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SpeedZone, also known as Malibu and Malibu SpeedZone are the names of a group of motorsports-themed family entertainment centers throughout the United States. Founded in 1997, the chain stain started out as an adult entertainment center requiring that attendees have a valid driver's license, featuring a full-service bar and restaurant, and offering late hours. [1]
The original idea and planning for a new attraction—which would become Time Traveler—lasted over four years. In January 2016, while a prototype for a new spinning roller coaster concept was being made by Mack Rides, Jane Cooper, chief operating officer and president of Herschend Family Entertainment, and Brad Thomas, president of attractions for Silver Dollar City, went to test it at ...
Throughout the course of the 2,937-foot-long (895 m) ride, riders go through three inversions, including a double heartline roll. [9] The park's existing terrain (the park is located in the Ozark Mountains) is used to allow a 107-foot-tall (33 m) lift hill to be translated into a first drop stretching 162 feet (49 m). [9] [21] Lift hill
It would sit in a 6-acre (2.4 ha) plot of land surrounded by trees and hilly terrain. While the ride was set to be named Ripsaw Falls, the name was changed to Buzzsaw Falls. [3] The ride would cost $7 million to build. [4] The attraction was going to open on May 16, 1999, but the opening was delayed due to mechanical flaws. [5]
The overall ride experience includes a powered incline and gravity descent, including three drops including a splash landing. This version of the ride is based on the now defunct Fire in the Hole (1972), featuring a similar ride layout and storyline along with updated special effects and state-of-the-art onboard audio. The ride opened on March ...
Thunderation (Stylized as ThuNderaTion) is a steel mine train roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, the ride opened in 1993. [1] Originally, the third and fifth cars of each roller coaster train faced backward, but they were repositioned to face forward sometime after the 2010 season. [2]
Silver Dollar City is a 61-acre (25 ha) theme park in Stone County, Missouri, near the cities of Branson and Branson West. The park is located off of Missouri Route 76 on the Indian Point peninsula of Table Rock Lake. Silver Dollar City opened on May 1, 1960. The park is an 1880s-themed experience.
American Plunge is a log flume water ride at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The queueing line of this ride is parallel to the path to Silver Dollar City's steel looping coaster, Wildfire . History