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So is the parking lot done yet? Surely in a month's time they've been able to put the asphalt down.

^I think some of those things just break from time to time, because I know I've gone several times before and been either disapointed that it wasn't working or surprised that it had been fixed again.

The place just needs a good fix-up. It doesn't have to be extensive to the point that they have to put in the wheelchair access, but they could just take out some of the old tricks and re-build them so they work better. Any ideas when they'll work on the place? I heard they were going to do some stuff to it last off-season, but obviously that didn't really happen unless the new pool felt was all they were planning.

I could definitely 'shop some of them to be just as good or better than hers. 

Wow, that is completely different than the Bell's version, which was honestly a lot better. I guess they weren't mirrored copies after all, unless the DW version was reconfigured after being taken out of the fair.

I guess it was a pretty important ride though for having inspired AP.

Thanks for the info.

I know there are some DW fans on here, so I hope one of you has a photo of DW's old County Fair Falls log flume that was torn down several years ago. I'm interested in the ride due to the fact that it was a sister of the flume at Bell's Amusement park, both flumes having operated together side by side during a worlds fair in I think 1980 or 1984... too lazy to look it up.

Did anyone here ride on it? What was it like and how as it themed?

I'm anything but a glass-half-empty kind of guy, but boy does that attraction just scream for major refurbishment now.  With the tunnel section as it is now, the whole experience is sub par.  You feel like you are doused with disappointment even before you get soaked with water.

Yeah, and there are some rumors flying around that this may very well happen soon.

It kind of scares me though, because I love AP's theme, and any major re-furbishment project would probably do away with it in lieu of something more generic and modern. The whole Ozark daredevilry thing is very cute and fits in oh so well, and I really loved all the old effects they used to have to go along with it. Even without the awesome old tunnel, there's still a few old effects that are really well done like the boat that slides out and over riders and the classic whirlpool.

^^ It doesn't really compare to six flags, or at least any six flags I've been to. CC has all the Herschend charm with a lot more rides involved. It's extremely well themed, though the atmosphere is no where near SDC quality just because of the way the park is so set on rides rather than being an overall experience like SDC.

It is certainly a park for ride lovers still, though there are a few nice shops and some great shows from time to time. The rides themselves are pretty good, but lacking in number. Like I said, the park needs to expand more in every area before it can really make it, but it can make it.

The tunnel was re-built for structural reasons during PK's construction.  It needed to be sounder so that equipment could be parked above it, and so that eventually a pathway can go over it. Like everyone's said though, I sure wish they could have built in some new effects rather than just having a dark tunnel, but things like that were slashed for unknown reasons all around. PK's water effect still isn't working, is it?

Man, the forum picture uploader is crapping out again. Anyone else not getting the whole photo to load? I tried downloading it and opening it up, but apparently the file is corrupted? Would you mind trying to upload it again, orient express?

^That's great to hear, it's those kinds of things that really make the park, even more than the big new rides.

It's nice to hear that the park is maturing. Hopefully in the next few years they'll be able to add a few more shows, a couple more shops, and a few choice rides to really settle out the park, then they can go back to the original plans for the park and really develop it into more of a nighttime park with extensive lighting and cool nighttime events. I still think the original idea can really work, if the park can just get there. Unfortunately, there's probably more money in the short and long run in turning the park into more of a mixed attraction with animals and other things, so we'll just see what happens.

^^Rather than a conveyor belt, they use a set of rising and lowering metal bars that actually pick the cars out of the water enough to be stable, so there shouldn't be anything like that anymore.

Funny though, I never noticed this conversion before.

Where is the Devils Stonepile? Is it near the Mammoth room?

I too have vague memories of the Swinging Bridge when I was young - it must be extremely impressionable.

I also remember the Landing when it was in it's glory, with tunnels, ropes, bridges, slides, and all those little do-dads.

I remember the tree house best of all though, before it was fixed to be PC - they had these pop guns that pointed out the window and all these random little games and mirrors.

I really need some SDC photos to use in various site graphics, but I have a limited collection. If you guys have any random SDC photos that I could use, I would really appreciate it.

Specifically, I need some photos that show off SDC festivals - KidsFest photos would be really good right now. I could use other photos too, though I'm pretty much covered as far as rides are concerned.