The Thunderbolt has been called by many "the ultimate rollercoaster" and while I don't consider it the ultimate it is a decent coaster.
The Thunderbolt was created from parts of the Pippin rollercoaster including it's drops into the ravine as well as it's classic and extremely comfortable trains that were made by the National Amusement Device company.
The Thunderbolt's station sits at the edge of a pretty deep ravine and it uses that to it's benefit. The Thunderbolt doesn't start out with a lift, instead you dive right out of the station into the ravine.
After going down, across the bottom and up the other side of the ravine the Thunderbolt turns around before...
...sending you right back down into the bottom of the ravine.
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