[coasterbruh]

I guess Jarvis is going to give us a daily countdown now.

What gave you that idea???

5...

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

I did the live periscope feed this morning o, the thunder road tour. Found the following out:

• trains will be reused (park unknown)

• deconstruction will begin immediately

• signage etc. Will be donated to the coaster museum

• parts of the ride will be re used not sure for what

If anyone else watched feel free to add anything, it wasnt a long tour....sure we will find out more Sunday.

[RollerBee]

Kings Island and Kings Dominion will each get two of the Thunder Road trains. I asked during the tour Saturday but forgot to mention that.

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

Cool. Thanks for the info!

[arby]

As a big fan and supporter of the Roller Coaster Museum, I think it is incredibly awesome that Carowinds is donating part of this ride to the museum.

[tylerSC]

Kings Island and Kings Dominion will each get two of the Thunder Road trains. I asked during the tour Saturday but forgot to mention that.

So I guess this means that Racer and Rebel Yell will remain for now. Which makes me wonder why Thunder Road was singled out for demolition. Especially since it seemed to receive the most notoriety of the 3. I know they want to expand the water park and make room for future attractions, but seems like there could have been a workaround solution. Unless there was some sort of structural or maintenance issue they have not yet mentioned.

[coasterbruh]

As a big fan and supporter of the Roller Coaster Museum, I think it is incredibly awesome that Carowinds is donating part of this ride to the museum.

Where is this place?

[CodyH3333]

National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives is in Plainview,Texas ^

[FamousAmos]

http://www.rollercoastermuseum.org/
Arlington Texas, I believe. If this is the right (or only) one.

[RollerBee]

Museum or storage facility, do they do tours or anything?

[Jonathan]

It's not an actual museum yet, just a storage facility and at this point it's difficult to see whether it ever will be. This effort has been ongoing for at least 15 years. A pretty large collection has been assembled, though. At the ACE Con at Dollywood a couple years ago they had the first real exhibit. There are some photos here: http://www.rollercoastermuseum.org/exhibits

I think it's a great project and I hope it comes to be realized. According to the ACE budget, the museum does not get any cut of membership dues, meaning it is completely reliant on private donations.

[Chris]

Is there any city this could open at, and more importantly, survive? As much as I love coasters, I can't see an Amusement Park Museum lasting anywhere. Maybe in Sandusky? Maybe.

[dabrian]

Take the dinosaurs out of Carowinds put it there.

[Surf84]

My daughter and I took our last rides today on Thunder Road, three on the outlaw side and three on the sheriff side . Thunder Road was my first big coaster, so it was the first coaster I introduced her to in 2008. My first ride was in 1976. Her last ride was 2015. We will miss Thunder Road...

[Jonathan]

There are tons of weird museums all over the place. I know of several carousel museums, including one in Sandusky. It could definitely survive, it's just the startup cost that's difficult. I do think location is key. Ohio and Pennsylvania should be the top states to look for a location in IMO.