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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: repost of a vid from 2018/19 right before covid.
« on: January 10, 2024, 10:33:37 AM »
Nice work, Kevin. This will definitely help! 
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Behind the Scenese at the Saloon
« on: October 23, 2023, 03:21:36 PM »
I enjoyed both videos. Thanks for sharing them.
-Tim
-Tim
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Behind the Scenes on the SDC train
« on: July 07, 2021, 05:12:04 PM »
Really enjoyed this video, sirwillow. Thanks for taking us along!
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Mystic River Falls Opening! We Rode Mystic River Falls at Silver Dollar City!
« on: July 08, 2020, 12:44:25 PM »
Thanks, John, for the video. I always enjoy them. Can't wait to experience MRF in person.
-Tim
-Tim
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: What Would You Do... If you could rewrite the Saloon show?
« on: May 05, 2020, 09:29:33 AM »^^ Not bad Outlaw Run- you may have a great "second career" ahead of you!
Sounds good to me!
It's crazy the stuff you can come up with when you're driving.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / What Would You Do... If you could rewrite the Saloon show?
« on: May 04, 2020, 06:45:38 PM »
I thought it might be fun to bounce around some ideas. I absolutely love the Saloon show. For our family, it is a must-do each time we visit SDC. My favorite story line for the Saloon show are the ones where Mean Murphy comes to town. I was going over the script in my mind, and I thought of some ways to "refresh" the story a little. I really wouldn't change much. Below you will find my version of the script after Murphy sings "I'm Mean!". Here's how I would "tweak" the script:
Rosie Roots: So tell me, Murphy, why are you so keen on finding “Bill” from St. Louis?
Mean Murphy: Nope, nope, I can’t talk about it.
Cast: Come on, Murphy. Tell us. Come on, Mr. Mean!
Mean Murphy: No. It’s personal.. It’s just between me and Bill!
Rosie Roots: Aw, come on, Murphy. It can’t be that bad. Bill seems like a nice guy. Uh, I mean, if… if I ever had a chance to meet him. I mean, with a name like “Bill”, he sounds like a good fella... especially if he comes from up St. Louis way.
Mean Murphy: Well, he ain’t. Trust me.
Charlie: So what did he do, Murphy? Make a “beak” joke in front of all your pals?
Mean Murphy: (In an outburst of anger.) Leave my nose out of it, Chuck!. Wait a minute. All right. (Composing himself). All right, I’m going to take my therapist’s advice and I’m going to open up about my struggles and feelins’. Since you are all so concerned about “Bill” from St. Louis, I’m gonna tell ya what he did. (Getting angry again) He’s that no-good, low-down, lilly-livered, egg-suckin’ snake in the grass that BIT MY NOSE OFF!
Cast: Ewwww!! Nasty!
Mean Murphy: So, now you know! (Getting emotional) It IS PERSONAL between me and Bill from St. Louis.
Rosie Roots: Boy, I’ll say!
Mean Murphy: He has no idea of what he has put me through over the last year! (Getting more emotional) Do you have any idea what it is like to go through life without a nose?
Charlie: I guess nobody but you “nose” that, Murphy! Hey, do you know why a nose can’t be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a “foot”! Do you know what you’ll find if you look in a pig’s nose? A ham booger!
Mean Murphy: You see, you see, that’s the kind of stuff I’ve got to put up with! Nose jokes, booger jokes! I’ve heard them all! Plus on top of all that.. (very emotional) I have… I have what the doctor’s call “phantom sinusitis”!
Rosie Roots: Phantom sinusitis, what’s that?
Mean Murphy: Well, it’s like my nose, or lack thereof, is just all clogged up. I can’t breath in! I can’t breath out! And it gives me this poundin’ sinus headache day and night. It makes a fella just a little bit irritable!
Rosie Roots: I bet it does!
Mean Murphy: And I’ve tried everything to get some relief. There was that cowpoke up in Cheyenne who told me to tie a baby skunk around my neck. That didn’t work. And the little rascal chewed me up somethin’ fierce!
Charlie: Sounds like his advice really stunk!
Mean Murphy: Then there was that Cherokee medicine man that sold me some herbs to stuff inside my gold “prosthetic” nose. He called it C-B-D.
Rosie Roots: C-B-D, what does that stand for?
Mean Murphy: It stands for “Cherokee Breathin’ Detoxifier” and he promised it would cure my phantom sinusitis. So I started breathin’ in that stuff and it wasn’t five minutes later and it was lights out, son!. I mean to tell ya I didn’t come to for three days.
Rosie Roots: Sounds like a nightmare!
Mean Murphy: But the absolute worst thing by far was the contraption a French fellow sold me up in Kansas City.
Rosie Roots: Really, what was that?
Mean Murphy: He called it a “neti pot”.
Rosie Roots: A what-y what?
Mean Murphy: A “neti pot”. It’s this little pot with a spout on it. You fill it up with hot water and you pour it in your nose, if a person had one, and it’s supposed to clean out your sinuses.
Rosie Roots: Well did it work?
Mean Murphy: No it didn’t work! It was terrible! Water going everywhere. I pert-near drownded on dry land. It was humiliating!
Rosie Roots: I can see why you might be a bit perturbed towards, Bill. Tell us, Mr. Mean, just for hypothetical reasons, what would you do if you did come across Bill from St. Louis?
Mean Murphy: What would I do? What would I do! Well, first I’m gonna use that neti pot on him, then I’m going to discombobulate him, and then I’m going to take him by the ears and make a big wish!
Rosie Roots: So tell me, Murphy, why are you so keen on finding “Bill” from St. Louis?
Mean Murphy: Nope, nope, I can’t talk about it.
Cast: Come on, Murphy. Tell us. Come on, Mr. Mean!
Mean Murphy: No. It’s personal.. It’s just between me and Bill!
Rosie Roots: Aw, come on, Murphy. It can’t be that bad. Bill seems like a nice guy. Uh, I mean, if… if I ever had a chance to meet him. I mean, with a name like “Bill”, he sounds like a good fella... especially if he comes from up St. Louis way.
Mean Murphy: Well, he ain’t. Trust me.
Charlie: So what did he do, Murphy? Make a “beak” joke in front of all your pals?
Mean Murphy: (In an outburst of anger.) Leave my nose out of it, Chuck!. Wait a minute. All right. (Composing himself). All right, I’m going to take my therapist’s advice and I’m going to open up about my struggles and feelins’. Since you are all so concerned about “Bill” from St. Louis, I’m gonna tell ya what he did. (Getting angry again) He’s that no-good, low-down, lilly-livered, egg-suckin’ snake in the grass that BIT MY NOSE OFF!
Cast: Ewwww!! Nasty!
Mean Murphy: So, now you know! (Getting emotional) It IS PERSONAL between me and Bill from St. Louis.
Rosie Roots: Boy, I’ll say!
Mean Murphy: He has no idea of what he has put me through over the last year! (Getting more emotional) Do you have any idea what it is like to go through life without a nose?
Charlie: I guess nobody but you “nose” that, Murphy! Hey, do you know why a nose can’t be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a “foot”! Do you know what you’ll find if you look in a pig’s nose? A ham booger!
Mean Murphy: You see, you see, that’s the kind of stuff I’ve got to put up with! Nose jokes, booger jokes! I’ve heard them all! Plus on top of all that.. (very emotional) I have… I have what the doctor’s call “phantom sinusitis”!
Rosie Roots: Phantom sinusitis, what’s that?
Mean Murphy: Well, it’s like my nose, or lack thereof, is just all clogged up. I can’t breath in! I can’t breath out! And it gives me this poundin’ sinus headache day and night. It makes a fella just a little bit irritable!
Rosie Roots: I bet it does!
Mean Murphy: And I’ve tried everything to get some relief. There was that cowpoke up in Cheyenne who told me to tie a baby skunk around my neck. That didn’t work. And the little rascal chewed me up somethin’ fierce!
Charlie: Sounds like his advice really stunk!
Mean Murphy: Then there was that Cherokee medicine man that sold me some herbs to stuff inside my gold “prosthetic” nose. He called it C-B-D.
Rosie Roots: C-B-D, what does that stand for?
Mean Murphy: It stands for “Cherokee Breathin’ Detoxifier” and he promised it would cure my phantom sinusitis. So I started breathin’ in that stuff and it wasn’t five minutes later and it was lights out, son!. I mean to tell ya I didn’t come to for three days.
Rosie Roots: Sounds like a nightmare!
Mean Murphy: But the absolute worst thing by far was the contraption a French fellow sold me up in Kansas City.
Rosie Roots: Really, what was that?
Mean Murphy: He called it a “neti pot”.
Rosie Roots: A what-y what?
Mean Murphy: A “neti pot”. It’s this little pot with a spout on it. You fill it up with hot water and you pour it in your nose, if a person had one, and it’s supposed to clean out your sinuses.
Rosie Roots: Well did it work?
Mean Murphy: No it didn’t work! It was terrible! Water going everywhere. I pert-near drownded on dry land. It was humiliating!
Rosie Roots: I can see why you might be a bit perturbed towards, Bill. Tell us, Mr. Mean, just for hypothetical reasons, what would you do if you did come across Bill from St. Louis?
Mean Murphy: What would I do? What would I do! Well, first I’m gonna use that neti pot on him, then I’m going to discombobulate him, and then I’m going to take him by the ears and make a big wish!
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Gaslight Square Commercial
« on: May 04, 2020, 12:01:27 PM »
Came across a commercial from May 1989 advertising Gaslight Square.
https://youtu.be/yfxvvn8uxUU?t=619
To be honest, I don't have any memories of Gaslight Square. I would have been 18 at the time and was much more interested in rides and having fun away from the parents! However, after viewing this commercial, in hindsight I'm really glad this theme was quickly replaced.
-Tim
https://youtu.be/yfxvvn8uxUU?t=619
To be honest, I don't have any memories of Gaslight Square. I would have been 18 at the time and was much more interested in rides and having fun away from the parents!
However, after viewing this commercial, in hindsight I'm really glad this theme was quickly replaced. -Tim
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project (Thread #2)
« on: April 07, 2020, 11:39:14 AM »
Excellent news! Thanks, Swoosh!
-Tim
-Tim
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project (Thread #2)
« on: March 09, 2020, 09:36:45 AM »
Ride Engineers Switzerland posted an animation of Mystic River Falls recently on YouTube. The "elevator" looks really cool and efficient if it functions as seen in the animation. MRF will be a blast! I'm sure we will have more fun than the riders in the animation!
Here's the link to the animation:
https://youtu.be/lOx1E_LQnOI
Here's the link to the animation:
https://youtu.be/lOx1E_LQnOI
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: American Plunge Tunnel
« on: November 26, 2019, 03:02:01 PM »
Thank you, Jay.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / American Plunge Tunnel
« on: November 26, 2019, 11:03:26 AM »
I know this is a weird question. But it's just one of those things that is buggin' me.
What is above you during the tunnel on American Plunge?
Thanks, guys.
-Tim
What is above you during the tunnel on American Plunge?
Thanks, guys.
-Tim
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Time Traveler Documentary
« on: October 29, 2019, 04:49:48 PM »
Hi, guys...
A documentary for Time Traveler was just posted on Youtube. Absolutely beautiful footage. Also quite a bit of behind-the-scenes footage showing how the ride operates.
https://youtu.be/AaOw2R9BDrU
-Tim
A documentary for Time Traveler was just posted on Youtube. Absolutely beautiful footage. Also quite a bit of behind-the-scenes footage showing how the ride operates.
https://youtu.be/AaOw2R9BDrU
-Tim
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Best discounted tix?
« on: October 21, 2019, 10:52:25 AM »
I called SDC earlier in the month regarding the last "SDC Times" that others have mentioned in various forums. I was told that a random selection of season pass holders receive a particular edition of the "SDC Times". It's frustrating enough that there were no guest passes for the Harvest Festival, but to not receive a coupon because we weren't selected to receive the "SDC Times" really adds insult to injury. I'm a 40+ year season pass holder. Seems like I should be "grandfathered in" to at least receive a mailer!
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Old crafts
« on: September 10, 2019, 02:47:36 PM »
Even something as "simple" as the old coin press would be great. I still remember making mine!
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SDC Memories/ Park History / 1966 SDC Film Transfer - Vehicle Footage
« on: July 09, 2019, 12:13:26 PM »
Hey, guys.
I found a very interesting film transfer that was recently posted to YouTube. What really makes this video unique is the in-vehicle footage shot while traveling to SDC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1crJra5ks
-Tim
I found a very interesting film transfer that was recently posted to YouTube. What really makes this video unique is the in-vehicle footage shot while traveling to SDC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1crJra5ks
-Tim