![]() The remaining track is yellow with red rails and the remaining supports are colored white. The track and supports of the second brake run to the lift hill are all red. Silver Bullet was also the first Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster to use magnetic brakes in the brake run. The track is filled with sand to reduce the noise made by the trains. Silver Bullet, along with all of Bolliger & Mabillard's other roller coasters, was manufactured by Clermont Steel Fabricators of Batavia, Ohio, and erected by Coan Construction Company. The steel track of Silver Bullet is approximately 3,125 feet (952 m) long, and the height of the lift is approximately 146 feet (45 m) high. One cycle lasts approximately two minutes and thirty seconds. The train then makes a right turn into a second, shorter, brake run which leads straight back to the station. Next, the train enters an upward left helix (the beginning of the helix is close to water) before entering the brake run. Then, the train enters the first of two corkscrews which are separated by a banked left turn. Almost immediately after, the train goes through a zero-gravity roll followed by a downward left helix. After exiting the loop, the train makes a banked left turn leading into a cobra roll. ![]() Once at the bottom, the train enters a 105-foot (32 m) vertical loop. Once at the top, the train goes through a pre-drop before entering the 109-foot (33 m) downward right drop. Silver Bullet's cobra rollĪfter the train departs from the station, it makes a 90 degree right turn before beginning to climb the 146-foot (45 m) lift hill. Silver Bullet's layout passes through three of the park's themed areas: Ghost Town, Fiesta Village, and Indian Trails. The ride entrance is located in the Ghost Town section of Knott's Berry Farm. ![]() Silver Bullet was also one of four attractions that opened at Knott's Berry Farm in the same year and carries a western theme. After construction and testing was completed, the roller coaster opened first to the media, then to the public on Decemthough the initial scheduled opening was on Christmas Eve of 2004. Out of those bids, the highest bid was $200 (US), and a total of $1643 was raised with all the money going to the Speech & Language Development Center of Buena Park. Although sixty seats were made available, only 13 of these received bids. On November 5, 2004, Knott's Berry Farm launched a "First Rider Auction" in which people from anywhere in the world would bid against each other in order to be one of the first public riders on Silver Bullet on December 7, 2004. The final piece of track was installed on September 30, 2004. As part of an $85 million investment in all Cedar Fair parks, Silver Bullet was announced to the public on December 1, 2003. Construction for the new roller coaster began in September 2003 with the relocation of The Church of Reflections. On May 28, 2003, a trademark for the name "Silver Bullet" was filed by Cedar Fair, the owners of the park. The ride lasts two minutes and thirty seconds and features six inversions including a vertical loop, cobra roll, zero-g roll, and two corkscrews. ![]() The track is approximately 3,125 feet (952 m) long and the lift hill is about 146 feet (45 m) tall. A first rider auction was also held where people would bid on seats to be the first riders. The $16 million roller coaster was announced on Decemand opened on December 7, 2004. Silver Bullet is a western-themed steel inverted roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard located at Knott's Berry Farm, an amusement park in Buena Park, California.
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