Messages

3511

Construction/Rumors / Re: Your Attraction Ideas

« on: March 18, 2008, 12:46:51 PM »

^Meh, I'd rather they take that idea, but use a more tradition Ozark hillside town theme. It could be some sort of detached suburb community from SDC, in which the inhabitants are known for being a bit... odd. Kinda like the old Shanty town.

3512

General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC BLOG

« on: March 18, 2008, 12:43:46 PM »

Hmmm, well if I can ever get around to finishing the new features for SDCF4, we may have something as good or better than the old SDC Blog. I was thinking of building some sort of group blog where special users could post stories and tid-bits in article form...

Once I get the new site up and running (which will hopefully go down tonight) I'll probably get cracking on it.

3513

Construction/Rumors / New Construction Photos

« on: March 10, 2008, 08:40:14 PM »

In case anyone hasn't been watching the home page, Copper sent in another round of photos today, showing off construction and some general park improvements.

The Culinary Arts School is actually a lot farther behind than I thought it would be. I thought they had all the ground stuff done a long time ago, so vertical construction has been going on for a few months... Then again, it is a special kind of building.

Glad to see some love being given to Flooded Mine, especially when it brings back retro theming.

Here's the link -> http://www.sdcfans.com/galleries/sdc_mar_08/sdc_mar_08.php

3514

SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Random Stuff Round-Up

« on: March 08, 2008, 07:07:22 PM »

Good grief Old Man, I really am going to have to add more pages to the site to hold all this info. Thanks, this is great stuff.

3515

SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Lost Concepts Round-Up

« on: March 08, 2008, 07:04:00 PM »

Holy crap... that's quite a bite of info!

That was a really amazing idea, and I can really see it coming back to life, but since the Grand Expo and Wildfire have stolen away the themes, they'll have to do something different with it.

Hmmm, isn't the 2009 project supposed to be an entirely new area?

3516

General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC BLOG

« on: March 08, 2008, 11:08:23 AM »

I assume it will start up again, but maybe it just wasn't as big of a success as they thought it would be, or maybe Conductor Sam just doesn't feel like doing it anymore.

3517

SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Lost Concepts Round-Up

« on: March 07, 2008, 06:30:53 PM »

^Wow, I had no idea that it was even an old concept.

 What ride manufacturer would you have chosen to build it?

3518

SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Sam's Mining Shack

« on: March 07, 2008, 06:24:31 PM »

What, are we talking about the tree house or what is now the mansion?

3519

General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Marvel Cave Improvements

« on: March 03, 2008, 06:54:02 PM »

Is there any sort of map of the cave anywhere? It sounded to me like they haven't even explored all of it yet, and quite a lot is still unaccessible to guests.

It'd be cool if they were able to open up another mouth to the cave somewhere else on the property and go into some other parts, although I have no idea how the cave is laid out...

3520

Construction/Rumors / Re: Your Attraction Ideas

« on: March 01, 2008, 10:09:36 PM »

I really want to see something along the lines of a massive shopping area with a wooden roller coaster twisting around and through it. Picture a Geyser Gulch for adults with a tight wooden roller coaster diving in and out and all around it. It might be tacky, but meh - if it were done just right...

3521

Construction/Rumors / Re: CC's 2008 Project

« on: March 01, 2008, 09:13:21 AM »

So I've heard that major work is starting on RF, can anyone go out there and grab some pics?

3522

SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: SDC Fantasies

« on: February 24, 2008, 01:09:25 PM »

I really want them to bring back a lot of the old characters that used to roam the parks, complete with their shows. For example, Geyser Gulch was supposed to have a full cast of characters playing in shows and roaming around the area, but alas, the budget was cut.

3523

General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Young Christian's Weekend

« on: February 21, 2008, 05:33:49 PM »

I'm sure they're doing it again, it's usually the most crowded weekend of the season. Wildfire usually has to use it's overflow and the upstairs loop around the gift shop.

Notices should start popping up for it soon.

3524

SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Mishaps

« on: February 17, 2008, 01:31:11 PM »

^The station brakes failed and an incoming train bumped into a train in the station at around 4 mph. The Herschends ended up sending a bunch of people to the hospital, even though no one was notably hurt.

3525

SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Mishaps

« on: February 14, 2008, 06:49:06 PM »

SDC always has been one of the safest, if not the safest parks in the world, but stuff does go wrong every blue moon. Something like 20 years ago there was a gruesome incident where a rider on FITH was killed when the train he was in was accidentally diverted into the maintainence area. The entry into the area was only as high as the car, so when it went through he was decapitated. Since then they've done such a good job of keeping everything run as safely as possible that there have been no other incidents involving major rider injury chain-wide, at least to my knowledge. (Has anyone ever died or been injured badly at DW?)

Also, as I just learned recently, there was an incident with the bridge holding part of the Lost River's queue just a few years ago, when part of it collapsed. One woman broke some bones in her leg. It was apparently just one of those structural oddities that occur out of the blue.

Other than those two incidents, I don't think much else has happened, thankfully.