Dollywood
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
August 6, 2010
Page Four




They're  all looking up at the light at the end of the tunnel which is at the top of the first lift.  Mystery Mine is a "Eurofighter" style coaster that was designed and made by Gerstlauer.  Like all of the other Eurofighter rides out there (the only other one is at Mall Of America but there are several more in the works including Six Flags Over Georgia in 2011 and Canobie Lake Park in 2012) the lifts are vertical.



After checking out Mystery Mine's first lift we were taken to the second and tallest lift on the ride at eighty-five feet.



At the bottom of the second lift the evil crows that are found throughout start to work their dark ways.  The ride hang out by the canary in the coal mine that was used to tell if the air had noxious gases in it.  As you pull up to this point the canary dies and falls off of the perch right as you head up the second lift.



At the top of the second lift is a movie screen where you see a massive thunder storm whip the mine tower and sends it crashing down on you. 



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