SDC's 2017 Project(s) and Park Developments

[BackInTime]

Was on park Friday and yesterday. PK was down for lengthy periods both days. Heard rumblings of it being a restraint issue on Saturday, but can't confirm anything. I am probably not one to speculate, but based on conversations here and with many people on park who frequent it more than I'm able to, PK's reliability sounds like it's worsening versus getting better. A real shame given it's continued popularity. I was astonished this weekend to see lines for it longer than even OR. That said, some of the issue could have skewed the reality of the lines and wait times though.

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

When I went in October last year and again opening weekend this year the lines for PK far exceeded that of PK. PK lines are ridiculous. I dont know if the ride was down at these times or not. Did not investigate. Just saw the line was snaking itself down the hill and was out.

[Preachin_Bill]

PK is the best thrill ride in the park. Going 0-60 in a second is more exciting than a double corkscrew, period. And thats not a knock on or.
Hope they can get it fixed. its always down in the mornings when we go.

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

Never said it was a bad ride. In fact, it was my sons first big kid coaster. We love it. Its just the fact that as a family we do not want to spend an hour or more in line for a ride. Its just not fun waiting in line when there is so much more to do. PK is an excellent coaster. A lot of fun. But with it having long lines and constant hiccups, its just not our go to unless the line is really manageable.

[shavethewhales]

I've started wondering, if they get a launched wing rider similar to Thunderbird, will that push them more towards taking out/replacing PK within the next 5 or so years? They could get a Mack Junior launched coaster like Firechaser Express to go along with it, so that they would have both a junior and thrill sized launch coaster instead of the multi-demographic pleaser that PK is.

[Swoosh]

Or they'll just get a standard inverted that does a lot of tight inversions in a relatively small footprint

[Dewayne]

Will the new coaster be the invert that we saw a guy show his blueprint of on Undercover Boss?

[Grapeslie]

While unconfirmed this track has just showed up outsite of the B&M plant in Ohio. Time line is right and colors are plausible so we may very well be looking at Silver Dollar Citys new coaster! This does appear to be hyper/giga track but its hard to say for sure! It's def not a dive machine though!

[Swoosh]

Well it *could* be inverted track 

[sdcfan88]

Most interesting... The color style does fit the park as I've noticed they seem to avoid vibrant colors and use a rustic style on their major attractions paint scheme as I assume it has to do with not breaking the theme. This could be it.

[chittlins]

Oh joy let it begin.

[sdcfan88]

Not too many parks seem to use dull earth tone colors for their big rides as it does appear to use the same tan paint that the Buzzsaw Falls track used. But maybe its the lighting.

[shavethewhales]

HYPE TRAIN LEAVING THE STATION

http://imgur.com/gallery/hiiq7Xz

[HumphreyHawk]

We're getting a new train too?.....lol

I love the earth tone rides around SDC.  It feels and looks more majestic than riding around on a highlighter six flags colors.

[shavethewhales]

Seriously though, the track is probably for China. We should definitely be on the lookout though - chances are one of the projects that the factory rolls out this summer will be ours.

The consensus seems to be that this track is for a wing coaster, and probably one of the already announced projects in china.