On September 25, 1998, Silver Dollar City announced that they would be building their next roller coaster.

The park hired Premier Rides to design a one-of-a-kind prototype model known as a Liquid Coaster.

It would sit in a 6-acre (2.4 ha) plot of land surrounded by trees and hilly terrain.

Each ride vehicle featured plastic shields on both sides to prevent flooding.

[8] On November 6, 2004, it was announced that the new ride would be named Powder Keg: A Blast Into The Wilderness.

The train goes through a 90-degree left turn before going down another steep drop onto a small spray-painted blue section of the track.