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[Gilligan]

http://sdcfans.com/forums/index.php?topic=1972.0

The above link should take you to the page where I posted 3 pictures of my TnT tin mug that we purchased when the ride opened.

What a treasure!!  I wish I could find one of those.

[cjfootball_89]

Anybody happen to have any photos of Thunderation when it first opened?.... Perhaps some photos of the line length when the ride was relatively new?

[tinmann620]

I was there opening day, waited over 2 hours in line. Recently found these going through old boxes~

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

That is really cool!! Green eyed here!

[Junior]

I've got an old friend from my days of working in the old Vineyard Restaurant (Wagonworks Restaurant now). She and I worked there back in 1978 and 1979. I contacted her via Facebook last year, and she says she has a daughter that works at Thunderation. She told me she is glad that her family tradition of working at SDC carries on in her daughter. She said her daughter loves working at the roller coaster. Good for her, I say! It also makes me feel old knowing she has a daughter old enough to work at the park...she and I were 17 years old when we worked together. Time flies?!?

[Ozarks Gal]

http://sdcfans.com/forums/index.php?topic=1972.0

The above link should take you to the page where I posted 3 pictures of my TnT tin mug that we purchased when the ride opened.

What a treasure!!  I wish I could find one of those.

There's a TNT mug on eBay right now. It's in much worse shape than DollarCityBoy's mug, but it's the first one I remember seeing.

[Ozark Outlaw]

Nice catch Ozarks Gal!

ThuNderaTion is such a classic-sentimental ride for me! Sure, it will never replace Fire in the Hole for nostalgia. However, like many of you here, ThuNderaTion was also my first big roller coaster experience. The distinct clacking sound of the chain pulling the cars up the lift hill is unmatched by any other roller coaster that I have been on. While waiting in line, you always knew where the train was at once it reached the lift hill.

[okiebluegrass]

Thunderation was the first big coaster on park. I first road it in 1995. I wish you could still ride backwards

[DollarCityBoy]

WOW! Have they been keeping that tin mug outside all these years?
Mine does look a lot better than that one!
Thanks for sharing, I won't be selling mine though.