Knott's Berry Farm
Buena Park, California
American Coaster Enthusiasts - Coaster Con 42
June 19 - 20, 2019
Page Twenty-Seven



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The Silver Bullet Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

The final coaster that we need to talk about before this visit at Knott's Berry Farm comes to an end is Silver Bullet.

The Silver Bullet Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

When this was under construction in 2004 I had an interesting view of how construction was going.

The Silver Bullet Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

We lived in Southern Indiana at that point.  All of the track for Bolliger & Mabillard's coasters are produced in the Cincinnati area.  For a few months as I drove home from work on Interstate 64 I would pass truckloads of track heading west to create Silver Bullet. 

The Silver Bullet Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

Silver Bullet raises you a hundred and forty-six feet over the Fiesta Village before sending you down a hundred and nine feet.

The Silver Bullet Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

At the bottom of the first drop when Silver Bullet hits the rides maximum speed of fifty-five miles an hour it sends you through the first of its six inversions.



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