[chknwing]

Cash works, I still write checks.

$12 checks for his grandsons birthday

[arby]

It's all water under the bridge, now. #GetOverIt

[joe0609]

That is sad. That was my favorite ride at Carowind's.

[tarheel1231]

QQ:

Would it be illegal to sell a Thunder Road poster along with pieces of the ride online?

And my follow-up question: Would anyone on this site be interested in a (slightly ripped) Thunder Road poster and some pieces of the ride?

[Chris]

Illegal? Nope. Morally not right... depends on who you ask. We were granted special access to the ride on the ride's final day of operation. I just can't see any reason to sell that. Not to mention, I assume no one here will buy it because we all already have the same thing. I can't imagine there are buyers lining up for this on eBay.

But I've been wrong before.

[Jarsh]

Some friends of mine sold their poster and wooden piece on eBay right after the event last year - FOR $90!

[Chris]

Well, OK then. Time for me to dust off the ol block of wood.

[jlc9701]

I was lucky enough to get some large boards during tear down. Sad to think some people took those tours just to make a buck on ebay for splinters, buttons and posters. Best I remember they were from Fort Lawn SC. Those were our memories and they were priceless and irreplaceable. CREAM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carowinds-Thund ... SwDNdV0jX9

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thunder-Road-Au ... SwRJ9Xg5zm

[tarheel1231]

Geez, I was going to keep a piece for myself. I just didn't want people to think I was weird for having a poster of a rollercoaster in my room. I thought I could sweeten the deal by adding pieces of the ride.

[mark40511]

I absolutely LOVED Thunder Road - I'm so sorry it's gone. But I think the park is looking better than ever. I'm glad the Racer is still at Kings Island (closest thing to Thunder Road) and I think it's even OLDER than Thunder Road was (more acid rain in CLT?), but whatever.

[coasterbruh]

Closest thing to thunder road is rebel yell . . .

[FamousAmos]

Which is riding VERY smooth. Or was when I rode it a few weeks ago...

[uscbandfan]

Glad to hear Rebel Yell is running smooth. Unfortunately, I've only been to KD one time and that was the first year of Hypersonic XLC (My first launch coaster).

Back then, I would swear that Rebel Yell had square wheels. I'm sure it's had a little TLC since then.

[mark40511]

Which is riding VERY smooth. Or was when I rode it a few weeks ago...

Yea - I saw your KD vid and remember you mentioning that. I guess I should have said closest thing to TR for me is the racer at KI. In all total, I've probably ridden both around the same amounts of times (give or take) and I always felt like I was riding TR or vice versa.

[tarheel1231]

On this day last year, we all said goodbye to our park's racing coaster. It stood for nearly forty years and took on nearly forty-million riders.

I made a playlist of the tribute videos I thought were the best. Some of them are from people on this site:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... _kbzyf2aR0

Thanks, Thunder Road.