Holiday World & Splashin'
Safari
Santa Claus, Indiana
Thunderbird Media Preview Day
April 23 2015
Page Six
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Part of the fun of a Wing Coaster is having nothing above you and
nothing below you with the seats situated outside of the track.
That makes inversions even more fun because beneath your feet is the sky
and the ground is above your head.
In some inversions on other coasters at the top you feel the coaster lose
power for a second or two as the train loses momentum but living up to its
namesake as a large bird with powerful speed Thunderbird keeps up the speed
as you find the ground on hundred and twenty-five feet beneath your head.
One thing that I like about B&M's Wing Coasters as a photographer first
off they look great but you can get a wonderful view of all of the riders
expressions as they speed overhead.
Leaving the first two inversions behind Thunderbird heads over into The
Voyage woods where the ride really begins to shine.