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I didn't get screenshots either but here's what I posted after I got the survey with the 3 choice names:




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.

I'm not trying to be argumentative but I just wonder why do you assume this survey was for a 2029 coaster? SDC calls all their coaster "family coasters".

Because if we decided that the T-N-T replacement is after the current coaster being built then the survey and coaster name choices sound like a T-N-T replacement to me.  Of course we could all be wrong and this could have everything to do with the 2027 project.

I didn't get screenshots either but here's what I posted after I got the survey with the 3 choice names:




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.

^ Neither did we ever go to CC.  I always felt SDC was competing against themselves by opening CC.  We were always too tired to go to SDC all day then venture to CC at night.  It was almost like you had to choose one or the other.

If not an outdoor coaster in the current TNT area, I could imagine a dark ride show building. You could somewhat hide a good size building below street grade there. The park could use another indoor all-weather ride.

I always found that curious that they don't expedite a new indoor ride.  They know lines get really long at FITH and, to a lesser extent, the Flooded Mine in inclement weather.  Maybe it's hard to put a taller, quicker, record-breaking ride indoors but they need to get away from that mindset.  Not everything has to be "the only one of it's kind" to make people want to ride it. 

You can send an online message to him by logging in then clicking on the Message icon below his username.

They also took the mirrors out of that particular men's restroom so maybe they aren't through renovating yet. 

I really hope the viewing area for Powder Keg opens back up after the new ride is complete and running.  I always liked to watch the fire come out of the station and the spinning barrels.  I always thought that was great of SDC to have extra themed elements for those watching the ride.  Thanks to everyone posting updates with pictures.  Swoosh always does a great job posting updates on the MIG site.

We were at the City this past weekend and heard an interesting bit of trivia.  The Citizen in charge of loading/unloading the boats at the Flooded Mine told me that one of the current employees had his picture taken then a mask was created by a 3D printer for the face of the new "prisoner" with the jackhammer in the Mine. We thought that was pretty cool.

Could it be a pass-thru building for the ride instead of a loading/unloading station?

Thanks for the updates!

^ Thanks!  Just curious.

What manufacturer was SDC using for T-N-T since Arrow went out of business?

^ I was really happy to see the Frontier Follies in the running.  It's our favorite show at the City.  Last year's show was really clever the way they brought the Mean Murphy show back.  Does anyone know if they're doing the same show this year?

Here's a start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_nrFGaGg9c

We were there last Saturday.  I don't know how many people were there but I'm guessing a bazillion.  It was very cold and windy.  The only coasters open the entire day were FITH (of course), T-N-T, and Outlaw Run.  OR didn't open until later in the day when the temp finally got to 37 and had a 75 minute wait.  They were using the overflow line.  I was going to get in line but it was close to dark and they would close again once the temperature reached 32 and there was no way I could get through a 75 minute wait before the ride closed.  So yes I would definitely buy Trailblazers.  Just remember that the basic one only gets you to the front of the line for 8 rides one time.  We've never bought Trailblazers since we always buy season passes and figure if we can't get on a ride one day we can always do it on another.  Good luck.