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Silver Dollar City & Celebration City Discussion => General Silver Dollar City Talk => Topic started by: Clint F on October 06, 2019, 07:32:19 AM
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I love the Fire In The Hole! I always have. The "Thunderation Bump" thread reminded me that there is also a hard jolt in Fire In The Hole. It is especially evident if one is riding in the last seat of the back car. As you are going over the first hill at the burning bridge, there are two or three very violent hits to your whole body. It has gotten worse over the past few years.
From now on, I will ask that they not put me in the last car. Has anyone else noticed the roughness of which I speak?
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I've never noticed it. Second hill w/ train has always been the more jerky hill in my view.
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Never noticed it. ???
Not that it’ll matter much longer anyway
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Yea, the back train is much more rough than the front one when coming up the other sides of the drops and when coming back into the station after the last drop. I always try to get in one of the first 3 rows.
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As you are going over the first hill at the burning bridge, there are two or three very violent hits to your whole body. It has gotten worse over the past few years.
I think you are talking about the jolt or kind of pop up at the bottom of the hill instead of going over the hill. It is a pretty good jar to your body but it has been this way for a very long time.
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Never noticed it. ???
Not that it’ll matter much longer anyway
Is it going away?!?!
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Never noticed it. ???
Not that it’ll matter much longer anyway
Is it going away?!?!
If your talking about the little jolt ......probably not. If your talking about the ride itself.......rumor has it.
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Never noticed it. ???
Not that it’ll matter much longer anyway
Is it going away?!?!
If your talking about the little jolt ......probably not. If your talking about the ride itself.......rumor has it.
NOOOOOO!!!
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I love the Fire In The Hole! I always have. The "Thunderation Bump" thread reminded me that there is also a hard jolt in Fire In The Hole. It is especially evident if one is riding in the last seat of the back car. As you are going over the first hill at the burning bridge, there are two or three very violent hits to your whole body. It has gotten worse over the past few years.
Those bumps are intentional I believe. Its part of the bridge collapsing effect that has kinda gone down hill in recent years. Very effective when it really thumps. This is a cpl three bumps that have been there for years.
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I always thought that the tracking of the ride, specifically the area you mention, felt the way it is due to the engineering and manufacturing that created it. I don't believe its an intentional effect, but is likely due to how the track is shaped in perfect circles. Specifically for that moment on the first drop, it is a perfect circle in the down motion, and a perfect circle in an upward motion. There is no transition or lead into the change from downward to upwards motion, making the transition a little jarring. You can find similar sensations on smaller Arrow mine trains caused by the exact same thing.
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I had the chance to talk to Brad Thomas about Fire in the Hole. I expressed my concern about all the rumors I've heard surrounding Fire in th Hole. He told that he is very much aware of how much this ride means to us. He also said that they recognize that many people view FITH as essential to the park. This gives me hope that, whatever happens, FITH will return in some form.
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He also said that they recognize that many people view FITH as essential to the park.
When he said essential do you think he meant the ride itself or the history connected to the ride, or both?
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I had the chance to talk to Brad Thomas about Fire in the Hole. I expressed my concern about all the rumors I've heard surrounding Fire in th Hole. He told that he is very much aware of how much this ride means to us. He also said that they recognize that many people view FITH as essential to the park. This gives me hope that, whatever happens, FITH will return in some form.
I do not think there was ever a concern it would not return. Just what form it would return in. I look for a combination dark ride and outdoor experience myself. Maybe a Mystery Mine type setup. And that is just a guess.
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Sadly you can guarantee it will be super PC in whatever form it does return. Highly doubt the Baldknobbers or town burning story will return. Just like them getting rid of the real shotgun on the train robbery.
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I had the chance to talk to Brad Thomas about Fire in the Hole. I expressed my concern about all the rumors I've heard surrounding Fire in th Hole. He told that he is very much aware of how much this ride means to us. He also said that they recognize that many people view FITH as essential to the park. This gives me hope that, whatever happens, FITH will return in some form.
Sadly you can guarantee it will be super PC in whatever form it does return. Highly doubt the Baldknobbers or town burning story will return. Just like them getting rid of the real shotgun on the train robbery.
If they get rid of the ride, the Baldknobbers, and the town burning story then that sure isn't going to leave much room for it to return in some form.
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He also said that they recognize that many people view FITH as essential to the park.
When he said essential do you think he meant the ride itself or the history connected to the ride, or both?
I think he meant the ride itself. We both discussed how many people really don't know the story behind the ride.
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That's a very good point. I didn't really know the full story of FitH until I bought the Story of Silver Dollar City book by Crystal Payton. I can see where the general public would only have a very general idea of the ride's story (a town being burned down). Maybe in a new version of FitH, they could have story signs in the queue or something.
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I went on fire in hole last Saturday. Last drop feel like car broke the wheel off :-\
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He also said that they recognize that many people view FITH as essential to the park.
When he said essential do you think he meant the ride itself or the history connected to the ride, or both?
I think he meant the ride itself. We both discussed how many people really don't know the story behind the ride.
I would wager he was referring more to the spirit/history of the ride. Given how they have allowed certain things to slip on the ride building, I'd say they definitely have plans to completely rip it out and replace it within the next 5 years. We've discussed the rumors for years now, and Swoosh will certainly tell you that there have been multiple ideas that have apparently floated around. No telling what exactly they'll decide on, but I would bet money on an entirely new indoor coaster/ride loosely related to the FITH story to come around soon-ish. Probably more emphasis on firemen and less on baldknobbers, but we'll see.
I think we went through a phase where SDC sanitized a lot of stuff, but now the clientele are starting to voice opinions the other way, saying that SDC has pulled too much. Hard to say what the PTB are hearing, but I don't think at this point that they would completely get rid of the baldknobber story. I do think they would emphasis that part of it less though.
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The "dark" rides they recently shopped around were decidedly sanitized and dared not touch a Bald Knobber theme. Wasn't one of them about butterflies and fireflies or something like that. Might be pretty, but it's also pretty generic as far as themed rides go (could fit in any park).
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If they demolish, I want one of those signs!!!! ;D
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I can see where the general public would only have a very general idea of the ride's story (a town being burned down). Maybe in a new version of FitH, they could have story signs in the queue or something.
Back when (*sigh*, I know....) the entire city told that story. Guests couldn't get to FITH without knowing what it was about.
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I was pretty shocked by the condition of the ride this past weekend. Music was almost completely off, allowing sounds to bleed over in scenes. As an essential piece of SDC history, and really one of the few family rides left in the park, would love to see it get some love. SDC is really lacking on family style rides.