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Fire in the Hole's dated production values and odd subject matter made the ride a cult favorite, with some people even developing "callback lines" to shout at various points during the ride. Riders passed scenes of the town's residents trying to extinguish the flames before crossing a collapsing
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blowing its whistle, and crashing into a dynamite storage shack. In the ride's finale the coaster trains were sent hurtling over a drop into a pool of water with a splash down finish. The splash was part of the ride since its conception. Water cannons within the splash down lake could have been
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