Dollywood Discussion Thread

[MrTwister]

first.....

year thats great german engeneering!

 

second ..

its only a eurofighter.... with a house arround it.

[Golfie]

Wow... that second drop will be PSYCHO!!! I can't wait to see what this ride will end up to be. The theming looks so awesome, but I just can't imagine how all the track will weave in and out of it.

 

 

Andrew "Ameri-Fighter w00t!" C.

[Ryan King]

Ive never posted here..Bit ive kept up with the updates...And I must say...WOW! They are smashing on that coaster! Dollywood will be seeing me shortly after opening that coaster! Let the pounding begin...

 

-Ryan

[BeemerBoy]

^ Dollywood says thanks for the warning.

 

It's nice to see three big '07 projects already in full swing this early. I'm anxious for Night of Thunder. Hopefully we'll get to learn a little more about Mystery Mine.

 

[Twister II]

So can we safely say 3 lifts? At least 2 will be *NINGTY DEGREES*.

 

Quoted from the Mystery Mine site, the tallest drop will be 85 feet. Neither of those lifts look to be 85ft.

[trustkill22]

This is wild on how fast this thing is getting erected. The theming I think should be great with how fast the track is going up, Its seems like it will give the Great Canadians loads of time to put in some great entertainment.

[jarmor]

So can we safely say 3 lifts? At least 2 will be *NINGTY DEGREES*.

 

Quoted from the Mystery Mine site, the tallest drop will be 85 feet. Neither of those lifts look to be 85ft.

the twisted one looks like the 85ft drop to me...

[Leaf]

Wow! A TWISTED 95 degree drop. Thats awesome! But whats up with the brakes before the drop? Never seen that on Eurofighters...

[owen]

I would image just before the drop there may be some kind of projected film or maybe an animatronic , a bit like Jurrasic Park's Trex. O live the rustic colur they hav given to the track

[ECZenith]

I agree, the second lift looks to be the one that leads to the 85', 95 degree drop. I like how it drops below the level of where the lift starts. The other drop will be the broken trestle bridge outside and the big one drops out throught he facade of the show building. This is going to be a great ride!

[jamesdillaman]

^ Yeah, I see it. The track should be done probably by the end of the month, and they can start hammering out the themeing, which is what's really going to make this ride stand out above the rest.

 

-James Dillaman

[Electerik]

After all the progress last week, I decided to drop by today to see if there was anything new since Friday. And while it's not really worthy of a proper update, the frame of the building now seems to be going up around the larger of the vertical lifts.

[ECZenith]

Nice... going up SO quick!

[ParkTrips]

When I heard that one of the drops will twist, I was let-down. That could end up hurting like a you-know-what in a few years when the Gerstlaurer in the ride shines through all the themeing. At this point, I kinda hope it has lap bars, but I doubt it.

[ECZenith]

I wouldn't worry about that part of the ride being rough as plenty of coasters with vertical drops have twists in them and are not painful at all. As for lap bars... no way. That rollover loop will have so much hangtime and even the concept art shows OTSRs. Would be nice though!

[robbalvey]

I have updated the Mystery Mine construction page:

http://www.themeparkreview.com/dollywood2007/dollywood2007.htm

 

Thanks to Jarmor and Electerik for the pics!

 

--Robb

[RCfanatic]

Wow from the looks of it this thing is going to be great! I like the look of that "twisted" 95 degree drop! And what's that inversion after the drop? It looks like a Zero-G/Heartline, but its so low and so short after that drop, thats going to be a fast Roll!

 

I'm kind of jealous of this ride! I mean its themed and its got 2 vertical drops! All this thime the European Eurofighters are unthemed and most of the time they're Gerstlauer models instead of custom designs, they're even starting to copy them here!

 

Anyways it looks like a great addition to Dollywood, i can't wait to visit the park someday, it sure is on my "must-do-in-USA-trips" list now!

[thomas2]

Any ride with 2 vertical lifthill is fine for me!

[nannerdw]

Did anyone else notice the reverse banked turn? I think it's a Gerstlauer first!

I'm sure it will be really unexpected.

[niiicolaaah]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I so have to go to Dollywood once this ride opens.

[tinflowers]

Did anyone else notice the reverse banked turn? I think it's a Gerstlauer first!

 

Wow, I didn't notice that. Insane!

[alpengeist04]

Mystery Mine is coming along nicely. Next year can't get here soon enough. Thanks for the update Jarmor, Electerik, and Robb.

[Reon]

That reverse turn should make for some nice trick track =D

[ECZenith]

It'll be even more freaky in the dark! Can't wait to see the completed inversions! Thanks for the update.

[pluto crazy]

i went to dolly wood in middle of june and they had the mystery mines signs up all over the park and i got a glimpse of the ride car over by thunder head just as you exit the ride. but when i went they had only started building a building back there