Powder Keg: A Blast Into The Wilderness (commonly referred to as the Powder Keg) is a steel roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. It was built in 2004 and opened in 2005. It is also the longest ride in Silver Dollar City.
To save on construction costs, elements of the former Buzz Saw Falls attraction which was replaced by Powderkeg were used for the new ride; namely the lift hill structure. Other tributes to the former ride c...
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Powder Keg: A Blast Into The Wilderness (commonly referred to as the Powder Keg) is a steel roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. It was built in 2004 and opened in 2005. It is also the longest ride in Silver Dollar City.
To save on construction costs, elements of the former Buzz Saw Falls attraction which was replaced by Powderkeg were used for the new ride; namely the lift hill structure. Other tributes to the former ride can be found in the thematic elements surrounding the queue line, such as an old Buzzsaw Falls car stuck in the roof of the first queue building, and a piece of old Buzzsaw track sticking out of the queue building's roof.
Before the train launches, a short audio track plays. A man with a deep voice says three lines.
The train moves forward out of the nitro shed and a siren goes off and the stop lights go red-yellow-yellow-green and flames would shoot out of the nitro shed. Soon after, the train launches using compressed air, and the ride starts...
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