Lost Concepts Round-Up

[shavethewhales]

Since I'm doing a page on the Lost Improvement Concepts at SDC, I need to list all the concepts that have been submitted over the years but have never been acted on.

Here's what I know of so far:

• The Frissbee
• The Topple Tower
• The Ice House Coaster
• The New Mine Train Coaster
• The Doppelmayr suspended coaster
• The Shot Tower
• The Great Barn Play Area

Anyone know of any more?

[Coaster]

I figured after Joy's Photobucket page there'd be a new concept art page to the forums coming. Where do you guys get all this information?? I can never find any good concept art or anything.

[shavethewhales]

This is all straight from what I can remember. Before PK was built, a flurry of concepts were presented to the public like the Ice House coaster, the new mine train coaster, and the suspended coaster from Doppelmayr. Just this year, before TGS, there was a survey in which the Topple Tower and the Frisbee were featured.

[Coaster]

I would like to see some pics of the mine train coaster and suspended coaster if anyone can find them for me please.

[shavethewhales]

Does anyone know more about the Enchanted Forest concept? I saw the artwork for it in Joy's gallery, but I've never heard about it before. Dollywood has something like it though...

[Joy]

I do wonder if perhaps that painting was indeed for Dollywood and was mis-labeled as being for Silver Dollar City; I've seen that happen before.

Most of the concept art pics came from one website of an artist who I guess did concept art for theme parks.... I have his website on bookmark, but it seems the website no longer exists. I'm pretty sure the Enchanted Forest painting was one of the ones on there.

~ "Becky" Joy ~

[shavethewhales]

Maybe it showed up as an SDC concept before it moved to DW, possibly even before Geyser Gulch was created. Who knows though, I've found it's pretty hard just to scrounge up what can be found from the 2004 surveys, let alone the countless proposals from before. Who knows how many great concepts have been considered over the years.

[Coaster]

On the Lost Concepts page on the site you said that the proposed Mine Train Coaster, might've replaced ThuNderaTion, since the park was unlikey to have two mine train coasters. Do you think that the park is looking to replace ThuNderaTion because of it's old age, or was it thought to have been on the way out just because of a proposed coaster of the same type coming in?

[shavethewhales]

^I really don't know, I just find it hard to believe that SDC would build a second mine train across the park from an older (and better) one. Thus, it's possible that this concept sprouted out of complaints that ThuNderaTion was too rough/old and needed to be replaced (Guests are very picky). I'm sure many people were suggesting SDC get their own Big Thunder Mountain.

Incidentally, ThuNderaTion received a massive retracking/ support job in 2005.

[Coaster]

I'm so glad ThuNderaTion was never completely removed. FITH, ThuNderaTion, and the removed Ore Cart roller coasters were all my first coasters. ThuNderaTion has a lot of history in SDC and if it ever gets removed I think I might cry.

I've rode both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Big Thunder Mountain versions, and maybe it's because of the extra long queue line, but I like ThuNderaTion better than both of them.

[sdcfan17]

Does anyone know more about the Enchanted Forest concept? I saw the artwork for it in Joy's gallery, but I've never heard about it before. Dollywood has something like it though...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

  Yes there a concept for the enchanted forest idea but it really didn't fit the theme for sdc so they turned it down.

[shavethewhales]

^That's what I was thinking, it did seem a little away from the 1880's town that SDC tries so hard (and rightly so) to keep in tact at all costs.

It's worth noting that any new developement to SDC will have to fit in with the town. This is another reason why I think they need to build more shops this year, particularly around PK and Wildfire, so that it won't seem so out of place when they put in another major thrill ride.

[sdcfan17]

Have you heard anymore concepts or anything on a new ride or a flat ride??

[shavethewhales]

Just what's being discussed in the construction forum.

[Copper]

Ideas for future expansions, they came from Silver Dollar City surveyors.

Flash Flood Rapids
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Adventure Mountain Base Camp
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I have more that I will post!