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Shanty town was mostly replaced by the new Landing in the late 80's early 90's - I think. I've also heard the old town area next to the main square referred to as Shanty Town... Clarification, anyone?

The Gandy Dancer is apparently close to the train station and the old petting zoo. I still have yet to get a good glimpse of it myself.

Thanks for sticking around.

I kinda doubt there will be a lawsuit, purely because of the fact that this was a weather-related phenomena and not a park issue. Even if it were though, these things happen all the time and the Herschends, like any corporation, have a crack team ready to handle it. Just a year or so ago someone slipped on their own accord outside the Jukebox diner and tried to sue for around $2 million - they settled for around $200 thousand.  The American Justice system at work.

Dierbergs is offering about $11 off SDC season passes, if you live in an area that has one.

Check it out here -> http://www.dierbergs.com/dierbergs.com/whatsnew/silver+dollar+city.htm

^That would be something. I mean, there's something coming because we pretty much know for sure that they'll be spending their largest capital expenditure to date in 2009, but what if it's a collection of other things and not just a major ride? I wouldn't be let down. I want to see another coaster eventually, but right now I'm yearning more to see the city expand as a city and not as a collection of rides and random new areas.

I think from a business point of view it would be wiser to use this year to build a new feature ride, then use the anniversary to bring out the SDC nostalgia and maybe an expansion based on that.

^Whatever works, I'm just saying... 

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?

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.

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.

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?

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

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

They did -- MODot

Ahh, now it makes sense. 

^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. 

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.

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.

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