Wildfire (Silver Dollar City)

Roller coaster in the United States
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Silver Dollar City
Location Branson, Missouri, USA
Coordinates 36°40′07″N 93°20′32″W / 36.6684781°N 93.3421974°W / 36.6684781; -93.3421974
Status Operating since April 4, 2001
Cost $14,000,000 USD
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Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Product Sitting Coaster
Designer / calculations Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type Steel
Riders per train 32
Hourly capacity 1,300
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Height 120 feet
Drop 155 feet
Top speed 66 mph
Length 3073 feet
Inversions 5
Duration 2:16
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Wildfire is a steel sit-down roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, USA. The ride cost $14,000,000 USD (€10,660,174) to build and is one of the park's largest attractions alongside Outlaw Run and Time Traveler. It opened to the public on April 4, 2001.[1]

The attraction was designed and manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, working with Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH.

Design

Elements

Ride experience

The train leaves the station, takes a 180 degree right turn and climbs up the chain lift hill to a height of 120 feet above ground. At the top, the train turns 90 degrees to the left before negotiating the first drop of 155 feet. This is followed by an immelmann, a vertical loop, and a cobra roll. The train then heads up a banked curve into a corkscrew and a 230 degree turn into the final brake run.

Color scheme

Brown track and supports.

Trains

2 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train. Riders are held in by over-the-shoulder harnesses. The seats are positioned slightly higher than other Bolliger & Mabillard Sitting Coaster installations and lack a front handrail, giving a more open feeling.

Theming

The theme of the ride is based on the story of an old Ozark inventor, Dr. Horatio Harris. Dr. Horatio Harris has an obsession to create a powered flying contraption for flight across the Ozark Mountains. Wildfire is the fuel the Doctor developed for his flying machine.[2]

Images

Queue line

Exterior

Layout

References

  1. "Silver Dollar City opens April 6 with World-Fest". The Nevada Daily Mail.
  2. Silver Dollar City Announces High-Flying, Multi-Looping Coaster - Ultimate Rollercoaster

External links

  • Wildfire on the Roller Coaster DataBase.


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