| Blazing Fury | |
| Location | Dollywood |
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| Park section | Craftsmen's Valley |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Type | Steel - Enclosed |
| 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 | 3:20 |
| Capacity | 1150 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 3 ft 6 in (107 cm) |
| Blazing Fury at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Blazing Fury at RCDB | |
| Amusement Parks Portal | |
Blazing Fury is a 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 Russians. Riders on the coaster pass scenes of the town's residents trying to extinguish the flames one is a saloon with a lady on the top deck about to jump off, 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 eighteen foot high drop into a pool of water. This pool of water is used to brake the train. It was discovered that the pool could still brake the train without being completely full, and this allowed Dollywood to keep this attraction open during the winter. During the 2010 off season, Dollywood installed magnetic brakes making the water pool unnecessary. The pool of water was removed. Over the years many of the ride's props and theme elements have been removed, somewhat obscuring the storyline.
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