Dollywood building a new indoor coaster in Wildwood Grove for 2025?

[Fiender]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I thought Fire in the Hole 2.0 was a huge project?

Maybe not $50m huge, admittedly, but I seem to remember it being pretty big and being built for a very long time, anyhow.

It was $30m, I believe.

 

[Matt N]

It was $30m, I believe.

That’s interesting to know!

In that case, then, we could be in for something quite special here with that $50m billed budget!

 

[TheSDCoasterRaptor]

I know that it doesn't really matter, but I was hoping we'd see something in another corner of the park. This will be three coasters right on top of each other back to back to back. I thought we'd see the next coaster over by Lightning Rod and the rapids.

I'm not sure if it's going to be an indoor coaster. Honestly, I hope it's a slow-moving darkride themed to the "big bear"

 

[Magic-Man]

I'm not sure if it's going to be an indoor coaster. Honestly, I hope it's a slow-moving darkride themed to the "big bear"

Dollywood confirmed the 2026 ride is a 50 million dollar coaster.

 

[Matt N]

Dollywood confirmed the 2026 ride is a 50 million dollar coaster.

I thought Pete Owens said “attraction”, which would leave it open to be something else.

 

[TPoseOnTantrum]

I thought Pete Owens said “attraction”, which would leave it open to be something else.

Per the Attractions Magazine article from the earlier page;

 

[TheSDCoasterRaptor]

Dollywood confirmed the 2026 ride is a 50 million dollar coaster.

Okay, this is interesting. I doubt they're going to add a space mountain style indoor roller coaster, so it's very likely this will be an indoor Mack powered coaster.

 

[Youngster Joey]

Still waiting for that Hyper Coaster making great use of the terrain Pete told us he wanted back in 2016.

 

[TheTalbotHound]

I'm not sure if it's going to be an indoor coaster. Honestly, I hope it's a slow-moving darkride themed to the "big bear"

Given the concept art and description that's out there, it definitely seems to have a very developed dark ride park. That and being in the family area of the park makes me think it will be some kind of MDC, or a Mack Arthur ride system. Both some of the best coaster ride systems at presenting dark ride scenes. The building is about the same size as Arthur's building as well.

 

[TPoseOnTantrum]

Hey so I got this book at IAAPA two months ago, noticed something tonight that I hadn’t picked up on before.

 

[TheTalbotHound]

Hey so I got this book at IAAPA two months ago, noticed something tonight that I hadn’t picked up on before.
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That near enough confirms that it will be an arthur ride system, unless mack has a whole new dark ride coaster system they've been working on in secret.