Wild Eagle is a steel Wing Coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard at the Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
[3] By early June, blue Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster track pieces had already arrived at Dollywood.
[4] On September 4, 2011, Wild Eagle was officially announced to the public as the first wing coaster to open in the United States.
[7][8] On February 28, 2012, Dollywood unveiled a steel sculpture of an eagle with a wing span of 42 feet (13 m) and a total weight of 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) that would be placed near the entrance of the ride.
The train enters a 110-foot (34 m) vertical loop followed by a slight left, then into a zero-gravity roll where riders experience the feeling of weightlessness.
The train then goes through a trim brake, before entering a corkscrew, then a camelback hill which is a common way of achieving air-time on roller coasters.