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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2013 Project
« on: June 25, 2012, 09:39:29 PM »
It seems we are seeing the reinvention of the rollercoaster and SDC is ground zero
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2013 Project
« on: June 23, 2012, 10:49:28 PM »
San Antonio is on our 4 year vacation radar.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: water erupting from lake silver
« on: June 17, 2012, 11:26:28 PM »
Maybe too many people flushed at once.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2013 Project
« on: June 17, 2012, 11:13:11 PM »Isn't that side of the station the maintenance bay? wouldn't th ose footers have something to do with that?I was just thinking that...
If those footers that look set parallel to the track is actually from the matienance bay they would have somehow tied into the track before the lift hill. Here's a pic from the other side, lots more footer I guess it going to be a two way exit ramp.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2013 Project
« on: June 17, 2012, 11:02:53 AM »
I see footers on both sides of the drop to the lift hill out of the station. I can only think of a flythrough or that the queue is going to be under the ride a bit.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2013 Project
« on: June 17, 2012, 08:51:58 AM »
Is this thing going to have a station fly through? The new pics on the trip review page show there are footers all over the place by the queue that isn't part of the current lifthill.
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Other Parks / Disney next door to Dolly?
« on: June 16, 2012, 02:12:10 PM »
From a friend back home. I'm trying to get this verified with a childhood friend that's on Governor Haslam's staff as well.
"I'm only counting this as a rumor at this time but I've heard from a reliable source that in the next 30 days that there will be an announcement made that Walt Disney has purchased property around the I-40 & I-81 split and is going to build a Walt Disney World.
From what I hear, I've heard that Walt Disney has purchased the property from the beginning of I-81 up 4 miles to exit 4 and the property goes back toward the Smoky Mountains some ways."
"I'm only counting this as a rumor at this time but I've heard from a reliable source that in the next 30 days that there will be an announcement made that Walt Disney has purchased property around the I-40 & I-81 split and is going to build a Walt Disney World.
From what I hear, I've heard that Walt Disney has purchased the property from the beginning of I-81 up 4 miles to exit 4 and the property goes back toward the Smoky Mountains some ways."
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Construction/Rumors / Re: Your Attraction Ideas
« on: June 15, 2012, 08:16:24 AM »QuoteWe don't want anything by Gravity Group in our park.I don't know about you but that looked liked like some crazy ass fun stuff to me. Probably knocks the crap out of you but I love the premise. What is your objection Swoosh?
I agree that that looked fun. Short, and I am not a fan of out-and-back rides, but still very fun.
I don't know what was up with the wait times after the lifts. Throughput could be much better.
That was the Gerstlauer over in Germany. I think that's called a family shuttle coaster and was their first or near first one of that kind. I'm thinking something like that could go in the area that's discussed often for rides down around the Culinary school and Echo Hollow. It hugs the ground, would stay below the tree tops, small footprint and the U shape of it allows the queue to go down the middle. It would transition well between the kiddie coaster and thunderation. The video is nothing but moms and kids.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: Your Attraction Ideas
« on: June 14, 2012, 09:30:48 PM »We don't want anything by Gravity Group in our park.
Ok. why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmRMwy3-cnk
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Construction/Rumors / Re: Your Attraction Ideas
« on: June 14, 2012, 06:09:28 PM »
Still seeing the lamenting of the loss of the backward cars on Thunderation. I've posted Gravity Group indoor woodie with backward seats and here's a new ride by Gerstlauer. This one is rather simple but a good solid family coaster that mom would ride with the kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvmP-4NrTVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvmP-4NrTVM
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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC and large guests
« on: June 14, 2012, 04:56:59 PM »
I'm 6'3 and 325. Wildfire is tough on me. It takes some effort to get the buck to snap. I'm a bit perplexed cause I've ridden other B&Ms without that @#$3 strap just fine.
I think you'll find most major attractions very tough to impossible.
I need to get back to my playing weight of 275. Those were the days.
I think you'll find most major attractions very tough to impossible.
I need to get back to my playing weight of 275. Those were the days.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: TNT - Could it ever be expanded?
« on: June 14, 2012, 03:12:41 PM »But when I rode it last (I have not rode enought wooden coasters to know this but...) the lisft hill was feeling off. It would pull and stop pull stop pull stop. They were breif stops but still.....It was odd. Again could be normal and I could be nutso. Bujt to me a lift hill should be fluid.
It's been like that for as long as I can remember. A lot of the older coasters feel like that, something in the way the train engages with the lift gets a little resonance going.
Most of the older Arrow coasters were constructed piecemeal with the welding and shaping of the tubular rails being done on-site rather than having track sections manufactured off-site and put together like what is done now. This is why there is so much bouncing around even in relatively smooth areas of the ride.
As much as I hate to see the classics messed with, it's getting to the point where it wouldn't be so bad if they got someone else to come in and rebuilt TNT. It's still pretty rough in some seats, and people are growing to expect rides to be perfectly smooth these days. I would hope they would keep the layout of the first half of the ride, then build outward from there. Maybe Zierer could do it and they could add a drop-track in a tunnel or something.
No way
!I've decided that element needs to be in a revamped FITH. You are crossing the burning bridge and you stop because a beam just fell across the tracks and boom you drop straight down and from there you go through the finally much like is is today but on less jerky track.
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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: The Waterfall
« on: June 14, 2012, 02:49:53 PM »
Things evolve and so will this park and it has to to continue to capture our ever decreasing attention span. All things considered, the park has done well with the themeing but the company does need to put some effort into the effects of the dark rides. What we see as nostaligic, folks under 30 think as lame. Fire in the Hole could be incredible as it is still one of the best dark concepts I've come across. I will say this, after see the two new coaster that freefall like Verbolten and Thirteen, that would make one heck of an experience on the burning bridge in FITH.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2013 Project
« on: June 14, 2012, 02:37:14 PM »Re: SDC's 2013 Project
"« Reply #215 on: January 30, 2012, 04:16:13 PM »
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Take it for what it is worth, but I was told about this project by a SDC employee a little over a month ago. He made it sound as if this WILL NOT be any small coaster, nor will it be tame and for everyone. Mentioned the possibilty of a record setting drop angle.
Like I said, take it for what it is worth"
Starting to look like my source was reliable.
This only enforces my belief that SDC should add a couple of family coasters like the ones we have thrown on the wall in the idea thread. Fact is that the communities around SDC are growing and slowly but surely the park will become a busier place everyday of the week.
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Construction/Rumors / Re: TNT - Could it ever be expanded?
« on: June 14, 2012, 02:30:29 PM »
I think Swoosh is referring to some settling in the supports. I appeared in the last few years the lift hill wasn't what I would call sraight. About 80 percent of the way up the tracks seemed to bend. I know this is an issue on hillsides and with the rain events over the past couple years that the hillside may have slid a bit. An example of this is power or telephone poles at a base of a hill not being vertical but slanted some after a few years due to the pressure of the soil pushing it.
Thunderation is an Arrow. Arrow is gone the their coasters are leaving us one by one. That said, it'll be difficult to due major rehab to the ride when it comes to tracking and supports. It would pokey be easier to have another company replace it. The park could keep the queue and prominate features like it not staring with a lifthill and the coil into the tunnel but Silver Dollar City without a runaway mine coaster is unthinkable. The end is the ride's weakness.
I know this is an issue on hillsides and with the rain events over the past couple years that the hillside may have slid a bit. An example of this is power or telephone poles at a base of a hill not being vertical but slanted some after a few years due to the pressure of the soil pushing it. Thunderation is an Arrow. Arrow is gone the their coasters are leaving us one by one. That said, it'll be difficult to due major rehab to the ride when it comes to tracking and supports. It would pokey be easier to have another company replace it. The park could keep the queue and prominate features like it not staring with a lifthill and the coil into the tunnel but Silver Dollar City without a runaway mine coaster is unthinkable. The end is the ride's weakness.