Thunderbird is a steel roller coaster located in the Thanksgiving section of Holiday World & Splashin' Safari amusement park in Santa Claus, Indiana.

Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened to the public on April 25, 2015, as the eighth Wing Coaster in the world and the fourth in the United States.

On July 24, 2014, Holiday World unveiled that a new steel roller coaster would be added to the park's ride lineup for the 2015 season.

[2] Another notable aspect mentioned during the unveiling was the pre-show that happens prior to launch, which consists of fog, lighting, and sound effects to simulate a thunderstorm.

Thunderbird is the eighth Wing Coaster to be built and the fourth in the United States, the others being X-Flight at Six Flags Great America, Wild Eagle at Dollywood and GateKeeper at Cedar Point.

[13] Thunderbird operates with two open-air steel and fiberglass trains, each with five cars of four seats each, with two on each side of the track.

Every launch requires 2.5 megawatts of power, with the energy being stored in electric generators with two massive 24,000-pound flywheel assemblies.

[16] Thunderbird was ranked in the Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards for best new ride of 2015 with 9.5% of the vote, to come in fifth place.