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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC Pass Mis-spelled..
« on: April 19, 2015, 08:18:09 PM »
They misspelled my daughters last year and we encountered zero issues in the fifteen or so times we visited. Good luck!
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: fire in the hole question
« on: April 06, 2015, 05:14:01 PM »
It was playing last weekend, pretty loudly Sunday. I have the theme song on my facebook page I will post link below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPnIltx_fMs&feature=youtu.be
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: SDC Memories
« on: April 06, 2015, 02:09:32 PM »
Have so many fond memories of SDC past and present, Jim Owens float trip was probably my first major theme park ride and I have been a white river Jim Owen river rat fan ever since, so many classic gags in that ride it was like a mini Disney right here close to home theming was excellent, I will stand by the WF queue just to catch a glimpse at the old channels, also, FITH I remember being so frightened the first time I rode it! Back when it was brand new all the scenes intact a very different experience back then, but don't get me wrong it still holds the magic even for my 8 and 9 year old daughters I catch them calling out lines such as Red Flanders, and trying to get the whole train clapping in the dark scenes where the theme song is prominent, I do think getting the steam back on the train drop would be easy fix and very effective. I also recall a stage coach ride where they took you around wooded area and I do believe there was an animatronic rock that spoke to you at some point, and don't even get me started on the diving bell what a classic ride very well done and the actors really made the voyage to the bottom of lake silver convincing my children still wish they could have experienced it due to the amount I have told them about it. FM was also very different ride in it's prime, I miss the projected faces if I remember correctly two of them were Don Knotts and Tim Conway, the rock-slide was also a very good effect, and the "I'm gettin' outta here no matter what" scene, used to be very climatic compared to what it is today, the addition of the saw and the cannon boat were also well done, I would always make my sister sit on the side the blade came closest too, lol. I notice in recent years the inmate on the rock outside that said "They'll tell the warden if we don't strike 'em...FIRE" is missing, there also used to be several other water cannons in the pond you never knew where the supposed cannonball was going to splash. I still love the SDC of today, they must keep the classics alive or at least reinvent them with same detail that was done in the early days. Rant over, thanks for listening.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2015 Trip Reviews
« on: April 06, 2015, 01:37:50 PM »
Was at SDC for YCW, very cold Saturday, crowds were heavy. Still fun was had by all. Been coming here since late '70's and every time I find something I missed before. For example, lines were long for WF and I had always wondered where the stairs in the queue building led. Well I was able to find out that there was an entire queue line upstairs that went completely around the gift shop balcony..I really enjoyed seeing all theming elements up there and blueprints. Also, we were eating at The Mill buffet which we usually do (or the mine buffet) our waitress asked us if we were keeping up with our plates and that we were sitting at the buffet table, I shrugged it off thought maybe she was going senile. Wrong!, I was the slow one, my plate was in front of my son across the table and my daughters empty plates were in front of me...another trick table LOVED IT! I knew there was one in the mine restaurant but not there. Always something to be discovered in the city even for us that have been going for decades!
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2015 Meet-Ups
« on: March 21, 2015, 08:27:51 PM »
My wife and I were there opening weekend, very busy. I seen oldsdcfan in front of us on outlaw run, he had neon yellow shirt with his name on it. Poor guy couldn't ride, felt bad for him. We will also be there for YCW very much looking forward to that, praying for good weather 
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2015 Trip Reviews
« on: March 21, 2015, 08:23:59 PM »
Be there for YCW, I am sure that weekend will be super crowded, can't imagine it being more crowded than the day after opening day, waited in line for flooded mine have not done that in awhile, fire in the hole line almost stretched to the saloon, glad to see younger generations still find these classics relevant, bought six seasons passes again this year and have guest vouchers out the patooie will post dates we will be there on meet up thread if anyone is interested in them
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2015 Meet-Ups
« on: March 09, 2015, 07:55:43 PM »
We will be there opening day for our anniversary. Hoping for good weather.
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Branson Talk / Re: We Always Lie to Strangers, Branson documentary
« on: September 11, 2014, 07:27:32 PM »
I watched the doc Saturday, enjoyed it very much. The Presley family and the Lennon family was very interesting. I did not enjoy the lady the Tomico's had in their show who constantly dropped the F-bomb and various other profanity, very unprofessional. All in all a decent program.