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Mystic River Falls
River Rapids at Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri. Opened 2020.
- Height
- 82 ft
- Drop
- 45 ft
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 2,100 ft
- Inversions
- n/a
- Ride time
- 5 min 30 s
- Designer
- Ride Engineers Switzerland
Mystic River Falls is a river raft ride at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. It opened to the public on July 21, 2020, after a soft opening for members on July 5, and was tied to the park's 60th anniversary. It replaced Lost River of the Ozarks, a rapids ride that operated from 1985 through 2018, and was built alongside the park's Rivertown area.
Ride Engineers Switzerland manufactured the ride and Barr Engineering designed it, with the park and Herschend Family Entertainment. Boats seating eight riders are carried up an 82-foot tower by an elevator lift, a system described as the first of its kind. The boats then drop 45 feet, which the park promoted as the tallest drop on a raft ride in the Western Hemisphere when it opened. The course is about 2,100 feet long, and a ride lasts about five and a half minutes. The ride cost $23 million.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_River_Falls (Soft opening July 5, 2020, public opening July 21, 2020; announced August 13, 2019; manufacturer Ride Engineers Switzerland, designer Barr Engineering; 82 ft tower, 45 ft drop, 2,100 ft, 5:30; 8-rider boats; elevator lift first of its kind; $23 million; replaced Lost River of the Ozarks (1985-2018); Rivertown; 60th anniversary; tallest raft-ride drop in the Western Hemisphere at opening.)
- amusementtoday.com/2019/08/announcing-the-tallest-drop-on-a-... (Announcement of the tallest drop on a raft ride in the Western Hemisphere; design with RES, Barr Engineering and Herschend.)
- ky3.com/2020/07/21/silver-dollar-city-opens-up-new-mystic-ri... (Mystic River Falls opened July 21, 2020.)
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