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Review: Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City

Review: Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City

Advertised as “a revolutionary coaster ahead of our time,” Time Traveler at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO is indeed a groundbreaking/trailblazing phenomenon.  The new coaster from Germany’s Mack Rides represents a $26,000,000 investment and forward-thinking technology which certainly puts a new spin on things.  I wanted to resist using the phrase “a new spin” but in this case it’s so appropriate as to be almost inevitable.  Time Traveler is the first full circuit spinning coaster to feature three inversions and two launches.  The 360-degree spinning vehicles operate with a controlled spin thanks to adjustable magnetic spin control.  This allows not only for control but for considerable variation in the ride experience.  When I saw the first test videos I was so intrigued that I decided it was a must-ride.

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Layout, Theme and Setting

Set in the Ozarks and surrounded by trees, Time Traveler is a terrain coaster with 3,020 feet of track.   The entrance is lavishly themed, with an amazing collection of clocks and rotating clock gears hanging from the rafters.  Which leads me to the story behind this.  The inspiration is a flight of fancy involving an inventor and clockmaker named Charles Henry “enthralled with the idea of speed, time and flight” whose dream is to build a machine that defies time.  This theme is reflected not only in the ride queue and loading station but on the ride vehicles, decorated with make believe clock gears which look like wheels.  These unique vehicles seat riders in two rows per vehicle, with two of the riders in each vehicle facing forward and two facing backward when the train is dispatched.  Each of the three trains is composed of four vehicles for a total capacity of 16 riders.  The restraint consists of a lap bar lowered from overhead by the ride ops.  Trains are unloaded before reaching the loading area.

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In addition to two LSM launches, Time Traveler features a 90-foot 90-degree drop, dive loop, vertical loop and zero-g roll.  What’s unusual about the inversions is that the vehicles are to some degree spinning while traveling through them.  The course also includes a number of overbanked turns.

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Ride Experience

A ride on Time Traveler begins with the gong-like sound of a clock striking the hour as the train is dispatched.  Right out of the gate, without further preamble, it begins its precipitous descent.  A 90-degree drop will obviously feel steep under any circumstances but the fact that the vehicles are spinning their way down adds an entirely different dimension.  I found this refreshing and admittedly somewhat disconcerting but a whole lot of fun.  After the drop the train ascends to the left and enters a dive loop, followed by two overbanked turns, one left and one right.  This brings the train to a straight section of track where the first launch takes place.

Although anticipating the launch, I had no way of anticipating what position I would be in when the train was actually launched.  I would estimate that my vehicle spun 360 degrees and then some before coming to a stop, facing sideways.  In 3 seconds it was launched from 0 to 47 mph and I must say that being launched sideways was a first, not to mention a blast.  The launch was followed by an overbanked turn leading into a 95-foot vertical loop.  There is so much going on in such a short period of time that I found it difficult to process but the remainder of the course includes a zero-g roll, launch from 30 to 45 mph while the train is in motion and additional overbanked turns.  The zero-g proved to be a definite highlight.

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One of the things that most impressed me about the ride is the sense of disorientation experienced by riders.   Nothing about this ride is straightforward.  At various times I found myself facing forward, backward, sideways, any which way, not to mention upside down.  By the middle of the circuit I had lost all sense of direction. Which brings me back to the spin.  As one prone to motion sickness, I approached this coaster with some trepidation but any concerns I had were quickly dismissed.  The spinning is easily tolerable, not at all dizzying and not at all like the spinning on rides such as teacups or Tilt-A-Whirl.

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I got to ride Time Traveler as an invited guest of Silver Dollar City, whose publicity department provided me with complimentary admission to the park and courtesy skip-the-line passes to Time Traveler.  All impressions and opinions expressed about Time Traveler, however, are my own. Many thanks to SDC for enabling me to experience this one of a kind attraction.

Final Thoughts

Time Traveler is a family friendly coaster, which is to say that it doesn’t fit into the extreme thrill category.  That being said, it’s thrilling enough to appeal to – and titillate – anyone from casual parkgoers to hardcore coaster enthusiasts.   The sheer novelty makes this coaster one of the most exciting rides to open in 2018.  Each of my three rides on Time Traveler was somewhat different from the others; there was no danger of its becoming repetitive.  To sum it up, Time Traveler is not only fresh and unique but highly entertaining.

Final Rating – 9 out of 10 (Excellent)

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What’s your take?  Have you ridden Time Traveler and if so, how would you rate it?

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Time Traveler

Time Traveler is a steel launched spinning roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, USA. It was manufactured by Mack Rides and opened on March 14, 2018. Time Traveler broke six records in total, including the record for the fastest spinning roller coaster at 50.3 mph and the steepest spinning roller coaster at 90 degrees.

Time Traveler was officially announced on August 16, 2017. [1]

In September 2017, the track layout was completed. [2] One of the cars was unveiled at IAAPA 2017. [3] Then in December 2017, Time Traveler performed its first test runs. [4]

The ride opened on March 14, 2018. [5]

Early on, Time Traveler began to experience maintenance delays. Officials had confirmed that the ride would be closed almost daily for an average of 35 minutes. Spokesperson Lisa Rau said that the technology was very secure and there were hundreds of sensors on the coaster. The smallest alert on a sensor could even cause delays which had to be checked thoroughly. Several outside factors could affect Time Traveler, such as 90 degree temperatures which made the cars go faster, so that the parameters have to be tweaked again. Ride operators said that guests could help cut down on delays by using the test seat located right by the entrance. They could pull the latch to make sure the size of the seat would work for them. They also said that riders who tried to latch the safety bar multiple times could cause sensors to trigger, which prompted more delays. If the ride was delayed for 30 minutes or more, the park would issue "front of the line" passes for guests towards the front of the line to make up for time lost during the maintenance delays. [6]

After the front gates open, the trains leave the station and head into its maximum vertical angle drop of 90-degrees. Descending the 90 foot (27 m) drop at its maximum speed of 50.3 miles per hour (81.0 km/h), the trains enter a dive loop , head upwards into a left banked turn and then a right banked U-turn. Next, the trains enter the first LSM launch section where they stop momentarily before accelerating to 47 miles per hour (76 km/h) in three seconds. The trains then enter a horseshoe before continuing down left into the 95 foot (29 m) vertical loop . Immediately after, the trains follow upwards into a left banked turn and subsequently head downward into a right banked curve where it transitions into a zero-g roll . The trains after traverse into another left banked turn upwards before dipping down into the second LSM launch going from 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) to 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). Following the launch, the trains head up into a overbanked turn to the right before heading towards a left banked turn and into the final brake run where the train makes a right U-turn back into the station. One cycle of the ride takes about two minutes.

3 trains with 4 cars  per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 16 riders per train. Time Traveler has spinning trains; a first for a Mack launched roller coaster.

The upper level of the queue line

The upper level of the queue line

The lower level of the queue line

The lower level of the queue line

The promotional poster

The promotional poster

The directory

The directory

The workshop portion

The workshop portion

The Clock In sign

The Clock In sign

The storage area

The storage area

The third floor entrance

The third floor entrance

The Time Traveler car revealed at IAAPA 2017

The Time Traveler car revealed at IAAPA 2017

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The entrance archway

The loading station

The loading station

The horseshoe

The horseshoe

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The over-banked curve

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Silver Dollar City's Time Traveler coaster review

Herschend Family Entertainment

I believe I’ve discovered the secret to time travel: magnets.

No, I haven’t unlocked the time-space continuum. But I have concluded that magnets play a key role in the operation of Time Traveler, Silver Dollar City’s impressive new roller coaster. The Branson, Mo., theme park has a real winner with its $26-million ride. But it also has something of an image problem with the coaster—a problem that I aim to help dispel.

Silver Dollar City is pitching its new attraction as breaking a number of world records. It rightfully claims that Time Traveler is the fastest, steepest, and tallest complete-circuit spinning roller coaster. It also boasts that it is the only one to include three inversions as well as two launches. All of the assertions are true, and the combination of features and elements helps make Time Traveler a unique, wild, and wonderful ride.

The problem? When folks hear “spinning roller coaster,” they might think of a madly gyrating ride vehicle—and the potential motion sickness it could cause. Cast away those thoughts. I’m here to tell you that while Time Traveler’s cars do rotate, they are not like a washing machine’s spin cycle. They aren’t even like the slow-tumbling gentle cycle in your dryer. That’s because Silver Dollar City and Mack Rides, the German company that manufactured the coaster, have figured out a clever way to control the rotation speed. Their secret? Magnets.

Too much spinning? Give me a brake.

Each coaster car is mounted on a round fin that allows it to freely spin. But each of the cars also has a small onboard magnet that can be adjusted to brake the turning. Moving the magnets closer to the fins increases the magnetic force and slows the spinning.

I rode Time Traveler several times in March on the second day it had opened to the public. Silver Dollar City had set the cars’ magnetic fields at 25% of their capacity. At that setting, I don’t think any of the cars I was in ever made more than three compete revolutions over the course of the entire two-minute ride. While variables such as passenger load can have an impact (an imbalanced car with two heavy adults on one side and two small children on the other, for example, could cause it to spin more), I never observed any gyrating cars, madly or otherwise.

“It’s not about spinning a lot,” says Franz Friedl, the head of installation for Mack Rides. “The idea is really that the spinning gives you a different experience every time you ride.”

Indeed, even when I was in the same seat on the same car, I found myself in different positions at the same points during successive rides. The cars might rotate a few degrees in one direction, but then reverse direction after navigating one of the coaster’s elements. It was quite a hoot to soar up into an inversion facing skyward and see an adjacent car slowly turn to reveal its passengers staring down at me as they expressed both elation and terror.

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But not that much terror. At a height of 100 feet and a top speed of 50 mph, Time Traveler is plenty thrilling, but it’s not in the same league as some of the more extreme non-spinning coasters out there. Brad Thomas, the park’s president, calls it a “thrill ride that appeals to families,” which sounds about right. The height limit for the ride is 51 inches.

Each of Time Traveler’s cars seats four passengers, with two facing forward and two facing backward. As the train leaves the station, the cars rotate about a half spin so that the rear-facing passengers end up facing forwards and vice versa. And how does the ride accomplish that? You guessed it: magnets. The round fins on the cars pass through a magnet mounted to the track that causes them to spin.

Immediately after leaving the station the train plummets 100 feet at 90 degrees (as in straight down). To partially quell the speed (and help make the ride more family-friendly), trim brakes in the track powered by—yup— magnets imperceptibly slow the train’s first drop. After the drop, the ride takes off for a delightful, spinning romp through the Ozarks holler. Along the way, time travelers flip head over heels as they encounter a 95-foot-tall loop, a “zero-G roll” (a barrel roll-like maneuver that lifts them slightly out of their seats as it inverts them), and a dive loop.

About halfway through the ride, the train momentarily comes to a stop until linear synchronous motors launch it from 0 to 47 mph in 3 seconds. And what, you might ask, are linear synchronous motors? It is a fancy name for magnetic motors (yes, magnets yet again) embedded in the track that attract and repel magnets attached to the train to quickly rev it up to speed. A second pass-through a magnetic launch near the end of the ride boosts the speed from 30 to 45 mph in 3.5 seconds. That gives the train enough oomph to proceed up and back into the loading station.

Through it all, the coaster is wonderfully smooth. The launches are exhilarating. There are a couple of brief airtime, or free-floating, moments, especially in the train’s back car. Overall, the last car provides a more forceful and giddy ride experience. And the mild spinning really distinguishes Time Traveler from other coasters.

A tempest in a teacup

The spinning wasn’t always mild. When Silver Dollar City decided it was going to buy Mack Rides’ unique take on a spinning coaster, park officials went to Germany to try a prototype car that the manufacturer installed on an existing coaster. “It was not a pleasant experience,” says Thomas about the intense whirling and spiraling he and his team endured. “It was like a [rapidly spinning] teacup ride on a coaster. It would not have worked here.” In response, Mack’s engineers developed the breakthrough magnetic control system to temper the rotation speed.

While they weren’t initially thrilled about the uninhibited spinning, the Silver Dollar City folks were taken by the car that Mack designed for the coaster. Thomas says they thought it looked like some kind of time contraption. From that spark came the Time Traveler name and theme.

The park developed a rich storyline about a late 19th-century clockmaker and tinkerer who develops a time machine. To get to the ride, visitors pass through the inventor’s workshop, which is adorned, steampunk-style, with timepieces, cogs, gears, and mysterious artifacts about time travel.

With their copper, gold, and bronze embellishments, the coaster’s stunning cars make a bold statement. They look like something H. G. Wells may have described or Leonardo da Vinci may have built. Each one includes stylish time mechanisms affixed to its front and back that are set to July 1886. They are emblematic of Time Traveler, a ride that uses sophisticated, modern-day magnetic technology to transport riders back in time. At least, that’s my spin on the marvelous coaster.

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Time Traveler roller coaster is now open at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO and it is amazing! Sadly, I had to decline the media day invite so I have yet to experience this thrilling coaster myself. But the reviews are in and IT.IS.EPIC according to coaster enthusiasts.

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Time Traveler Roller Coaster: World’s Fastest, Steepest and Tallest Spinning Roller Coaster

Never before in the history of  Silver Dollar City  theme park has there been such global excitement and enthusiasm over the opening of a new attraction. With its 2018 debut, Time Traveler, the World’s Fastest, Steepest and Tallest Complete-Circuit Spinning Roller Coaster, marks a new era in coasters, delivering ride experiences unlike any before, with no two rides alike.

A major difference is the spin, which is not a teacup-ride fast spin but a 360-degree controlled spin that delivers sensations and perspectives that differ with every car, every ride, every time.

The draw for coaster lovers seeking the newest, best, most exciting ride elements is global, but the experience will be available nowhere else on the planet except Branson, Missouri, an entertainment town that’s home to Silver Dollar City, the 1880s-style, internationally awarded theme park that was established by the Herschend family in 1960.

This custom-designed, custom-engineered ride that introduces a new generation of thrill coasters for families was more than two years in planning and construction. It’s Silver Dollar City’s biggest attraction ever, with an investment of $26 million.

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World Records For Time Traveler

  • Fastest: Top speed of 50.3 miles per hour
  • Steepest: A 10-story, 90-degree vertical drop…straight down. Custom-engineered to have an immediate out-of-the-station, gravity-driven drop down a Ozarks mountainside
  • Tallest: Custom-designed for mountainous terrain with its tallest point at 100 feet
  • First & Only with Three Inversions: A Dive Loop, a Vertical Loop and a Zero-G Roll
  • First & Only with a Vertical Loop: A 95-foot tall loop
  • First and Only Double Launch: 0 to 47 mph in 3 seconds; 30 to 45 mph in 3.5 seconds

“This coaster’s state-of-the-art controlled spin provides riders a unique thrill experience while still appealing to families,” said Brad Thomas, President of Silver Dollar City Attractions, the initial advocate for delivering this ride like no other.

Christian von Elverfeldt, CEO of Mack Rides, is in the United States this week for the Time Traveler debut. “The car is the most advanced roller coaster car in the industry, featuring a free-spinning rotation on a launched roller coaster,” said von Elverfeldt. “For the utmost comfort, an on-board magnetic brake limits the rotation speed to allow the most enjoyable ride experience.”

What makes Time Traveler truly unique is the combination of spinning vehicles and such thrill factors as a vertical drop, double launches and multiple inversions. And unlike most coasters that begin with a slow, chain-clacking ride to the top of a lift, Time Traveler’s thrills start in the first seconds of the ride with a hushed rush, as the cars leave the load station with a spin and a 10-story drop straight down, racing down a mountainside and through the trees in the mountainous terrain.

The track twists and loops, reaching heights of 100 feet, crossing over itself 14 times in total. Fans of the super acceleration of launch rides get two launches on Time Traveler: 0 to 47 mph in 3 seconds, and 30 to 45 mph in 3.5 seconds. In effect, the highly themed cars create the experience of an actual “Time Machine.”

“Since Silver Dollar City’s opening day in 1960, guests have taken a journey back in time with unique and world-class experiences,” said Thomas. “We strive daily to continue that tradition through our rides, our festivals, our crafts and our food. That pursuit continues in 2018 with Time Traveler – a Revolutionary Coaster Ahead of Our Time.”

Time Traveler is officially open today,  during the park’s Spring Ride Days . Every ride is different on Time Traveler, so get out there and experience the thrills!

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Take a Spin on Time Traveler – Now Open at Silver Dollar City

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Open today, Time Traveler, the World’s Fastest, Steepest and Tallest Complete-Circuit Spinning Roller Coaster, marks a new era in coasters, delivering ride experiences unlike any before, with no two rides alike. A major difference is the spin, which is not a teacup-ride fast spin but a 360-degree controlled spin that delivers high dimension, sensations and perspectives that differ with every car, every ride, every time.

First riders climbed aboard in a preview event on March 13, ahead of  today’s  full debut as Silver Dollar City opens for the season.

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The draw for coaster lovers seeking the newest, best, most exciting ride elements is global — the experience will be available nowhere else on the planet except Branson, Missouri, the entertainment town that is home to Silver Dollar City, the 1880s style, internationally-awarded theme park, established by the Herschend family in 1960.

This custom-designed, custom-engineered ride that introduces a new generation of thrill coasters for families was more than two years in planning and construction, and is Silver Dollar City’s biggest attraction ever with an investment of $26 million. For concept, design and development, Silver Dollar City chose renowned coaster manufacturer Mack Rides of Waldkirch, Germany, founded in 1780 and family-owned for eight generations.

Time Traveler   is   world record-breaking: 

Fastest  – Top speed of 50.3 miles per hour

Steepest  – A 10-story, 90-degree vertical drop…straight down. Custom-engineered to have an immediate out-of-the-station, gravity-driven drop down an Ozarks mountainside  

Tallest  – Custom-designed for mountainous terrain with its tallest point at 100 feet  

First & Only with Three Inversions  – a Dive Loop, a Vertical Loop and a Zero-G Roll

First & Only with a Vertical Loop  – A 95-foot tall loop

  First and Only Double Launch  – 0 to 47 mph in 3 seconds; 30 to 45 mph in 3.5 seconds  

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“This coaster’s state-of-the-art controlled spin provides riders a unique thrill experience while still appealing to families,” said Brad Thomas, President of Silver Dollar City Attractions, the initial advocate for delivering a ride like no other.  Thomas says Silver Dollar City partnered with MACK because of their long-standing reputation of delivering many of the best and most innovative rides in the entire industry.

Christian von Elverfeldt, CEO of Mack Rides, traveled to the United States for the Time Traveler debut. “The car is the most advanced roller coaster car in the industry, featuring a free-spinning rotation on a launched roller coaster,” said von Elverfeldt.  “For the utmost comfort, an on-board magnetic brake limits the rotation speed to allow the most enjoyable ride experience.”

What makes Time Traveler truly unique is the combination of spinning vehicles combined with such thrill factors as a vertical drop, double launches and multiple inversions. And unlike most coasters that begin with a slow, chain-clacking ride to the top of a lift, Time Traveler’s thrills start in the first seconds of the ride with a hushed rush, as the cars leave the load station with a spin and a 10-story drop straight down, racing down a mountainside and through the trees in the mountainous terrain.

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“If you like rides, if you like unique experiences, and if you like thrills, you will love Time Traveler,” said Nick Breithaupt, Silver Dollar City Attractions. “No matter which car you choose, your ride experience will be different every time.”

The track twists and loops, reaching heights of 100 feet, crossing over itself 14 times in total. Fans of the super acceleration of launch rides get two launches on Time Traveler: 0 to 47 mph in 3 seconds, and 30 to 45 mph in 3.5 seconds. Plus, the highly-themed cars create the experience of an actual “Time Machine.”

“Since Silver Dollar City’s opening day in 1960, guests have taken a journey back in time with unique and world-class experiences.  We strive daily to continue that tradition through our rides, our festivals, our crafts and our food. That pursuit continues in 2018 with Time Traveler – a Revolutionary Coaster Ahead of Our Time,” said Thomas.

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Time Traveler is now open with the park’s Spring Ride Days. More information is available at www.silverdollarcity.com .

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World-record Time Traveler coaster now open at Silver Dollar City

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A historic attraction has made its debut at Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Mo. Officially opened on March 14, the Time Traveler is the world’s fastest, steepest and tallest complete-circus spinning roller coaster.

No two ride experiences are alike on this coaster, with the major difference being the ride vehicle’s spin – which isn’t a teacup-ride fast spin, but rather a 360-degree controlled spin that gives guests high dimension, perspectives and sensations that can differ with every car and every ride.

This custom-designed, custom-engineered ride will introduce a new generation of thrilling roller coasters to families after being in planning and construction for more than two years. Time Traveler will be Silver Dollar City’s biggest attraction ever, after an investment of $26 million. Silver Dollar City chose coaster manufacturer Mack Rides of Waldkirch, Germany for the coaster’s concept, design and development.

Time Traveler breaks a number of records, including:

  • Fastest – Top speed of 50.3 miles per hour
  • Steepest – Features a 10-story, 90-degree vertical drop straight down. The coaster is custom-engineered to have an immediate out-of-the-station, gravity-driven drop down the mountainside
  • Tallest – The coaster is custom-designed for its mountainous terrain with its tallest point at 100 feet
  • First & Only with a Vertical Loop – A 95-foot-tall loop
  • First & Only with Three Inversions – A Vertical Loop, a Dive Loop and a Zero-G Roll
  • First & Only Double Launch – Zero to 47 miles per hour in three seconds, 30-45 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds

“This coaster’s state-of-the-art controlled spin provides riders a unique thrill experience while still appealing to families,” said Brad Thomas, president of Silver Dollar City Attractions. Thomas said that Silver Dollar City partnered with Mack Rides because of their long-running reputation of delivering the best and most innovative rides in the industry.

The coaster track loops and twists as it reaches heights of 100 feet, and crosses over itself 14 times in total. Plus, the highly-themed cars create the experience of riding in an actual “Time Machine.”

“The car is the most advanced roller coaster car in the industry, featuring a free-spinning rotation on a launched roller coaster,” said Christian von Elverfeldt, CEO of Mack Rides. “For the utmost comfort, an on-board magnetic brake limits the rotation speed to allow the most enjoyable ride experience.”

Time Traveler is now open for guests, and will be open with the park’s Spring Ride Days. For more information, visit SilverDollarCity.com .

Check out our videos of the queue and a POV of the new coaster below:

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A new triple-inversion spinning roller coaster themed as a retro-futuristic time machine will put a small Missouri theme park back in the thrill ride spotlight with the world’s fastest, steepest and tallest ride of its kind.

Set to debut in spring 2018, the $26-million Time Traveler coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo., represents the largest single investment in the park’s nearly six-decade history.

The new ride’s Jules Verne- and H.G. Wells-inspired back story follows the fictional exploits of 19th century clockmaker Charles Henry as he explores the possibilities of time travel. During a lecture at Silver Dollar City, Henry unveils the results of his experiments: the Time Traveler spinning coaster.

The new coaster, built by Germany’s Mack Rides, takes advantage of the park’s mountainous Ozark terrain. Time Traveler rolls out of the station into a 100-foot vertical first drop down the face of a hillside at 50 mph. After navigating a dive loop, the 16-seat train enters the first of two magnetic launch zones that rockets riders through a 95-foot-tall vertical loop and a zero-G roll. The second launch propels the train over the remainder of the 3,000-foot-long track as the spinning cars rotate around a vertical axis.

Time Traveler will be similar to Cobra’s Curse , a Mack spinning coaster that opened in 2016 at Busch Gardens Tampa in Florida. The Cobra’s Curse cars have the ability to face forward, backward or spin randomly based on the weight distribution of the riders.

Back in 2013, Silver Dollar City rocked the theme park world with the triple-inversion Outlaw Run , the first wood-steel hybrid looping coaster built by Idaho-based Rocky Mountain Construction.

Now the park’s new Time Traveler spinning coaster will turn what has traditionally been a family ride appealing to pre-teens into a thrill ride with three gravity-defying inversions.

Spinning coasters date back to the earliest days of amusement park history. The first spinning coaster was built in 1908 at Luna Park in Coney Island, N.Y., according to Roller Coaster Database . The Virginia Reel coaster featured spinning tubs that traveled along a zigzag track with switchback turns. The spinning coaster craze really took off in the 1990s, with more than 450 of the rides built since then, according to the database.

Only one other spinning coaster has an upside-down inversion: Gekion Live at Tokyo Joyopolis in Japan. The 2012 launched indoor coaster built by Germany’s Gerstlauer Amusement Rides features an in-line twist.

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31 Things to Do for the Big Eclipse This April

On April 8, the moon will blot out the sun along a roughly 4,200-mile-long, 115-mile-wide path across North America. Where will you watch it? Here are some ideas.

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By Danielle Dowling

Danielle Dowling, a Times editor with degrees in physics and science education, also reported on last October’s annular eclipse from Texas.

Wherever you go to catch the total solar eclipse on April 8, those three or four minutes of daytime darkness — no matter how spectacular — might not be enough.

You may want to build it out to a weekend’s worth of activities while staying somewhere fun or indulging in some self-care. Or maybe you would prefer to pair this bucket list event with another. After all, it will be about 21 years before another total solar eclipse of this magnitude returns to the contiguous United States.

With the path of totality starting on the Pacific coast of Mexico, heading northeast through 13 U.S. states and ending in Newfoundland, Canada, there are an overwhelming number of eclipse-oriented events to choose from, with something to satisfy just about any desire. Here are 31 options.

Hang out with NASA

Space nerds, kids at heart and actual children may appreciate a little guidance from NASA scientists, who will spread out across numerous celebrations along the eclipse’s path — at free or reasonably priced events in places like Mazatlán, Mexico; Austin, Dallas, Kerrville, Stonewall and Waco, Texas; Carbondale, Ill.; Cleveland; and Niagara Falls, N.Y. NASA has also teamed up with Purdue University and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a day of track tours and STEM symposiums ($20) at the racetrack.

Get hitched

Among astrologers, a solar eclipse represents a new beginning, so it offers a rather auspicious backdrop for nuptials. At Total Eclipse of the Heart in Russellville, Ark. (April 6 to 8), you can come for the weekend of hot air balloons, barbecue and ax throwing, and stay for the mass wedding ceremony, which will be held minutes before the eclipse. Tickets are $100 for each day’s festivities (there’s no extra fee to get married); aspiring newlyweds must register for the ceremony at totaleclipserussellville.com/elope . At the Texclipse Music Festival in Junction, Texas (April 6 to 8), you can exchange vows en masse during the eclipse, as well as treat yourself to local entertainment and a chili cook-off. A weekend pass is $135, and the marriage fee is $100, which includes 10 photographs from the ceremony. For each festival, you will still need to apply for a marriage license beforehand (you’ll probably want to get on that as soon as possible).

Choose your soundtrack

Texas dominates the musical offerings with some big-name lineups. At the Texas Eclipse festival in Burnet (April 5 to 9), prepare to have your senses flooded. In addition to more than 100 acts, including Tiga , the Golden Dawn Arkestra and the Disco Biscuits , the festival will offer a dizzying array of entertainment, including an immersive experience by the arts collective Meow Wolf . A four-day general admission pass is $349, and accommodations range from car camping ($175) to a glamping tent ($1,750). In Waco, the Eclipse Over Texas festival will present free concerts, with Band of Horses on April 5 and Big Boi and Arrested Development on April 6. And over in Austin, at the Moody Amphitheater in Waterloo Park, Vampire Weekend will serenade the sun as it slips into shadow on April 8 (it’s also the frontman Ezra Koenig’s 40th birthday). The show is sold out, but resale tickets are available through platforms like StubHub and Ticketmaster .

Arkansas will also bring the noise. Fans of underground music may want to head to Hot Springs, where the Ecliptic Festival (April 5 to 8) will feature acts like Blonde Redhead , Sun Ra Arkestra , Mary Lattimore , Deerhoof and Quintron . A four-day pass is $385, and day passes start at $70. Glamping packages range from $1,350 to $1,650; if you bring your own tent, camping costs $85 a night, or $300 for the weekend. About 200 miles northeast, in Dyess, you can celebrate the Man in Black before the sky turns black at Johnny Cash’s boyhood home . The event’s full weekend primitive camping package ($400) will get you a 20-by-20-foot spot to park and car camp from April 5 to 9, as well as four tickets to the Arkansas Roots Music Festival, taking place there on April 6. It will also get you four tickets to the NASA Lunch and Learn event on April 7, and four pairs of Johnny Cash Boyhood Home eclipse glasses. Unfortunately, Dyess lies just outside the path of totality, so you’ll need to drive about an hour west to see the eclipse in its full glory.

With the bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs as one of the top names on its lineup, the Solar Strings festival (April 5 to 8) will fill its 700-plus-acre site in the Missouri Ozarks with the sounds of guitars, banjos, fiddles and more. A four-day general admission pass that includes car camping is $145; glamping packages are also available.

Ride the rails or hit the slopes

A few spots are still available aboard the Solar Eclipse Limited , whose fully restored Pullman cars will leave Penn Station in New York on April 7, headed for Niagara Falls, N.Y. There, the train will serve as a mini-hotel, providing food and accommodations as you take in the celestial sights. If its more-than-$8,000 price tag is a little too rich, you can travel to the village of Arcade, in western New York, and take a trip on the vintage Arcade & Attica Railroad , which will leave at 2 p.m. on April 8 and make a stop to view the totality at 3:19 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults, $19 for children. If you prefer zipping through the snow, Smugglers’ Notch in Vermont is holding a weekend-long celebration capped off by a Winter Eclipse Carnival from noon to 4 p.m. on April 8.

Make a run for the border

Since the eclipse will start in Mexico and wrap up in eastern Canada, you have the option to go in either direction. If you head south, you’ll most likely be blessed with great weather (the probability of cloud cover in most Mexican towns and cities along the path averages about 20 to 30 percent). Mazatlán is the safest bet. Hotel rooms are still available and there’s an expansive boardwalk where you and your fellow eclipse watchers can gather to view the totality, which will last 4 minutes 27 seconds there.

Up in Canada, the rainbows that hover above Niagara Falls will turn red, as shorter wavelengths of light, like blue and green, are scattered more easily during totality. Prime eclipse-viewing spots in the area include the SkyWheel , the butterfly conservatory and Queen Victoria Park , where the Niagara Symphony Orchestra will kick off a free rock concert as the eclipse reaches its peak. In Montreal, you’ll be able to pair skyline views with daytime darkness on an island in the St. Lawrence River. Parc Jean-Drapeau has teamed up with the Space for Life planetarium to offer an afternoon of education and entertainment before the sun has its moment, all at no charge. The only drawback is that Montreal is on the edge of the path of totality, which means it will be in darkness for just a little over two minutes. (On the plus side, you’ll be in Montreal .)

Entertain the kids

If you’re taking your children to see the eclipse, they will need distractions. What’s better than an indoor water park, like the one at the Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, Ohio? Near the centerline of the eclipse’s path, it’s well situated, and its viewing party will offer free wolf ears for the kids and moon pies for everyone. A family suite that includes unlimited access to the park averages nearly $330 a night. You can also find child-friendly activities if you’re willing to travel back in time. Kinmundy Log Cabin Village in Kinmundy, Ill., will open its grounds to visitors from April 6 to 8, and while you won’t be able to stay in one of its 19th-century log cabins, you can explore them, with some occupied by volunteers re-enacting pioneer life. There will be a bonfire each night, and food trucks will be on site on April 7 and 8. Camping and parking for all three days is $150. At the Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, N.Y., the third-largest living museum in the United States, experience life as it was in New York State from the 1790s to 1900. From April 5 to 7, you can attend a magic-lantern show, write a poem with a celestial motif, and sample 19th-century eclipse-themed treats for $17. On the day of the eclipse, $250 will get you and a carload of friends into the viewing area; individual tickets start at $55.

Treat yourself

Add some aahs to your oohs with the Moon Shadow package at La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, which includes an opening-night reception, a complimentary bottle of bubbly and a viewing party, starting at $3,500 for a three-night stay for two. Or how about a 15-day cruise through the Panama Canal — with a chance to witness the eclipse at sea near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico? Interior rooms are still available for $1,199 on the Emerald Princess , departing from Los Angeles on April 5. Or perhaps you have always wanted to roll down the highway in a luxury R.V., which becomes an asset if the weather takes a turn for the worse and clearer skies lie just a few hours’ drive away. Spot2Nite.com offers packages starting at $625 a night that combine R.V. rentals with campground sites from Texas to Ohio.

Fly the darkened skies

The best thing about viewing an eclipse from an airplane? “You don’t have to worry about clouds because you’re high above them. And at 35,000 to 40,000 feet, you’re seeing the eclipse against a much clearer, transparent sky as opposed to being at ground level,” said Joseph Rao, an associate and guest lecturer at Hayden Planetarium and an avid eclipse chaser who has seen 13 totalities — five aboard an aircraft . Delta Air Lines has been advertising path-of-totality flights from Austin (sold out) and Dallas-Fort Worth to Detroit. Southwest Airlines (which is running a sweepstakes to win a seat) also offers scheduled flights along the path. The downsides of an air-clipse? “You’re experiencing the event in a sort of sterile environment,” Mr. Rao said. Also, the angle of the sun in the sky at the time of totality may not line up with the view from a typical airplane window, which could limit some passengers’ ability to see it unless the pilots bank or set a special course — as a few reportedly did during the 2017 total eclipse.

Know Before You Go

Mind the centerline: When picking the spot to view the eclipse, remember that the closer you are to the middle of the path, the longer the eclipse will last. As you plan your trip, consult an eclipse map for the prime spots.

Factor in traffic: In the United States, there are about 32 million people living along the eclipse’s path, and tons more will be heading toward it. Give yourself extra time.

Bring some cash: If you’re headed to a rural area, the hordes joining you there will most likely tax the infrastructure. If the internet goes down, your credit card will become just another piece of plastic, and your phone a shiny brick.

Have backup eye protection: Most festivals will be handing out free solar eclipse glasses, but if you lose them, you won’t be able to track the moon as it slides over the sun (during the brief few minutes of totality, you can safely look at it without protective eyewear , according to NASA). Check the American Astronomical Society’s list of trusted manufacturers and sellers, then place an order now. Like, right now.

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Ticket prices for the Trans-Siberian Railway also depend on the current ruble exchange rate.

Is the Trans-Siberian Railway expensive?

Before starting on your Trans-Siberian Railway adventure you naturally want to know what the entire trip will cost. Although this sounds like a simple question, it is pretty difficult to answer. The Trans-Siberian Railway price of travel depends on the following factors:

  • Which travel class do I want to use? The price for a first class ticket is about three times the price of a 3rd class ticket
  • Am I willing to buy the tickets myself and assume responsibility for the organisation of the trip?
  • How many stopovers do I want to make? The more breaks, the higher the total price.
  • What sort of accommodation do I want? Will it be a luxury hotel or will a hostel dormitory be sufficient?
  • What tours and excursions would I like to go on?
  • What is the current exchange rate for rubles?

Basically, everything from a luxury to a budget holiday is available. If you buy yourself a 3rd Class nonstop ticket at the counter, a few hundred Euros will cover the price. All you will experience is a week on the Trans-Siberian train and will see nothing of the cities on the way. There is, however, any amount of room for upward expansion. Everyone makes different choices about which aspects they are willing to spend money on. I personally prefer to save money on accommodation and railcar class, visit as many cities and do as many trips as possible. To enable better classification of your travel expenses I have contrasted two typical traveler types. In the third column you can calculate the total cost of your own journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Please keep in mind that these are only rough estimations and not exact prices.

The all-in costs seem fairly high at first. However, they cover everything and it is quite a long journey taking four weeks. Many people forget to consider that when looking at the list. We should also deduct the running costs for food and leisure at home. I think most visitors to this page will classify themselves somewhere between the two categories, that is around the € 2,000 – € 2,500 range. When comparing these prices with other travel packages, you get the impression that it is hardly worthwhile travelling individually on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Please keep in mind that most packages last no more than 14 days and you are herded like cattle through the most beautiful locations.

If you spend less time on the Trans-Siberian Railway you will, of course, pay less. I chose this particular travel length because I prefer not to do things by halves. If you fulfill your dream of travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway, enjoy it and don’t rush things. But it’s up to you, of course. Try playing around with the form a bit to find the appropriate price for your trip.

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