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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Where in the City?
« on: July 30, 2008, 12:13:30 AM »
Hmm...Anybody know where either of those are?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / MOVED: Through the Decades
« on: July 30, 2008, 12:03:13 AM »
This topic has been moved to Park History.  Join us there for more discussion to clear up our failing memories.SDC Memories/ Park History.

http://sdcfans.com/forums/index.php?topic=37.0

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Where in the City? (2008 Season)
« on: July 29, 2008, 11:46:41 PM »
OK, so let's see how much your memories really do work.
I took a special series of pictures, yesterday, that may get you thinking.
I'll post the picture - You tell us where the item is located at SDC.
Here's the first one.  Go for it!



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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2009/10 Project
« on: July 29, 2008, 11:35:22 PM »
The corkscrew must remain.  That's a great shortcut to the area.

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Here are some pics of some pics from on the wall in the waiting area for the cave tour:







I'll throw this one in for old times' sake.  This is just the old group picture staging area:


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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2009/10 Project
« on: July 29, 2008, 09:36:09 PM »
I think all the ride foundations are out.  They look to be into the dirt with a dump truck ready to move it out - probably into the parking lot fill area.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / A Unique Souvenir
« on: July 29, 2008, 09:17:21 PM »
We arrived at the park, yesterday, and raced to ThuNderaTion, thinking my daughter could ride.  She loved Big Thunder Railroad at the Magic Kingdom, last month, and we mistakingly thought we had remembered the height requirements were the same for both coasters.  Amazingly, we were wrong (It's the first time we've ever been wrong, of course.)   :o

Imagine our surprise when the operators informed us that we were idiots if we thought we were ever going to ride ThuNderaTion.  OK, so they were nicer about it than that, not daring to call us any names, but they gave us a card they call a Pony Express Pass.  On the card was a wooden token (like a wooden nickel) that has the height requirement on it.  The card explains that the token can be brought back when she reaches 42 inches and we can go to the front of the line with no wait.  Of course, we'll never use it - it's too good of a souvenir, and the line at TNT isn't long enough to waste it.

The card had this poem on the front:

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Save this token,
We aren't jokin'!

Go to the front of the line,
Saves you tons of time.

Grow with all your might
Just a little more height.

Then exchange this treasure
For a ride full of pleasure!

Does anyone know of any other unique and rare souvenirs out there?  At one time we had heard one of the jewelry places would give a baby her first ring, but we never have been able to confirm that.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: GAC Nights Show
« on: July 29, 2008, 09:01:10 PM »
I'm sad to say that we walked out at intermission last night.  The show wasn't up to par, I had a headache, and it was way too hot.  They really seem to promote the Haygood girl and the Steele boy.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Through the Decades
« on: July 29, 2008, 08:56:44 PM »
Most of the time, as I recall, the "citizen" was behind the kid adding a push.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: New Parking Lot/Road Plans
« on: July 29, 2008, 08:52:54 PM »
Here's an interesting section from the Mom's Blog FAQ:
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Q: What is the construction on Indian Point Road, and when will the project be completed?
A: Much needed road improvements are being made! By midsummer, we'll have a brand new entrance to Silver Dollar City - 2 lanes of incoming traffic devoted solely to our guests, along with two lanes of outgoing traffic when folks are ready to leave. Early this fall comes a brand new parking lot that can accommodate up to 1,000 extra cars. Guests will be parked in a jiffy and on the way to a great day faster than ever before.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Old SDC Brochures
« on: July 29, 2008, 08:44:24 PM »
I have a book with pics from that show, but I always thought I had been missing the EH show for a long time since I'd never seen it.  I thought my family had always missed the very existence of EH.  Our first shows were the Dillards and crew and we loved them.  The Branson Bros. followed and we loved them too.  Since those two shows, I've not enjoyed the EH shows nearly as much.

Are you still a performer?

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Through the Decades
« on: July 29, 2008, 08:27:02 PM »
Looking back I see that.  The 70s and 80s seem to be confused alot in the forums.  I'll just change the name of the thread (broaden it a bit) so now we can talk about the confusion and straighten some things out.

Anyway, I never was interested in the Gandy Dancers as I considered myself too old for them.  Now, I wish I had at least looked at them more closely.  I didn't realize there was a chain lift.  I thought they were entirely human-powered.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Through the Decades
« on: July 29, 2008, 07:46:45 PM »
Finally someone has the pics of those tracks you guys have been asking for.

But whoops, not to pick nits but the Gandy Dancer didn't show up until 1984.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Old SDC Brochures
« on: July 29, 2008, 06:36:57 PM »
I was certainly there in '83, but I don't remember eating dinner in Echo Hollow.  I doubt many people did.  Most people don't want a sit-down meal in the heat.  It would be nice if they offered something a little more substantial that pretzels and funnel cakes, though.

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Other Parks / Re: Ozland amd Joplin Disney
« on: July 29, 2008, 06:31:41 PM »
I think the media pretty much scared away whoever was trying to buy the land for Disney (or for whatever reason).  They pounced on the issue and exposed it to the point that prices would go way up on the land.

That being said, SDC could even profit off another big park as long as it increased the volume of people to the area, much in the same way Universal does.  I agree, however, that it would be a huge blow and would take some slim times.

Putting the park near Joplin would really hurt, though, but locating it closer to SDC would actually be preferable in this case.  These rumors are often spread buy the timeshare people though, and are used to convince people that their timeshare purchase will be worth so much more in the future.

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