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Bathrooms!! The bathrooms around the park need a complete overhaul! Of course I realize that they are public, theme park bathrooms, but they're gross! There are exceptions, the redone bathrooms in Rivertown are nice, but the ones by TNT are the worst in the park.

I guess I have not noticed any issues with the restrooms, they seem fine to me.

I'm guessing this is more of a problem in the female restrooms.  The men's restrooms are all fine.  Honestly with the recent redo of the HH restrooms they've all now been redone. 

Could you imagine Mack's take on Mystery Mine, but as a Stryker coaster like Voltron!

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If you can avoid May 31st I would highly recommend it.  That's Mercy day and the park will be slammed. 

Thursday 5.22.25 Update
https://www.midwestinfoguide.com/2025/05/silver-dollar-city-project-2026.html

Tracker has been updated with current news and rumors.  As always rumors are considered rumors until they can be substantiated

They didn't even try to dress up the backside of Red Gold or anything.

Um... yes they most certainly did. 
Please see the facade that was added to Red Gold in this update
https://www.midwestinfoguide.com/2025/03/silver-dollar-city-plaza-construction_29.html

Now the backside of FITH could have been better but there was a conscious effort made to the backside of Red Gold whether or not you actually noticed it

Bluegrass & BBQ Trip Report
https://www.midwestinfoguide.com/2025/05/silver-dollar-city-bluegrass-bbq.html

Wait.  You mean there were people who actually thought that this was going to be anything other than the results of the 10 best voting? Their announcement time coincided exactly with the release time of the results by USA Today. 

They won't start the teaser campaign until August

^ that's correct

Also it doesn't "suffer" it actually does quite well with rider numbers. 

as far as what i think (or at least, want) to go next... am i the only one who thinks the american plunge is overdue for retirement?

last i rode it, all the scenery was gone or faded to the point there's nothing to really look at. you just float along, uncomfortably close to whoever's in the boat with you for most of the ride

especially with the shiny new thing being added in that area, AP's age is really going to show. i could certainly see it being redone in the same fashion as the past couple rides, reviving a classic into something fresh but familiar

They just got done extended the tunnel and have recently rebuilt the entire lift.  It's not going anywhere

Dragonflier is a stock model. 

I understand that a new wooden coaster is unlikely, but I also don't think they will do what dollywood did with wildwood grove. If SDC got their own "dragonflier," people would not be happy. Now a family suspended coaster themed around something more "realistic" could work, but again, WildFire took the "flying machine" theme.

I'm going to give you a break here because you probably don't go into that section of the Grand Expo, but the area past the swing ride entrance is literally called "Insectarium" so yes, Dragonflier would definitely fit as the rides in that area are bug themed (or frog)

The trip reports from January really should be in the 2024 season thread

They could do a c/p from Dollywood

I don't see HFEC building any new wooden coasters for the foreseeable future

I've been thinking about Grand Exposition, and I think that it would benefit from a small scale GCI-Gravity Group family wood coaster. Outlaw Run is terrific, but they need a gentle, family wood coaster to act as an in-between coaster between Grand expo coaster/FITH, and thunderation. Something like Oscar's wacky taxi at sesame place. Alternatively, since SDC loves RMC, I could see an RMC wild moose going there as well.

If anything gets added there look for a Dragonflier clone in the Insect area.  There's just not room for a wooden rollercoaster back there

I mean I agree on the launch thing too - but each would serve a different purpose and a different rider group. 

I mean DW have two launched as well and before the retrofit of LR they had 3