It’s not like the Disney teacups, where people control the spin themselves and stay flat. What exactly is a spinning roller coaster? And why's this one so great?Ī spinning roller coaster is pretty much like other steel-track coasters, except instead of the cars facing forward the entire time, they spin 360-degrees. So it reasoned to fly from Africa to middle America to check out the greatest spinning roller coaster ever created. The $26 million attraction from German thrill ride magnates Mack Rides is like nothing anyone’s ridden before, a tall spinning coaster that sends you careening around the Ozarks at Interstate speeds, with flips. Or more to the point, she didn’t quite appreciate how groundbreaking Silver Dollar City’s newest coaster was. “Have fun with that.”Ĭlearly she didn’t get it. “Sounds like flying across an ocean to puke up my lunch,” she said as she helped herself to some couscous. Goes from like zero-to-45 in three seconds.” It starts with this 10-story drop, then it goes into a dive loop, a vertical loop, a zero-G roll. “It’s the tallest, fastest, steepest spinning coaster in the world!” I told her like an overly excited fifth-grader. But I knew that Branson, Missouri was the place to be on Tuesday, for the opening of the Time Traveler roller coaster. She was choosing to explore the desert with her four days in between. Paddy’s Day in Dublin the following weekend. We had nearly the same schedule in early March a week in Africa followed by St. ride a roller coaster?” a travel writer friend asked me over a Saturday night plate of kebabs in Morocco. You are going to have to ride it to believe it.“So, you’re going all the way back to Missouri to. I’m not sure Trot even knew that, or even cared. In fact, the park’s owners, who brought Time Traveler to life, took the first ride. While I know countless hours of design work and safety testing go into a ride like Time Traveler before anyone gets onboard, it’s still a little scary. “I would say the drop is the best part,” he said of the 10 story, 90-degree vertical drop out of the coaster’s load house. He was quick to tell me his favorite part of the almost two-minute trip. “It was awesome,” he said, talking a mile a minute. He was trying to look calm and collected, but his excitement was bursting through. It’s really cool.”Īs I was trying to get my bearings following my trip back in time… or was it forward? Trot nonchalantly climbed off the coaster. “It’s like time traveling when you come to Silver Dollar City. “For Silver Dollar City to do time travel for the theme is really cool,” Trot, who believes in time travel himself, explained. I was terrified and trying not to look it. I’m a little bit scared, but not too bad.” “I’m so pumped to be able to do this on the first day it is open. “I am just so excited,” he said, barely able to contain his glee. I caught up with Trot again as he stood in the queue, just moments from boarding the coaster that will take us to a height of 100 feet, at speeds of 50-miles per hour, on a 1-minute and 57-second trip along 3,020 feet of twisting and turning track. I just tried to keep breathing and looking cool. Every time a train hit the track, Trots eyes widened. You could hear the trains launching from the load house above our heads. It looks crazy scary!įinally, after waiting for the ride to open, Trot was in line. When you take a “spin” on Time Traveler you will get a dive loop, zero-G roll, two launches and a vertical loop, the first in the world. The coaster offers riders three inversions, the most ever on a spinning coaster. The coaster provides kids – and kids at heart – with an experience like no other. The $26-million ride has been years in the making and Trot’s been following the progress along the way. There’s never been a coaster like it, and never been a coaster I didn’t like.” I’ve been looking forward to riding it ever since they announced it was coming to Silver Dollar City. “It’s something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. “I’m very excited,” the self-proclaimed coaster geek said. Billed as the world’s fastest, steepest and tallest spinning roller coaster, Time Traveler promises a one-of-a-kind experience. Trot, a 12-year-old Springfield kid, and myself, would be some of the first lucky people to ride the park’s newest attraction. When I spotted Trot Kinser standing in the crowd at Silver Dollar City, patiently waiting to ride the Time Traveler, I knew he would be a great kid to talk to about the new ride. Coaster Kid Trips Back in Time on Silver Dollar City’s Newest Attraction By Dave Woods
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