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 SDC is teasing the "Gold Dollar City" name change right now. I remember "Goldrush Junction" or something similar being in one of the ride surveys so it might be the new ride name here.

This was also one of the early day names for what became Dollywood so anything's possible.

Welcome back everyone!

It still wont be a TNT replacement. Yes its a coaster, yes its mine themed but the similarities end there.

Lets make peace and call it a Hyper Mine Train... lol now everyone's satisfied and it fits their standout "1st of its kind" criteria.

All it needs is a 200ft drop to be classified as such. (not overall height) This can easily be achieved with the hillside as we already see an example of this as Wildfire is deceptively only 120 feet tall but its drop into the valley gives it a drop of 155 feet overall. Hyperia is an example of whats possible with a compact Mack Hyper. (not saying it is one in the traditional sense anyways)
Also see the recently opened Tormenta at SFOT. Its a B&M Dive Coaster but it gets the "Giga" classification for its unique 300 foot drop.

That lines up with the things I've heard too. It will possibly be located in the valley where the former Indian Ridge homes were.

You have a Reddit? A lot of us don't use Twitter/X.

Kind of crazy how we're almost a month away from the announcement and supports and track haven't been installed yet. This will be massive

Likely because of all the logistical prep work (we are still seeing footers get poured) and land prep they had to do. It also works out too as they wanted to really keep this one under wraps as much as possible. I think people will be surprised here.

SDC trying to confuse with a new teaser this morning. "Doc. Harris is working on something new at Wildfire." "Should we reveal his newest invention?"  No mention of MCMC in this one.  https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BinZ3FDGA/

Do note Terry (the man behind the character) did note that the new construction was gonna be for "something big" in an earlier video.

Periodically, some of us who are signed up to receive emails from SDC or from Herschend get emails that have survey links. Sometimes the surveys are about possible new rides, or about your last visit to SDC, or about your thoughts about travel to other parks and attractions.

Lol I keep getting the economic climate and "which parks I'm visiting in 2026" surveys. I'm pretty limited on my options this year so I just say SDC. Guess they don't want my input for future attractions. 😅

If the rumors are true that this may interact with the WF and/or PK layout, just wait till the coaster itself goes vertical with it...

Hopefully we will have a good idea of the scale of this by then. I'd imagine track should start to go in by mid-July.

Indeed its crazy we are almost to July and we haven't seen any track or supports as of yet despite the unconfirmed sightings. They have been in the pouring footers stage since October as more still continue to pop up.

Video is now posted. (B-Roll clips)

Looks like this new attraction is running behind schedule. Betting it gets postponed to the fall or possibly till  '27

Got some video of the construction site I'll try editing tonight if I am not too tired. They were actively working on the tower and doing something down in the valley in front of PK again. I am wondering if footers will still spring up there or not.

We handed him our Wildfire mug, and he told us it would be $4 for a refill. We told him it was less than that because of the date of the mug. He then told us this was his second day in MO, and his first day on the job. We asked him to look it up in the book. He flipped through a few pages and then told us that mugs before 2012 were no longer eligible for lower refill prices. By this time the line behind us was really getting long, so we asked for the mug back and we left. We got it refilled for 2.50 at the lemonade stand near Time Traveler. To be fair our mug no longer has a visible price on it. This experience made us wonder about new employee training.

Currently up here today. Same thing happened with my 2005 PowderKeg mug with a young girl at Cokes and Floats. Wanted $4 for a refill. Politely told the person it's a grandfathered mug and it has an adjusted price based on the date and pricing printed on the cup. (Mine was visible asking $2.50) Said person says they never seen it before and they were apparently told nothing about Grandfathered mugs, they did fix it tho. Checked several other stalls and they were equally clueless about it. So they are omitting it from new hire training it appears.