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Thunder River
Log Flume at Waldameer Park, Erie, Pennsylvania. Opened 1996.
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- Hopkins Rides
Thunder River is a family log flume at Waldameer Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1996 to mark the park's 100th anniversary and was built by Hopkins Rides.
It replaced the park's older water ride, known as Ye Mill Chutes and later Mill Run, which had run since the 1920s; the new flume takes up less space. Log boats travel a water-filled trough through a foggy storm tunnel and rapids, and the ride has two large drops.
Sources
- waldameer.com/park-attractions/thunder-river (Park ride page: family log flume opened in 1996 for the park's 100th anniversary; storm tunnel, rapids, two large drops.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldameer_%26_Water_World (Wikipedia: Thunder River, 1996, Hopkins Rides log flume; replaced Mill Run (originally Ye Mill Chutes, 1920s to 1995); more compact footprint.)
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