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Mystery Mine reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Mystery Mine, a roller coaster at Dollywood. (The minimum height to ride is 48 inches.)

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Posted: March 26, 2010

The U.S.'s first roller coaster based on the Gerstlauer's Euro-fighter design, which combines an intimate guest experience with hair-raising 95-degree drops, and multiple inversions. Located in Dollywood’s Timber Canyon area, Mystery Mine is themed as a long-abandoned coal mine with an eerie past. Mystery Mine utilizes a state-of-the-art show experience built on special effects, audio and lots of excitement.

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52 votes, so far

Wow. Amazing. Brilliant. Phenomenal. 10/10. The AA vulture is great for all and the ride itself: -repeat first 4 words-. The ride is thrilling, fast, very well themed, fun, scary, surprising, and weird. This is unlike any other ride(including the new dive coaster at SixFlags Over Georgia). - David L.

Great ride! Love the theme and I love how it takes you straight up! - Cass Davis

Very well themed, and I agree this coaster is right up there with Disney (sorry Mickey) . It is a happy marriage of roller coaster and a vertical drop type ride such as tower of terror. This is the only coaster of this kind I have seen. worth the wait time and park admission price. - Neil Shults

Freaky theme that makes up the ride. Was very rough at the beguining and the drop puts a weird feeling on you. The theme can even compete against disney rides! This is a ride only bulit for the theme. - Jacob Ferguson

Mystery Mine had a long line when I rode it, even though it didn't just open. It's really great, but the braking at the end was really abrupt. - Bradley Keith

fun ride, love the theme behind it, great props, friendly staff, fun ride, and huge incline going up the first hill.... great ride - bryan shepard

This was my first coaster that went upside down. I never liked coasters until rode this. I am now hooked. I love te turns and the drops. - Neal Schwinzer

Starts out rough but turns into a great ride. Excellent theming. The lift hills are completely vertical, which makes a great buildup for the drops. - Phil Noteware

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