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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: December 03, 2021, 03:44:07 PM »

"It's just too crowded, even during the week now"

Funny you mention that as I just watched John/Amy's video today where they said they were there on a Wednesday and it wasn't as busy....but as I watched I thought it looked pretty crowded...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQv7_ZcZl84

Neither of those stands seem to be open today.

Park is very crowded, which makes sense considering the great weather. It feels like a late spring day out here. Unfortunately ride ops aren't great. Only one train running, and it doesn't open until 4pm. Most coasters seem to have one train ops again. TNTs second train was pulled apart in the maintenance area. Long lines everywhere, especially food stands again since only half of them see to be open.

Kinda not worth going at Christmas anymore unless you are just ducking in to see the lights. It's just too crowded, even during the week now. It would be better if the rides and food stands were all operating like they used to, but it's still just plain too crowded.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: November 29, 2021, 07:31:09 AM »

 Why would they want/need to see your cell phone?

You used to be able to watch the parade if you were there 15 minutes before it started but now you need to be there way before that if you expect to see anything.

How has security screening affected throughput?

I don't know how it is throughout the day, but I can tell you they were all business and not friendly at 8:00 am for Black Friday.  I entered the park using a wheelchair.  They separated my husband and myself, asked me twice to see my cell phone after I told them I didn't bring it in with me, wanded me and my wheelchair with my arms out, under the seat, etc.  I've been there in a wheelchair before (not a rented one), and entry was never this intense.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: November 22, 2021, 10:51:18 AM »

Any thoughts on December 15th and 16th? (Wednesday/Thursday)

That close to Christmas are those days likely to be crazy?

Unless the weather is horrible I assumed 17th/18th will be insane with it being the last weekend before the holiday.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire at the City

« on: November 22, 2021, 08:36:56 AM »

Question.....ironic as though it may be...

Did this fire delay Fire in the Hole's demise for another year? (I keep hearing rumors this is or at least was the last year)

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire at the City

« on: November 19, 2021, 03:46:33 PM »

 I don't think they really shipped out of the local area but I could be wrong

They should have just formed a bucket brigade and used some wet burlap sacks. It works at SOTH!

Seriously, though, this is a terrible blow to the "old" city.

Honestly, if there was an easier way to get it back to Illinois I would have purchased some.

The furniture, and most of the larger woodcarved crafts, fall into the realm of, "If you can afford it, you can afford to ship it."

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire at the City

« on: November 19, 2021, 02:30:19 PM »

Honestly, if there was an easier way to get it back to Illinois I would have purchased some.

^Even if they could salvage the equipment, they wouldn't. They'll buy new equipment and put up some wood paneling to make it look "old". The days of SDC going to extra lengths to keep authentic craftsmanship and the old fashioned theme of the park in tact are long gone. Part of it is a culture shift - people just don't care that much and won't notice the effort anyway. Part of it is the fact that there aren't many people left around who would even know where to begin putting something like that back together.

I'm surprised they sold that much furniture. Most people weren't even aware they had a furniture shop or workshop demonstration area. It's been years since I stopped by to even see if they still did demonstrations.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire at the City

« on: November 18, 2021, 03:30:08 PM »

Anyone have an idea how many times there have been fires on the park before this?

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Construction/Rumors / Re: Future SDC Development Speculation (Long-term)

« on: September 13, 2021, 09:02:05 AM »

Thank you!

Wait... There is a subreddit for SDC related stuff?

I see that  "someone" has been spreading the FITH rebuild rumor on reddit, with the added tidbit about it being an RMC project with a new powered car design. We'll see. We know that the reaper is getting closer and closer to FITH and Flooded Mine, but after the Mystic River debacle I'm far less excited to see the replacements. I will say they did a good job with the appearance and theming of Mystic River, but it's hard to like a ride that barely operates and has half the throughput of the ride it replaced. I definitely don't trust RMC to build a reliable ride, especially with a brand new highly technical design.

It's not just for SDC related stuff, but for all roller coaster and amusement park related news and topics.

r/rollercoasters

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Construction/Rumors / Re: Future SDC Development Speculation (Long-term)

« on: September 12, 2021, 01:26:10 PM »

Wait... There is a subreddit for SDC related stuff?

I see that  "someone" has been spreading the FITH rebuild rumor on reddit, with the added tidbit about it being an RMC project with a new powered car design. We'll see. We know that the reaper is getting closer and closer to FITH and Flooded Mine, but after the Mystic River debacle I'm far less excited to see the replacements. I will say they did a good job with the appearance and theming of Mystic River, but it's hard to like a ride that barely operates and has half the throughput of the ride it replaced. I definitely don't trust RMC to build a reliable ride, especially with a brand new highly technical design.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: July 01, 2021, 06:16:38 AM »

https://slashdot.org/story/21/06/30/2221243/great-resignation-gains-steam-as-return-to-work-plans-take-effect

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: June 23, 2021, 02:20:48 PM »

I don't think this would completely solve the problem but I really like it....

^ Those places being closed can add up to some really long lines.  We were there Friday June 4th and all the places you mentioned were closed then also.  I, like you, was surprised to see food lines so backed up mid-afternoon but i did go to eat supper at the Riverside Smokehouse at 4 to avoid the later crowds and I was the only one in line.  Got lucky I guess.  Maybe SDC needs to look at a order ahead and pick up later option for the restaurants. They could put that on the app.

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Random Talk / Re: Your Travels Thread (2021)

« on: June 15, 2021, 02:33:54 PM »

I saw we needed both a park pass and a pass for Going to the Sun Road - do we also have to reserve what time we enter the park?

We are planning a last minute trip to Glacier National Park.
Any tips/tricks/advice?

Reserve your entrance time

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Random Talk / Re: Your Travels Thread (2021)

« on: June 15, 2021, 11:40:14 AM »

We are planning a last minute trip to Glacier National Park.
Any tips/tricks/advice?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Silver Dollar City App

« on: June 14, 2021, 10:53:47 AM »

I would really like a way to check restaurant / food vendor status in the app rather than manage to get the group to agree to a place only to walk there and find out a place is closed. (everyone knows how hard it can be to get everyone to agree to a restaurant)

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

« on: June 07, 2021, 04:11:21 PM »

I am guessing this is a mix of it is just time for retirements and some other issues with the company

Pretty slow progress on a simple sidewalk expansion. Guess they are just using it as fill-in work around other tasks.

It’s being done in house and they cannot spare anyone. So many people retiring or just quitting. Then they cannot get people to come fill those openings.  It’s insane how many openings / how understaffed they are