The Park at OWA Completes Rollin' Thunder Coaster

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Part of the brand new Park at OWA, a new Zamperla designed coaster, named Rollin' Thunder, has had its last track and supports installed.  Featuring blue track and bright white supports, the ride is the largest of the new amusement park - which is a component of the much larger OWA development in Foley, Alabama.

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Rollin' Thunder is one of many Zamperla rides at the property, I believe that every ride that will open with the park will be from the manufacturer.  The coaster is a clone of the Thunderbolt, which opened in Coney Island in 2014.  It starts with a vertical lift to a maximum height of 115 feet, then a vertical plunge down at speeds of 56 miles per hour.

The layout includes the vertical loop seen above, along with a zero-g roll, dive loop and a corkscrew - four inversions in total.

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There are also several air-time hills built into the layout, the top of one was the final track piece that was installed (above).  Rollin' Thunder runs the length of the park in the dead center of it, with fountains and planters running under it.

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Not much of the coaster is standing in this photo, but you can see the supports and footers for it in the center of the park.  You can also make out plenty of other rides that are already in place, along with plenty of trees - much needed in the Alabama sun!  The park shared an aerial video taken just a handful of days later that shows even more rides in place than in this photo - check it out here.

OWA will feature not only the amusement park but also a large shopping and dining area, a central lake, and at least one hotel (a Marriott) when it opens sometime this summer.