- Tennessee Tornado
Infobox roller coaster
name=Tennessee Tornado.jpg)
caption=Tennessee Tornado's logo
location=Dollywood
section=Craftsmen's Valley
type=Steel
type2=corkscrew
status=Open
opened=April 17 ,1999
manufacturer=Arrow Dynamics
designer=
model=Custom Looping
track=Terrain
lift=Chainlift hill
height=163
drop=128
length=2682
speed=63
inversions=3
duration=1:48
angle=
capacity=1,360
cost=$8,000,000 USD
acceleration=
gforce=3.7
restriction=48
rcdb_number=534The Tennessee Tornado is a
roller coaster atDollywood , inPigeon Forge, Tennessee . It debutedApril 17 ,1999 , and was Dollywood's first major coaster expansion as well as one of Arrow Dynamics' last major coasters. The ride opened in a valley location previously occupied by "Thunder Express", an Arrow Dynamics "Runaway Mine Train" coaster.Tennessee Tornado has several unique features not found on other Arrow Dynamics looping coasters. At the time of the coaster's construction it had been several years since the company had last built a sit-down looping coaster, so the designers created new elements and track designs for the ride, including two overbanked curves and a 110-foot tall "Spiro loop", the largest inversion on any Arrow Dynamics coaster.
Tennessee Tornado is also unique in that it uses a tubular steel beam support structure similar to that of
Bolliger and Mabillard roller coasters, rather than the more typical Arrow Dynamics scaffolding-style supports. This is somewhat reminiscent ofDrachen Fire , another later Arrow Dynamics coaster that is now defunct.Ride Elements
*110' tall loop
*Loop
*Sidewinder
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