Fire In The Hole (Silver Dollar City)
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| Fire in the Hole | |
| Location | Silver Dollar City |
|---|---|
| Park Section | Valley Road |
| Type | Steel - Enclosed |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1972 |
| Manufacturer | Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation |
| Designer | Herschend Enterprises |
| Lift/launch system | Trains are powered, propelling themselves on uphill sections. Trains then freely roll over drops. Tires embedded in the track also move trains through certain sections. |
| Max speed | 27 mile per hour (43.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:10 |
| Fire in the Hole at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Fire in the Hole at RCDB | |
Fire In The Hole is a steel enclosed roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The ride was built in-house by Silver Dollar City in 1972.
Fire In The Hole is themed around the story of an old mountain town set on fire by the Baldknobbers, a group of vigilantes. Riders on the the coaster pass scenes of the town's residents trying to extinguish the flames - before crossing a collapsing bridge, nearly getting flattened by a steam train, and wrecking into a dynamite storage shack. In the ride's finale the coaster trains are sent hurtling over a drop into a pool of water.
The ride's storyline was partly inspired by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Fire In The Hole's dated production values and odd subject matter have made the ride a cult favorite, with some people even developing "callback lines" to shout at various points during the ride.
A similar ride, "Blazing Fury" was built at the Herschends' other theme park, Silver Dollar City Tennessee, near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in 1978.
