BRANSON MO NEWS: Silver Dollar City has begun testing of its new record-setting spinning coaster ahead of the ride’s launch later next week – and here’s the video to prove it.
Time Traveler opens at the park in Branson, Missouri, on March 14. Built by Mack Rides, the Steampunk-themed attraction claims the bragging rights of world’s fastest, steepest and tallest complete-circuit spinning rollercoaster.
The $26 million custom-designed ride represents what the park claims is “a new generation of thrill coasters for families”, featuring controlled spinning so as not to provide too dizzy an experience. Riders in each 16-passenger train (four x 4-seater cars) can expect top speeds of 50.3 miles per hour (80km/h) as they traverse through the 3,020 feet-long (920m) course.
The ride begins with an immediate out-of-the-station, 100ft (30.5m) gravity-driven drop at 90-degrees down an Ozarks mountainside. Time Traveler is the only spinning coaster in the world to feature three inversions – a dive loop, zero-G roll and 95ft-tall vertical loop – as well the first to feature two launch sequences: 0 to 47 mph in 3 seconds and 30 to 45 mph in 3.5 seconds. It’s going to be quite a ride!
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