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Certainly deserves a 10. I rode 6 times on 11/26/04. 2 times in the early afternoon in the back row. 1 time in the early afternoon in the first row. 1 night ride in the back row. 2 more night rides in the front (1st and 2nd row). This coaster hurls you all over the place but doesnt injure you. Insane banking on the turns, pictures look good but dont do it justice. The ride through the station provides pure adrenaline for first time riders waiting in the station. The ride ops are courteous and professional doing their best to sheperd single riders into empty seats quickly. Also, this is the first time Ive ever said this about a woodie, but it is a better ride in the front car. My first two rides of the day were extraordinary in the back row so I didnt expect it to get better in the front, but it did. Insane ejector air in the front. I was in awe and knew I would be returning later in the day for night rides, hopefully before it got too cold. For one you freeze in the cold, but more importantly, they stop the ride when the temperature drops below 40 degrees. The ride ops said it was safety concerns about the track freezing. When we returned at night I took my first night ride from the front seat and it was even more insane. The ride ops told us to look up as we crested the lift hill and we could see the Big Dipper, that was cool. The park is so isolated from lighting that you can barely see the track in the front row and the train continued to run like it was going to fly right off those invisible tracks. No coaster can be the best at everything but Thunderhead is my favorite night coaster and my favorite front row woodie. Of course it will now reside in my Top 10 list, also.
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