Thunderbird
Thunderbird is a steel roller coaster located in the Thanksgiving section of Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened to the public on April 25, 2015, as the eighth Wing Coaster in existence and the fourth in the United States.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari and Raven.
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
Theme park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, originally known as Santa Claus Land, is a theme park and water park located in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. The park opened in 1946 and features rides, live entertainment, and games. Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Thunderbird.
Raven
Roller coaster
Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
Raven is a wooden roller coaster in Holiday World & Splashin' Safari's Halloween section in Santa Claus, Indiana. It was designed and built in 1994 by the now-defunct Custom Coasters International, and opened to the public on May 6, 1995. Raven is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Thunderbird.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Claus and Mariah Hill.
Santa Claus
Photo: Sarah Afshar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Claus — America's Christmas home town — is a village of 2,600 people in Southwestern Indiana. The town is a destination for Christmas-related activities.
Mariah Hill
Hamlet
Mariah Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Carter Township, Spencer County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Mariah Hill is situated 3 miles north of Thunderbird.
Buffaloville
Hamlet
Buffaloville is an unincorporated community in Clay Township, Spencer County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Buffaloville is situated 3½ miles southwest of Thunderbird.
Thunderbird
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster
- Categories: steel roller coaster, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Carter Township, Spencer, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.12419° or 38° 7′ 27″ northLongitude
-86.9089° or 86° 54′ 32″ westOpen location code
86CM43FR+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 817597665OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q18158819
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Thunderbird” goes by many names.
- French: “Thunderbird”
- German: “Thunderbird”
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