Timber Wolf

About Timber Wolf

Dinn Corporation wooden coaster. 4,230 feet of track. 95 foot first drop. Top speed about 45 mph. 560 degree helix. Opened in 1989, the Timber Wolf was rated as high as #14 on the Golden Ticket list of best wooden coasters (1999). It has since dropped out of the top 50. -- Last edited by James Rao

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The Timber Wolf is still a very rough wooden coaster, despite having received significant re-tracking love over the 2008/2009 off-season. All the re-tracking seems to have accomplished is to slow the ride down to the point that it is now both painful AND slow. This Timber Wolf has been completely neutered - especially now that Prowler has rendered the ride obsolete. - James Rao

It was old, painful and slow. There was no airtime, speed or fun. It was just a load of pain. The track is not banked at all. Those unbanked turns hurt bad traveling at 40 mph. At least on Screaming Eagle (also painful) there is good scenery and speed and drops. The best part was hitting the brakes at the end. At least I didn’t have any aches after the ride though. 4/10 - Jake Jones

It might be a bit bumpy, but it is one of my favorite coasters in the park. You get a decent view of some of the park from the top of the hill lift (mainly the Mamba), and it is fun weaving in and out of the wooden supports. It is definitely a bumpy wooden coaster, but I haven't been on it since they reconditioned it. I can understand having it torn down for a newer, more exciting coaster, but this is a great ride if you can handle the bumps and rattles that it gives you. Many people will miss it when it does go away, but will probably be for the best, especially since they have another, newer wooden with the Prowler. - Jake Gould

Ride it often always a reasonable line but not too often unless you want to pay for all that ibuprophen - Dakotta Hagar

As much as i love the Timber Wolf i do think its about time for it to "retire". Its gotten so rough that I even didnt want to ride it, which is bad cause i am a man of coasters. If it does get torn down i would love to see ethier a B&M Standup coaster or a Intamin Vertical Lift coaster. - Brad S.

A fairly simple wooden coaster, but can provide a good, albeit rough, ride. - Carl Stovall

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