Haven't posted for awhile but I have been lurking, and I'm sorry if I'm breaking board rules Shave but it's time for Preachin' Bill to do some Preachin...
If somebody gets anything that he/she wants it will be a bad deal for SDC. Music should be old bluegrass only. Banjos and fiddles. No oldies. And I love oldies rock. No bumper cars, ferris wheels, or anything that would make SDC look like a county or state fair. We already have county or state fairs that do all those things. Just go to those if that's what you want.
SDC needs to look, feel, and sound like 1880 as much as possible. The only thing that should be different is the fact that there were no roller coasters in the 1880's. If properly themed, any coaster would work. Bumper boats and go carts are already in Branson. Places that play rock or oldies are everywhere, too. SDC thrives on being different than anywhere else, and it needs to stay that way. And I say that as a "young'n".
Heck, as far as music goes, they could just play the Fire in the Hole theme on loop throughout the park and that would be better than some of the ideas I've seen on here. Even get out some Grandpaw Jones from Hee Haw and that would be better. The theme of 1880s is what built this park and made it last as long as it has. You can go anywhere and get coasters with modern things and themes. You can't find what SDC offers anywhere else and they need to remember and recognize that.
So, what things should NEVER be done at SDC? Look on these threads at what a certain poster has been saying and put those in bold and highlight them. Those are the things that should never be done, and anything else that would make SDC a giant carnival or state fair, or anything that would take the 1880s theme away from the park. It has slipped far enough...NO MORE.
End rant.