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After those who bid on Thunderbirds first ride for the charity auction were done taking their lap the rest of us were allowed to go and take our seats for our inaugural ride.  I looked down the launch and saw the Immelmann sitting before me and my heart; which was already beating like a drum as soon as I saw Thunderbird on the horizon, really took off in anticipation of speeding through that loop.



What was funny is with as much of a kick and how good Thunderbird's launch is by the time I got over the surprise of it I was already pulling out of the Immelmann headed to the vertical loop.



It took me a few rides to be able to be able to take in Thunderbird's Immelmann and really enjoy it.



It is great speeding up to one hundred and forty feet above the ground before acrobatically rolling out of the inversion and diving earthward.



Thunderbird is the second "Wing Coaster" that I have been on and with the seats way out from the rides center of gravity the spiraling exit of the Immelmann is really fun as you get to feel every little twist.



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