The main feature of Big Thunder is the giant funnel lying on its side. The sheer size of the funnel stands out in the 22-acre park as well as from Military Trail and I-95. The funnel is 60 feet in diameter and 55 feet in length. Riders will begin their unique experience by first loading into a four-person tube at the start of the ride from a 50 foot high platform.

Riders float towards the 9 foot dark tunnel that forms the inrun to the funnel. Traveling through a series of dark curves, rider's anticipation builds as they await the steep, high speed drop into the funnel itself.

The 45 degree drop accelerates the four-person tube to over 20 miles per hour and propels them high up the opposite wall of the Big Thunder funnel, allowing riders to experience momentary zero gee more than 35 feet from the floor of the funnel.

Riders reach a vertical position on the wall, before dropping back down and up the opposite wall of the funnel....again!

After several jaw dropping oscillations through the funnel, riders descend into the dark outrun tunnel and into the landing pool below.