Blazing Fury
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| Blazing Fury | |
| Location | Dollywood |
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| Park section | Craftsmen's Valley |
| Type | Steel - Enclosed |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Manufacturer | Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation |
| Designer | Herschend Enterprises |
| Lift/launch system | 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. |
| Length | 1,500 ft (460 m) |
| Max speed | 28 mph (45 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:30 |
| Capacity | 1150 riders per hour |
| Cost | Included in park admission |
| Blazing Fury at RCDB Pictures of Blazing Fury at RCDB |
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Blazing Fury is an steel enclosed roller coaster at the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon 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 original Silver Dollar City in Branson, 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.
