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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Gaslight Square
« on: January 08, 2015, 09:10:51 PM »
Ha! I completely missed the balloons! Good point. 
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Park meets attendance goals for 2014
« on: January 08, 2015, 09:08:12 PM »Quote
I don't think I would stop and pay just to see a bunch of fish.
You may not, but other will and lots of them. Both times we've been to Gatlinburg we visited Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies and both times it was packed. And that was with tickets in $25 per person range as I recall.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Guest voucher program
« on: January 08, 2015, 09:00:50 PM »
It's been called that for the last several years hasn't it? Ever since they went to actually verify the passholder was present I thought.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Gaslight Square
« on: January 06, 2015, 07:52:20 PM »
Reviving an old topic, as I found this while roaming around the net:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19890510&id=L0QrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LtUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2485,3335773
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19890510&id=L0QrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LtUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2485,3335773
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Park meets attendance goals for 2014
« on: January 03, 2015, 03:23:24 PM »I can clear some things up...
1.9 was a goal... As a nation we are still in a "recession" and business have to scale down their expectations to obtainable goals. SDC first hit the 2 million mark in 1999 and had their best year in 2006 (they had a 25,000 person day that year).
A 9,000 person average sounds exactly right. The 10,000 guest celebration happens every day, around 1, so sorry to burst anyone's bubble who thought Terry and the gang was actually keeping count.
The turnstile count is every ticket that comes through the gate for the first time that day. All tickets are included (paid, comp, SP, ect...) Every entry after the first that day is counted as a reissue and is placed in a separate column that way they know how many have come through for the day and know how many are on park at any given time. (there is always error as the exit turnstiles do not capture everyone leaving but is good enough to make business decisions.
I hope this clears some things up.
It does, with one exception:
A 9,000 person average sounds exactly right. The 10,000 guest celebration happens every day, around 1, so sorry to burst anyone's bubble who thought Terry and the gang was actually keeping count.
This happens every day, or you mean every day they actually have 10,000 guests? If it's every day then what is the point?
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Park meets attendance goals for 2014
« on: January 03, 2015, 02:56:01 PM »So, SDC was open 214 days this season. So if 1.9 million people went that averages to about 8,900 people a day. That doesn't seem like very many people. Does this count every different person who went to the park? If someone with a season pass went to the park ten times this season, did they get counted ten times or just once?
No it doesn't. I don't recall exactly what the figure is (I'm thinking it's 10k) when they come to the turnstiles and make a big to do about how many people have entered the park that day. We've been there more than once when that occurred mid morning.
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Park meets attendance goals for 2014
« on: January 03, 2015, 02:51:46 PM »So I want to ask the question because I am curious.
Is 1.9 Million a good number? I believe I remember they were topping 2 million back in the late 80's. Maybe my rememberer is broke.
It really does not seem like a lot when you consider the St. Louis cardinals do 3.5 Million on only 81 dates. And I think the Royals did close to 1.9 this year.
Also, Is this a paid attendance or a total? BAF's , comps and employee give away tickets might be included.
No offense, but I don't really see the comparison between two MLB teams and a regional theme park. Would you happen to know what Six Flags, WOF, or Dollywood does in a year? That seems like it might be a bit fairer. Secondly, I'm not disputing your figures, but if the Cardinals are doing 3.5milion per season, that would mean they are filling Busch almost 76 out of 81 dates. IIRC it seats around 46000.
The question of paid attendance is a valid one also. I'd like to know the answer to this also. I assume they are strictly counting bodies through the turnstiles but would like to know for certain.
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Branson Talk / Re: The Branson I Remember
« on: January 02, 2015, 07:54:39 PM »
Where was Jellystone Park? I noticed a couple of years ago the former KOA in Forsyth had changed to a Jellystone, but I did not know there had been one in Branson before/
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Branson Talk / Re: CiCi's Pizza coming in 2015
« on: January 02, 2015, 07:41:07 PM »^It's probably not really overpriced, but it's more than I like to pay.
No, it is overpriced.
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Announcements / Re: Where is Rube?
« on: January 02, 2015, 07:28:13 PM »
I was showcased in the SDC spot on the GAC reality show as the park expert
Is there a thread somewhere about this?
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Branson Talk / Re: The Track / go karts
« on: September 15, 2014, 07:31:55 PM »
If you're going to be there any length of time, buck up and buy the "go-card". It's a bit more upfront but after that all your credits are 1/2 price and it's good for the rest of the year. You can also renew the following year for less than buying a new one.
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Branson Talk / Re: Major road construction on 76 near SDC
« on: September 15, 2014, 07:29:59 PM »
four lane from the high road to the 376 intersection
When is that supposed to happen?
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Branson Talk / Re: Major road construction on 76 near SDC
« on: September 15, 2014, 07:26:58 PM »
We went through there this weekend and I was pretty disappointed. I'm sure it will help traffic flow, but I've always though it was so cool to be driving through the woods and then here's a stoplight in the middle of nowhere. Yes, I'm easily amused. I did think however that was a particularly pretty section of 76. Now it will just be another flat shadeless stretch of road.
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Branson Talk / Re: Branson Debates Diversification
« on: June 09, 2014, 05:59:11 PM »The day we start hearing rock and rap music at SDC will be the day I stop attending. Like Okie said, we go to Branson and SDC to get away from that mess. I would hate to see gambling come to Branson. If you want to gamble go to Vegas. I've never been to Vegas and have no desire to go for that very reason. Branson is a family vacation spot. Why ruin that with a situation like the above scenario where the kids and mom stay at WW or SDC while dad goes off and gambles. That's not family like and in fact is anti-family. Just my opinion though...If Branson embraces (C)rap, microbreweries, gambing, etc, then count me out. I can get that garbage here in OKC. I go there to escape.
I think the ball complex is a move in the right direction. As in anything though your entertainment is not my entertainment and that does not mean that either one is crap. As a example we used to attend Silver Dollar city on Memorial day and labor day weekends every year, but since they have now stuffed them full of music ( bluegrass and Southern gospel) both types of which I have no desire for, we choose to take our entertainment dollars elsewhere. If there were other options for entertainment in Branson we maybe would still come down there, but there is just no nighttime activity. I enjoy a good craft beer with a nice sitdown meal and good rock and rap music. Obviously I am out of touch with middle America moral values.
I'm afraid you're a few days late. Saturday morning when I walked in I heard "Living in America" by James Brown blasting from the pavillion.