Status Operating Drop 40 ft (12 m) | Opened 1992 | |
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Opening date August 11, 1992 (1992-08-11) Similar Pepsi Orange Streak, SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bott, Fairly Odd Coaster, Avatar Airbender, BrainSurge | ||
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Log Chute, formerly known as Paul Bunyan's Log Chute, is a log flume attraction sponsored by Xcel Energy (formerly sponsored by Brawny) at Mall of America's Nickelodeon Universe in Bloomington, Minnesota. It opened on August 11, 1992 and is one of the mall's oldest surviving acquisitions from Knott's Camp Snoopy. The ride is based on the tall tale of Paul Bunyan and is set in a mountain lumber mill featuring two lift hills and two drops as passengers experience singing animatronics, including Paul Bunyan (modeled after the Brawny mascot) and Babe the Blue Ox.
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- Log chute mall of america
- Theme song
- Accidents
- Trivia
- References
The ride is also the site of Harmon Killebrew's 520-foot home run record at the former Metropolitan Stadium and is marked by one of the stadium's original chairs located on the wall above the ride.
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Theme song
At various points throughout the ride a theme song can be heard. It has a catchy melody and words that seem to tell a fact of a historical figure, presumably Paul Bunyan. The words to the song are as follows:
Accidents
On Saturday, August 1, 1998, a 12-year-old boy fell off the log chute. As his log-themed boat neared the top of the chute, the boy began to panic and stood up to reach a railing. The ride was stopped, but the boat began to fall. Losing his grip, he fell off the chute, falling onto the landscaping rocks. O.D. Hopkins Associates, Inc., the manufacturer of the ride, inspected it and found that the ride was in proper working order. The boy died from the injuries received after falling off the chute. It was the park's (then Camp Snoopy)'s first major accident.
On November 4, 2007, a conveyor belt malfunctioned, causing one log-themed boat to crash into another. There were only minor injuries. The ride was inspected and fixed. The ride re-opened on November 15, 2007.
Trivia
