Thunderation

{{Short description|Ride at Silver Dollar City}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2017}}

{{Infobox roller coaster

| name = Thunderation

| image = Thunderation track image.jpg

| caption = Thunderation's helix

| location = Silver Dollar City

| section =

| coordinates = {{coord|36.6684|-93.3379|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| type = Steel

| type2 = Mine Train

| type3 =

| status = Operating

| opened = {{Start date|1993|04|10}}

| manufacturer = Arrow Dynamics

| model = Mine Train

| track = Terrain

| lift = Chain lift hill

| height_ft = 81

| drop_ft =

| length_ft = 3022

| speed_mph = 48

| inversions = 0

| duration = 2:10

| angle =

| capacity =

| cost =

| trains = 2

| carspertrain = 6

| rowspercar = 3

| ridersperrow = 2

| acceleration =

| gforce =

| restriction_in = 42

| rcdb_number = 220

}}

Thunderation (Stylized as ThuNderaTion) is a steel mine train roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, the ride opened in 1993.{{cite book|last=Throgmorton|first=Todd|title=Roller Coasters: United States and Canada|publisher=McFarland|year=2000|isbn=0-7864-0896-0|page = 287}} Originally, the third and fifth cars of each roller coaster train faced backward, but they were repositioned to face forward sometime after the 2010 season.{{cite rcdb|coaster_name=Thunderation|location=Silver Dollar City|rcdb_number=220|access_date=November 30, 2008}}