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Roller coaster · Carowinds

About this attraction

Thunder Striker is a hyper coaster at Carowinds, billed by the park as the largest of its type in the Southeast. It is themed to a hot rod racing story.

Good to know

Minimum height: 137 cm¹

The information and notices on site are authoritative. Source: Park website

How it feels

Lights & flashes: unknown
Loud noises: unknown
Scents: unknown
Fog & smoke: unknown
G-forces: unknown
Bumpy & spinning: unknown
Darkness: unknown
Surprises & scares: unknown
Heights: unknown
Tight spaces: unknown
Getting wet: unknown

Ratings from 0 (none) to 3 (a lot). “Unknown”: no rating yet.

Technical data

Height: 70.7m¹
Track length: 1,620m²

Manufacturer: Bolliger & Mabillard³

More in Carowinds

All 46 attractions in Carowinds

Sources

Park website, added on Oct 15, 2026
Wikipedia article “Thunder Striker” by its authors, CC BY-SA 4.0, added on Oct 15, 2026, values may have been converted (e.g. units)
Wikidata (CC0), retrieved on Oct 15, 2026

Data sources for this attraction

Parkonaut community (LicenseRef-Parkonaut-ToS): Contributions from the Parkonaut community
Wikidata (CC0-1.0): Data from Wikidata (CC0)
“Thunder Striker” from Wikipedia by its authors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes were made: values taken from the article and converted where needed (e.g. units).

Data sources