Jump to content
  TPR Home | Parks | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram 

Dollywood Discussion Thread

P. 796 - Ride closing 10/30 to remove launch and install chain lift!

Recommended Posts

^ What email went out today?

Just an email from Dollywood to watch the live feed tomorrow while they announce their new lightening fast attraction

 

 

They also sent the same notification to their phone app as well. It had no info in it, just a link to live feed

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Time to lock in my prediction!

 

RMC Topper Track coaster with a normal LSM launch but slightly more inclined than usual. May or may not have inversions, but if it does it will be one or two. It will be considerably long, perhaps even challenging The Beast's record. I also think it will break the wooden speed record. And an interesting aspect, maybe Dollywood will shock us and add another launch somewhere in the layout?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Prediction-

 

Launch/Terrian (would love for it to race as well just because of the theme of dragsters and the 50's)

-Top speed at or around 70mph

-Hill Height- near 200ft (that I'm assuming it will launch up)

-Drop 160ft

-Airtime hills -over 7 (even if small)

-Inversions -Yes, 3-4

 

I would honestly love to see this coaster do some of the craziest maneuvers ever seen on a RMC yet. With Dollywood's terrian some crazy things are possible.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This isn't a prediction this is just me finding some facts...

 

For it to be the Longest wooden it would have to be longer than 7,359 ft.

For it to be the Steepest wooden it would have to be steeper than 85°

For it to be the Tallest wooden it would have to be taller than 196.8 ft.

For it to have the Longest wooden coaster drop it would have to be longer than 180 ft.

For it to have the Most inversions on a wooden it would have to have more than 3.

 

I am by no means saying that all of these records will be broken but I figure that at least one of these will be broken!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

^It probably won't take longest. But the other ones, except for steepness, are doable. The only reason I say steepness is because "Switchback" at ZDT, when it opens later this year, will probably take the steepness record at 90 degrees (if the cars reach that high, right now they're only expected to reach 87 degrees, which would still be the record). That's if you count shuttles with records by the way. http://www.zdtamusement.com/switchback.aspx

Edited by Coasterguy21
Link to comment
Share on other sites

People don't count Superman (SFMM) as a strata coaster because it's a shuttle. Shuttles usually ignored in enthusiast discussions about records because they're pissed they aren't full circuit

Well also because it is pretty much a glorified drop tower.

 

If Dollywood keeps adding rollercoasters every two years that would be amazing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

From the Mountain Press (local paper in Dollywood's town)...assuming heads may roll for the leak...WARNING - SPOILERS IN THE LINK BELOW:

 

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED....SPOILER ALERT....if you WANT to be surprised, wait for the official announcement...I'll admit I feel like the kid who just took a peek under the wrapping of his presents the night before Christmas and spoiled the surprise....so, if you absolutely CANNOT wait and want to see what the announcement is, here ya go:

http://www.themountainpress.com/x110784624/Dollywoods-latest-ride-to-be-announced-Friday

Link to comment
Share on other sites

^ In case people are having issues reading it like I did at first. I kept getting re-directed to a "sign up" page.

 

*Spoiler Alert* -- If you don't want to know what *might* be going in at Dollywood then... DO NOT READ THIS.

 

PIGEON FORGE —

Dolly Parton and Dollywood officials will announce the theme park's newest ride Friday during a special event.

 

Slated for the Jukebox Junction area, the ride will be a wooden roller coaster themed around 1950s and 1960s hot rod cars. It is set to open in March 2016.

 

It marks the largest investment into a single attraction in the history of the park, likely costing more than $21 million, Dollywood's Public Relations Director Pete Owens said.

 

The ride will use urethane wheels on a steel railing. It will be the first wooden coaster in the world to use launch technology, Owens said.

 

Previously, the power demand to launch a wooden coaster was too great for launch technolgy to be feasible, but the energy costs associated with this ride are much lower.

 

Brian Dudash, vice president over maintenance and construction at Dollywood, emphasized that the roller coaster will be a smooth ride.

 

"When you think of a wood coaster, you might think of it being a rough ride, but it's the latest version of a wood coaster," Dudash said. "It's not a traditional wood coaster."

 

Owens said he believes the new attraction will get attention worldwide.

 

"My belief is, this ride is going to be among the one or two most anticipated rides in our industry," he said. "I think people will look at this ride and be very interested to see how it turns out, what the ride experience is, and we believe it will be a very unique, very thrilling experience."

 

The company constructing the project, Rocky Mountain Construction, is a new partner with Dollywood. One of the engineers working on the project designed the Tennessee Tornado ride at Dollywood while working at another company.

 

This project has been in the works for more than a year. Construction takes about nine months, and there was a lengthy process of determining the attraction's specifics.

 

Choosing a new attraction and its theme is a complicated process, both Dudash and Owens said.

 

"It's more complex than the political process," Dudash joked.

 

"We know the traffic flow of our guests, and we have a good idea of what is popular in the park," Owens said. "So that allows us an opportunity to go after things our guests are interested in, and try to find innovative products and unique experiences."

 

Officials at the company also had input, including Parton.

 

The name of the ride has not been revealed. It is expected to be announced Friday.

 

The ride is the latest component of the $300 park investment announced by Parton in 2013. Previous parts of the investment were the FireChaser Express roller coaster, which opened in 2014, and the DreamMore Resort, which opened last month.

 

jold@themountainpress.com

 

Source.

 

Just reading through this, so far there are a few things that catch my eye...

 

The ride will use urethane wheels on a steel railing. It will be the first wooden coaster in the world to use launch technology, Owens said.

 

So, I am assuming this will be an IBOX coaster, and if so, would it not technically be a "hybrid" not wooden??? Just a thought. (And I may be, and I probably am wrong.)

 

Previously, the power demand to launch a wooden coaster was too great for launch technolgy to be feasible, but the energy costs associated with this ride are much lower.

 

I don't understand how the power demand to launch a wooden coaster is any higher than the power demand to launch a steel coaster. I mean... You have a train... You are launching along a track... I don't really see how the power demand is higher just because it is a wooden coaster...

Edited by DoinItForTheFame
Link to comment
Share on other sites

DoinItForTheFame, I didn't copy/paste cause I didn't want to spoil it for people that might want to wait for the official announcement...plus a couple pages back the admins asked to keep details off this forum to allow them to accurately post the details in one place after the announcement, which we could then discuss afterwards. Looking forward to going over the details with everyone, though!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

DoinItForTheFame, I didn't copy/paste cause I didn't want to spoil it for people that might want to wait for the official announcement...plus a couple pages back the admins asked to keep details off this forum to allow them to accurately post the details in one place after the announcement, which we could then discuss afterwards. Looking forward to going over the details with everyone, though!

 

I only copied and pasted it because I was having issues reading it, and I was trying to make it easier for others to read. (Even if it is information that may not be accurate.)

 

Admins - If I am doing anything wrong... I apologize.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Even though this is information that I really already had in my head of knowing, I'm still going to wait until tomorrow morning. That's when artwork and all will be revealed. Well tomorrow sometime. The layout is what I'm most interested in. I mean with "lightning fast" and "shot" going around, how were we not going to see a launch coming.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This isn't a prediction this is just me finding some facts...

 

For it to be the Longest wooden it would have to be longer than 7,359 ft.

For it to be the Steepest wooden it would have to be steeper than 85°

For it to be the Tallest wooden it would have to be taller than 196.8 ft.

For it to have the Longest wooden coaster drop it would have to be longer than 180 ft.

For it to have the Most inversions on a wooden it would have to have more than 3.

 

I am by no means saying that all of these records will be broken but I figure that at least one of these will be broken!

 

The only two I could possibly see are steepness and inversions.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I am hoping that it will remain very low to the ground and have lots of airtime pop hills and cool inversions / banks low to the ground. I LOVE terrain coasters, but there are so few around. The potential with those hills is and RMC is great.

 

I really hope this thing is like Boulder Dash on steroids!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use https://themeparkreview.com/forum/topic/116-terms-of-service-please-read/