Thunderation

36°40′06″N 93°20′16″W / 36.6684°N 93.3379°W / 36.6684; -93.3379StatusOperatingOpening dateApril 10, 1993 (1993-04-10)General statisticsTypeSteel – Mine TrainManufacturerArrow DynamicsModelMine TrainTrack layoutTerrainLift/launch systemChain lift hillHeight81 ft (25 m)Length3,022 ft (921 m)Speed48 mph (77 km/h)Inversions0Duration2:10Height restriction42 in (107 cm)Trains2 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 36 riders per train.Thunderation at RCDB

Thunderation (Stylized as ThuNderaTion) is a steel mine train roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, the ride opened in 1993.^[1] Originally, the third and fifth cars of each roller coaster train faced backward, but they were repositioned to face forward sometime after the 2010 season.^[2]

The train (the front part of the roller coaster looks like the locomotive of a steam train) leaves the station, takes a 180 degree right turn, goes straight forward, and makes a 180 degree left turn. The train enters a right turn helix, followed by a tunnel. Next, the train takes a 270 degree left turn. After going straight the train takes another 90 degree right turn drops into a short tunnel. The train goes up the lift hill, out of the tunnel. There is a 270 degree left turn. Finally, the train goes down the drop, and turns right 90 degrees into the station.

On some ride signs, the name is stylized as "ThuNderaTion", a reference to TNT to coincide with the ride's mining theme.^[3]

• Official website