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.

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@KarmaticExperience 8 лет назад

SC/NC misses you thunder road!!

@colton2345 3 года назад

Yesss sadly I never rode it bc I was only 6

@danielb1674 2 года назад

@@colton2345 same

@sweetsummerlovn 8 лет назад

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

@Lily-zu1ln 6 лет назад

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 :(

@christianortiz-v1l 2 года назад

This ride will be sorely missed but never forgotten

@fatbaby73 8 лет назад

I miss you old friend Thunder Road :( You gave me and my family many many years of great memories.

@One-Day-After-Another Год назад

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.

@LisaBowers 7 лет назад

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!!

@adelissahunsley Год назад

same but in 92

@Ava-np9xn 5 лет назад

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.

@poweredwayff2846 Год назад

yea.. i was there on the last night

@brycefourn2001 9 лет назад

Good Thunder Road POV! So sad that it's the last day of its operation... :(

@styxx0500 Год назад

"Grit your teeth and bear the load... Enjoy your ride on Thunder Road!!!" I remember that ride like it was yesterday!!!

@Dalamartm 2 года назад

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.

@celestialscripture 5 лет назад

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.

@amberbeal581 4 года назад

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

@NbKXStorm 4 года назад

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.

@21xd09 9 лет назад

RIP Thunder Road.

@Hakaym18 8 лет назад

jjjjbhhyyyhhhh

@TheKurtsPlaceChannel 4 месяца назад

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

@TheCoasterViews 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@TitanLRV 9 лет назад

So sad to see this classic go:(

@jamesedgar3442 3 года назад

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.

@crispyorsmthnidk5314 5 лет назад

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.

@carolinapirate2830 2 года назад

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.

@EmberMcLain87 9 лет назад

shame their tearing this down : (

@geoffp1391 3 года назад

NC/SC rlly misses you thunder road we wish you could come back to carowinds!!!

@zavienschannel9688 5 лет назад

Who all misses Thunder Road

@alanmorris7669 5 лет назад

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.

@meaganwallwork5395 4 года назад

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.

@VestedUTuber 3 года назад

If you could actually get thrown out of the seat like that, you were probably too short to ride.

@alanmorris7669 3 года назад

@@VestedUTuber I was the exact height of the height-stick... "you must be this tall to ride."

@banjobandit3270 5 лет назад

My all time favorite roller coaster. RIP

@elealehblue6429 4 года назад

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.

@ts4gv Год назад

i remember riding this one backwards. i miss this ride dearly.

@meaganwallwork5395 4 года назад

Is no one going to talk about when they ran one of the trains backwards?

@kevinowens8282 3 года назад

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.

@NickyD 9 лет назад

there getting rid of this for a water park thing really stupid move by ceder fair

@VestedUTuber 8 лет назад

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.

@kevinthompson6986 8 лет назад

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:(:(:(

@VestedUTuber 8 лет назад

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.

@kevinthompson6986 8 лет назад

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

@VestedUTuber 8 лет назад

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.

@carowindschic3528 8 лет назад

Oh my heart

@fraudsarentfriends4717 3 месяца назад

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.

@TheCoasterViews 3 месяца назад

Growing up definitely does suck sometimes. Sorry you can’t fit in some of the rides. Glad you got to experience them though.

@kaylabostic9705 Год назад

The first real roller coaster I ever rode…

@jakefries7548 9 лет назад

RIP Thunder road

@kingbillcipher6898 4 года назад

I miss this

@Depths17 26 дней назад

I miss this ride, it was cool when the two trains would race each other. IMO this ride was better than Hurler

@poolplexer 3 года назад

wow i wish i couldve rode this. I moved down from Ny in 2016.

@gamma20t 2 года назад

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

@leemorrison5058 5 лет назад

Was my favorite ride

@DaKingof704 Год назад

It’s 2023 and I still wanna cry they took this away

@luvbreeezy 5 месяцев назад

same here

@marlenehunsicker 5 лет назад

R.I.P Thunder Road

@kevinhoward9593 6 лет назад

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.

@nicholasdecker1847 6 лет назад

Kevin Howard Gemini is still an amazing and smooth dueling roller coaster at ceder point

@fabianarocio1047 8 лет назад

The music at the end .. ''yeah'' *liza vibes*

@aaronberns8485 2 года назад

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.

@luvbreeezy 5 месяцев назад

should’ve made this a dueling RMC, us carowinds would love it

@willarbo07 2 года назад

so lucky i got to ride this

@calebvlogz8446 5 лет назад

I miss this ride

@zubaidaanwar5921 6 лет назад

1976? Wow it's 11 years younger than me!!!

@scottsimpson7766 Год назад

I remember that coaster beat the tar out of my entrails.

@jasonboles7591 4 года назад

My first roller coaster RIP...

@johnfoltz8183 3 года назад

Are you sure you want to completely demolish Thunder Road?

@kennethestes4741 2 года назад

Those were the days

@atomicflare7043 9 лет назад

Goodbye thunder road you will always be in are hearts :D

@paigemcintyre3281 5 лет назад

First roller coaster I ever rode

@manuelpineda8035 9 месяцев назад

Carowinds Dice Adiós a Thunder Road

@huttybomb 9 лет назад

That hurt my head watching that haha

@maggieandmatty1164 8 лет назад

This is in North Carolina at carowins

@BackSeatJunkie 7 лет назад

and South Carolina.

@thugline06 6 лет назад

Rip to thunder road

@stephanieedwards2787 7 лет назад

I only got to ride it once

@LoveyMelodies 9 лет назад

Looks like the American Eagle at Six Flags Great America

@WhiteShawn14 9 лет назад

I was just about to say that

@Whatchamawhozit 8 лет назад

Actually it is a like for like version of Rebel yell

@skyrushyesminderaserno1150 2 года назад

Just for a stupid water park expansion. How stupid. I miss Thunder Road. I love a good clone of Rebel Yell.

@deathandbananas2152 6 лет назад

Just one wooden coaster. They need to make up their mind

@cupcakemishi 8 лет назад

isn't this the exact same thing as "the racer" at king's island

@lioninja123 6 лет назад

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

@Lucky_9705 Год назад

Hurler should have been torn down instead

@samw4 8 лет назад

Why they remove this

@lilrandom4796 5 лет назад

water park

@alanohms 2 года назад

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.

@AngelicaRomero2 8 лет назад

Why did it close down?

@kevinthompson6986 8 лет назад

I heard nothing was structurally wrong with it Paramount's tried to tear it out too

@VestedUTuber 8 лет назад

They got rid of it to expand the water park.

@emilyloveshorses_6393 8 лет назад

+Kevin Thompson they wanted new waterslides

@emilyloveshorses_6393 8 лет назад

they tore it down and put a waterslide

@kevinthompson6986 7 лет назад

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?????

@mad_quack 7 лет назад

I miss the thunder road

@xre1nx347 5 лет назад

Exactly

@xre1nx347 5 лет назад

Stupid

@kevinowens8282 3 года назад

I haven't been back since. Six Flags is better

@garrettbrooks6576 Год назад

I still believe with my opinions that this is the worst decision they made-

@nayeliherrera9965 5 лет назад

Thunder road

@joebowen2561 9 лет назад

First comment view and like

@comedian416 9 лет назад

Joe Bowen Shut up no one cares

@coastrhuntr3102 9 лет назад

@adalyn2cool 6 лет назад

Today is my birthday cuz my birthday is July 26th

@adelissahunsley Год назад

mine too

@rocxsolid 5 лет назад

😢😢😔

@ArrowThrills 6 лет назад

It's doesn't make scene to remove a classic racing coaster just for a stupid water park expansion

@lilrandom4796 5 лет назад

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