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KISSIMMEE --
We're giving you your very first look from inside a rare kind of wooden roller coaster.
Fun Spot shares new details about wooden roller coaster
Mine Blower will be taller, faster than orignially planned
Ride vehichles will hold 12 people
Fun Spot America Theme Parks' Kissimmee location is building a new wooden coaster called the "Mine Blower." It flips you upside down, something designers say exists in only one other place in the country.
In addition to the 360-barrel roll, Korey Kiepert tells News 13 that his team of engineers at Ohio-based Gravity Group recently added tunnels to the design, something not seen in the original renderings.
Crews broke ground back in January. Kiepert admits that they're forced to "cram it in there."
"There were two go-cart tracks here and now you've got this 83-foot tall roller coaster here," he said, adding that they usually work with more land space.
The original signs hanging on the construction walls still say 82 feet (not 83). That's because they've made it taller and faster.
"And the length is actually more like 2,290 ft (compared to 2,256, as indicated on the signs)," Kiepert said.
We obtained renderings of the two ride vehicles. Each holds 12 people.
Keipert says he's most excited about the engineering beneath the cars, something that sets this attraction apart from other wooden coasters.
"Our cars actually steer and, because of that steering and the articulation they have, we're able to make it through some crazy geometry," he said. Such as tilting guests at 90 and even 105 degrees. And you're not wearing a full-body harness, either. Just a lap-belt.
If you're wondering about the wood, it's specially milled just for the engineers. The thickness has to be just right. As for the theme, it has a "dynamite-acme-Wile E. Coyote" thing going on (except that the mascot is a dog named Nitro).
So we had to ask about the one thing that might surprise us about turning a rendering into reality.
"Yea, well," he laughed, quite hard. "You have to be a little crazy!"
The Mine Blower is expected to open this summer.
We're giving you your very first look from inside a rare kind of wooden roller coaster.
Fun Spot shares new details about wooden roller coaster
Mine Blower will be taller, faster than orignially planned
Ride vehichles will hold 12 people
Fun Spot America Theme Parks' Kissimmee location is building a new wooden coaster called the "Mine Blower." It flips you upside down, something designers say exists in only one other place in the country.
In addition to the 360-barrel roll, Korey Kiepert tells News 13 that his team of engineers at Ohio-based Gravity Group recently added tunnels to the design, something not seen in the original renderings.
Crews broke ground back in January. Kiepert admits that they're forced to "cram it in there."
"There were two go-cart tracks here and now you've got this 83-foot tall roller coaster here," he said, adding that they usually work with more land space.
The original signs hanging on the construction walls still say 82 feet (not 83). That's because they've made it taller and faster.
"And the length is actually more like 2,290 ft (compared to 2,256, as indicated on the signs)," Kiepert said.
We obtained renderings of the two ride vehicles. Each holds 12 people.
Keipert says he's most excited about the engineering beneath the cars, something that sets this attraction apart from other wooden coasters.
"Our cars actually steer and, because of that steering and the articulation they have, we're able to make it through some crazy geometry," he said. Such as tilting guests at 90 and even 105 degrees. And you're not wearing a full-body harness, either. Just a lap-belt.
If you're wondering about the wood, it's specially milled just for the engineers. The thickness has to be just right. As for the theme, it has a "dynamite-acme-Wile E. Coyote" thing going on (except that the mascot is a dog named Nitro).
So we had to ask about the one thing that might surprise us about turning a rendering into reality.
"Yea, well," he laughed, quite hard. "You have to be a little crazy!"
The Mine Blower is expected to open this summer.
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