I love this old coaster, though I feel it has lost much of it’s charm since Cedar Fair took over. Gone is the station that was combined with an arcade and a bumper car ride (Lusse Skooters too if I remember correctly). Gone is the tunnel under the station, and the station itself used to be on the bend to the lift hill. And finally, gone is The Journey to the Center of the Earth, a dark boat ride with a mill chute that used to run under the Thunderhawk. They are all missed, and Cedar Fair did a great disservice to Dorney by removing these unique elements.
Well, enough ranting, I still love the Thunderhawk, though they made one little change that really bothers me. They added a brake just before the bunny hops into the station. I could not believe they would do this to this grand old coaster! It takes away from the out of control airtime that those hops used to provide, as it now seems to just putter into the station.
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