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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire at the City
« on: March 21, 2022, 06:07:24 PM »
Good to hear they could salvage the Duplicating Lathe, and even better news they are going to reopen that soon.
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QuoteYou’re thinking of it as a dead end. It’ll be a new loop. Better guest flowAnother corkscrew? Or a pedestrian tunnel? Wouldn't seem like they would want to man another crossing.
It was a mess on Friday night when the warning went through. All of us were waiting for them to call for a phase 3 (take shelter) but they called it several minutes after everyone got the warning, which caused panic. It was difficult to fit 15,000 people in the shelter places, with 250 people being crammed beneath the marketplace. I'm hoping with their infrastructure plan(s) that they put more shelters in place, I think this year with Wildfire's roof being damaged and Friday is a wake-up call to them
Yeah I recall you currently work there? I really do hope too they take these recent close calls as a hint to take better precautions in the event the worst case scenario one day happens. It wasn't long ago Branson itself had a tornado go right down the strip but thankfully it was during the off season. Yes the likelihood is considered a rare probability but it can still happen at any time of the year.
Any thoughts on December 15th and 16th? (Wednesday/Thursday)
That close to Christmas are those days likely to be crazy?
Unless the weather is horrible I assumed 17th/18th will be insane with it being the last weekend before the holiday.
^ I don't think they've said yet. They need to because that could be the difference on deciding on a Silver Pass or a higher priced pass for the VIP events.
Cool love the overlay! Really puts it into perspective. Thanks for that!
Ha Ha, NO. All 3 trains are still there. They haven't, nor would, sell any trains to another park.
If I recall correctly the After 3 policy ended after the 2018/2019 season. Same for Dollywood.
One thing I noticed this weekend was that a couple of the nicer water features were turned off. The stream that flows down hill toward the gun/knife shop wasn't running, and the small water wheel by Powderkeg wasn't running. I am used to seeing them off during Christmas, but not during the fall. I hope this is temporary...those little features add a lot to the park.
Expect HUGE crowds this weekend. It's Oklahoma's Fall Break and I'm doing a last minute search for hotels, rentals, etc. for my family and there are not many options left (especially Friday night). Thousand Hills will not let you search for rooms this weekend...I did find some things for $4000+ a night (I do not have that kind of cash).
Anyway, should be a big crowd in Branson this weekend.
Jay
It's kind of hard to imagine we are going to lose Lost River, FITH, Train Station, FM and probably AP within a 10 year period. Who would have thought that just a few years back.
Removing FITH would open up the opportunity to run a pathway/crossing back there and connect to Outlaw Run's area. Would make it a bit less of a confusing dead end, which is something the park has been working slowly towards removing. Eventually we'll be able to walk around the lake, from GE to FL, and maybe even from Wildfire to Powderkeg one day.
There is a lot of space there, so I'm sure they could try to shove in another ride as well. Maybe a drop tower like DW's?
I was thinking someone mentioned that might be the location of the new train station.
I doubt that would happen, thats is some prime real estate for another ride/attraction.
I think their thought was it would be closer to the round house for the engineers. Then open up for redevelopment the area of the old station and FM when removed.
I was thinking someone mentioned that might be the location of the new train station.