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[Swoosh]

I don't think they started off with backwards carts.  They were turned around for the 2011 season - and they've all faced forward since. 

They were turned around due to liability reasons.   They were never designed to run that way and much like how Six Flags and Cedar Fair no longer have trains running backwards on their racers, the lawyers and pencil pushers have won out. 

[Madtwins]

Now that makes sense.  I remember riding TNT as a kid and the different rows being backward but I couldn't remember if it had always been that way. 

[History Buff]

They were not originally backwards.

[shavethewhales]

I don't think they started off with backwards carts.  They were turned around for the 2011 season - and they've all faced forward since. 

They were turned around due to liability reasons.   They were never designed to run that way and much like how Six Flags and Cedar Fair no longer have trains running backwards on their racers, the lawyers and pencil pushers have won out.

Which is weird though, because didn't they turn both Mr. Freeze and Batman around a year or two ago? Mr. Freeze is a shuttle, but I'd think the stress of being launched backwards is worse than you'd get on TNT. They ran those cars backwards for what, 10-15 years at least?

I can't remember if we ever got a specific answer other than an order from high above, but I've got to think there was a specific catalyst that caused it. I'm guessing a lawsuit from some opportunist.

[Swoosh]

I don't think they started off with backwards carts.  They were turned around for the 2011 season - and they've all faced forward since. 

They were turned around due to liability reasons.   They were never designed to run that way and much like how Six Flags and Cedar Fair no longer have trains running backwards on their racers, the lawyers and pencil pushers have won out.

Which is weird though, because didn't they turn both Mr. Freeze and Batman around a year or two ago? Mr. Freeze is a shuttle, but I'd think the stress of being launched backwards is worse than you'd get on TNT. They ran those cars backwards for what, 10-15 years at least?

I can't remember if we ever got a specific answer other than an order from high above, but I've got to think there was a specific catalyst that caused it. I'm guessing a lawsuit from some opportunist.

The difference is that Reverse Blast and Batman: Backwards were completed by the actual manufacturers whereas TNT and the Racers were done by the park.  You have to run the rides as intended otherwise the manufacturer is taken out of the equation in lawsuits/liability. 

[Okiebenz]

Is it just me or does it seem like Thunderation has been closed down an aweful lot this year?  We there a few weeks ago and never rode it because it was broke down several times.  I have the app on my phone and sometimes check to see what the ride wait times are when I am curious and have noticed it down a lot on that as well when I have not been there.  Just happened to check the app just now and its down again.

[Tmboote]

Well the app says most rides are closed for weather right now.

[sdcfan88]

I'm sure with all the construction going on close by there might be a few instances where they will close the ride every now and then.