Status Operating Drop 50 ft (15 m) Address Branson, MO 65616, USA Capacity 800 | Opening date 1981 (1981) Manufacturer Barr Engineering Length 1,200 ft (370 m) Opened 1981 Phone +1 800-888-7277 | |
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Similar Powder Keg: A Blast into, Fire in the Hole, Thunderation, Giant Barn Swing, Wildfire | ||
Branson american plunge
American Plunge is a log flume water ride at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The queueing line of this ride is parallel to the path to Silver Dollar City's steel looping coaster, Wildfire.
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History
The American Plunge notably replaced Jim Owens Float Trip (1969 to 1980), a boat ride around a man-made river with animatronics. The float trip included a tumbling outhouse, whirlpools and a dark cave. Some sections of the original ride's man-made river were reused for the log flume and troughs from the float trip and Silver Dollar City left the rest for scenery. A large portion of the ride’s channel are no longer used, however they still exist and are used as theme in Wildfire’s overflow queue-line.
Theme
The American Plunge’s theme is centered on Ozark daredevilry. The trip is a race to the plunge. Along the way you encounter others trying to beat you to the summit. Your opponents are facing obstacles of their own, tumbling off cliffs, broken boat and a whirlpool. You yourself become the hero by defying the plunge and turn into a legend. The American Plunge’s boats are themed as tonic barrels and can carry a total of six passengers.
Rider experience
Four to six riders enter the tonic shaped flumes. You travel through different scenes, including a man that appears to be drowning. After all of the scenes, you go through a tunnel, up a lift-hill, and down a steep drop into water. Then you slowly float around the exit path back into the station.