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Silver Dollar City

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Silver Dollar City is a theme park in the US state of Missouri. [1]

91 relations: A Christmas Carol, American Coaster Enthusiasts, American Plunge, Amphitheatre, Amusement park, Arrow Dynamics, As the World Turns, Bald Knobbers, Bar, Barbecue, Bartender, Beer, Billboard (magazine), Bluegrass music, Bolliger & Mabillard, Branson West, Missouri, Branson, Missouri, Buddy Ebsen, Can-can, Carrie Nation, College of the Ozarks, Dolly Parton, Dollywood, Donna Douglas, Fire in the Hole (Silver Dollar City), Frisco Silver Dollar Line, Funhouse, Funicular, Galena, Missouri, Giant Barn Swing, Gladys Knight, Good Morning America, Grand Exposition Coaster, Guano, Harvest, Hatfield–McCoy feud, Henry Taylor Blow, Herschend Family Entertainment, Huckleberry Finn, Irene Ryan, It's a Wonderful Life, Jason Wynyard, Jules Verne, Kutless, Lead, Limestone, List of amusement parks, Log flume, Mack Rides, Marble, ..., Marvel Cave, Missouri, Missouri Route 76, Nancy Kulp, Narrow-gauge railway, Nativity of Jesus, Nativity play, Newsboys, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Orenstein & Koppel, Outlaw Run, Ozark Jubilee, Ozarks, Peace dollar, Peter, Paul and Mary, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Plat, Powder Keg: A Blast into the Wilderness, Ricky Skaggs, Roller coaster, Root beer, S&S - Sansei Technologies, Screamin' Swing, Season, Shug Fisher, Sixpence None the Richer, Slim Pickens, Springfield News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri, Stihl Timbersports Series, Table Rock Lake, Temperance movement, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Man Who Loved Clowns, Thunderation, Time Traveler (roller coaster), Tom Sawyer, Uncle Cyp and Aunt Sap Brasfield, Vacuum cleaner, Walt Disney Imagineering, Wildfire (Silver Dollar City). Expand index (41 more) »

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech.

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American Coaster Enthusiasts

American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) is a non-profit organization focusing on the enjoyment, knowledge, and preservation of roller coasters as well as recognition of some as architectural and engineering landmarks.

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American Plunge

American Plunge is a log flume water ride at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre or amphitheater is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.

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Amusement park

An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.

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Arrow Dynamics

Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design and manufacturing company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States.

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As the World Turns

As the World Turns (often referred to as ATWT) is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010.

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Bald Knobbers

The Bald Knobbers were a group of vigilantes in the Ozark region of southwest Missouri from 1883 to 1889.

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Bar

A bar (also known as a saloon or a tavern or sometimes a pub or club, referring to the actual establishment, as in pub bar or savage club etc.) is a retail business establishment that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages such as mineral water and soft drinks and often sell snack foods such as crisps (potato chips) or peanuts, for consumption on premises.

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Barbecue

Barbecue or barbeque (informally BBQ or barbie) is a cooking method, a style of food, and a name for a meal or gathering at which this style of food is cooked and served.

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Bartender

A bartender (also known as a barkeep, barman, barmaid, bar chef, tapster, mixologist, alcohol server, flairman or an alcohol chef) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment.

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Beer

Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music named after Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys 1939-96, and furthered by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt, or who simply admired the high-energy instrumental and vocal music Monroe's group created, and carried it on into new bands, some of which created subgenres (Progressive Bluegrass, Newgrass, Dawg Music etc.). Bluegrass is influenced by the music of Appalachia and other styles, including gospel and jazz.

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Bolliger & Mabillard

Bolliger & Mabillard, officially Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers Inc., and often abbreviated B&M, is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland.

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Branson West, Missouri

Branson West is a city in Stone County, Missouri, United States.

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Branson, Missouri

Branson is a city in Stone and Taney counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Buddy Ebsen

Christian Ludolf "Buddy" Ebsen Jr. (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American actor and dancer, whose career spanned seven decades, including the role of Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) and the title character in the television detective drama Barnaby Jones (1973–1980), also on CBS.

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Can-can

The can-can (or cancan as in the original French) is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day.

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Carrie Nation

Carrie Amelia Nation (forename sometimes spelled Carry; November 25, 1846 – June 9, 1911) was an American woman who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition.

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College of the Ozarks

College of the Ozarks is a Christian liberal-arts college, with its campus at Point Lookout near Branson and Hollister, Missouri, United States.

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Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music.

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Dollywood

Dollywood is a theme park jointly owned by entertainer Dolly Parton and Herschend Family Entertainment.

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Donna Douglas

Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett in CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971).

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Fire in the Hole (Silver Dollar City)

Fire in the Hole is a three story steel enclosed roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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Frisco Silver Dollar Line

The Frisco Silver Dollar Line is a narrow gauge amusement park steam train ride located in the Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Missouri.

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Funhouse

A funhouse or fun house is an amusement facility found on amusement park and funfair midways in which patrons encounter and actively interact with various devices designed to surprise, challenge, and amuse the visitor.

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Funicular

A funicular is one of the modes of transport, along with a cable railway and an inclined elevator, which uses a cable traction for movement on a steep slope.

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Galena, Missouri

Galena is a city in Stone County, Missouri, United States.

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Giant Barn Swing

Giant Barn Swing is a Screamin' Swing style amusement ride designed by S&S Worldwide at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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Gladys Knight

Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Good Morning America

Good Morning America (GMA) is an American morning television show that is broadcast on ABC.

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Grand Exposition Coaster

The Grand Exposition Coaster is a steel roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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Guano

Guano (from Quechua wanu via Spanish) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds and bats.

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Harvest

Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.

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Hatfield–McCoy feud

The Hatfield–McCoy feud or the Hatfield–McCoy war as some papers at the time called it, involved two rural families of the West Virginia–Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River in the years 1863–1891.

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Henry Taylor Blow

Henry Taylor Blow (July 15, 1817 – September 11, 1875) was a two-term U.S. Representative from Missouri and an ambassador to both Venezuela and Brazil.

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Herschend Family Entertainment

Herschend Family Entertainment (HFE) is a privately owned themed-entertainment company that operates several theme parks and tourist attractions within the United States.

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Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Irene Ryan

Irene Ryan (born Jessie Irene Noblitt; October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an American actress who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway.

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It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945.

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Jason Wynyard

Jason Wynyard is a champion woodchopper from New Zealand who has won over a hundred world titles in the sport.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Kutless

Kutless is a Christian rock band from Portland, Oregon formed in 2001.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of amusement parks

This page provides links to lists of amusement parks by region (below), and alphabetically beginning with the name of the park (right).

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Log flume

A log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water.

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Mack Rides

Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG, also known simply as Mack Rides, is a German company that designs and constructs amusement rides.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.

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Marvel Cave

Marvel Cave is a National Natural Landmark located just west of Branson, Missouri, on top of Roark Mountain in Stone County.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Missouri Route 76

Route 76 is a highway in the west half of southern Missouri running between U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 63 at Willow Springs and the Oklahoma state line near Tiff City where it continues as a county road.

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Nancy Kulp

Nancy Jane Kulp (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991) was an American character actress best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the popular CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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Nativity of Jesus

The nativity of Jesus or birth of Jesus is described in the gospels of Luke and Matthew.

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Nativity play

A Nativity play or Christmas pageant is a play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus.

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Newsboys

Newsboys (sometimes stylised as newsboys) are a Christian rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia, by Peter Furler and George Perdikis.

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country rock band, has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966.

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Orenstein & Koppel

Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to "O&K") was a major German engineering company specialising in railway vehicles, escalators, and heavy equipment.

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Outlaw Run

Outlaw Run is a wooden roller coaster located at the Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, Missouri.

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Ozark Jubilee

Ozark Jubilee, based in Springfield, Missouri, was a United States network television program to feature country music's top stars of the day, in the 1950s.

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Ozarks

The Ozarks, also referred to as the Ozark Mountains and Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

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Peace dollar

The Peace dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1921 to 1928, and again in 1934 and 1935.

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Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon.

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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.

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Plat

In the United States, a plat (plan or cadastral map) is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land.

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Powder Keg: A Blast into the Wilderness

Powder Keg: A Blast Into The Wilderness (commonly referred to as Powder Keg) is a steel roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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Ricky Skaggs

Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer.

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Roller coaster

A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions.

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Root beer

Root beer is a sweet North American soft drink traditionally made using the sassafras tree Sassafras albidum (sassafras) or the vine Smilax ornata (sarsaparilla) as the primary flavor.

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S&S - Sansei Technologies

S&S - Sansei Technologies, formerly S&S Worldwide, is an American company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing.

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Screamin' Swing

Screamin' Swing is a pneumatically powered pendulum ride designed by S&S Worldwide.

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Season

A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and amount of daylight.

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Shug Fisher

Shug Fisher (September 26, 1907–March 16, 1984), born George Clinton Fisher Jr., was an American character actor, singer, songwriter, musician and comedian.

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Sixpence None the Richer

Sixpence None the Richer (also known as Sixpence) is an American alternative Christian rock band that formed in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Slim Pickens

Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor.

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Springfield News-Leader

The Springfield News-Leader is the predominant newspaper for the city of Springfield, Missouri and covers the Ozarks.

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Springfield, Missouri

Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County.

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Stihl Timbersports Series

The Stihl Timbersports Series is a series of woodsman or wood chopping competitions where the athletes compete in the use of axes and saws in manners typical for lumberjacks.

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Table Rock Lake

Table Rock Lake is an artificial lake or reservoir in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas.

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Temperance movement

The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971.

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The Man Who Loved Clowns

The Man Who Loved Clowns is a 1992 novel by June Rae Wood about coping with mental disability in the family.

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Thunderation

Thunderation is an outdoor steel roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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Time Traveler (roller coaster)

Time Traveler is a steel spinning roller coaster located at the Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Missouri, United States.

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Tom Sawyer

Thomas Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

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Uncle Cyp and Aunt Sap Brasfield

Laurence Lemarr Brasfield (March 1, 1898–September 9, 1966) and Neva Inez Fisher Brasfield (March 14, 1889–March 19, 1980), better known as Uncle Cyp and Aunt Sap, were an American country comedy duo with acting careers beginning in the late 1910s that spanned vaudeville to network television.

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Vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner, also known as a sweeper or hoover, is a device that uses an air pump (a centrifugal fan in all but some of the very oldest models), to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and from other surfaces such as upholstery and draperies.

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Walt Disney Imagineering

Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development, Inc. is the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company, responsible for the creation, design, and construction of Disney theme parks and attractions worldwide.

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Wildfire (Silver Dollar City)

Wildfire is a steel roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Dollar_City

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