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Silver Dollar City & Celebration City Discussion => General Silver Dollar City Talk => Topic started by: shavethewhales on October 05, 2014, 11:08:30 PM
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It's that time of year again! ACE is once again holding the Coaster Christmas event at SDC, but I just noticed that this year it's a month earlier than usual! It will on Nov. 8 and 9 rather than the first weekend of December. Fortunately there's still about a month left to sign up, as registration doesn't close until midnight of Nov. 1.
This year's event sounds like one of the best, with plenty of ERT, VIP seating for It's a Wonderful Life, a construction tour of Fireman's Landing, and a backstage tour of Flooded Mine.
Check out the flier for more info: http://www.aceonline.org/fliers/CoasterChristmas2014.pdf
Looks like I'll finally be able to make it down there this year for the first time. Hope to see a few of you guys there too. You do have to register as a member of ACE to attend, but I think this event + the ace magazines alone are definitely worth it. I believe they also have an associate membership option for only $35 that doesn't include the publications but should get you in for this event.
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Grrr....Nov 7th is the 5K at SDC...I then have to jet over to Jeff CIty Sat Morning for STate HIgh School XC if anyone qualifies, if they do not, I am in...but wont know until the week before on 11/1...boo
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New member to the site, looking forward to Coaster Christmas 2014!
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I signed up for ACE a couple of weeks ago just so my daughter and I could check this out this year. My wife would come with us, but since she is pregnant and couldn't really take advantage of the ERT, it will just be some good daddy-daughter time doing one of our favorite activities together.....riding coasters at SDC! Couldn't pass up the chance for FITH with the lights on and a tour of the Flooded Mine!
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The ERT is really only a very very small portion of the event. The media reports from the different parks always involve a lot of free swag. Schlitterbahn usually gives all attendees free day passes to their KC park. Then there are t-shirts and lots of other things. Your wife would enjoy the VIP seating at Wonderful Life and she could enjoy the walking tours of Fireman's Landing and Flooded Mine. I have a couple non-riders in my party and they never complain about the ERT as (like I said) it is only a very small portion of the day.
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Officially I will be at the park this weekend for the race Friday night, followed by Coaster Christmas. Looking forward to seeing the park again! Last trip consisted of 11 hours of a film crew, and I only saw the locations on filming, not much else! Cant complain there, but I still miss seeing the parks lesser known areas.
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In for coaster Christmas 2014
Looks like the weather will be better this year!
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Coaster Christmas was very enjoyable. I liked getting to hear from all the regional parks, and the backstage tour of Fireman's Landing was awesome. ERT and getting to see both FiTH and Flooded Mine with the lights on was great as well. It was also really nice to put some faces to names I've known from here and TPR for awhile now.
Here's the photos from Fireman's Landing: http://sdcfans.com/firemans-landing-update-coaster-christmas/
I'll post some other photos and comments about the event tomorrow.
I didn't see that you were going to be there stang, or I would have made a point of trying to find you and introducing myself.
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While I got to greet every participant, I didn't really get to visit with too many outside my core group. You'll have to forgive us, we've known each other for a long time and don't get to see each other outside of ACE events all that often.
Off the record we had between 115-125 participants this year making it one of the largest attended CCs yet.
We're already planning next year's and would live feedback on what you did or did not like. We are also looking for suggestions on what behind the scenes you want to do next year. The current trending idea is to your the maintenance areas of Wildfire and Powder Keg. But we are open to ideas.
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Thanks for the updates and photos.
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Those are some great pics.! thanks...!
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More photos: http://sdcfans.com/coaster-christmas/
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More great shots...thanks.
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Had a great time at coaster Christmas but as we were driving home came up with two questions.
1 could flooded mine be filled in and made a 3d ride?(much like the ride at six flags St Louis)
2 Would it have made more sense to put the drop tower where the hilo silos are and moved the silos to firemans landing?(keeping teens and older at tgs olr and the drop tower and the young kids at firemans landing)
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Had a great time at coaster Christmas but as we were driving home came up with two questions.
1 could flooded mine be filled in and made a 3d ride?(much like the ride at six flags St Louis)
2 Would it have made more sense to put the drop tower where the hilo silos are and moved the silos to firemans landing?(keeping teens and older at tgs olr and the drop tower and the young kids at firemans landing)
You know some families have kids that have a wide range in age. What they are trying to do is have a little something for everyone. At the Giant Barn Swing, lines can get long and if a family wants to stay together the teenagers can ride the swing while, Mom or Dad can let 7 year old Jr. do the Silos. I've wished the area had another ride or two that fits in between.
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Flooded Mine is a ride they know they shouldn't mess with too much. Turning it into just another dark ride would be a mistake. The new dark ride at SFStL looks nice, but I guarantee it won't feel as magical and timeless as a trip through FM. I'd love to see them add a new dark ride to the park, but Flooded Mine is more than just a classic. It's a good ride that everyone still enjoys and it really embodies the SDC character.
I feel like they could have theoretically done either/or concerning the hi-lo silos/fire tower question, but the current setup just works really well. With the right theming and story, you can make a lot of things work, but firetower is a good visual centerpiece for FL. I agree with chittlins that having them where they are helps families to stay together as much as possible, which is a big deal.
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Here is my report from Coaster Christmas X
http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/ace/coasterchristmas/2014/
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Nice report, Swoosh.
That "themed" bicycle ice cream cart is a stretch.
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Appreciate the report, Swoosh.
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Nice. Good report, great pics....
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Nice report, Swoosh.
That "themed" bicycle ice cream cart is a stretch.
Tongue in cheek comment on my part
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Nice report, Swoosh.
That "themed" bicycle ice cream cart is a stretch.
Tongue in cheek comment on my part
:P Yeah, but I'm afraid TPTB aren't.
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The bicycle cart is something I think they bring out for special events like this one. I feel like I've seen it around before, but only during things like this. (Wasn't it at OR's media day last year?). It's not something you can really serve all day out of. Haven't seen any stands detailed in any renderings, but if they put some in they'll probably look like the booths in the barnyard or by OR, which are themed.
This isn't one of those things people should be complaining about if they want to be taken serious with any actual atmosphere complains down the road. There are plenty of newly built service stands around the park and they all look good, save for the occasional garish vending machinery that isn't covered (ie: those freezie machine things.)
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Pretty sure it was at Grand Expo's opening.