Thunder Canyon
River Rapids at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio. Opened 1986.
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- Intamin
Thunder Canyon is a river rapids ride at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, built by Intamin and opened in 1986. Boats seat six riders each and float down a channel of rapids, turns, waterfalls and water shoots.
Unlike most rides of its kind, it does not use a closed water system: the water is pumped in from Sandusky Bay each morning. The ride normally closes for the summer in late August and is then turned into an attraction for the park's HalloWeekends event. The park calls it a white water rafting ride, and riders must be at least 46 inches tall. Dorney Park and Valleyfair have similar rapids rides with the same name.
Sources
- sixflags.com/cedarpoint/attractions/thunder-canyon (Listed attraction; white water rafting ride; 46-inch minimum)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Canyon (Cedar Point version opened 1986, built by Intamin; water pumped from Sandusky Bay each morning; closes late August and is converted for HalloWeekends; six-rider boats; versions at Dorney Park (1995) and Valleyfair (1987))
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