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Roller Coaster: Thunderhead
Amusement Park: Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37863 USA)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Wood - Sit Down
Status: Operating since 4/3/2004
Builder: Great Coasters International
Designer: Mike Boodley
Track layout: Twister
 
Length: 3230' 
Height: 100' 5" 
Drop: 100' 
Inversions: 0 
Speed: 53.7 mph 
 
Trains: 12 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 24 riders per train.
 Riders must be 48" or taller to ride.
 Built by Great Coasters International
 Millennium Flyer trains.
 
Location: Opening as the feature ride in a new themed area of the park called "Thunderhead Gap".
Features:

The Thunderhead features a station "fly-through" -- about mid course the train roars at 40 mph through the station on a track 8 feet above the exit ramp.

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