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Thunder Canyon is a river rapids ride located at three Six Flags amusement parks. It has been installed at three parks, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota. All of the rides include water falls and water shoots.
The water ride became popular leading to six more river rapids installations at other Six Flags theme parks in the 1980s, including Six Flags Over Georgia in 1982 and at Six Flags St. Louis in 1983 both of which were also named Thunder River. Thunder River at Six Flags AstroWorld was closed throughout the 2001 season, but it reopened in 2002 ...
The river rapids ride concept was proposed by Bill Crandall (general manager of AstroWorld in Houston) and developed by Intamin. AstroWorld introduced the world's first river rapids ride, Thunder River, in 1980 and popularized a concept which can now be found at most major amusement parks. Despite being an incredibly popular attraction ...
Summer is still more than six weeks away, but amusement park season arrives in Erie soon. Waldameer Park & Water World — minus the water park for the first month or so — opens its gates May 4 ...
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Thunder River Rapids Ride; Tidal Wave (Thorpe Park) W. White Water Canyon This page was last edited on 20 August 2014, at 04:39 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Thunder River may refer to: Thunder River (Peshtigo River tributary), a tributary in Wisconsin, US; Thunder River (Tapeats Creek tributary), a tributary in the Grand Canyon, Arizona; Thunder River Rapids Ride, an amusement ride at Dreamworld; Thunder River (ride), amusement rides at Six Flags Astroworld, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags St ...
Before the McAlpine Locks and Dam were built, the Falls of the Ohio marked the most treacherous stretch of the entire 981-mile river. The falls were a “series of rapids, waterfalls, and chutes ...