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General Silver Dollar City Talk / 2025 Season Passes

« on: October 02, 2024, 05:44:45 PM »

There will be a renewal sale for current pass holders for the first time.
The sale begins on October 9th.
No other info has been released yet.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / 2024 Christmas Ornament

« on: August 28, 2024, 10:52:02 AM »

The 2024 ornament is Fire in the Hole.

https://ozarkly.com/stories/cherished-christmas-ornaments/

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Construction/Rumors / SDC’s 2025 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: August 09, 2024, 11:52:23 AM »

As other parks being to make announcements for 2025 and we approach the year anniversary of the Fire in the Hole announcement event, what are we thinking for SDC?

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Other Parks / The Oasis at Lake of the Ozarks

« on: June 07, 2024, 07:44:13 AM »

Coaster construction has begun at the new theme park being built at Lake of the Ozarks.

Anyone know what makes and models they are putting in?

https://www.lakeexpo.com/real_estate/roller-coaster-construction-begins-at-the-oasis-new-lake-of-the-ozarks-amusement-park/article_2dfa3b8c-2450-11ef-b87f-7f466df79517.html

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Thunderation Downtime - April 2024

« on: April 29, 2024, 03:49:29 PM »

Anyone hear anything about why Thunderation has been down the past few days?
Looking at past wait times, looks like it might have started to be down on the 26th and is still closed today.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Vote for Silver Dollar City

« on: April 02, 2024, 01:39:12 PM »

It's that time of year again! Silver Dollar City is up for the Best Theme Park in the USA and Rivertown Ramblers is up for Best Theme Park Entertainment. Voting will go through April 22nd.

Remember, you can vote DAILY!

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Dollywood Discussion / Lighting Rod - Launch Replacement

« on: September 12, 2023, 10:25:00 AM »

Dollywood announced that they are replacing the launch on Lighting Rod with a fast chain lift and that they are getting new trains. The launch was cool and we got lucky to ride it every trip we took, but I don't think it was worth the amount of down time that it had.

It will close for the season on October 30th and reopen in Spring 2024. Other than the lift, the rest of the ride experience will be the same, even the same top speed.

For me, the more interesting part of the announcement is new trains. I much prefer the Outlaw Run trains over the Lighting Rod ones. The high headrest on them made them feel much less open than the Outlaw Run twins. Now without the launch, I wonder if they will be more like the Outlaw Run ones.

https://www.facebook.com/dollywood/videos/1359445871311763/

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Construction/Rumors / Self Serve Photo Kiosks

« on: August 28, 2023, 09:37:29 AM »

These self serve photo kiosks are going up around the City. We used them at Dollywood and loved them. With a season photo card it made it much easier to get our photos and not have to wait when people were ordering prints.

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Other Parks / New Park - American Heartland in NE Oklahoma

« on: July 19, 2023, 12:03:48 PM »

A new $2 Billion park was announced today for northeast Oklahoma. It is backed by the Mansion Entertainment Group from Branson. Currently, it is slated to open in 2026.

https://www.americanheartlandthemepark.com
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230719039822/en/American-Heartland-Announces-2-Billion-Theme-Park-and-Resort-Development-in-Northeast-Oklahoma

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Ride Station Cameras

« on: July 18, 2023, 10:38:10 AM »

Has anyone noticed the new security cameras that are in the ride stations? When the train is in the station they have bright white lights that turn on and after the train has left the station, the lights turn off. I noticed it a while ago in WildFire but noticed one in Fire in the Hole on our last trip. I assume that it is a new safety/insurance thing.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Vote for SDC - Best Theme Park USA Today - 2023

« on: April 15, 2023, 03:34:55 PM »

There is just over a week left to vote for SDC as the best theme park.

Vote: http://silverdollarcity.com/vote

Get Daily Reminders: https://forms.gle/ZJzcJTgv4Y8ihkdg6

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Construction/Rumors / 2023-2024 Announcements

« on: October 25, 2022, 07:45:37 AM »

$30 Million in investments. They have announced the return of the furniture factory, fried fancies, new entrance/parking experience, and student housing. The ending of the video has a huge hint toward Fire in the Hole.

https://twitter.com/sdcattractions/status/1584885182083072001?s=46&t=YCUs1zYAc1ENzBn-MWyNNw

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / New Metal Detectors

« on: May 01, 2022, 08:18:38 AM »

The metal detectors have been upgraded to the ones like Disney where it can clear you through bad check if nothing suspicious is detected. It’s a much better entry experience compared to the old style detectors.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Herschend Providing Free Tuition

« on: February 09, 2022, 07:42:36 AM »

Yesterday, Herschend announced free tuition for all employees at all of their properties. Looks to be a great perk for workers.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/herschend-enterprises-11-000-employees-to-receive-100-free-tuition-301477917.html

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Christmas Fireworks - 12/19/2021

« on: December 18, 2021, 10:16:54 AM »

Sounds like there will be fireworks on the square this Sunday at 5:00 with the tree lighting. I haven’t seen any other details.