- Blazing Fury
Infobox roller coaster
name=Blazing Fury
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location=Dollywood
section=Craftsmen's Valley
type=Steel
type2=Enclosed
status=Open
opened=1978
manufacturer=Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation
designer=Herschend Enterprises
model=
track=
lift=Trains are powered, propelling themselves on uphill sections. Trains then freely roll over drops. Tires embedded in the track also move trains through certain sections.
height=
minimum height requirement= 42"
drops= 3 (15,20,20)
length= 1500
speed=28
inversions=0
duration= 3:20
angle=
capacity= 1150
cost= Included in park admission
acceleration=
gforce=
rcdb_number=501Blazing Fury is an steel enclosed
roller coaster at the Dollywood theme park inPigeon Forge, Tennessee . The ride was built in-house by Silver Dollar City Tennessee in 1978, prior to the park becoming Dollywood. The coaster was based upon Fire in the Hole, a similar indoor roller coaster at the originalSilver Dollar City inBranson, Missouri .Blazing Fury is themed around the story of an old mountain town set on fire by a group of vigilantes. Riders on the coaster pass scenes of the town's residents trying to extinguish the flames - before crossing a collapsing bridge, nearly getting run-over by a steam train, and wrecking into a dynamite storage shack. In the ride's finale the coaster trains are sent hurtling over a drop into a pool of water.
Over the years many of the ride's props and theme elements have been removed, somewhat obscuring the storyline.
In 2008 a rumor arose stating that Blazing Fury was planned to be closed and demolished. This rumor has since been confirmed to be false. Dollywood has confirmed "Blazing Fury is a cult classic that is not going anywhere, anytime soon!"
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