Powder Keg Review Silver Dollar City S&S Launched Coaster 

Him “it isn’t really gonna blow you away or anything” Me “it literally blows you away”

Powder Keg really took me by surprise. I thought that it would be rough, not enjoyable, but I thought this was the most underrated coasters I've ever ridden. It's a very fun and intense coaster!

I like how they recycled the old coaster instead of just scrapping it. Other parks take note!

In 2019, I was at Silver Dollar City when this ride was shut down--on 5 different visits to the park. This ride is like Derrick Rose in the NBA, or the ice cream machine at McDonald's. Great when it is there, but is constantly needing fixed.

GP sees promo, doesn’t ride because they think there’s a giant buzz saw in the middle of the track

When Powderkeg opened it is what brought Silver Dollar City to my attention. Its a bucket list coaster for me. I still want to get there.

I have ridden rollercoasters in 9 states. This is one of my favorite rides of all time. Particularly going straight from the launch into the airtime and into a drop.

Me and my friends rode this one together and we felt like the launch was more forceful in the front seat. We all loved it to the extent that we immediately jumped back in line to do it again just because we loved the launch. Heck, one of our teachers who came on our college trip who I think was like 60-65ish, he rode Powder Keg and loved it too despite not being that big into roller coasters.

Being a frequent visitor to SDC, (as it is my home park) I have to chime in and say this is the parks most popular coaster, it almost always has guests lined up out the front of the entrance, even since Time Traveler opened which has similar capacity. The consensus I hear from a lot of GP is that it does by far have a much more forceful launch and a lot more airtime which makes it more thrilling.

This was my first ever coaster so it has a special place in my heart.

You need to do a list video on your favorite Top Hats! Best airtime/drop/ effectiveness in the layout etc.

The two dislikes are Outlaw Run and Time Traveler

I haven't ridden it, but I have to applaud the owners of the park for not simply scrapping the old coaster but hiring S&S to recycle it into something new.

0:36 Taylor saying ‘what the heck!’ with the launching train cracks me up for some reason.

This ride is seriously underrated. I'd rank it ahead of the strata coasters any day.

Gonna be my first coaster other than the kiddy coaster there

What I love about the layout of this ride is how they used leftover fragments of the old ride to sort of “frighten the newbies” by shoving a broken track in their face. As well as an old broken train smashed on the roof of the launch house.

I disagree. This ride did blow me away. Maybe I had really low expectations but as far as pure fun on a roller coaster, this is in my top 50 (out of 300).

I rode this thing years ago, I believe in 2012. I absolutely loved this thing just because of the sheer uniqueness. Part of me is scared to go back being that looking back I was GP with less than 30 credits at the time (I've said I prefer Powder Keg to the stratas before, but maybe it was just experience being that my first strata was my third park with the enthusiast standpoint. However, maybe it's that the launch is genuinely fast) and today I'm a hardcore coaster enthusiast and will get my 200th credit in November. Needless to say, I've ridden a lot more coasters than I had when I rode Powder Keg.

So underrated! I honestly believe that this coaster is almost as good Outlaw Run. The launch and airtime is astounding.

Review Thunderation! It's my favorite Mine Train.

It's funny how almost everyone thinks this is more of a family coaster, but one of my friends who loves Outlaw Run and Wildfire is still terrified of this coaster (due to the unexpectedly forceful launch and the airtime as you fly over the mountain).

We want to silver dollar city last week! Excellent time! Power Keg was the favorite for my family!

The whole viewing area and launch building greatly build-up the anticipation for the ride, especially with that first airtime hill in full view. This ride scores huge points for being especially memorable. Its more about the psychological intimidation of that launch. Its the perfect starter/gateway coaster for kids or teens.

Wow! This rides history is extremely bizzare.

Love this coater!!! Been on it several times! One of my favourites!

this is 2nd best at the park for me. Its got the quick and forceful launch, followed by great ejector airtime. Plus the high speed low to the ground with the overbanks are awesome too.

When you mentioned people being intimidated by the first drop on Time Traveler? My friend literally backed out when she saw it at the window and left me to ride alone! It may look intimidating, but it's actually quite fun. Powder Keg on the other hand, I have yet to ride because the line is always so long, but it looks pretty awesome even if it isn't "top thrill" material.

Great job with this video, and I always appreciate your honest reviews. It is definitely a very strange and unique ride, and that is part of its appeal! You can't ride anything else like it in the country. And it has remained popular among guests. On any given day its line rivals that of Wildfire and Outlaw Run, and it's always much longer than Thunderation. I don't see the popularity dying down anytime soon. Looking forward to the next coaster reviews!

Parody?

I just went yesterday. I loved this coaster. It was very smooth.

Silver Dollar City 's powder keg is probably one of the weirdest roller coasters I have ever ridden don't give me wrong it is a fun ride but even just the history of this thing so mighty Express this rent started off as a premier rides water coaster called Buzzsaw Falls And in 2003 they remove the water coaster part and used and part of the track and then onto it using S&S track connect the two creating an S&S launch coaster like what the heck that's just so strange I mean great use of you know what is already there but the whole concept behind the thing is just really strange and you can even see that in the right layout so let me dive into this ride bit more so those of You haven't ran this can get a better idea of what this ride experience Is like you're gonna frist start by Boarding your S&S Trains and these are very similar to if you've written S&S scream and swing these are essentially the same restraints but it's on a roller coaster so already you know kind of weird but you side out of the station and go up transfer up to the lauch track it literally sides you up and over using this counterweight it's crazy It reminds me of how like the Mr freeze roller coasters side you out onto the launch track. this kind same thing of does the same thing so you pull frowrad a bit come to a stop you're roll back a tiny bit and then there's this stop light that goes from red yellow to green and you lauch out this 053 miles per hour in just over two seconds so it's a epic forceful Launch remember S&S is. the same company that did dodonpa which is the world's fastest accelerating on the roller coaster. I 'd say it a forceful Launch so really I enjoy that and you actually go up an over Airtime Hill first thing so again remember how I said this layout is kind of weird we first started things off with an air time Hill and then following it we have this section that is epic much all low to the so ground so you really can't get too much footage of it from inside the park but it's essentially just twisting around just load the ground and then actually switch over the to the buzzsaw falls section you can literally see where the tracks which is over is a completely different track. style and I wouldn't say that one style of track is smoother than the other like you won't feel the transition or anything the transition is done very smoothly and that section is what leads into the lift hill yes this coaster has a transfer track a launch and a lift hill the highest point is in the second half of the ride I said this ride is just weird just over a 100 Fleet tall you go into turnaround and your drop let's it's say decnet drop it's not very steep anything and I also wouldn't say that this is one where you really come like Soraiong Out of your seat any crazy ejctor moment or anything probably the most air time you're gonna get on this ride is on that air time Hill after that l that but after that drop you actually go into this like. banked turnaround and the into the break run so that section after lift Hill is rather my opinion. most of the ride spent from From Launch leading to the lift Hill so if I had one I complaint would say it would be kind of nice to see it like balanced out a bit more where you see the second half of Power Keg like as long as the first half but also I'm glad that the lift Hill and drop is there in the. frist place because if the ride just ended and didn't have that section with the lift or the drop the ride would be like really short so I am glad it's there definitely I think is a ride that when you go to Silver Dollar City deinfey make sure to ride it just because it's such a strange experience you know it like I mentioned in the beginning in the video it's a coaster it's a epic coaster it ins't gonna like blow you away or anything I think epic Ride what not also that I would say would be at the top of many trains bucket list of like rides that they must do or anything you know for rides at Silver Dollar City our there like that you go for outlaw run or now time traveler powder keg gets because now silver dollar city has epic top two but this ride isn't bad or anything I think is where To be a good coaster to start some trains off to like introduce them to launches it's not super tall I mean it doesn't go upside or down anything it's definitely thrill coaster but also I think that this coaster would be better to start Trains on

I wish there were more coasters with these restraints. These are so comfortable restraints.

I think that S&S compressed air launches are just as forceful as Intamin hydraulic launches.

You are very right. It is downright weird. I am lucky enough to be from Missouri and as a kid we went to branson every year on vacation because my dad is a codger who refused to leave the state when I was a kid 🤣 But I remember when they opened buzz saw falls. My sister and I would ride it over and over. It was truly a one of a mind ride being half log flume and half roller coaster. So when it closed prematurely and was changed over to powderkeg I wasnt sure how they would make use of the old track. And basically they just salvaged the life hill. But I can still make out areas where buzz saw falls used to be on the later part of the ride. Buzz saw falls had a large saw that came down over your head at the end like you were about to be chopped and the chain life was towards the end of the rode and you ended with a splash down. Tl;dr buzz saw falls was weird so it makes sense that powderkeg is also weird. But I love/loved them both and I'm glad I can go ride powderkeg and bring back memories of my childhood on buzz saw falls.

I love Powder Keg. Not Time Traveller or Outlaw Run kind of love, but this is a pretty decent back-up coaster. Glass smooth, a good launch and some airtime on the bigger hills.

I would definitely recommend Powder Keg to families that want to get kids into roller coasters. It was the first ever non-kiddy coaster I have ridden. I rode this coaster back when I was about 8 and since then I have been obsessed with roller coasters.

tbh my favorite launch on a rollercoaster lol

This was my 1st launch coaster. I will always remember this ride.

Silver Dollar City 's Powder Keg probably is one weirdest Roller Coasters don't give me wrong haven't been ran

I've rode this rollercoaster 😄 before at silver dollar city in Springfield Missouri !

It is a fun and goofy coaster. The kids and Grandma find it exciting and the teens and the 'rents enjoy it too without getting bored.

This ride is so much fun...when it's open lol. It's down so much that we act even more suprised when it's open

I feel like I probably like this ride more than most enthusiasts simply due to the fact it was my first launch coaster. It definitely blew me away first time I rode it! With all the coasters I’ve ridden, I feel like if I rode this for the first time more recently, I would’ve enjoyed it but I wouldn’t have loved it lol

I got to ride Buzz Saw Falls the first week it opened...I looooved it.

I've rode this coaster back in 2009 it was the first Silver Dollar City ride I have ever ridden on and even back then it was weird, to me it was like Disneyland's Space Mountain meets Six Flags Magic Mountain's Revolution, overall I don't know if I wanna go back on again but it was a good experience.

I watched this video before my recent trip so I thought I had a good idea about what it was going to be like. That being said.. I got placed back row and sat in the right side of the train. I absolutely got EJECTED over every hill and drop. I was not prepared for the intensity to be honest lol It ended up surpassing my expectations honestly. Such a fun little ride.

I think one thing you missed is the view from the ride. I haven't ridden it, but from the video it looks great. Hoping to ride it tomorrow.

Totally agree! Powder Keg surprised me a little bit, didn´t expect the airtime moments. It´s really, really strange, there´s no flow, the lifthill and the section afterwards seem pretty pointless. ^^

This is my favorite roller coaster at SDC. 🤗

I rode this year and its legit mine and my whole group's favorite coaster @ the park since outlaw is too rough & aggressive unless you're in the front.. and since time traveler barely spins on most rides

I love powder keg

I've always wanted to ride this and the other amazing rides at Silver Dollar City

This is a bucket list ride

Rode it three times it was very fun. Rode it once in back, once in front and once in third row. I got at least 5 seconds of airtime on the whole ride. Third best roller coaster at SDC.

Well said Taylor. This was my fisrt launch coaster and it gave me a fun and enjoyable ride experience. Although I'm not a huge fan of the liftt hill during the middle of the ride, because I expect it to manuver through the track after the launch, it's doesn't deminish the ride experience. Still,it's nice to know that I'm still learning about how this ride was a combination of a water coaster and S&S track. Now I know whh the tracks structure changes during the ride layout. Also, I wonder how you missed the themeing of Power Keg as the roller coaster moved into the launch section of the ride. Once the track is in place you hear a few guys talking to each other uttering a line like "You're too close to that nitro" when one of them says "Do you smell smoke?"and another person says after that "it's gonna blow!" The rest of the themeing is seen off of the ride as the building shakes and spits a flame out of a chimney as the coaster launches down fhe track. I'm not saying this to spite you, but personally, I enjoy that thenatic element of the ride because the "explosion" from the building is what launches the coaster down the track.

Ive rode a s&s screamin swing and you wont believe where that ride was SILVER DOLLAR CITY

They should have every major manufacturer add a piece to the coaster so it’s like the best of all manufacturers

I like powder keg more than wildfire.

I love this coaster was my 7 year olds 2nd major coaster

Not to mention the 'splashless' former splashdown.

Hahaha watched the POV before this and was like “wait… did that track style just… change?!?!”

Power keg was among the first coasters I rode.

This was my first launch coaster.

i was waiting for this one. You definitely delivered

Silver Dollar City 's powder keg what the coaster house that's on First Broad S&S Launch coaster if wreent S&S scream swing

If you think this ride is weird, wait until your ride one of those S&S Flying Squirrels lol.

Personally, I actually really like powder keg! I find it and wildfire to be about equal on my coaster enjoyment scale. Outlaw run is CLEARLY the best, but I think that this is still a good ride! You gave a good review for it Taylor, I think you couldn't have talked about it better, although for me (being a stick) I got lots of airtime at many places, especially the second time I rode it when they didn't push my lap bar down very far. Again, great review!

I’ve rode all the coasters but wild fire was my and my sisters favorite and first ride( just my opinion)

Silver Dollar City 's powder keg probably

This was my first coaster. I rode it when I was like 6

I might be more excited to ride this than Outlaw Run.

I love that imprint of a rat on the sign

Every time I go Powder Keg always has the longest line. I think because of the kid factor its only an 42" Rider height.

I really like this ride,it is fun and different.

The launch on this thing is unlike any other I've been on. For some reason it gets my stomach like a steep drop would and it's very fun. SDC is my home park so I'm there all the time but Powder Keg is for sure a weird coaster.

You didn't mention the theme. This is one of my favorite themed coasters. It even simulates an explosion to launch you. And it has an old buzzsaw falls car smashed up into the roof.

Gosh darn youtube notifications! Why won't you work!? Why do i need to refresh my page at 2:00 EST in order to get my daily dose of coaster studios!

Ik that this is a weird idea, but you should review montezoomas revenge at knotts berry farm. It was my first looping coaster, and I actually think that it's better than silver bullet.

I saw the lap bar and was like the lord is With us!!!!

i really want to go here

That ending portion is just so short. You'd think S&S would have added a second launch with some more hills before coming back to the station.

The first airtime Hill is the tallest part of the ride but great video

And powder keg is the most popular ride there

Powderkeg slaps yo except for that chain lif

What launch would you compare this launch to? This is a great review!

This ride is fun, but it's just weird. First of all, was is it really necessary to transfer to a totally different set of track? Why not just keep it all connected? Then, the siren noise when you take off is a little child-ish. A blast of smoke would have been better. Also, why is there a big hill that you have to climb, just for another 3 seconds of thrill? The end is not very satisfying. Most of all--I have been to SDC 3 times in this summer. All 3 days they had to work on this ride at some point. Let's get things figured out! Not worth waiting over 15 minutes.

No. there's a much more extreme air time hill shortly after the launch hill

Do a review on the mine train next to Time travler

Looks fun

Great vid they are the highlight of my day!!!

I’m going to silver dollar city in like a week the only “big coaster” I’ve ever ridden is powder keg I’ve never been on a coaster with loops so what do you think would be easiest outlaw run wildfire or time travel

dang Silver Dollar City have some strange coasters

Once youve worked any construction project you know how weird of ideas clients will come up with to save money 😆

Silver Dollar City 's Powder Keg probably one of the weirdest Roller Coasters don't give me wrong this premier ride Water coaster called Buzzsaw Falls in 2003 they're remove water coaster part of track concert the two creating an S&S launch Rollercoaster let's dive into this you haven't been ran into First Broad your S&S trains if written S&S scream swing these by but on the. Roller Coaster first side out of the station side up transfer to the launch track over counter weight It's crazy it reminds me mr freeze roller coasters side out to the launch track this kind of the same thing of you pulled forward come to stop roll back to tiny bit there's a stop light red yellow green 053 Maile per hour over just 2 seconds air time Hill drop on low the ground Switch over the Buzzsaw Falls style of track style of too many footage lift transfer and lauch to. decnet drop banked turnaround into the break run many trains top of the bucket list fun Ride isn't blow you 3:44 away epic roller coaster start some better Trains 4:21

You should do a commentary on your April fools video. Not the recent one, but the one with six flags buying Disney and flight of fear catching on fire. I think it'd be funny!

Everyone will have a different opinion of this one. I think the launch track is pretty short for such an acceleration. Gets me every time.

You might have already, but please review Blazing Fury!

I wish pneumatic launches were more common. They’re extremely forceful. The launch on hypersonic XCL (also S&S) at kings dominion was ungodly. Even more powerful than Top Thrill’s.

So... is this an S&S coaster, Premier Rides coaster, or both??