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Unfortunately we all caught the flu or covid, so we didn't go this weekend.

Great update Swoosh!  Thanks

Seriously, no updates?  I am planning on being on park next Sunday afternoon.  I challenge you all to get an amazing update before then!

I really really hope it's not a big bear mountain or family coaster type. I really hate this family coaster crazy. I get the need, but I'm just a thrill guy.

I totally get your sentiment, and until this past Sunday I was 110% on the hyper/giga bandwagon.  Big Bear changed my mind a bit.  That is seriously one of the best coasters I've ever ridden, and a 39" rider height to boot.  Smooth as glass, twisty, 3 launches.  So awesome

The newest B&M's are really not very good coasters.  They are rough and mostly cookie cutter.  I would much rather get a Vekoma or Mack

Guys, we are at Dollywood today.  After riding Big Bear Mountain, I seriously hope we get something similar.  That ride is so good!

I snapped a few photos

We are on park now and there are footers going in directly under Wildfire's lift hill.  You can only really see it while riding Powderkeg.  Also several footers clustered together between Wildfire's entrance and American Plunge.  They have excavated right up beside the AP channel by the whirlpool

I hate to be that guy, but here goes.  I honestly didn't think they would announce the new ride, but why make such a spectacle over literally nothing?

I completely disagree about them not expanding much beyond the current area.  They have announced $500 million over the next 10 years, of which only $100 million is for the resort.  Also SDC is one of the smaller parks by acreage.  It is roughly only 35% of the size of Dollywood, 15% the size of Cedar Point or Kings Island, and much smaller than most of the Orlando Parks

It's probably wishful thinking by me, but I've got to think they want something to draw people in, paired with the resort, and stated $500 million investment over 10 years.  What better draw than the tallest, and fastest coaster in a several state region

Google Earth satellite imagery for SDC has been updated.  The imagery is from April 21 of this year.  It gives a bit of perspective about this current project, even if it is from 2 months ago.

There's no way there will ever be a 1000ft tall roller coaster. At the speeds needed to achieve that, you'd have to enclose the car, use special wheels, and so on - and in the end it would feel stupid and not like a roller coaster anyway. Not to mention the extreme costs. It's already too expensive to even build another 400ft coaster.

I don't see SDC going taller anytime soon. We've already got a couple "big" coasters in Wildfire and Outlaw Run. Hopefully they'll focus on quality and theming and get more rides that compete with what Disney and Universal are doing rather than focusing on height and inversions.

I agree with no 1000 foot coaster ever being built but nobody thought there would be a 600 footer and yet there is one now.  I disagree on the height comment.  The most glaring need is an airtime filled giga.  Fury 325 instantly transformed Carowinds into a destination park.  A similar coaster would do the same for SDC, coinciding with the opening of the resort.

I really hope it is Mack.  Time Traveler has the most comfortable restraints of any coaster I've ever ridden.  It's probably unlikely, but I would absolutely love to see the 1st Mack giga.

^Sorry, I forgot to respond to that. Since the park explicitly forbids photos taken on rides, we try not to encourage that, even if they are technically taken in a "safe" manner. Theoretically you aren't supposed to wear glasses on rides either, although that is somewhat nebulous and isn't usually enforced.

Shave, where are you seeing that glasses aren't allowed on rides?  I've never been on a ride where glasses weren't allowed.  Even Steel Vengeance's very strict guidelines allows for glasses or sunglasses as long as you have a strap