FIRE IN THE HOLE! Silver Dollar City's 2024 Indoor Coaster
Silver Dollar City has announced a $30 million indoor coaster opening in spring 2024 in the park’s new “Fire District.” The new coaster will be the successor in name and story to the classic FIRE IN THE HOLE attraction, which will be retired on December 30, 2023.
The new coaster is being designed and constructed as a partnership between Silver Dollar City, Herschend Family Entertainment Creative Studios, and Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC). FIRE IN THE HOLE will be the park’s second coaster engineered and manufactured by RMC; the first was the wooden coaster Outlaw Run, which opened in 2013.
“Like Silver Dollar City, Rocky Mountain Construction is committed to creating custom-built ride experiences that haven’t been done before,” said Darren Torr, President of RMC. “We loved the challenge of engineering, fabricating, and installing the one-of-a-kind FIRE IN THE HOLE, creating a new ride experience while honoring a legendary coaster. It feels fondly familiar, yet it will be daringly different.”
The backstory for the new coaster borrows from the original attraction.
True to Silver Dollar City’s roots, the new ride's storyline is steeped in authentic regional heritage as the story is a fictional account of a real night in Ozark Mountain history when the mining town of Marmaros was burned to the ground by notorious vigilantes called the Baldknobbers. Created for multiple generations, FIRE IN THE HOLE depicts the day when Silver Dollar City citizens of all ages are pressed into service to save their town. The makers of the finest fire wagons in America’s Heartland, the Silver Dollar City Pumper Factory, invite the townspeople to the unveiling of their newest model.
Here are some more facts about the new coaster:
Three drops, including a water splashdown
14 show scenes with state-of-the-art special effects
Enclosed in a five-story, temperature-controlled building for year-round operation
Custom soundtrack with high-quality onboard audio
Length: 1,512 feet
Max speed: 26 mph
Duration: 2 minutes, 51 seconds
Five ride vehicles with two cars each; 12 passengers per train
For more information, check out the new FIRE IN THE HOLE page on Silver Dollar City’s website.
