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News: Silver Dollar City announces Powder Keg

Posted at 2:19 PM EST (1919 GMT)

Nov. 8th, 2004 -- Silver Dollar City has officially announced Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness, the replacement for Buzzsaw Falls. S&S/Arrow will help with the conversion of the ride from a water coaster to a launched coaster.

The new roller coaster will cost Silver Dollar City $10 million, the park's first major addition since adding the very popular Wildfire in 2001. The 3,506 foot-long Powder Keg will feature two compressed-air launches, a top speed of 64 mph and several moments of negative G's.

For more information, see the Springfield News Leader

For a small video and more statistics, see the official Powder Keg website at Silverdollarcity.com.

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sfne stinks Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10642 View Park/Ride Count	The video doesnt show much.. it seems like it hill have a hill and a few turns.. but a different train then used on rides like hypersonic.
11/8/2004 3:18 PM
RLLrCoastrLover Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 1059 View Park/Ride Count	It is going to have a 110' drop down the preserved buzzsaw fall's lift hill. That is soo cool.
11/8/2004 4:27 PM
HPStormRunner22 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1370 View Park/Ride Count	It looks cool. Though I wish the video woukd of showed more of the ride.
11/8/2004 5:34 PM
coaster_kid89 Joined: May 2002 Posts: 640 View Park/Ride Count	Did I see the train slide like Mr. Frezze?
11/8/2004 8:19 PM
coasterlove Joined: May 2001 Posts: 6418 View Park/Ride Count	It's looks pretty interesting. Very unique in that it will drop down the lifthill of the coaster Buzzsaw. Kinda sad that they gave up one coaster for another though. I find it strange they will still consider this next coaster a family coaster as well. At a top speed of 64mph, it seems a little intense to be considered a family coaster.
11/10/2004 2:23 PM

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