I kind of hit on this in another topic but what would you like to see at SDC in 2013? With Outlaw Run and the new area debuting if they didn't add/change anything else that would be just fine. However, if they were to change anything I'd like to see the Mean Murphy show back at the saloon and for them to get rid of the basketballs. ;D Thoughts?
Well "Outlaw Run" sounds like fun fun fun. Other than that, well maybe some little cars to drive. The youngins out there would have a blast drivin slow cars around a closed course.
---NO, I am not trying to turn SDC into another SFSL. But the old cars at SFSL are a huge hit. --- Also SFSL did something else in '12 that was a huge success. They offered a "DINING" tab on the season pass. IE: for a said amount of $$$ a guest could add "dining" to their season pass, and that guest could eat 2 meals free, every day they was at the park. It had to be meals however. Snacks or drinks were not included.
Of course SF passes are quite a bit different with passholder pic on them, and Im not sure the "meals only" is the best answer, but SDC could develop their own version of "free dining" with the passes. It may take a few years to perfect it, but I think it would be worthwhile.
I would like to see some of the classics come back. Never going to happen but still. I dont remember a lot of them and would like to have the chance to ride them. Get rid of the dang BB. Lord what a rukus they make. More charecters interacting with guests. Walkin the streets causing "mayhem" and a coupon for free hatfields tater patch bowl.
I think they need to focus more on the old crafts that made SDC what it used to be . Do they even have a basket weaver any more?
I think they should move the pottery shop back into the square. More street shows etc.
I really don't want it to become more of an amusement park, and less of a theme park.
That said, I have to respectfully disagree with qwed94. I think that cars going around a track are out of theme, so I wouldn't go for that.
No baskets are in the park. After my textile and mixed media courses in college I got into weaving and basketry. I am by no means the caliber needed for a park to churn out one after another amazing basket a-la- Donnie Ellison, but I have my skills. I sat and worked with Bob on a cold day helping him weave while he warmed his hands...does that mean I worked t the park??? I would love to demonstrate my skills someday. My work on my weaving will take a While longer before I am ready...but someday hopefully soon!
Bring back the fajita skillet - that was great!! And, YES, more interactive street shows and Mean Murphy! Get rid of the basketballs - my greatest pet peeve! Oh, and we need more "original" yummy frozen lemonade stands.
Would like less ODV carts and more permanent structures for fast snack foods. I really liked how the tater twists got a permanent structure this year -- more of that please
Quote from: Swoosh on December 31, 2012, 10:38:21 PM
Would like less ODV carts and more permanent structures for fast snack foods. I really liked how the tater twists got a permanent structure this year -- more of that please
Yep. Seems a couple are always closed no matter the foot traffic.
Less Icee machines and another bathroom or 2 would be nice.
Also a little mroe Bluegrass platying on the in house system or " rocks" It sets the mood.
Too late for this year, but my friends and I thought it'd be cool if SDC someday has a Steampunk Weekend, complete with various artisans who specialize in steampunk creations, and the entertainment headliner being Steam Powered Giraffe, a wonderful group of people who have plenty of family-friendly material to work with to customize a show for playing at SDC.
I just love the idea of seeing people in steampunk walking around the park, riding rides, etc; awesome costumes all around on people having fun at an awesome park.
Yeah no offense, but steampunk is like the last thing I want to see at SDC.
I don't see why not, especially if it's just for a one-weekend deal. I mean, Wildfire is already pretty steampunkish, and the late 19th century setting of SDC works for it, too.
This will not be popular, but how about another new Christmas show? If I ever see another rendition of A Christmas Carol in any shape or form it will be to soon. Am I the only one who is tired of Dickens.
Quote from: Joy on January 14, 2013, 04:51:12 AM
I don't see why not, especially if it's just for a one-weekend deal. I mean, Wildfire is already pretty steampunkish, and the late 19th century setting of SDC works for it, too.
Steampunk is too closely related with the accult to be viewed as acceptable in Branson, let alone SDC. You can deny it all you want, but steampunk has been a very popular theme for haunts across the nation at different theme parks and while I am sure there are different levels of steampunk just like everything else out there... the main marketing group at SDC is not going to know that and the PTB are not going to alienate that group no matter what.
Quote from: Runner1960 on January 14, 2013, 06:43:58 AM
Am I the only one who is tired of Dickens.
Yes.
While I love seeing the artistic-ness of steampunk I do not want to see it at SDC. Could it fit in GE? Sure why not? But should they place it in there, no. Swoosh is right about the haunted hose stuff and it being tied to the creeps. That is not what HFE stands for. I am thrilled they dont take that ball and run with it. No steampunk at SDC please. It doesnt belong there.
My experience with steampunk obviously has been very different from you guys. The stuff I've encountered has been cool stuff like Wild Wild West (the TV series, which was basically a western, but with technology that was very steampunk-ish) and the group Steam Powered Giraffe, who costume themselves as robots that were built just before and during the Civil War (each of the three leads have fully fleshed out backstories for their characters), so they make jokes that are 19th-century related and are very family-friendly; their humor reminds me a lot of shows at SDC like the Saloon Show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
Scroll down to Culture and Community.
Now that you have seen those pictures, how could anyone think that that would work at SDC?
If you need more. Google image Steampunk Haunts. That's what real steampunk is. It is a sub-culture and should be viewed as nothing more than a more stylized gothic movement.
Quote from: Runner1960 on January 14, 2013, 06:43:58 AM
This will not be popular, but how about another new Christmas show? If I ever see another rendition of A Christmas Carol in any shape or form it will be to soon. Am I the only one who is tired of Dickens.
There are still plenty of people willing to stand in line and see the Dickens show. it is a classic and i am sure will remain for a while...
With IAWL going on now, you wont see any Major new shows for OTC for a while..
I have said it before, and will say it again.. I wish they would rewrite the saloon show.. it is a short skit and i just dont understand why it isnt redone every year or so...???
Quote from: sanddunerider on January 14, 2013, 04:37:39 PM
I have said it before, and will say it again.. I wish they would rewrite the saloon show.. it is a short skit and i just dont understand why it isnt redone every year or so...???
They change out parts of it every year. While in essence it is the same show (in format) it is a different show (as a whole) every year.
I'd like them to bring over "T'was the Night Before Christmas" from Dollywood. It was really cheesy but a great "feel good" show. We'd need another theatre though. 'Course I wouldn't complain too much if they were to add another indoor theatre.
Quote from: Joy on January 13, 2013, 10:19:07 PM
Too late for this year, but my friends and I thought it'd be cool if SDC someday has a Steampunk Weekend, complete with various artisans who specialize in steampunk creations, and the entertainment headliner being Steam Powered Giraffe, a wonderful group of people who have plenty of family-friendly material to work with to customize a show for playing at SDC.
I just love the idea of seeing people in steampunk walking around the park, riding rides, etc; awesome costumes all around on people having fun at an awesome park.
I think the way to have that is not for it to be an officially sponsored weekend, but rather for the Steampunk community to pick a weekend for showing up, and publicize it.
I agree with your perception of the community, although I'm not part of it. I guarantee such a weekend would be less irksome to general parkgoers than the young heathens weekend.
Please, forget this "steampunk" garbage. Let's move on to something better. :P
It couldn't be just be there this year of course, but I want a resort next to sdc in which I could walk to the park or use transportation. Then I could enter the park through a special entrance. I could walk back and forth, take a break in the hottest part of the day or when my youngest needs a nap.
Of course, I pretty much use Deer Run this way when I stay there. Also, I may be inspired since I just came back from Disney last June. :)
dont know how possible it is, but i've always said SDC needs a 2nd entrance.
I don't want a resort - I think that would complicate things, possibly screw up parking even more, and do away with some of the forested areas around it.
Quote from: Gilligan on January 20, 2013, 08:38:16 PM
I don't want a resort - I think that would complicate things, possibly screw up parking even more, and do away with some of the forested areas around it.
Actually I think it would be the opposite of all of that.
Have you ever seen the Wilderness Lodge at WDW or even the cabins at Dollywood. About as far from "removal of forested areas" as you can get.
Parking? Well the people staying at the resort would park at the resort, not in the parking lots.
Complicate? Probably not. IF they are staying at the resort, I'm sure there would be direct transportation to/from it and would not intefere with the "daily guests"
Do they own enough property around the park to do that?
Yes. They own A LOT of property
Like I've said many times. Nothing would thrill me more than them to throw the towel in on White Water and open a new waterpark out by SDC. A new resort modeled after Wilderness Lodge at WDW and then construct a new launch point for SBB down the road at Indian Point. They would have all of their major properties then on site/nearby.
^ Yes please to all of that
The things I want to see at SDC in 2013 is me and my family there as often as possible!!! (and all of you too of course) Yes I know, too obvious, sorry.
Quote from: Okie Hillbilly on January 26, 2013, 01:51:06 PM
The things I want to see at SDC in 2013 is me and my family there as often as possible!!! (and all of you too of course) Yes I know, too obvious, sorry.
I like that!
I know one thing you'll definitely be seeing: ME!!!!