44 • Official Kids Mag • MAY & JUNE 2018
W
hen I spotted Trot Kinser
standing in the crowd at Silver
Dollar City, patiently waiting to
ride Time Traveler, I knew he would be a great
kid to talk to about the new ride.
Trot, a 12-year-old Springfield kid, and
myself, would be some of the first lucky
people to ride the park's newest attraction.
Billed as the world's fastest, steepest and
tallest spinning roller coaster, Time Traveler
promises a one-of-a-kind experience.
"I'm very excited," the self-proclaimed
coaster geek said. "It's something I've been
looking forward to for a long time. I've
been looking forward to riding it
ever since they announced it
was coming to Silver
Dollar City.
There's never been a coaster like it, and never
been a coaster I didn't like."
Trot's right. Time Traveler is groundbreaking.
The $26-million ride has been years in the
making and Trot's been following the progress
along the way. He is serious about roller
coasters.
Wide eyes
The coaster provides kids – and kids at
heart – with an experience like no other. The
coaster offers riders three inversions, the
most ever on a spinning coaster. When you
take a "spin" on Time Traveler you will get
a dive loop, zero-G roll, two launches and a
vertical loop, the first in the world. It looks
crazy scary!
Coaster kid trips back in time on
Silver Dollar City's newest attraction
By Dave Woods • Official Kids Mag
THE
INSPIRATION
Life
is
changing
in
the
1880s,
with
one
of
history's
greatest
inventions,
a
grand
symbol
of
industry
and
progress
coming
to
Missouri:
the
railroad
and
its
mighty
steam
engines.
Signifying
the
vast
possibilities
of
further
exploration
into
the
unknown,
these
man-made
wonders
seem
to
leap
off
the
pages
of
the
treasured
storybooks
homesteaders
read
to
their
children.
Stories
that
seem
to
be
pure
fantasy
suddenly
feel
possible.
One
of
the
most
popular
authors
is
Jules
Verne,
who
stirs
many
young
dreamers
of
the
era
to
push
beyond
the
boundaries
of
their
reality.
Trot
