Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun
Built by Dinnopened April 1, 1989 4,230 ft of track

Worlds of Fun, Kansas City, Missouri

Timber Wolf

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“Airtime is amazing on this one!”

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Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun in 2006
The entrance to the Timber Wolf wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun during the night
Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun, Kansas City. The Detonator towers to the left, and Mamba overlooking from behind
Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Worlds of Fun

suffers a lot from dinn not being able to make a ride with good pacing ever but it ain’t that bad, it’s got some good pops of air on it and it’s fun when it isn’t boring.

Jamie Óchi

The airtime for me feels amplified, it sticks out more from after the retrack.

Silas M.

Floaty classic layout with lots of little pops on every drop and hill.

Rob B.

Airtime is amazing on this one!

Monsoon

...ride has been down for most the day before I rode it so it definitely wasn’t warmed up and it lacked in airtime though I was also in the second car and guessing the airtime is better towards the back.

Glass Cannonn

There is a pothole after the first drop but from there on out it is an incredibly smooth woodie.

coasterflats

Opened earlier than expected after some work, and the ride is surprisingly smooth.

Alex Goering

This is really rough, and no it’s not the usual quirky rattle you should expect on an older woodie, it’s to a genuinely painful magnitude.

Jacob Narup

Dinn coasters always got rough with age and frankly even before the retrack, this wasn’t as bad as everyone says.

Aaron Yockey

Timberwolf doesn’t fail to immediately introduce its intensity right at the beginning.

Monsoon

It’s so rough and fast and adrenaline-inducing that it’s difficult to remember how it rides!

@venusthebenus

Although, the ride’s dead spots still remain, the two slow turnarounds are some dead spots also the end, but the ride is amazing thanks to Gravity Group for retracking it.

Silas M.

The layout seemed promising but the pace slowed down in a lot of sections.

Glass Cannonn

Was only running one train on my visit for no clear reason and this brutalized capacity, nearly a 40 minute wait to move barely 100 feet.

Rob B.

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

100 ftHeight
205 Mamba 149 Patriot 116 Boomerang 102 Prowler 100 TimberWolf 74 ZambeziZinger
95 ftFirst drop
205 Mamba 123 Patriot 95 TimberWolf 85 Prowler 50 SpinningDragons
53 mphTop speed
Mamba75 Patriot60 Timber Wolf53 Prowler51 Boomerang47 Zambezi Zinger45 075 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Long ride

Criticised for

Rough or rattlyPainful or bruisingSlowed by trims

Opened earlier than expected after some work, and the ride is surprisingly smooth.

Alex Goering, Captain Coaster review

This is really rough, and no it’s not the usual quirky rattle you should expect on an older woodie, it’s to a genuinely painful magnitude.

Jacob Narup, Captain Coaster review

suffers a lot from dinn not being able to make a ride with good pacing ever but it ain’t that bad, it’s got some good pops of air on it and it’s fun when it isn’t boring.

Jamie Óchi, Captain Coaster review

Dinn coasters always got rough with age and frankly even before the retrack, this wasn’t as bad as everyone says.

Aaron Yockey, Captain Coaster review

I love the layout, the more and more I do this guy’s coasters the more I love woodens.

Alexander Sims, Captain Coaster review

There is a pothole after the first drop but from there on out it is an incredibly smooth woodie.

coasterflats, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun in 2006
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
The entrance to the Timber Wolf wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun during the night
FrancineFan3883, CC BY-SA 4.0
Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun, Kansas City. The Detonator towers to the left, and Mamba overlooking from behind
Moonraker0022 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Timber Wolf at Worlds of Fun
ian munroe, CC BY 2.0
Timber Wolf, Timber Woods
VoyagerMU, CC BY-SA 3.0

5 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

April 1, 1989Opened

Built by Dinn, designed by Curtis D. Summers.

$3 millionTo build
2.8 gStrongest force on riders

Past incidents

  1. August 2014On August 2, 2014, an 11-year-old boy was taken to a hospital after suffering a concussion and a bloody nose on the ride.
  2. June 1995On June 30, 1995, a 14-year-old-girl died after falling from her seat.
  3. March 1990On March 31, 1990, 35 people were injured when two roller coaster trains collided just short of the loading platform.

Golden Ticket Awards, top wood coaster: ranked in 8 polls, 1998 to 2006

8th1998, its first poll
49th2006, most recent
1incident blamed on the ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Worlds of Fun guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), FrancineFan3883 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Moonraker0022 at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), ian munroe (CC BY 2.0), VoyagerMU (CC BY-SA 3.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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