Top 5 Roller Coasters at Silver Dollar City (Branson, Missouri)

Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri is regarded as one of the best theme parks in the United States, if not the world. The park features a collection of world-class attractions as well as a great atmosphere and immersive theming throughout the park. I got the chance to ride the park’s 5 main attractions, and I got a good feel for each of them, so today I will be ranking the top 5 best coasters at Silver Dollar City.
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[@EliteCoasters]

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[@LN-Lifer]

I've never heard anyone call Wildfire rough. It's literally the coaster people ride simply because it is so smooth

[@Britishairwaysfan]

I got a rough ride on it but it’s the vibration

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

No B&M is rough it just has a rattle wooden coasters are rough basically every other steel coaster has rattles which can cause head banging

[@Britishairwaysfan]

@@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od that’s not rough it’s their rustle they’re rides are smoother then intamin

[@dzmo-official]

Agree. I can confirm that a pretty big factor is the headrest. Your head motion really does end up getting tied in with the coaster vibrations with a very thin margine for space.

[@trimlessthrills6123]

Good List! In my opinion wildfire looks better than powder keg, but i can see powder keg being higher on the list. Also, congrats on 1k!

[@EliteCoasters]

Thanks!

[@LN-Lifer]

Wildfire is fun PowderKeg is terrifying and doesn't feel safe at all

[@smoky1126]

wildfire is so much better in my opinion

[@user-dl5if1yr6q]

i been here alot and seenig alot of vids but this 1 is my best 1 i seen

[@SamRives]

Nice video D. Matches my recollections.

[@rattlesnakejake6915]

Went to SDC two days ago and hadn’t ridden a rollercoaster in 8+ years (my last time being at SDC also) and had to say it was humbling. Rode em all twice- once in the day and once at night (outlaw run 3 times). I’d say my ride rankings would change based on day/night. I also rode Time Traveler once in the front car and once in the back. Two ENTIRELY different experiences. Taking that first drop in the back car is wild!

[@dj_s4mmy]

Your rating on Time Traveler is perfect in my opinion. The spin really adds to the experience of the actual ride!👍

[@tlwayman]

I love thunderation. I know it’s not super intense but something about it I just love

[@zerogcoasters]

Congrats on 1k!

[@EliteCoasters]

Thanks!

[@rage7198]

One thing I would like for outlaw run is like the wildfire seats where you can hang on to something, as this rollar coaster is very ruff but it is so fun!

[@LN-Lifer]

yeah no doubt... there's nothing to hold onto

[@MandJGames]

Great review! I honestly love Wild Fire and have it as my number 1. I still don't know what to think about time traveler. The ride operations on Powder Keg were terrible and I think it had a big rattle to it. Outlaw run is relentless and amazing

[@FurnasBurnass]

A couple years ago thunderation had some cars that were backward. Riding backwards was my favorite part of the ride

[@LN-Lifer]

Idk why they took those out? But to be honest once you got past the novelty the backwards ride was actually less thrilling

[@tatecarlson]

Thunderation ironically is the tallest rollercoaster at the park, its lift hill is 121ft tall and that is only a foot taller than Wild Fire.

[@ctcurry3142]

Good video my favorite ride is time travel

[@EliteCoasters]

Time traveler is so much fun!

[@VWdabug]

My favorite at SDC is wildfire which ranked 4th on elite coasters list

[@robh5409]

I'm going to SDC next week. I'm looking forward to Time Traveler, Powder Keg, Outlaw Run, and Wildfire. I've not been on a traditional sitdown B&M yet, I've done the inverts, standups, and wing models. I've been on Lightning Rod and the wave turn on it it very good, nice air time. Back row on Lightning Rod kicks the ride experience up another notch, IMO, after riding twice before near the middle of the train.

[@LN-Lifer]

How was it?

[@robh5409]

@@LN-Lifer SDC was great. Time Traveler was an interesting experience. Powder Kegs launch is powerful. Outlaw Run at night is great. Wildfire is good too.

[@LN-Lifer]

@@robh5409 I haven't found the guts to ride Time Traveler yet PowderKeg scared the heck out of me

[@JockyCGE]

The first time I rode outlaw run, I came out with bruises on my ribcage area, hopefully it's smoothed out since. (I rode it in its first month of being open)

[@thenuggetfiles8642]

I don't know if you have ridden hades 360 but I feel like outlaw run is very similar but a little worse because it's beginning section is amazing and the corkscrew completely whips you very fast sorry I am late

[@MrChuckGrape]

This has to be a tough list to make. My favorite coaster at SDC changes more than the weather does.

[@loveliestloona]

I love SDC, it has a little bit of everything for everyone.

[@user-ox7fw8kb1k]

Yes I have been to silver Dollar City before

[@TrainCoasterFan]

Best Arrow mine? Pshhhhh, Road Runner at SFFT was 10x better! Thunderation hurt!! Anyways, when I went, Time Traveler never opened. (the highest temperature got to 41, (the minimum temperature that Time can operate in.) but the ride never had time to open before the temperature dropped to 39.9.) Wildfire surprised me! I sat in the 2nd to back row, and it was the smoothest B&M I have ridden! I loved the airtime and hangtime. Powder Keg wasn’t underwhelming, but I was expecting more. The launch was nice! The airtime on the two hills were nice, but my favorite part of the ride was the drop off the lift in the back. I liked it! Finally, Outlaw Run. Holy crap!! This ride is amazing!! The ride has crazy airtime, amazing forces, and some great theming on the train! The trains weren’t the most comfortable, but I didn’t have that much of a problem with them. The final inversion hurt a bit, but I loved it! Ride count: Outlaw Run: 15-20 Wildfire: 1 Powder Keg: 1 Thunderation: 2 Time Traveler: 0 Ranking: Thunderation #4 Powder Keg #3 Wildfire #2 Outlaw Run #1

[@BackSeatJunkie]

"Gravity is a State of Mind" I love Time Traveler. I was on Outlaw Run the week before and about three weeks after the tragic accident at Six Flags Texas of New Texas Giant. While OR was shut down, the train restraints were "tweaked" and the seatbelts were added. They took a ride that was a snug fit and made the restraints excruciating.

[@andrewmarsman3294]

Going to silver city in one week. I think I’ll try some of these but not the time traveler. I definitely think I would puke on that one. Thanks for the good narrative.

[@JillLaSalle]

Powder keg is the best in row 5 on the right side of the train on the second Hill you get a good eight seconds of floater

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

I’m going to SDC in 13 days!!!! We rode Time Traveler at night as it was awesome! Hoping to ride Outlaw Run at night this time!

[@EliteCoasters]

Outlaw run at night looks absolutely awesome!

[@VWdabug]

My home park is sdc ive done outlaw run at night and its fun

[@LN-Lifer]

Soo....which was better?

[@bozoducky]

Bro i think wildfire is the smoothest in the whole park and also yes I have been to silver dollar city i basically live there because me my cousins and family go all of the time it is such an amazing park and i definitely reccomend going

[@UNFORTUNATELYAPERSON666]

My opinion, the ginormous swing was my favorite

[@DjKrypticBMG]

This is a good ranking of the coasters! SDC is my home park and most people call me crazy for liking Powder Keg more than Wildfire, the latter can be good when its running fast and forceful, however the airtime on the first 2 hills and the weird janky laterals on the Buzzsaw Falls track is hard to beat on Powder Keg! I also am stuck between Outlaw Run and Time Traveler as the best in the park

[@LN-Lifer]

I've actually never met anyone except myself that thinks Wildfire is better than PowderKeg

[@DjKrypticBMG]

@@LN-Lifer Weird! ive only met people who like Wildfire better because its the "Bigger ride, and goes upside down" But generally the GP who visit SDC do prefer Powder Keg because its a "family ride" Just in my circle of friends everyone likes Wildfire better

[@LN-Lifer]

@@DjKrypticBMG i guess I'm going just from what my kids say and a few videos like this. 4 oldest kids prefer PK but my youngest son and I prefer WF...but we are chickens while older kids are fearless freaks

[@hannah27117]

@@LN-LiferI think WildFire is better

[@wesco.8199]

I have done every coaster except outlaw run and now it’s the one I want to do

[@stephanierose674]

Each coaster at SDC is very re rideable. They all each have their unique elements. It is so hard to pick a favorite but every time I go there I have to ride wildfire and time traveler. I do like outlaw run but if I can’t make it on outlaw run on every single visit that is okay. The restraints on OLR aren’t as comfortable as TT.

[@theheardtheorem]

My Top 3 are so close that I could only separate them by their negatives: 5. Thunderation 4. Wild Fire 3. Outlaw Run (Would probably be #1 if the restraints didn’t absolutely crush me) 2. Time Traveller (Sometimes you’ll get a boring ride) 1. Powder Keg (The most underrated coaster I have ever ridden! Where else can you get a compressed air launch coaster that focuses on floater? It’s a bizarre, but great coaster and that’s why I love it!)

[@vybez8694]

Great vid! I have a question, can you possibly look at a POV of wolverine wildcat at Michigan’s adventure and create a rmc of it in no limits plz I really think it should be rmc’d

[@EliteCoasters]

I have a list of coasters I'm gonna RMC and wolverine wildcat is on that list. I'm going to do the Boss and maybe one other coaster before wolverine wildcat but we'll see

[@vybez8694]

@@EliteCoasters sweet! Thanks

[@jayloxedxo]

SDC has the best coasters! My ranking is 1. Time traveler 2.Outlaw run 3.Wildfire 4.Powderkeg 5.Thunderation

[@rcrfleet1022]

My ranking: thunderation, timetraveler, outlaw run, power keg, wildfire

[@crazyqq4613]

Time traveler is my fav

[@JillLaSalle]

My top 5 at Silver dollar city Is is 5 thunder ration 4 wildfire 3 time traveler 2 powder keg 1 Outlaw run

[@kade_Romine]

noice

[@UNFORTUNATELYAPERSON666]

Thunderation if you sit in the back you, you will literally get a back problem because I did that with my sister and we like bumped heads together, and like I hit her in the face on accident. It was really crazy.

[@liamevans4918]

Here's a hot Take Is powder keg isbetter than time traveler And the 2nd best ride in the park

[@johngjacobi]

Saturday night after sun goes down takes Outlaw to 11

[@batreg6996]

Powder keg was such a good ride and at night time its pitch black so its a really fun experience Also can we talk about the fact that you have nothing to hold onto during outlaw run

[@EliteCoasters]

Night rides on both powder keg and outlaw run look awesome! And yeah you have nothing to hold on to so I just put my hands up :)

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

@@EliteCoastersI heard there’s nothing to hold onto on Steel Vengeance too! Hoping to ride that next summer!

[@orionscythe]

who needs to hold onto rollercoasters I always have my hands up anyway

[@brantfowler3630]

By the way, Powder Keg hits its top speed when it changes the track right before the lift hill

[@EliteCoasters]

Good to know, thanks

[@zachs8033]

You’re almost right! It tops out after the track transition, specifically right at the evacuation platform in the Buzzsaw Falls section of the track, and burns off speed down to about 50 mph as it enters the lift hill. I’ve clocked it with a radar gun. Speeds vary slightly between the different trains.

[@derpyhybrid]

I've went to Silver Dollar City every year and I got season passes this year and my every year besides 2020 and And I have only gotten on thunderation and timetraveler and I would rate thunderation a 9/10 and timetravler a 6/10

[@jtrains310]

Wait isn’t there a helix on thunderation

[@CoasterRoaster]

Powder keg looks like my first attempt to build a roller coaster in planet coaster

[@EliteCoasters]

It's so janky and weird but that just makes the ride better

[@zachs8033]

You mean your first attempt to build a roller coaster looks like Powder Keg? 😁 Just yanking your chain! Glad you like the ride!

[@TalpaTulpa]

I had fun on it

[@LN-Lifer]

I wish every coaster had over the shoulder restraints

[@christinahemphill4205]

Never been there

[@overdramaticpan]

Ok

[@zachs8033]

Can I ask specifically what you find uncomfortable about Powderkeg’s restraints?

[@EliteCoasters]

They were just really tight on my hips, which is something I've never really had a problem with on any other ride

[@zachs8033]

@@EliteCoasters so you’d say the seat, but not necessarily the lapbar?

[@zachs8033]

@@EliteCoasters I’m asking because I’m one of the mechanics. If it’s something we can improve, I’d like to.

[@EliteCoasters]

@@zachs8033 It was the lap bar, but I dont think it was a problem with the restraint itself, I think the ride ops just pushed it down too far. This was just bad for my body type because I'm skinny, so the restraint just got pushed right into my hip bones which wasnt comfortable.

[@zachs8033]

@@EliteCoasters there is something already in the works to address that very problem with S&S in the form of a revised anti crush feature. Thanks for your patience!!

[@jankoperniech2422]

Outlaw Run is one of the shakiest and most claustrophobia-inducing rides with the leg restraints.. plus there’s no support for your neck, so after a few, even just one round, your neck muscles feel it. Maximum 6/10 from me.. I don’t see how Outlaw Run is better than Time Traveler.. not in the slightest.

[@rcrfleet1022]

Hey are you from Ohio?

[@Jcoaster95]

Thunderation is nowhere near as good as Adventure Express... like it's not even close lol Thunderation is like an extremely weak version of the awesome Excalibur at Valleyfair lol