Well it is over now.. Closed for 2013. ended up cold, but no rain or ice and there were a little 9000 people at the park to say good bye to the year..
What was you 1 best memory for this year? 1st ride on OR? 1st apple dumpling? LOL? what?
Our first ride on Outlaw Run has to be my top SDC memory of the year! The hubby and I were able to make new SDC memories together instead of just re-living our old separate memories of the park. Number 2 was convincing some friends of ours to get season passes for 2014 so we can go together. :)
Didn't ride OR....the apple dumpling with cinnamon ice cream was the best. Convincing my sister and her hubs to get season passes and visit THE CITY with us was the next best thing. They are lucky they were married in 1976, so free passes for them in 2014. Can't wait for us to go to SDC in 2014.
Taking my almost 2 yr old at the time on her first "Choo Choo" (train) ride, and seeing her face light up when she rode the "Horsies" (carousel). Our trips to the park have changed totally, now I see GE, and the kiddie rides most of the time, with a quick browsing of the stores, but all worth it for that little girl!
We returned on the 28th, and yesterday I asked her what we did at "The City", her response was "choo choo", what else I asked "candles", what else "bugs". Ahh I love here memory! I'll ask her about it everyday until we go back if I have to!
Going during our spring break and experiencing the BLIZZARD of Branson! :o Almost had the entire city to ourselves.
WOW, we only went 5 days in 13. Very low compared to our usual amount of days we visit the city.
You asked for the "1 BEST MEMORY" ---- HMMMMM!!
I guess being in the city while it was snowing (and snow on the ground)!!! Not just once, but twice. Spring & fall. Having the park to ourselves not just once but 3 days this year (twice in snow-once in rain)
YUP I guess the weird weather days would be the thing I will remember for years to come.
But I will follow up on riding OR for the first time with my Son (him & I have conquered every new coaster together - except Screamin Eagle which I rode the first time with my Dad).
Best memory...getting to be there opening day to see the crowds for Outlaw Run. Frankly, in my entire history with the park (going back to 1970) I've never seen such crowds on an opening day, and for a new attraction. I also was on park this last Saturday, when park attendance topped 23,000, and again, I have never, ever, seen such a big crowd on hand. I imagine that this year park attendance was up, season pass sales up, and I'll bet because of the success of OR, we will see other big projects like that every few years or so. My saddest memories, I only got to use my season pass those two days this year, due to a change in jobs, an uncertainty of income, and so on. I really hate it that four of the five free passes I got went to waste, and that I did not have a chance to make it on park at least four or five times this year.
Most memorable, but definitely not favorite memory, would have to be that I only made it to the park once this year. My season pass was definitely wasted this year due to unforeseen circumstances. Hopefully, I can make up for lost time next year.
I would have to say going to OTC ( dressed in our coveralls ) for the first time & seeing all the lights & the park just empty as all get out, would be my best memory of this year. Plus, going back in March right after my brother & his wife got married, was a great memory too. ;D
Mine would be going to the city on the first day of Ozark Mountain Christmas. I've always wanted to go in the fall and finally got there... except the park was decorated for Christmas while the trees were all gold and orange and brown. Next year I resolve to get there earlier in October so it's decorated for fall.
Quote from: sanddunerider on December 31, 2013, 07:19:33 AM
Well it is over now.. Closed for 2013. ended up cold, but no rain or ice and there were a little 9000 people at the park to say good bye to the year..
What was you 1 best memory for this year? 1st ride on OR? 1st apple dumpling? LOL? what?
Riding Outlaw Run and finally meeting Sanddunerider and Qwed94!
QuoteRiding Outlaw Run and finally meeting Sanddunerider and Qwed94!
and me LOL
It was awesome to meet you Duelist. I'm prpbably not gonna make it in 2014 unless they hire me. :D
DeweyBald, we also went during the spring break snow. I loved our pictures from that day. It was a great memory. Another great memory was taking my four-year-old. It was the two of us, and we met my parents there for a couple of days. It was a very different trip for the two of us!
Quote from: okiebluegrass on January 01, 2014, 12:27:36 PM
QuoteRiding Outlaw Run and finally meeting Sanddunerider and Qwed94!
and me LOL
It was awesome to meet you Duelist. I'm prpbably not gonna make it in 2014 unless they hire me. :D
Of course Okiebluegrass too! ;D
Always OMC with my family. Many memories made each year.
Yes Yes Yes. Meeting Duelist and Sanddune was a great memory. (Cant leave out Eagle 1)
--However I have a novel idea that I will announce later. It will give all of us the opportunity to meet. I was thinking I would save the "meeting people" until this time THIS year.
But yes anytime I can meet someone is always the best memory for me. People are Gods gift to people. (To the point he gave us his Son as his gift to us). And Jesus gave us the "cross" which is the greatest gift !! PERIOD !!
-- But the gift of people is our greatest treasure, I always enjoy meeting people.
My resolution is to meet as many SDC fans members as possible in 2014 (this year).
Rubeduggans memories of having children in the family for the first time is hard to beat.
I will say my favorite memory is going for OTC my first time in 23 years of going to SDC. Walking around with my fiance my first night at SDC with less than 2,000 people there...having streets literally all to our lonesome was perhaps my favorite memory of the park in my lifetime. I hope to duplicate it someday, but don't expect to.
Riding the train my first OTC. Chills.
Wilderness Church and speaking with the preacher there. A great man in a great church.
Seeing DICKENS my first time and being so impressed with the production. SDC has fine writers, directors, and actors.
Taking the AMERICAN PLUNGE with my 7 year old nephew and my 5 year old niece. Great times. Reminded me of the plunge when I was a kid, really. I really wish they would re-vamp the plunge. I still think it can be a main attraction...heck it gets great "attendance" in the summer even though it is a mere shadow of what it used to be.
Riding Outlaw Run for the first time..with my father. I've ridden a lot of rides with my Dad at SDC. I'm glad I could share this with him. We both loved it.
Mean Murphy.
Shooting the lost river rapids with my sisters and nephews/nieces. Brave little souls. Lots of wet laughter.
Fire in the Hole. The greatest ride known to man. Ridden with my father for the 2,534th time. Better than ever.
Shooting targets in the Flooded Mine with my fiance for her first time.
Grabbing a Caramel Nut Roll and an Orange Roll with my fiance for our first time ever eating at Eva and Delilas. Wow. Will go every year for one breakfast from now on. (slobbering right now).
Sharing SDC with family the way we always have. I really love this place. Going with my sisters and their kids...remembering old times and making new memories to me is what it's all about. What a great place to visit.
My best memory was riding Outlaw Run for the first time in April, the worst was being kicked off Outlaw Run during Moomlight Madness because the new restraints would not lock