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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
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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
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
The junk in the queue
The queue posters
The chilled wildfire pipe
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Exterior
Wildfire's entrance
The safety sign
The loading station
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Layout
Wildfire in 2002
The cobra roll
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References
External links
- Wildfire on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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