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SDC Memories/ Park History / Asphalt
« on: May 23, 2023, 06:51:22 PM »
They're paving the main road through my town (I live on that road).

I told my sister, "It smells like Silver Dollar City!"

She replied, "I miss that smell."

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Other Parks / Other parks lose old favorites, too.
« on: May 09, 2023, 09:58:24 PM »
Even though I live 15 minutes from Santa's Village, I've never been there. It's mostly geared towards families with younger children.

I do know it's themed to the North Pole and back, and everything is Santa-/Christmas-themed.

Even they are doing away with an old favorite ride to make way for something new. This was originally at Benson's Wild Animal Farm, another NH attraction that was open from 1926-1987. Santa's Village opened in 1953, and is still growing.

https://www.wmur.com/article/rudys-roller-coaster-santas-village-retiring-new-hampshire/43832138
 

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Glass blowing
« on: April 16, 2023, 10:09:55 PM »
If you ever spent hours fascinated by the glassblowers (as I did), you'll enjoy this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1KT8PS6Zs4

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Random Talk / Apple's "Crash Detection" can be triggered by some rides.
« on: October 04, 2022, 05:26:40 PM »
If you don't want your iPhone 14 dialing 911 while you're on a ride, you might want to turn off that feature before riding.

https://www.macworld.com/article/1339221/how-to-turn-off-crash-detection-iphone-apple-watch.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/xpoxef/rollercoasters_arent_car_crashes/

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Dollywood Discussion / A blog mention of Dollywood
« on: August 24, 2022, 07:07:17 PM »
This blogger is mostly about aviation and political issues, but he enjoyed his visit to Dollywood.

https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2022/08/23/dollywood/

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Random Talk / Super Dave's first stunt
« on: June 29, 2022, 02:19:56 PM »
Seems generally related to parks.  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vYV6Mru6Zo

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Other Parks / Horrible fatality at Glenwood Caverns
« on: September 28, 2021, 07:59:50 PM »
A six year old wasn't buckled in. The operators were untrained.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/27/us/colorado-glenwood-caverns-adventure-park-child-death/index.html


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If you missed John Davidson in Branson, or if you wondered whatever became of him, I just found out that he's in NH now, and still doing his thing on a much smaller scale.

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-chronicle-club-sandwich-john-davidson/36980715

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You won't hear it at SDC, but it's impressive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KBvRdR4c44

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Other Parks / Santa's Village article about actors
« on: July 24, 2019, 02:30:59 AM »
Santa's Village is about 7 miles from my house. It's an iconic New England theme park, but I confess that I've never been there.

We drove past today and saw big plywood crates labelled "WHITEWATER" and "FRAGILE", so of course I said it must be from Italy. ;)

Coming back, we saw workers assembling water slide tubes across the road from those crates. The park has been expanding a lot the last couple of years. It's a real family operation, four generations so far.

https://www.nhmagazine.com/behind-the-scenes-at-santas-village/

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I think that all of us who visited SDC as kids dreamed about living there. I'm sure that's true of everyone's favorite park.

Some Disney fans got that chance. It turned into more of a nightmare.

https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/the-creepy-history-of-disneys-perfect-town/news-story/8b9a034e93ddb074b5fbdbb286f83806

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Random Talk / Deck the boughs...
« on: December 04, 2018, 01:26:54 AM »
As seen on Facebook, shared from a friend in Oregon, originally by some stranger, probably none of whom have ever heard of SOTH.  ;D


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Random Talk / Non-political politics: I won!
« on: November 15, 2018, 11:20:08 PM »
No politics or partisanship involved in this announcement, just a personal brag:

On my first-ever attempt at public office, I won my race for state representative in New Hampshire. It was close: just four votes. The long-time incumbent asked for a recount (so would I, had it been four vote the other way), and the recount came out with exactly the same numbers.  :)

NH has 400 state representatives for 1.3 million people, and the office pays all of $100 a year. It's not a profession; it's a huge pain to serve.

I still wanted to share and brag a bit, though.  ;D

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Random Talk / More ADA news about parks
« on: August 24, 2018, 06:09:41 PM »
This is specifically about Disney, but we've had discussions about the American with Disabilities Act as it applies to SDC. I don't think it belongs in SDC talk, nor other parks talk, so I'm putting it in Random Talk.

I quote from law professor Eugene Volokh's "Short Circuit" roundup of recent U.S. Circuit Court decisions.

"Disney theme parks accommodate individuals with cognitive disabilities by allowing them to skip the line for all rides with wait times of less than 15 minutes (which is most rides) and to schedule appointments at rides with longer wait times. They are never required to wait in lines. Parents (in 30 separate lawsuits): Not good enough. Our kids still have meltdowns. Eleventh Circuit: Disney might not be complying with the ADA."

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