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Other Parks / Re: Frontier City Developments
« on: August 23, 2018, 07:56:22 PM »Let’s not play the entitled game here of “I’m in the club so I know things”
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire In The Hole on-ride video (Circa 2011)
« on: August 21, 2018, 09:23:17 PM »One of the guys out there (who posts here sometimes) put a huge amount of time, investment and effort fixing up FM last year, and it was looking great last season, especially at the beginning.
Our friend who also busted his butt volunteering at Dogpatch?
He definitely loves the parks and their history.
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Other Parks / Re: Kolmarden's "Wildfire" Coaster Signage & Logo
« on: August 14, 2018, 10:36:37 PM »
RMC, big first drop... looks a lot like OR.
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Branson Talk / Re: Classic Motor Inn 2018 - Call K.D. @ 417 334 6991
« on: August 11, 2018, 05:56:07 PM »
Talked to KD today,
That's a great report. Is their pet policy staying the same?
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Jack and Pete Tell It All
« on: July 26, 2018, 11:41:49 PM »https://vimeo.com/ondemand/149599
That looks awesome!
I would buy it if they allowed downloads, but since their purchased videos are just lifetime rentals, I'll rent it instead.
Whoops, I spoke too soon!
I was looking at their "how to watch" page, I guess. I went back again and saw that I could buy and download, so I did.
I'm enjoying it right now.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Jack and Pete Tell It All
« on: July 26, 2018, 07:00:09 PM »https://vimeo.com/ondemand/149599
That looks awesome!
I would buy it if they allowed downloads, but since their purchased videos are just lifetime rentals, I'll rent it instead.
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Branson Talk / Re: Ride The Ducks Boat Capsizes in Storm
« on: July 24, 2018, 01:21:57 AM »Here is the story on the sunken DUKW which was raised today.
Is it actually a DUKW, or one of the modern tour vehicles?
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC ringtones
« on: July 15, 2018, 09:56:30 PM »
I originally got it from someone here, so I hope it works okay for you.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC ringtones
« on: July 13, 2018, 11:59:41 PM »
I have an SDC/FITH mix ringtone in .mp3 format. Send me your email so that I can return it as an attachment.
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Random Talk / Re: vehicle transport.
« on: July 08, 2018, 09:58:50 PM »
Fly to San Antonio and drive it back?
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Train robbery
« on: July 08, 2018, 09:56:52 PM »Also, what many think is a 40 year old script is actually bits and pieces that have been cobbled together over the years. A line would be spontaneously used, get some laughs, so they'd try it again. if it still got laughs, it would continue to be used. There are actually a couple of lines that were created and added to the show while I worked there. So really it's a compilation of various ad libs, changes, and bits that were tried out and worked. Several are actually from gags the robbers tried on the conductors and they worked so well they've just stayed in the show (the missed day of the week started out that way)
What is hilarious delivered by one person, often falls flat when it's rushed through by the next actor who has no sense of timing or delivery or ability to act for the audience, instead of hamming with fellow actors for their own amusement.
My last few visits (all of them more than a dozen years ago), everything recited by the conductor, and portrayed by the train robbers, was just sad and mostly unintelligible. It was all rushed and perfunctory. The robbers spoke to each other, not the audience, and didn't know how to deliver lines in a way that could be heard.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Train robbery
« on: July 06, 2018, 12:14:36 AM »
I never hesitate to play the Old-Timer card, so here ya go: how many remember when there were shootouts on Main Street?
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Other Parks / Re: HFEC Acquires Pink Adventure Tours
« on: July 06, 2018, 12:03:57 AM »
I'd rather have green trams than pink jeeps. 
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Mike Huckabee Filming/Law Enforcement Day 6/12
« on: July 02, 2018, 03:06:18 AM »
In years past, this forum has tried to be mostly free of politics.
That's exactly how I was taught as an Army officer, and afterwards as a LEO for a federal agency (31 years combined).
My job and my politics have always been separate, even though I've never been shy about political opinions. Even now after retirement, I'm running for office for the first time, and the only reason that I mentioned it to my boss (in my part-time retirement job), is because if I am elected, I might have to adjust my schedule.
I love SDC. I'm not a fan of identity politics and virtue-signaling.
SDC is about a theme, of a mining town with a mostly-fictional hillbilly storyline, with some real history like the Bald Knobbers mixed in. Everyone, of every political persuasion, is welcome to join in on the fun without feeling that they have to subscribe to a particular form of patriotism, and not feel unwelcome if they don't.
As as veteran, as a retired LEO, I don't want anyone's gimmes. I'm going to get bold here and point out that almost everyone I served with feels the same, and those few who are "professional veterans" grabbing every discount and freebie they can get, probably weren't ever in danger of hostile fire.
I say that as a Cold War vet, never on active duty during a time of active hostilities (and that is a rare time period in US history).
Did I say too much or go too far? I hope no one here is offended as potential SDC visitor might be who doesn't celebrate taping of partisan political shows in park venues.
That's exactly how I was taught as an Army officer, and afterwards as a LEO for a federal agency (31 years combined).
My job and my politics have always been separate, even though I've never been shy about political opinions. Even now after retirement, I'm running for office for the first time, and the only reason that I mentioned it to my boss (in my part-time retirement job), is because if I am elected, I might have to adjust my schedule.
I love SDC. I'm not a fan of identity politics and virtue-signaling.
SDC is about a theme, of a mining town with a mostly-fictional hillbilly storyline, with some real history like the Bald Knobbers mixed in. Everyone, of every political persuasion, is welcome to join in on the fun without feeling that they have to subscribe to a particular form of patriotism, and not feel unwelcome if they don't.
As as veteran, as a retired LEO, I don't want anyone's gimmes. I'm going to get bold here and point out that almost everyone I served with feels the same, and those few who are "professional veterans" grabbing every discount and freebie they can get, probably weren't ever in danger of hostile fire.
I say that as a Cold War vet, never on active duty during a time of active hostilities (and that is a rare time period in US history).
Did I say too much or go too far? I hope no one here is offended as potential SDC visitor might be who doesn't celebrate taping of partisan political shows in park venues.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: New Steam Engines Arriving at SDC
« on: June 19, 2018, 07:26:29 PM »Video clips are live. https://youtu.be/Vkc4_czKmPc
Thanks for the great video. The new engine looks awesome.
During your on-train footage, was the passenger who talked the entire time with your party? I apologize if she was, but I would be irritated if someone yammered on and on for the entire ride. It's hard enough to hear the conductor without someone else talking the whole time.