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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2013 Trip Reviews...
« on: September 30, 2013, 11:01:44 AM »
Our Saturday was a VERY pleasant visit right up till about 3. Then the bottom fell out of the clouds.
We hit the lots at Stop 2 about 8 and got our own personal tramride to the gate. There, we had a long talk with Jill, one of the picture takers--whom we have gotten to know over the past couple years. Wonderful person!
The normal breakfast at Molly's preceded my wife grabbing a couple pins to trade. (One of the pins broke while still on the card, and the folks at HH were very helpful in exchanging it for her.) She went to trade at the Apple House--we again got to talk with the lady there, who is another wonderful person. We also resupplied with fruit butters.
Then the Pickers. Poor Walt broke a guitar string in the middle of a number and had to borrow
We saw the Stunt show and the Trick Riding show. The boys--as expected--loved the Stunt show. The Trick Riding show didn't have very much riding at all--just one act. Seems like a nice group of kids trying to keep a family tradition alive, but they ought to revisit their priorities.
We rode the train twice. The first time in the morning, there was no line, and the train (4 cars) left without every seat filled. The Bolin boys drew the skit out--Ma disavowed them--and the conductor didn't know what day it was, either. We could easily tell they had a lot of fun with that performance. It took longer than usual and was much appreciated! Unfortunately, by the second ride in the afternoon, the rain had started, and the boys just waved at the train as it went by.
The one trip on FM was uncrowded. They didn't even use the que inside. Music and animatronics all seemed in fine fettle.
We bought two bottles of Black kettle seasoning at the Culinary School as my family really likes it, and they say their supply for next year is not secure.
There is a new consession in the wing added to Christmas Hollow--it's some sort of girlie, sparkly place with frilly stuff for little girls and a halo hairdo. We did buy a hair band for the sister of our godson whose B-day party is next week.
When the rain started, my boys regretted the fact that they had left ponchos in the car. The younger one has a cold, so we decided to skip the last turn thrugh the crafters--a BIG disappointment, though they were covering up their crafts, anyway--and headed out about 4. Along with 90% of everybody else.
We stopped in OM so that the younger boy could buy an instrument at Cedar Creek; the older one bought another set of hammers for his dulcimer.
The attendants had the tram loading line back up underneath the roof, and they were pushing trams and busses through there as fast as they could load them--a good attempt to handle the sudden crowd as quickly and dryly as possible. But once we got on the tram, is was like riding a submarine--a very FAST submarine. No hope of staying dry, but the exposure time was cut to a minimum.
I really wish we could get another day of Harvest Fest thsi year, but it isn't to be--next time will be during OTC. But at least it was a mostly good day for it--beautiful weather up till it wasn't beautiful anymore
Park wasn't crowded at all.
Oh, and see the Lye Soap thread for my report on that visit.
We hit the lots at Stop 2 about 8 and got our own personal tramride to the gate. There, we had a long talk with Jill, one of the picture takers--whom we have gotten to know over the past couple years. Wonderful person!
The normal breakfast at Molly's preceded my wife grabbing a couple pins to trade. (One of the pins broke while still on the card, and the folks at HH were very helpful in exchanging it for her.) She went to trade at the Apple House--we again got to talk with the lady there, who is another wonderful person. We also resupplied with fruit butters.
Then the Pickers. Poor Walt broke a guitar string in the middle of a number and had to borrow
We saw the Stunt show and the Trick Riding show. The boys--as expected--loved the Stunt show. The Trick Riding show didn't have very much riding at all--just one act. Seems like a nice group of kids trying to keep a family tradition alive, but they ought to revisit their priorities.
We rode the train twice. The first time in the morning, there was no line, and the train (4 cars) left without every seat filled. The Bolin boys drew the skit out--Ma disavowed them--and the conductor didn't know what day it was, either. We could easily tell they had a lot of fun with that performance. It took longer than usual and was much appreciated! Unfortunately, by the second ride in the afternoon, the rain had started, and the boys just waved at the train as it went by.
The one trip on FM was uncrowded. They didn't even use the que inside. Music and animatronics all seemed in fine fettle.
We bought two bottles of Black kettle seasoning at the Culinary School as my family really likes it, and they say their supply for next year is not secure.
There is a new consession in the wing added to Christmas Hollow--it's some sort of girlie, sparkly place with frilly stuff for little girls and a halo hairdo. We did buy a hair band for the sister of our godson whose B-day party is next week.
When the rain started, my boys regretted the fact that they had left ponchos in the car. The younger one has a cold, so we decided to skip the last turn thrugh the crafters--a BIG disappointment, though they were covering up their crafts, anyway--and headed out about 4. Along with 90% of everybody else.
We stopped in OM so that the younger boy could buy an instrument at Cedar Creek; the older one bought another set of hammers for his dulcimer.
The attendants had the tram loading line back up underneath the roof, and they were pushing trams and busses through there as fast as they could load them--a good attempt to handle the sudden crowd as quickly and dryly as possible. But once we got on the tram, is was like riding a submarine--a very FAST submarine. No hope of staying dry, but the exposure time was cut to a minimum.
I really wish we could get another day of Harvest Fest thsi year, but it isn't to be--next time will be during OTC. But at least it was a mostly good day for it--beautiful weather up till it wasn't beautiful anymore
Park wasn't crowded at all.Oh, and see the Lye Soap thread for my report on that visit.
