Comments on: Thunder Dolphin | Most Wanted Roller Coasters

By: Quil

Quil — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:26:43 +0000

I like the name…

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:35:15 +0000

Thunder Dolphin looks great with the setting in Tokyo. But if it weren't in Tokyo, and it wasn't doing all the cool tricks interacting with buildings, etc, then it wouldn't be that great of a ride. It doesn't have any large airtime hills, only small bunny hops. I would like to ride it though, because of the interaction with Tokyo.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:59:55 +0000

I wouldn't hold my breath about Thunder Dolphin. Tokyo Dome City tore out pretty much all the other rides at the facility, and TD's been down for a long time now. Over a year, in fact. I wouldn't be surprised if it never reopens. If it does, you could be looking at a Steel Dragon 2000 situation where it sits idle for several years.

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:34:33 +0000

I've wanted to ride this for awhile now even though it looks like it would probably disapoint, that location is awesome.

By: Surya

Surya — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:10:41 +0000

It looks cool, and the location certainly adds a lot, but what's the point in having a hyper with no airtime? I've been lucky enough to ride most other Intamin hypers, and all of them are better than this one looks, most of them feature at lest 300% more extreme airtime

By: coasterer22

coasterer22 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:42:09 +0000

The Tokyo atmosphere definitely makes the coaster. Put in in an open feild and it really wouldn't be anything special for an Intamin hyper.

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:25:00 +0000

Only Japan would name a roller coaster Thunder Dolphin.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:47:28 +0000

If only I were the mayor. I'd get it done I tell you. Our own Queen City Coaster! Maybe I should start a fund or pledge drive or something.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:46:20 +0000

Agreed that one section where Robb complains in the video looks weird. Maybe they thought you'd be feeling like the ride was going to dump you out over the ledge of that building. I'm not sure what they were going for there. They probably just should have stuck with some textbook airtime hills, but for me the rest of looks pretty cool. Especially the first drop.

By: delahoussaye

delahoussaye — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:17:53 +0000

Some of the parts in this coaster look useless and boring .