Attraction Mystery Mine

[I305Evan]

Dollywood is doing more than just re-tracking Lightning Rod, but apparently reprofiling Mystery Mine. If I remember correctly, they briefly mentioned something would be happening to MM when they announced Lightning Rod's re-tracking. It looks like the steep drop that is located after the first block brake (brake run immediately after first lift) is being relocated and the overbank turn is being removed all together. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that the drop caused some whiplash -which won't be missed. Interesting change to the ride for sure. While the drop was on the more intense side- I did kind of enjoy the overbank turn.


Source: Dollywood's Blog

 

[wombat96]

That drop is really shallow in comparison to what was there prior. Very strange move, hopefully these changes will smoothen out some of the roughness.

 

[Zachary]

I'm really sad to see that drop out of the midcourse vanish. I remember it being one of the stronger parts of the ride for me.

I honestly find the majority of Mystery Mine pretty uncomfortable, but really still value the coaster for its wacky, janky, often uncomfortable but also quite uncommon forces. In that regard, I think the segment they're removing really is quite a loss. ?

 

[Nicole]

quite uncommon forces

That is a very nice way of saying "super painful"

 

[wombat96]

Crews were working through the rain on the modifications to the layout. The overbank from MM 1.0 is still standing and it looks really odd on its own. The ride did show some signs of life with a few test runs in the afternoon.

 

[Dombot]

That horseshoe turn looks really weird on its own.

 

[Mushroom]

It would be cool if they added some theming to that horseshoe turn, like if they fastened an old mining cart to the track or something.

 

[cschnizer]

Mystery Mine has been added to Ride Sims 2.0. I’m still wondering what the actual block setup is in real life.

 

[I305Evan]

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That's one way to take advantage of the upside-down hold.

 

[Coasternerd]

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That's one way to take advantage of the upside-down hold.

Ngl I now want to see them do this for Tempesto… imagine the amount that’d come out. Same goes for pantheon!

 

[AIR]

This video came out recently by Ride on Orlando featuring a behind the scenes look at Mystery Mine! I thought it interesting given the recent questions on rides maintenance in general in the industry. I just watched it and found it very spot on from my experience in terms of how maintenance is done on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis.

Also goes to show how different various ride manufacturers really are. Euro fighters are pretty funky ones.

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