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^ Great pictures!  I gained 10 pounds just looking at the cookie sundae LOL

^ Not completely but at least this does tell us it will be a new family coaster.  That was the rumor we have been talking about but this seems to confirm it - whatever the name.  And I was encouraged that they asked which name seemed to fit the theme of SDC most and why.  I picked Miner's Rush as the 1st choice because that seemed to fit in most with an 1880s mining theme park.

I got an email a couple of hours ago from SDC about the naming of a new family coaster being built.  The name choices were:

Miner's Rush
Prospector's Rush
Daredevil Railway

I was asked which name I preferred (I picked Miner's Rush) and which names fit in with the theme of the park.  I was then asked who I thought the name would appeal to (pre-teens, teens, adults, older adults, etc).  Then I was asked to put the names in order as 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice and I put them in the order above.  The first questions asked were if I and my family were season pass holders and to choose from the last 5 years if we had bought season passes (we have all 5 years).  Unfortunately this sounds like a T-N-T replacement to me. 

^ The "Stars" make it sound like another drone show.  The one this summer was very good!

So where did you end up going, mg?

^ If nothing or little why would they go to the trouble of having a FanFest?

^ Maybe water elements will be included in the new ride: Buzzsaw Falls 2.0 ? 

^ I personally thought the show they did was lame.  Not like the old days of Rodney Dillard or the Branson Brothers <sigh>

^ The last few shows we went to in Echo Hollow had very low turnouts so I suppose it wasn't worth the time or cost to keep doing them.  We did go see a Beatles tribute band ( I think it was called Magical Mystery Tour) and they did have a fairly large crowd for that.  They were very good.

^ Like you've said previously though FM is low maintenance.  And since they just replaced the guns with newer better versions it shouldn't be going anywhere for awhile.  And if they do replace it they need to put in a modernized version with better animatronics.  It's still one of the best family rides and needs to remain that way.

Shouldn't there be a teaser campaign out by now?  Or are we the teaser campaign?  I figured in August there would be an actual announcement.

^ August has been the reveal month for rides for a long time now.  Right before Season Passes go on sale in October 

^ Sorry to hear of his passing.  I'm from central Arkansas and we used to get the Uncanny Film Festival here in the 70s.  He was very funny.

^ Amen to that!

^ I hope you're right.  T-N-T was one of our favorites until it got too rough to ride.  A new track and trains would be great!