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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

i just don't think it's an incredible inconvenience to relocate the cinnamon bread as a whole— even if the mill isn't ever '''unmanageable''' it's probably just more convenient to have two different places so neither gets too crowded, especially in times like these. and, sure, you have to walk like all the way across the park to get there, but if you're not in a hurry to ride as many rides as you can at sdc (and i assume most on this forum aren't the type) it's not the end of the world to make the journey.

Nice video! It's definitely got me thinking a LOT. (like.........SO many thoughts).

Flooded Mine, Fire-in-the-Hole, and American Plunge are some of the few remaining rides at the park which retain the original campy, hillbilly style that SDC used to be full of. Taking those rides out, as they are the most likely to do, would really move the park into a new image to the public, and that's definitely what the park is doing-- not that this change is bad, in fact, if SDC were to stay in that old style, the overall quality of the park would fall behind. Think AP, they have made no changes to that ride in years, and now it is dilapidated, boring, and honestly very dislikable (and really... I'm glad this poor ride's age is becoming a topic of conversation, I do believe it Needs to Go).

The addition of big, new rides (MRF, OR and TT) whose stories are generally meant to be taken seriously and even have morals to them, this seems to be the new image/style the park is going for. And... I really like it. It keeps the park relevant and exciting and popular while still being family-oriented and maintaining that pretty simple old-timey feel (even if rides like TT breaks theme a little bit, Uhh). If the old rides have to go, I'll miss them most of them but I understand that it's their time-- well past their time. Whatever rides they do take, I personally think it'd be cute to have little callbacks to them in some of the decorations around the park or in queue line/loading dock areas of new rides.

On that note, I'm sure they're keeping the train around, but will surely change it eventually. I hope, however, that they at least keep this simple and charming. Something jarringly high tech in the middle of the woods on this old-fashioned steam train just.. Wouldn't feel right.