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Other Parks / Re: SFOT Purchase Offer From HFEC?

« on: April 25, 2019, 11:29:00 PM »

I have to say IF this were indeed true SFOT would be my pick if they were to buy out and convert a SF park to their style. It would make a great candidate to be a Dollywood/SDC for this part of the country as it has a similar "style" as the two major abeforementioned parks. Granted the DC and Looney Tunes parts would have to be removed and rethemed but the Texas/Spain/Mexico segments would fit right in as a Texas version of SDC. The city area could be rethemed to the 50's-60's stuff we had at CC and currently at Dollywood.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 25, 2019, 10:53:55 PM »

Thanks all.

^^ couple comments

1. The rock work is all new.  They didn’t save anything
2. I agree that the footer is for the tower/slide regardless of what the blowhard Andrew says on TPR.

Im surprised nothing was saved,,, the big stones have Age, Weathering and Moss on them.   Look like they have been there before... for sure fits well..

If those rocks are new, then that's great stuff on the landscaping already. Love it.

Thanks for the photos!

Agreed on both. I feel more optimistic that they may indeed be able to preserve the charm of the original ride. Hope they go all out on the landscaping and from what it looks like they are off to a good start.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 25, 2019, 06:12:50 PM »

And here is the video I also took: https://youtu.be/IqaEkmdTZeQ


Trademark Filings:

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2019 Trip Reports

« on: April 25, 2019, 06:04:57 PM »

Thought I would share my recent trip with updated ride thru videos of The Flooded Mine and the Train ride featuring the new Engine #14 

FLOODED MINE:
https://youtu.be/b4h3VUe5OHI

TRAIN RIDE:
https://youtu.be/T6jJkiHqn-0

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 25, 2019, 02:37:14 PM »

Without being too redundant to what others posted, I just officially made my first visit of the season yesterday and here is a few photos I snapped thru the fence with my DSLR.

As mentioned by others, there are several troughs already constructed along with a large concrete structure, also noted a large rectangle pit about 30-50 feet wide and 6-7 feet deep with lots of reebar for what looks like a tower structure of sorts going up just to the west of the large concrete structure which I have also assumed to be the new station building.














Also noted the fact that they apparently went thru a lot of trouble to salvage the rockwork from the previous ride as they have already carefully laid it down next to some of the troughs already constructed in the same style as the former ride.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2019 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 25, 2019, 02:35:50 PM »

Looks good, looking forward to seeing how it turns out later this year.

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Other Parks / Re: Big Fight at WoF

« on: April 22, 2019, 09:05:01 PM »

Oh... lovely... 

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2021 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 21, 2019, 09:30:27 PM »

With all the talk with the FITH demo and possible remake, while I still cringe at the idea of losing this classic as I have known it, it would be cool if they did do something like this for the final drop on the remake that yells Fiiiiiiirrrrre In Theeee Hoooole! along with other pyrotechnic effects thru the ride. https://youtu.be/89flDfgcQr8?t=140

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Construction/Rumors / Lighted Rollercoaster Wheels for Wildfire

« on: April 21, 2019, 09:20:43 PM »

Found this on YouTube: https://youtu.be/35LdsktC-_8
Uremet (manufacturer of rollercoaster wheels) has introduced light up wheels.

Considering that Wildfires 20th anniversary at the park is in 2021, this would look really cool with Orange & Yellow LED's on the wheels. It would be a fun way to commemorate its 20th with this little "upgrade".

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 21, 2019, 02:32:31 AM »

Interesting update. Thanks all for posting. I am betting that massive pit made for that footer is gonna be the elevator tower for one of those big slide drop sections. And I'm glad to see they are already getting started with some landscape/themeing work. Hope they go all out with it thru the course of the ride.

Hopefully I will be able to finally get up there and check it out for myself next week. 

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2021 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 21, 2019, 02:24:11 AM »

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Dollywood Discussion / Re: Future DW Speculation

« on: April 09, 2019, 02:36:19 PM »

These guys made a video talking about a new ride survey put out that talks about a new Hyper Coaster, Mack Spinner, or Indoor Coaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOz98TupdoM

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2022 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: April 08, 2019, 09:39:12 PM »

I would still love to see a revival of the Mystery Mine concept SDC was supposed to get years ago that Dollywood ultimately got. Heck they could simply reuse the rejected lost silver mine concept they put out when Time Traveler was being developed.

Or do a ride themed to and complementing Marvel Cave.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: March 24, 2019, 02:34:31 AM »

Considering the lake was indeed a natural feature that predates the park I do think they will keep it intact to some degree.

From the SDC Fans FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/sdcfans/posts/10161410125115063?__xts__

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2020 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: March 18, 2019, 07:40:56 PM »

^If you click back a couple pages in this thread I made the note with one of the photos that they appear to have saved the old rafts and were apparently using them for testing. This trough above seems to support the theory that they are indeed being reused. I don't think the newer (larger) boats would fit in those.