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Some kind of announcement by the park coming Feb 16th. Probably the official start of this years teaser campaign. The real announcement will probably come in August as usual.

Been seeing a lot more grandfathered mugs being put up for sale at pretty high prices with the posts making it known they aren't single season mugs like the new ones. I'm betting as part of the penny pinching, people are also getting tired of paying $20-30 for the 1 season mugs which will be bringing up demand for the older ones. Saw an old glass mug (from the 1980's?) go for $25.

If people from the park are on here seeing this, perhaps they should do a special 250th celebration mug for the season that will qualify to be used with the old grandfathered system. Perhaps market it as forever pricing if they don't want to acknowledge the grandfathered mugs.

It would not surprise me if they pull back on some capital spending dramatically.

And I hate to see that for them with all the hype they have pushed with the resort being built and the indirect hype with the big new coaster coming. Really bad timing overall. Granted its not their fault though...

It will definitely be interesting to see how this all develops over the next few months. I figure we should be seeing the first track and supports by the spring. Anybody wanna speculate on the color scheme? I wonder if they will stick with the muted colors they have done previously or go for something more brightly colored?

Well, according to this trip report, it looks like TNT will be getting a stay of execution thru at least the end of 2027 per Brad Thomas. (scroll to bottom pic) https://negative-g.com/silver-dollar-city/2025/coaster-christmas/silver-dollar-city-2025-coaster-christmas.htm

Looking like another insane day at the City. App showing 60 min wait times on Wildfire. Haven't seen that in a long time.
Same for the 1st. Outlaw Run also has 70 min wait times.

I just got this survey and yeah ... It was pretty bleak. I do wonder if the 2027 project *could* get postponed. Mack Rides is from Germany (they also did Riverblast) and with all the craziness with the tariffs right now both them and Hershend might take a financial hit from shipping all the parts and such over here, especially if sales and attendance numbers drop next year. We are already seeing these concerns with computer and electronics hardware which the coaster will obviously use as well. Also other entertainment companies in order to cut costs might be less likely to work with international ride firms in favor of domestic suppliers like RMC for any new additions in the near term. B&M *may* get a slight uptick in customer interest since they manufacture their coasters in Ohio despite being a Swiss firm. Very uncertain times we live in.

Yeah I didnt go, historic crowds will be expected with the record high temps, I will be waiting til next week.

With it possibly approaching 80 degrees for Christmas week I'm betting the crowds will be heavy. Has me rethinking my trip now.

Apparently guests and enthusiasts have reported the 2nd Train for TNT has returned this week with new parts. Could the ride replacement rumor be a red herring? I do agree something does still need to be done with the ride. It would be wild if it got a full retrack by RMC perhaps?

I was about to post something similar. My window of opportunity is either this Friday or Sun-Mon. Personally I was thinking Monday would be the lightest day to go but with Christmas being on that following Thurs and winter break starting that might be moot, so yeah which day do you guys think would be worse to attend? I know better not to do Sat. Lol

Not my video but someone did take footage recently. And those are some pretty beefy footers. Coaster is definately bigger than Time Traveler.

https://youtu.be/HKMLmSLPNPI?si=zPX8sMlvNMMZHKLM

She was a really sweet lady and she was awesome dealing with us media folks and with the coaster enthusiast community. She was a lot of fun to chat with during various events at the park including Coaster Christmas events. She even made a surprise visit with us during media day with FITH last year. She will be missed.

Sad news to report that former News Anchor and Public Relations Citizen for Silver Dollar City Lisa Rau has passed away. She was 64. https://www.ky3.com/app/2025/12/11/former-ky3-news-anchor-longtime-silver-dollar-city-pr-director-lisa-rau-dies/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOqmrdjbGNrA6qamWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHr1XyO2fHUVjtksSBVTOQC7PR-f91SDdNoG9qe5bxvXU5XFEBddXWIo0Nn1t_aem_FuAlhaGgvWIP9CS9q9Oe8A

Going off current trends and since Hershend is big fans with working with Mack I could see them doing a new Flooded Mine there with their new Rocking Boat ride.