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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: The Hobos of Hobo Junction Have Been Found!

« on: July 25, 2018, 11:05:09 AM »

Just to let you know, those photos are not current, and the hobos haven't been there in quite a while.  :-)

That's a bummer.

I found you on YouTube a couple weeks ago and have been watching a lot of your videos, by the way. I love your channel.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire In the Hole/Flooded Mine

« on: June 30, 2018, 12:55:05 AM »

I've been down here this last week. During my rides on both rides, I have seen many of the problems addressed in the forum.

Fire in the Hole doesn't have the song playing throughout the ride though everything else was working just fine. Come to think of it, maybe the saloon song and Baldknobber gun shots weren't on either. I'm fine with my barrel dumping Baldknobber getting his "Here's a barrel of laughs!". As long as that line is running I'm good.

Flooded Mine at the beginning of the week had the jackhammer for the jackhammer inmate missing and the inmate cranking his busted pipe had his arm unattached. I rode it yesterday and the jackhammer was back and cranking inmate had his arm back on his busted pipe though he wasn't cranking. Also, there is a random head sitting in the cell with the inmate giving another inmate a bust on his shoulder, the saw scene seems to be off, and the "I'm getting outta here!" inmates head is turnt quite well to hide his broken neck.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / The Hobos of Hobo Junction Have Been Found!

« on: June 30, 2018, 12:12:39 AM »

I was riding the train today and remembered a bit of the ride that always caught my mind whenever I first rode the ride: Hobo Junction.

As many on these forums probably already know, Hobo Junction vanished during the construction of Outlaw Run. I always wondered what happened to the hobo figures. Were they off in storage somewhere in the park? Were the reused as props somewhere in Fire in the Hole or the Flooded Mine? Well, the answer to my question was answered after a Google search tonight. I found these photos on Tumblr.





Whenever Outlaw Run was built, I kept trying to get a glimpse to see the hobos while on the ride though soon gave up because that ride goes by so fast. I'm happy to have found photos, even if they may not be the best, of the hobos of Hobo Junction. I hope someday the hobos are put back in place whether on the train or as decor somewhere else in the park.

Does anyone else have any photos or found any photos of Hobo Junction? Do you think Hobo Junction will ever be restored? Also, was water actually showering the bathing hobo? For some reason I remembered this. And were these hobos still set up during the holidays?

Sorry, so many questions. I hope y'all enjoy my Google findings.