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Other Parks / Re: Carowinds "Copperhead Strike" 2019 Mack Double Launch Coaster

« on: December 27, 2018, 01:48:00 AM »

Thought I would update this, track work is complete.



Timelapse: https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/time-lapse-construction-of-copperhead-strike-at-carowinds/275-2a52d1a0-b112-4448-a620-48ffc4362087

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Attendance numbers

« on: December 26, 2018, 02:01:28 PM »

Temps being near 60 and it being Christmas break it could get interesting.

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

« on: December 23, 2018, 02:00:57 AM »

Interesting views. Thanks for taking pics. And yeah it does kinda make me wonder if the lake will even survive this project.

I should be up there with my camera on the 27th granted I can get away from work.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Attendance numbers

« on: December 20, 2018, 02:25:42 PM »

What's it like after Christmas? Trying to decide if I want to treat a couple of out of towners.

Expect it to be very very busy

Yeah I was gonna try to make it up there next Weds-Thurs as thats the only other time off I got that matches with the park being open. Its really that bad even thru the week?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2018 Trip Reports

« on: December 17, 2018, 09:52:47 PM »

So as I mentioned in another post, I went on Sunday and to my surprise (and to the parks surprise) they were unexpectedly busy and staff were commenting that they have never have seen a Sunday (even at Christmas) this busy. It was like a Friday or Saturday night there. All the lots were near full and they rerouted the entrance to the back lot walkway (where the cave tour begins) and you enter the park by Browns Candy Factory. Got some rare views of TNT in operation seeing the trains run the lift hill and the final drop. Didn't get down to the construction/demo site by Lost River this trip though it was already dark when I arrived and couldn't see much down there anyways.

The Time Traveler & TNT area.








The "Alternate" entrance used by the park on Sunday night with TNT operating just to our right in the pitch blackness.









Flooded Mine as seen from the patio of the skillet restaurants.



Christmas in Midtown in its 2nd year.







And of course the Trains with engines #504 and #76 running rounds thru the night.
(1 hour wait time, so I skipped out this time)





Was short on time for this trip so I am gonna try to head back up again just before or just after Christmas to close out the season.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Attendance numbers

« on: December 17, 2018, 02:11:32 PM »

It could very well be. The entrance was rerouted to the Cave Tour path up to the Candy Factory and TNT. Or are they doing that all the time for the Christmas event now? This was my first OTC I attended so far this year.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Attendance numbers

« on: December 16, 2018, 06:09:56 PM »

Just a heads up today wound up being surprisingly busy. Staff saying they never seen a Sunday this busy.  All lots are near full.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Attendance numbers

« on: December 15, 2018, 03:13:37 PM »

My schedule opened up and I am gonna try to make an attempt to get out tomorrow (Sunday) to the city. Even with it being a Sunday I do suspect it will be a madhouse with the nicer weather we have now versus earlier this week when I originally tried to go. Probably a valid assessment right? I will NEVER go on a Saturday. lol

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2018 Best New Amusement Park Attraction

« on: December 13, 2018, 01:18:19 PM »

Yeah Time Traveler is still ranked at #2

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

« on: December 12, 2018, 08:19:42 AM »

^Which begs the question, when does it cross the line for a place like SDC to change and rip out so much that it loses what makes the park special with its fans or the general public? I do get the fact everything has an expiration date and operational/maintenance costs can get to the point its impractical to keep it going but it still seems to be a valid question that I'm sure the public and even the PTB probably ask themselves.

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

« on: December 11, 2018, 04:13:27 PM »

I'm holding out hope but yeah more likely than not it will be something modern and generic.
Though if they are trying to copy Infinity Falls as being speculated maybe they can at least call it Ozark Falls or something as a vague nod to the former ride this is replacing. I loved how they did that with Powderkeg with the Buzzsaw Car embedded in the roof.

We will have to keep a close eye on the TESS database. lol

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

« on: December 11, 2018, 10:01:46 AM »

Well with this transformation of the area being underway lets speculate further on how this will be done and laid out. I know its being mentioned to likely have similarities to Infinity Falls. I do hope the legacy of Lost River will be kept and this is more of a "re-imagining" of it. Keep the name and theme but expand on theming the heck out of it. Make the layout larger and keep elements such as the interior "cave" finale and the big first drop off the lift. Maybe shrink the lake size and add a bit of the layout out there too or place the station on the north side of Firemans Landing where Splash Harbor used to be.

Again I was really surprised this happened, I had always expected FITH, AP, or particularly FM to go first. And fair warning with the loss of this (and Waterboggen a few years ago) expect the summer ride lines for American Plunge and River Blast to be atrocious in 2019. lol

Also here is a perspective of the before and after:

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

« on: December 09, 2018, 11:25:09 PM »

Whoa....

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Attendance numbers

« on: December 09, 2018, 06:59:27 PM »

Ugh! I knew it. I almost went today.

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Branson Talk / Re: Snow-weather in Branson area..

« on: December 07, 2018, 12:39:51 PM »

Yeah this storm turned out to be a complete joke. But its been the typical scenario for the past 5 years.