Silver Dollar City 4/2/10

[bobbinbop20]

Hello All, I'm back......

Anyway, This time we went to Silver Dollar City!!

Here some Raw Footage of Wildfire, watch it if your into that sort of thing ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l07lvtRWuE0

So... This is a VERY well themed park, so if your into that sort of thing then you must go here! However I myself am much more of an "Ride" fan then a "Theme" fan. With that said Silver Dollar City wasn't really the most amazing thing in the world to me, but it is a very nice place for what it is.

I feel that if they used the same amount of themeing on the actual coasters as they do on the rest of the park then I would be Impressed, don't be fooled into thinking that the coasters have some amazing theme because quite honestly they really don't, and there coaster theming is about up to par with Cedar Fairs "Maverickstylethemeing" Really nothing special.

But then again what do I care? I'm just here for the B&M and what a B&M it was might I add!! I feel that Wildfire is definitely one of my favorite B&M's I've been on, it has a great mix of everything that I love in a coaster, Good air on the drop, intense inversions, and some pretty fun turns not really seen on other B&M loopers, overall I was very happy with Wildfire

Powderkeg, the parks S&S launched coaster was also super fun and packed with ejector airtime and a pretty impressive launch. I have to admit Powderkeg was quite a thrill especially in the front row (Sit in the front not the back, I tried both and the front is much better!)

Picture Time :)

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This would be the sign...

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Take me back.... to the 1800's...... when B&M's definitely DID NOT EXIST!! STRIKE ONE FOR SILVER DOLLAR CITY!!!!! And people call this place realistic :p

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I smell B&M

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I knew it!!

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Dont press that button... Unless you want too....... I dare ya!

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I'm fairly certain that S&S didn't exist back then either... ah I love S&S

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Powder Keg.

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Through the trees!!

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This is the coolest part of the ride

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Magnets give a pleasant breaking experience

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There's a launch and a lift

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This turn gives an OMG sensation in the front row.... its good

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Arms down, head back, hold on.... your to close to that Nitro! Omg Nitro! Did somebody say Nitro!!!! Where?!?! I love Nitro!!!! Mmmm B&M!

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Some airtime to be had here

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I would love to see Powder Keg rollback up this spike...

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I'm wishing to be blasted...

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Next we rode fire in the hole. Its a dark ride with 3 drops, and it's a credit!

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aww puppy

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This is about as good of a picture of Fire in the Hole as your gonna get

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Althogh not as good as the bigger models, Screamin Swings are good as f*%k!

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oh my goodness...

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Yes! Yes! Yes!!! hehehe

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This is the only ride that's themed well, they did a great job on the paint

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This thing was strange, yet fun at the same time, basically you have like 75 seconds to pull yourself up as many times as you can

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swingy!

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This guy was totally watching porn... that's why your not suppose to disturb him...

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TNT, very clever

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I rode backwards and it was pretty smooth, not bad, not bad

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blurry :(

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There's a church

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Random view

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yum B&M

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If your wondering what's with the strange looking B&M sit down trains, the story is : Wildfire was originally intended to be floorless, but they ran short on the budget for the dropping floors and the trains were converted to sit down trains... the other B&M sit downs should get these trains.

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Loopage

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I love Cobra Rolls! Especially B&M ones

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This turn is exceptionally awesome

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Coming into the brakes.

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Wildfire is good

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Wildfires corkscrew is good

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Trim breaks are not good, ah well. half the time they were off the other half they were on

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ohhh. artsy

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Skillet!!

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If you go to SDC, get a skillet!

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This old man will love you for it

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I think its time for a picture of us

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Waterfall: the experience

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Back to Powder Keg for a front row ride

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There's fire... too bad you can't see or feel it while your on the ride

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The new for 2010 splash battle.... YAWN!

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empty seats is a pretty normal thing for a splash battle I see

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looking down the tracks.... dun dun dun

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I've said it before and I'll say it again, These. Things. Suck. Zamperla needs to stop making coasters.

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Cooler: the ride

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If it wasn't for the credit I wouldn't be riding this thing, how can anyone make a sucky kiddie coaster..... come on....


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Another Zamperla creation

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Then the rain came

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All the rides closed and we decided to leave

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Oh my goodness what happened to Wildfires brake run?! Who stole it?!!

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oh wait a minute... it came back.... magically

THE END :)

[Austin]

Nice update. You didnt happen to be there the day they was filming was you?

I really want to go SDC sometime but its a bit out of range right now lol. Oh and you've never been to Dollywood before? They got a pair of those tower rides up by Mystery Mine. Themed to something about a logger.

[bobbinbop20]

Nice update. You didnt happen to be there the day they was filming was you?

I really want to go SDC sometime but its a bit out of range right now lol. Oh and you've never been to Dollywood before? They got a pair of those tower rides up by Mystery Mine. Themed to something about a logger.

I'm not sure if they were filming or not.... it wasn't the greatest weather though so idk why they would want to film, and nope Ive never been to dollywood

[nitrofan]

Great TR!

Can you explain more how Powder Keg works, what the ride course is like, what it looks like, etc. ? It is very hard to find pictures if it, and I see a launch, what appears to be a lift hill, a rollback hill, and a transfer track. I just don't understand how it all comes together.

Nice update. You didnt happen to be there the day they was filming was you?

I believe he went to the park after the air date of the show.

[bobbinbop20]

well at the begging the whole train goes onto this sort of "transfer track" thing which moves the train to the launch area, this is where the rollback looking track is... Im not sure if the train has ever rolled back but there is a spike for it to roll back onto, so the train launches, you get basically some transitional turns and a few nice airtime hills, an over banked turn and then the train reaches the lift hill.... this was part of the old water coaster type thing that once stood in the spot powder keg is in. So anyway they used the old lift to make the ride more interesting or something, im not sure... and basically when you drop off the lift there's one helix and your in the break run...

I would suggest watching a pov on youtube but I hope I helped a little

[nitrofan]

That helped, thanks. I found a POV and it makes me wonder why S&S doesn't build more rides like that. It looks like a lot of fun, and it could have quite a bit of airtime. I'd like to see Six Flags get into S&S and Premier.

[Austin]

Actually Powder Keg was a water coaster transformed into the coaster it is today by S&S.

http://rcdb.com/1903.htm

[bobbinbop20]

Actually Powder Keg was a water coaster transformed into the coaster it is today by S&S.

http://rcdb.com/1903.htm

yeah, that's what i was talking about earlier...

Anyway It's a pretty kick ass little ride which deserves more credit then It gets, It's like Steel Eel at SeaWorld San Antonio, no one ever talks about it, yet its really good!