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Let Battle commence!
New water ride opens at Dollywood
Dollywood’s new interactive water
ride has opened. Located in the
Timber Canyon area of the park in
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, the River
Battle is a themed water raft ride
equipped with powerful soaker
guns.
Nine rafts, each with room for
eight passengers, follow a 500ft
channel. As the rafts navigate the with the first machines being used on River Battle to dry Dollywood guests after
waters, the battle begins as they ride the new attraction. "The overall reaction and response from our guests
passengers take aim at each other has been outstanding,” says the park’s director of amusements and attractions,
riiders and more than 100 targets Jason Boothe.
along the way, including talking Originating from the UK, Haystack Dryers introduced people drying to the
animals such as beavers, otters public 10 years ago. The original body dryer, coupled with the family dryer
River Battle guests recover
with a Haystack Dryer
bears and more. designed for drying up to five people at a time, can now be at parks throughout
With an hourly ride capacity of Europe. The dryer can be operated in a variety of environments and offers benefits
800 passengers, River Battle is located just beyond Dollywood’s Mystery Mine steel such as revenue-generating opportunities, extended seasonal ride usage and
coaster and was supplied by Mack Rides of Germany. The project also includes a improved customer service.
new 750ft walkway that provides a direct route to the park’s Craftsman’s Valley Haystack Dryers will be exhibiting at the forthcoming World Waterpark
area from Timber Canyon. Convention and IAAPA Attractions Expo in the Sates.
To reinforce the interactive nature of the ride, guests can even play an online
version once they get home via the Dollywood website.
*Following their success in Europe, Haystack Dryers have landed on US shores
Adventure Mountain
For the 2009 season, Dollywood will introduce a new attraction called
Adventure Mountain, comprising numerous activities celebrating the great
outdoors and natural beauty of the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National
Park.
Guests will encounter a waterfall gorge, rugged mountain trails and zip
lines as part of the two-acre outdoor terrain. Adventure Mountain will feature
five different adventure
courses by RCI (Rope
Courses International) to
challenge the strength and
skill of every family member
Built at a cost of $5
million, the new attraction
will be located within
Wilderness Pass, home of
Dollywood’s Thunderhead
and Mystery Mine coasters.
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