Rolling Thunder is a racing wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Rolling Thunder is the park's first wooden coaster, and debuted in 1979 during the park's fifth anniversary season. The line for the ride begins at an adjoining entrance and has separate queues for each track. The queue to the right of the entrance leads to the Coaster 1 track and Coaster 2 can be reached by the queue on the left. Guests who are not tal...
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Rolling Thunder is a racing wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Rolling Thunder is the park's first wooden coaster, and debuted in 1979 during the park's fifth anniversary season. The line for the ride begins at an adjoining entrance and has separate queues for each track. The queue to the right of the entrance leads to the Coaster 1 track and Coaster 2 can be reached by the queue on the left. Guests who are not tall enough for 54-inch (137 cm) height-requiring coasters can ride Rolling Thunder as it has a 44-inch (112 cm) height requirement.
The structure and track is mostly built from 850,000 feet (259,080 m) of Douglas Fir. In the past, the Douglas Fir had been treated with pesticides which are not considered environmentally friendly and the track and supports are slowly being replaced with southern yellow pine.
The track is made by bolting seven layers of wood. In most places on the ride, there are two layers of southern yellow pine, which sit atop...
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