My fiance and I finally got to go to Dollywood this past weekend and ride Mystery Mine. The ride was AWESOME. It was even better than I had anticapated. The best thing was riding it again with someone who had not ridden it before or seen any POV's of the ride. The "OMG" 's and "What in the heck?"'s were awesome...lol. I will say the ride is far more enjoyable than it is scary. So if anyone tends to become nervous with dark rides, don't be. It's well worth riding.
My pointers:
The best seats in the car are the front two on the right. The left side of the car tends to bang you up a bit on some of the turns. The front makes the difference of the ride just being fun, compared to being awesome, so it is well worth the fight to get it.
The women working the ride when I was there were MEAN...lol. And when I say mean they were mean. We had ridden the ride like 5 times in a row, and the last time, we politely asked if we could have a seat in the front car. And despite the fact that NO ONE was really in line, and there are 4 seats acrossed AND 3 cars are being loaded at a time... (12 front seats available" she rudely snapped "you either get on where I tell you or leave". The other times we rode it the next day were similar. They need to consult some Disney CM's to learn how to be a bit nicer. (On a side note, all the men were nice)
Also, the ride is great at night... just before the park closes. The lines are down almost to nothing and coming out of the vertical climb to the dark night air was amazing.
Okay well, that was a long post... sorry...lol. Just had to add my 2 cents. I also have some pics that I will add soon.