That hurt my head watching that haha
This is in North Carolina at carowins
and South Carolina.
It's doesn't make scene to remove a classic racing coaster just for a stupid water park expansion
it really does
now the park has water slides and all different types of pools
plus it's very old it would have gotten taken down some time soon
it made the park a lot better with more variety to choose from
My first roller coaster RIP...
probably were using both sides at once for a long time. they probably only started to use both because it was closing. it was one of the last great dueling coasters.
Kevin Howard Gemini is still an amazing and smooth dueling roller coaster at ceder point
Today is my birthday cuz my birthday is July 26th
mine too
First roller coaster I ever rode
Rip to thunder road
Those were the days
Thunder road
I miss this ride
Goodbye thunder road you will always be in are hearts :D
😢😢😔
i rode this and hated every second of it
I hate it im glad its tearing the thunder road down
WTF