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I absolutely love roller coasters. Other members of my family? Not so much.
So sometimes, when I take them or other friends to a theme park like Dollywood, I have to navigate which ones they might be able to tolerate and which ones they can’t.
Luckily, the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge has rides for just about anyone in the family.
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what's the scariest ride at Dollywood 13
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rides ranked
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we absolutely love roller coasters and
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luckily the Dollywood theme park in
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Pigeon Forge has rides for just about
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anyone in the family of course your
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definition of scary may vary the scary
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mean a fast coaster large drops dark
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theming we'll address those concerns in
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this video so here's our pick of the
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scariest rides at Dollywood from least
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scary to most scary number 13. whistle
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Punk Chaser this is a small Junior
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coaster with a small lift at the front
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and a few minor twists and turns it's
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very short and makes a few loops around
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its small track making it a perfect
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intro ride for the little ones or for
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timid Riders number 12
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dragonflyer if you've successfully
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managed the whistle Punk Chaser it may
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be time to ride the dragonflyer with
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your legs dangling in the air this ride
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mimics the flight of a dragonfly it
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begins with a much bigger lift and drop
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compared to whistlepunk but the drop is
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pretty tame it doesn't go fully upside
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down but it does go a little sideways at
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times number 11 FireChaser Express this
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is a dual launch family coaster and it
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has some bigger lifts than the
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previously mentioned coasters but the
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drops aren't too steep overall it also
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doesn't go upside down the ride is a lot
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of fun but if going backward isn't your
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jam you may want to skip this one number
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10 Big Bear Mountain Big Bear Mountain
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is a family coaster with a top speed of
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48 miles an hour it's the brand new
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roller coaster in the Wildwood Grove
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section of the park it also does not go
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upside down you will still probably want
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to warm up with the previously mentioned
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rides in the list since this is the
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longest ride in the theme park number
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nine Barnstormer this one isn't a roller
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coaster but it can still take your
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breath away if scary means Heights for
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you this one may be up there number 8.
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Thunderhead a wooden coaster can often
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feel a bit more bumpy than modern steel
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coasters and Thunderhead although
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somewhat smooth for a wooden roller
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coaster is not a complete exception it
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features a 100 foot drop and is one of
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the longest coasters in the park
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Thunderhead still doesn't go upside down
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so if you can handle the bumpiness it's
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not too scary number 7 Daredevil Falls
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once again if drops aren't your thing
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this ride may not be either the ride
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begins in a dark cave-like area which
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could be somewhat scary for the little
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ones the vast majority of the ride is a
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relaxing boat ride until you get to the
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main drop also the lift at the top can
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feel like it takes forever and the drop
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itself is a 60-foot fall at a top speed
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of 50 miles an hour number six drop line
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again we have a drop drop line lifts you
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up 20 stories slowly spins and then
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plummets you back to the ground if drops
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are scary for you this one might be a
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skip number five Wild Eagle Wild Eagle
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is the first coaster on our list that
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does go upside down it's a wing coaster
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where your legs hang in the air
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simulating the flight of an eagle as
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America's first Wing coaster it's
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perched 21 stories above Dollywood it
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has a 135 foot drop and the top speed of
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61 miles an hour but the good news is it
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might just be the smoothest coaster
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you've ever ridden another scary element
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this ride can attract bees and wasps due
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to its height in the spring in the all
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if you have allergies it's something to
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be aware of number four Tennessee
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tornado this intense coaster has a 128
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foot drop and speeds that reach 70 miles
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an hour with several back-to-back Loops
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it's prone to make you dizzy number
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three Blazing Fury the majority of this
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ride is a slow moving track through a
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burning town so why is it listed third
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on the list the props are handmade and
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some of them look a bit creepy for
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example some of the mannequins were
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purchased from an old haunted house in
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Gatlinburg however the drops are pretty
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mild estimated to be only about 20 or 30
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feet number two mystery mine this ride
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is ranked here due to its theming and
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ride intensity on mystery mine Riders
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ride through an abandoned Coal Mine The
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Ride starts out with a slight drop into
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a dark Coal Mine where you'll see some
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bats and eventually come out at a very
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steep incline it's famous for its 95
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degree 85 foot vertical drop into
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darkness and full 1811 foot track that
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speeds up to 43 three miles an hour
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still the ride is pretty smooth number
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one lightning rod finally we have the
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most intense and arguably the scariest
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ride at Dollywood themed after a tricked
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out 1950s era hot rod this coaster
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launches Riders from 0 to 45 miles an
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hour more than 20 stories up it features
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a launch speed of up to 73 miles an hour
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and it also boasts nearly 20 seconds of
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air time lightning rod is the fastest
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wooden coaster in the world and it's
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also the only wooded launch coaster one
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of the scariest things of all it's
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frequently down for maintenance still
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it's easily the best and most thrilling
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coaster in the park in fact it's
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consistently ranked one of the top 10
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coasters in the country by USA Today do
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you agree with our ranking which rides
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do you think are the scariest rides in
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