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Silver Dollar City & Celebration City Discussion => General Silver Dollar City Talk => Topic started by: Duelist on December 20, 2021, 03:12:06 PM
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As usual, after our visit to SDC last Friday, we got an SDC Guest Experience Survey in our email. Among various questions about OTC they ask for which festivals you would like to see at SDC- not current festivals but festival ideas. They have 5 lines for 5 different festival ideas. Anyone have an idea for a festival you would like to see that I can list in the survey? Thanks for your help.
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Flower & Garden
Mardi Gras / Carnivale
Food & Wine
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They definitely need a stronger spring festival. Something like a big easter fest. That could be the next pumpkinfest - eggfest!
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I'm surprised there are no "Home-Schooled Days". It wouldn't affect our family, but I know there are many who would like to take part in special exhibits and workshops while also enjoying the City.
Of course, I'd like to see an embracing of local history, complete with seminars, creative entertainment opportunities, and hands-on activities.
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Thanks everyone- these are helpful.
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Flower & Garden
Mardi Gras / Carnivale
Food & Wine
Adding to the food and wine. How about adding a craft beer food and wine. Pairing of craft beer and food is very popular. Invite small local breweries and offfer tastings and pairings.
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Surprised they haven't done a full on veterans/military themed festival similar to the cowboy festival. Not just a weekend event around Veterans or Memorial Day.
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I'm surprised there are no "Home-Schooled Days".
Every day that traditional school is in session, is Home School Day. :)
Not being tied to the school calendar is the ultimate way to beat the crowds and avoid the rush.
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I’d like to see a worlds fair event. Something tying in to the historical world fairs.
I like the idea of a food and wine fest, but am not sold on having alcohol in the park. There already seems to be an increasing number of unkind guests in the city and I fear alchool would increase that more.
Maybe a home cooking or country cooking festival.
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^ I agree that there should be no alcohol at the park. SDC is a great place to take your family. There are plenty of other places (including some theme parks) where you can get alcohol.
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^ I agree that there should be no alcohol at the park. SDC is a great place to take your family. There are plenty of other places (including some theme parks) where you can get alcohol.
You realize prohibition is over, right? Literally all parks have alcohol now (even Disney).
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I honestly don't see alcohol ever being served based off the company's (Herschend family's) version of morality/religion. And I would bet that a good portion of the old timers would stop going if alcohol was served for the same reason...
BUT... I could see a lot of "none of the aboves" religion wise really flocking to a beer and wine type festival... queue the BBQ/Bluegrass and brews festival and you'd have something... Although a good portion of the bluegrass musicians might not want anything to do with that for the same reasons as above
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I honestly don't see alcohol ever being served based off the company's (Herschend family's) version of morality/religion. And I would bet that a good portion of the old timers would stop going if alcohol was served for the same reason...
BUT... I could see a lot of "none of the aboves" religion wise really flocking to a beer and wine type festival... queue the BBQ/Bluegrass and brews festival and you'd have something... Although a good portion of the bluegrass musicians might not want anything to do with that for the same reasons as above
What religion/morality are you talking about? Catholics are all about alcohol. Baptists are right there with them. I think we’re way past the stigma/dogma of alcohol is bad. And it’s not like people are going to get ####-faced drunk at these festivals
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You definitely would lose some people if you served alcohol but then again you would gain others. Human nature tells me you probably would gain more than you lose.
I don't know....lol...if you take 15 to 20 thousand people and allow alcohol there are always some that are going to get loaded. Whether it would be a big problem or not I don't know. It might be something that they might try to test and see how it works out.
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^ I agree that there should be no alcohol at the park. SDC is a great place to take your family. There are plenty of other places (including some theme parks) where you can get alcohol.
You realize prohibition is over, right? Literally all parks have alcohol now (even Disney).
I like to think of SDC having a higher standard. I like to be able to take family to a park where no alcohol is served. Just my opinion.
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Let’s not forget that Kentucky Kingdom and Wild Adventures both serve alcohol. These are Herschend parks. Their aquariums have wine mixers. So this is inevitable. It’s money being left on the table.
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I was gonna refrain from getting in the middle of this but they could serve but simply have a no liquor sales on Sundays like some stores/cities/states have to appease both sides of the argument.
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It's probably a moot point anyway. I don't see them serving alcohol at SDC.
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Let’s not forget that Kentucky Kingdom and Wild Adventures both serve alcohol. These are Herschend parks. Their aquariums have wine mixers. So this is inevitable. It’s money being left on the table.
This is interesting. I was unaware of that. The Herschends fall into the pentecostal religion, I believe. I seem to remember a recent story of a man at a church in the area there charges with child porn and one of the Herschends gave a character reference trying to keep him out of jail. But I could have that story all wrong edit: nope https://amp.news-leader.com/amp/946420002
And a lot of the people you see walking around with women wearing long akirts and long hair are united pentecostal. There are a lot of them in that area. Not to mention college of the ozarks and their extreme religious beliefs. I grew up in that religion and alcohol is definitely one of their big “sins”. I believe Purdy, Missouri was kind of the inspiration for Footloose. And all of the dry counties in Arkansas
I agree with you though that it would turn some away and bring others in. I think you are right in that it is inevitable. Unsure how I feel about it though. Even though I rom’t follow that religion (or any) these days
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^ I agree that there should be no alcohol at the park. SDC is a great place to take your family. There are plenty of other places (including some theme parks) where you can get alcohol.
You realize prohibition is over, right? Literally all parks have alcohol now (even Disney).
To be fair, 12 bucks for a 12oz serving of Dufftoberfest helps moderate intake.
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I was gonna refrain from getting in the middle of this but they could serve but simply have a no liquor sales on Sundays like some stores/cities/states have to appease both sides of the argument.
That is quite ridiculous as well. I have seen this dynamic at play for a decade with Springdale having Sunday package sales and Fayetteville not. (Yeah no sales on Sunday in the liberal college town). It makes no difference at all.
This is like all the Baptist and others in my old home town in Eastern Arkansas always against casinos and then I'd see them at Tunica on Saturday night. Quite frankly, I was shocked that Boone/Carrol Counties were not included in the location expansion in Arkansas. Branson may have finally got a casino resort, just on the Arkansas side and land based at that. A missed opportunity.
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Let’s not forget that Kentucky Kingdom and Wild Adventures both serve alcohol. These are Herschend parks. Their aquariums have wine mixers. So this is inevitable. It’s money being left on the table.
This is interesting. I was unaware of that. The Herschends fall into the pentecostal religion, I believe. I seem to remember a recent story of a man at a church in the area there charges with child porn and one of the Herschends gave a character reference trying to keep him out of jail. But I could have that story all wrong edit: nope https://amp.news-leader.com/amp/94642000
And a lot of the people you see walking around with women wearing long akirts and long hair are united pentecostal. There are a lot of them in that area. Not to mention college of the ozarks and their extreme religious beliefs. I grew up in that religion and alcohol is definitely one of their big “sins”. I believe Purdy, Missouri was kind of the inspiration for Footloose. And all of the dry counties in Arkansas
I agree with you though that it would turn some away and bring others in. I think you are right in that it is inevitable. Unsure how I feel about it though. Even though I rom’t follow that religion (or any) these days
Pretty sure I read somewhere the Herschends are not teatotalers themselves. The just play the part, especially the younger generation. I really doubt that it would make a difference either way on people coming and going to the park. If it is done discreetly in a couple locations I doubt you would ever know. Sort of like the Starbucks in the park now.
I was brought up as a drinking is evil Baptist. Sure am glad I left that behind. And then I think how can alcohol be so bad but all the sugered fat laden food they serve be OK ? Do not drink a beer, but here shove this funnel cake down your mouth !!!
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To be fair, 12 bucks for a 12oz serving of Dufftoberfest helps moderate intake.
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You’ve obviously not been to a major sporting event or concert recently 🤣
Personally, I refuse to pay that much for a drink (or more than a couple) but for a lot of people, money is no object to getting their drunk on
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To be fair, 12 bucks for a 12oz serving of Dufftoberfest helps moderate intake.
You’ve obviously not been to a major sporting event or concert recently 🤣
Personally, I refuse to pay that much for a drink (or more than a couple) but for a lot of people, money is no object to getting their drunk on
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Oh I have, I just will not pay it very often. Often their drunk was helped along before hand.
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I was gonna refrain from getting in the middle of this but they could serve but simply have a no liquor sales on Sundays like some stores/cities/states have to appease both sides of the argument.
That is quite ridiculous as well. I have seen this dynamic at play for a decade with Springdale having Sunday package sales and Fayetteville not. (Yeah no sales on Sunday in the liberal college town). It makes no difference at all.
Don't get me wrong, I share your feelings. I was just merely saying they could probably find a way to meet in the middle and that was just a random example.
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If College of the Ozarks still owns the lease on the land, that could be a major reason why SDC is alcohol free. Personally, I like the alcohol free environment.
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One option (the way Disney does it) is alcohol could only be served at specific restaurants and those patrons wouldn't be able to take it out of that area. Plus you'd have a server serving and observing them making sure they don't have too much. Thousands...millions visit Disney parks each year and there are very few problems.
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Had a Thrasher Black Lager to wash down the delightful BBQ Smoked Pork Belly Tater Tot Poutine at Flyway in North Little yesterday on the way back from duck hunting.
Would like a nice beer to go along with my skillet meal at SDC.
Hope that doesn't send me to Hell. I also pickednup a few bottles of Trappist 10 and Klosterbrauerei Andechs Doppelbock in Mimfis . Both made by Monks in Abbeys.
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I've never craved a beer at an amusement park and I personally like that I haven't had to deal with an overserved person at an amusement park.
I bet any new SDC resort will be serving something. Makes ya wonder if that has be park of the hold up of building on. Bet that resort won't be on least land from a church.