Dollywood to get new Euro-fighter coaster in 2007

[Bob O]

Here is info i found on another site regarding a new coaster that is being built in 2007 at Dollywood. Too bad im visting this year and not in 2007



Mine Facts

Mystery Mine, scheduled to open at Dollywood in spring 2007, is the United States’ first system based on Gerstlauer’s Euro-fighter ride, which combines an intimate guest experience with hair-raising 95-degree drops. Located in Dollywood’s Timber Canyon area, Mystery Mine is themed as a long-abandoned coal mine with an eerie past. Mystery Mine utilizes a state-of-the-art show experience built on special effects, audio and lots of excitement.

Layout Steel, sit-down
Vertical lifts 2
Track length 1,811 feet
Ride duration 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Maximum speed 46 miles per hour
Tallest vertical drop 85 feet at 95 degrees
Inversions 1 Heart-line Roll; 1 Rollover Loop
Vehicles 7 cars that carry 8 passengers; 4 passengers per row
Capacity 1,000 passengers per hour
Area 1.1 acres
Minimum Height Requirement 48 inches
Facility Construction Dollywood Maintenance & Construction
Ride Manufacturer Gerstlauer Elektro GmbH - Munsterhausen, Germany
Project Producer B Dudash & Associates, Inc.
Scenic Fabrication Adirondack Scenic - Saratoga Springs, NY
Special Effects Entech Creative - Orlando, FL
Audio/Video Systems Edwards Technologies - Los Angeles, CA
Attraction Design Forrec Ltd. - Toronto, Canada
Project Producer B Dudash & Associates, Inc.

[!)EJAVU-FAN!]

there was already a topic on this.

[CoasterDude12-2]

yeah, but that one was about how Dollywood MIGHT get something..this confirms it.

[!)EJAVU-FAN!]

o yea duh. i forgot about that. nvm sorry Bob o

[zjohn1988]

sweet, it just seems weird that it drops 85 ft. and only goes 46 mph.

[HoffmanMyster]

Umm...how can it have a 95 degree drop?? I don't see how that would work...

[EagleFan344]

Thats like umm...

Picture a 90 degree drop then add 5 more degrees on. It kinds goes back towards the lift.

[perseus the hero]

Has a drop more than 90 degrees ever been done before?

[HoffmanMyster]

That's what I was wondering, so you mean it would go almost upside down for a drop? I've never seen that done before, so I wasn't sure if that was what it meant...

[CoastsToCoasters]

http://rcdb.com/ig2163.htm?picture=17

thats vild svinet at BONBON land, its 75ft tall and includes a 95degree drop. That was built in 2003.

You guys havent heard of these gerstauler "euro-fighters"?

Heres the new SPEED at OAKWOOD....

http://rcdb.com/ig2721.htm?picture=30

115ft/120 at 59mph...

wow im suprised you didnt know that dollywood was gettin this style...

[HoffmanMyster]

hmm...I guess I just never saw those before...but that looks pretty cool, and for some reason I thought 95 degrees would have been more of an angle, thats why I didnt think they would do it. But that's not that far backwards.

[crazy4ragingbull02]

hmm...I guess I just never saw those before...but that looks pretty cool, and for some reason I thought 95 degrees would have been more of an angle, thats why I didnt think they would do it. But that's not that far backwards.

ya it does

[FRD714]

Awesome, cant wait to see it when its done.

[Bob O]

I wish i had time to change my vacation plans and go to Dollywood, it looks like this will be a great ride!!

[CoastsToCoasters]

Yeah they never look that past vertical. When the trains on the drop it appears theyre faalling verically, not past.

even a POV video of speed gave off no impression of an "indent".
Here have a look yourselves...

http://ukrides.info/oakspeed.htm

[ragingbullchick]

That looks really cool. I didn't know coasters could do stuff like that.

[Sedir]

You think 95 is alot? Ever seen Screaming Squirrels before? The drops on this go a little less than 180 degrees. Although they're not much of drops.

http://www.screamscape.com/html/s_s_scr ... uirrel.htm