Rolling Thunder is a 70s racing coaster. I bet it used to barrel down drops and rumble through its two turns while racing the opposing train. Today its just "another coaster" at SFGAdv; vastly overshadowed by the new neighbor, El Toro. Rolling Thunder hasnt exactly stood the test of time either; almost exclusively due to SF not giving it the proper TLC. The coaster is as rough as rough can get it seems. I know this aint a steelie but the rattling and bumping make it seem that an earthquake is hitting while you ride. Today the trains crawl over hills and stammer around corners; the only airtime is during the first drop and SF has done their best to ruin that by adding in seatbelts. The original buzz bar is quite enough for this coaster. I normally dont complain about the queue in reviews but RTs line is just unbearably slow moving.
I got on this coaster once while it was racing and it adds a lot to the ride. Unfortunately its a rarity to get on this while it races. Most likely just an accident by the head ride supervisor: "oh! we already had side 1 open? Oh well, just run the other too I guess, no sence in sending the extra ride ops back..." The layout is fun, the racing is fun, and many other things could be considered fun on RT. Unfortunately all of those fun things have been pretty much kept at a minimum on todays Rolling Thunder.
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