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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2009/10 Project

« on: May 23, 2008, 06:43:53 PM »

An Ice house wouldn't look out of place just about anywhere in the park. I mean, there were a few around in the 1800's. It would actually fit in perfectly up on the homestead - but we have to remember the issue with the cave.

What about the whole new area with the 2nd train depot rumor? Maybe that ties into this?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: new videos

« on: May 23, 2008, 02:36:36 PM »

Interesting, but you should probably consider the new rules on FITH more carefully. They now state that you cannot take loose articles with you on the ride. It might seem kinda nit-picky for a ride with relatively little action, but if an article were to fall out of the car it could cause serious issues.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Silver Dollar City Ephemera

« on: May 23, 2008, 01:45:01 PM »

Wow, this is some amazing stuff. I'm really going to have ask the owner for permission to use some to these on the site.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2009/10 Project

« on: May 23, 2008, 01:41:16 PM »

Actually, I think big coaster in the Homestead would look awesome, it's just a matter of how you perceive it. I don't think every major ride needs it's own themed area - just look at how ThuNderaTion fits in so well.

^^^Well, I'm not really saying that it's just a jumble of rides... I too think it was pulled off well, just not like I think it could be. To me it feels more like a quaint park surrounded by rides, which at this point pretty much fits the theme of the area. I just think a big ride plopped down next to it would throw it off. Of course, who am I to say what will or won't throw things off? It's easy to forget that the park has planned everything out, and I'm sure they won't go wrecking themes and throwing off atmospheres by throwing stuff around where it doesn't feel right. If they decide to put a huge coater by EH, they'll make it work. They always have.

I think by now though we've all pretty much shown that the evidence points directly at a major G-Fighter being the big 2009 project - so the question now is - what will it be like? Will they go with the mine theme again, or are they going to surprise us with some sort of out-of-the-box, wild, could-only-happen-at-SDC amazing theme?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: fire in the hole

« on: May 22, 2008, 11:31:36 PM »

Welcome to the forums. I know this is well intentioned and all, but let's not post useless stuff, eh? 

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Construction/Rumors / Re: New Parking Lot/Road Plans

« on: May 22, 2008, 11:18:39 PM »

They should just hire a company to do it for them.

They did -- MODot

Ahh, now it makes sense. 

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2009/10 Project

« on: May 22, 2008, 11:17:37 PM »

^Hmmmmmm, good arguments, especially #2, seeing as WOF may be looking at one for 2009. If anything, now would be the time for SDC to pull out their own Mystery Mine-status ride to really wow people.

^^^It's  a nice fantasy, but I think we can forget about Twain coming back to the park. Like I've said before, the character is too tainted with misconstrued theories about the story being somehow racist for them to want to spend millions on it. Besides, even if it weren't tainted, it's old and considered lame, even though it fits the theme so perfectly. With SDC growing ever-more outright profit driven, I just don't see them jumping on anything that isn't fresh.
Man would I love to see one of the Mack Splash Battles themed to Twain though, that would be perfect...

Also, about the possibility of a wooden coaster going into the expo: I don't know if I think I've said this before already in different ways, but I really don't want to see that area of the park grow that much until it can be more settled out. It's a nice area, but it's too much of a jumble of rides and not enough of a themed area for me. Maybe if the new coaster was part of a package that would re-vamp the whole area into more of a World's Fair, but just a wooden coaster tacked on to all those rides would just not feel right. 

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: changes

« on: May 22, 2008, 06:49:09 PM »

Hey now, let's be fair here. Progress bring change, whether we all agree on it or not. The fact of the matter is that SDC is no longer the backwoods secret of the mid-west, it attracts over two million people a year and will handle considerably more in the coming years. Obviously this means that the same old ways we've come to love will change from what we are used to, but the park is doing it's best and it is still MUCH better than any other destination of its scale in the nation.

I agree, there's a few minor things here and there that we may want to point out and ask to be changed, but we must be careful not to whine and to appreciate what we've got. Not that I'm calling this whining or anything, but it could quickly go there.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2008 Project

« on: May 21, 2008, 08:59:17 PM »

Wow, it's gotten huge compared to what it used to look like - at least in the photos. It looks twice as large now. I just can't wait to see how they're going to fix up the exterior.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2009/10 Project

« on: May 21, 2008, 05:56:31 PM »

Whatever the name is, I just hope it's neat and original like ThuNderaTion rather than simply something like 'Mystery Mine'.

^Here's the Mystery Mine we've been talking about: http://rcdb.com/id3609.htm
  And here's another couple of examples: http://rcdb.com/ig2721.htm?picture=31   http://rcdb.com/ig3573.htm?picture=6

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Discounts and Cost-Saving Tips / Re: When times are tight...

« on: May 21, 2008, 03:42:04 PM »

^^ From what I've seen, there are less deals like that around of late, but it's always a good idea to stop at the gas stations before you get to Branson and check the goods over for special offers.

That's unfortunately the only advice I can give right now. 

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White Water Discussion / Re: Splash Island at Wild Adventures 2009

« on: May 20, 2008, 09:37:05 PM »

Whoops, I already had this topic posted in the Other Parks forum. Sorry.

http://sdcfans.com/forums/index.php?topic=198.msg2721#new

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White Water Discussion / Re: White Water 2008

« on: May 20, 2008, 08:47:36 PM »

Very sweet; the signage change really wraps the area together. Speaking of the logo, what's with the bird in the old logo? Is he a forgotten park character?

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2009/10 Project

« on: May 20, 2008, 07:42:00 PM »

If anyone plans on going soon, please get some shots of these famous construction flags for the rest of us. There were a few posted on CoasterCommunity a while back, but it sounds like more and more are showing up of all different colors. Soon they'll be clearing land from the sounds of it.

^The petting zoo has actually been there for several years now since the threat of foot and mouth disease dissipated. It's been growing slowly back; when it first moved there it was only a couple of chickens and rabbits, a pony, and a huge dog. Now it's actually a small zoo again.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Am I the only one who loved the 50s show in Echo Hollow and looks forward. .

« on: May 20, 2008, 05:25:13 PM »

Indeed, most wooden coasters are built to be a more rough, out of control ride - some of us like it that way. Unfortunately much of the general public expects a crystal smooth, overly engineered ride - basically a train ride with drops. GCII has done a pretty good job bridging the gap with rides like Oz Cat, but don't expect anything larger than that to be crystal smooth - it's just not the type of ride that's really meant to be.

That's one of the banes of roller coaster developement: how do you engineer a ride that booth feels completely out of control and thrilling yet meets the expectations of a million different people of different shapes and sizes? Like I said in another post, your ride on any given roller coaster is determined by so many factors including not only aspects of the ride itself like wet track, support upkeep, wheel grips, and such, but also aspects of the rider like size, shape, frailness, and opinions on what is or isn't rough.

Sometimes you just have to understand that roller coasters are more or less what they have always been - out of control train rides. You can't expect them to be completely tame.