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Other Parks / Re: Herschends to buy Florida parks!
« on: September 25, 2007, 11:34:28 PM »
^Meh, I too love the Jack Rabbit, and I hope it stays for many more seasons, but seeing as most people these days seem to think that any slight bump on a roller coaster qualifies it as brutal, it's just not a viable ride for CC. Besides, for it's small capacity it sure takes up a lot of room, power, and it doesn't exactly look good on the brochures.

Now take a Boomerang, sure, we hate them because they are everywhere and almost everyone has ridden multiple copies, but from the park's perspective, and especially CC's, it's a thrilling, compact, cheap, good-looking ride that is easy to get parts for and has great capacity. Some guests may notice that it's a copy, but who cares? As far as CC is concerned, a major looping coaster is a major looping coaster, it'll be a huge marketing hit and will look fantastic on the brochures and on the skyline.
Besides, look at the position CC is in: this year they took in a rusted piece of crap and fixed it up - that was their big new ride for this year, and it was a huge marketing bonanza for the park. Think of the effects a boomerang would have. They just don't seem to have many options right now.

Of course, hopefully they would keep the Jack Rabbit and place the Boomerang in the employee parking lot, that would be a perfect scenario.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: New Parking Lot/Road Plans
« on: September 25, 2007, 10:45:40 PM »
It looks like a mighty big addition too. The road re-route is one thing, but filling in that valley and paving it will be a huge project, I see now why they started so early. It kind of goes against the Herschend principle of low-environmental impact, but eh, they haven't done anything like what other corporations across Branson have. I just hopes this relieves a little bit of the pressure during the Christmas season.

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Other Parks / Re: Six Flags St. Lous To Get A Woodie?
« on: September 25, 2007, 09:10:03 PM »
So apparently the announcement will be on Thursday, and it's pretty well confirmed to be a GCII, according to the MiG editor.

I'm hoping for something like Troy, but given that SFStL already has 2 big woodies, I'm thinking this will probably be a mid-sized coaster with some crazy twists. Maybe we'll see and expansion on what they did with Renagade, but with even more radical curves and such. Wouldn't it be cool if they went for an over-bank? TGG has been really impressing everyone with their 90* turns, so you'd expect GCII to fight back...

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Other Parks / Re: Herschends to buy Florida parks!
« on: September 25, 2007, 08:53:11 PM »
Yeah, I was just looking at some pics of the place and it does look pretty good already, though not compared to the other HFEC parks. With an old-time southern-georgia swamp theme, this place could really be the next big winner in the HFEC chain. I mean, the place is already southern, and in a swamp, all they need is HFEC's old time charm, and the theming studio is only half-way across the state.

Wouldn't it be nice if they moved the Boomerang or the SLC out of WA and into CC? WA would have more room for a new headline attraction to start the new ownership off well, and CC would benefit greatly from any new looping steel coaster, though a Vekoma isn't exactly ideal. 

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Other Parks / Re: Herschends to buy Florida parks!
« on: September 25, 2007, 08:10:42 PM »
It's complete: Wild Adventures is now officially part of the Herschend Chain.

I'm waiting on edge to see what they'll do with the place. There's so much to do to get it up to par with the other parks - and it's more than just the theme, the entire park is pretty crappy comparatively. It's just like Branson USA.

Will they go all out and pop out another Celebration City? Or will they go lazier and pure-profit oriented this time around and just run the park like before? Surely not...

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Construction/Rumors / Re: New Parking Lot/Road Plans
« on: September 25, 2007, 03:57:12 PM »
Really? How so? It's kinda a bad time to start over-hauling the parking lot now, isn't it?

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Anyone been to the park lately?
« on: September 24, 2007, 09:19:12 PM »
I've been to the Track once, and I remember how scandalous the pricing was. All-in-all, I never go to the mini-golf/go-kart places. I can get the same thing where I'm at. I do sometimes just walk from arcade to arcade though, just to see what's there.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Anyone been to the park lately?
« on: September 24, 2007, 04:36:11 PM »
The mansion and the tree house could be points of interest, but it's doubtful that much has happened since I was last there. Didn't someone say that the Mansion was closed last they were there though? Maybe they've started on it...

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Coaster Christmas 2007
« on: September 23, 2007, 08:05:37 PM »
Does anyone know what is planned for this year's CC? I know there will be some ERT on Powderkeg and probably TGS or Wildfire, but what else is usually involved? Isn't there some sort of Q&A?

I'm still debating whether I want to go or not. It would really suck if I went ahead and joined ACE just so I could, and then found out I would be busy that weekend. At least the magazines would be nice.

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Random Talk / Re: The SDCFans Lounge
« on: September 23, 2007, 04:34:03 PM »
Looks like another busy week is on the horizon for me. Lots of work, private projects, and other things to get done.

Ug, this time of year always feels loaded down with work, I don't know when I'll be able to slack off again.

Luckily though, I'll be changing up my job a little at the end of this week, so I should get a better and steadier income.

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Random Talk / Re: NFL Pick 'em Week 2 Standings/Make picks for Week 3
« on: September 22, 2007, 07:12:40 PM »
But how many weeks is the season?

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Random Talk / Re: NFL Pick 'em Week 2 Standings/Make picks for Week 3
« on: September 22, 2007, 06:52:46 PM »
How long does this go on?

St. Louis Rams @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
San Diego Chargers @ Green Bay Packers
Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets
Arizona Cardinals @ Baltimore Ravens
Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans
Detroit Lions @ Philadelphia Eagles
Minnesota Vikings @ Kansas City Chiefs
Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots
San Fransisco 49er's @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Cleveland Browns @ Oakland Raiders
Cincinnati Bengals @ Seattle Seahawks
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Denver Broncos
New York Giants @ Washington Redskins
Carolina Panthers @ Atlanta Falcons
Dallas Cowboys @ Chicago Bears
Tennessee Titans @ New Orleans Saints

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Announcements / SDCFans Wants Your Stories And Opinions
« on: September 22, 2007, 06:22:11 PM »
The next site version, set to come out early next month, will feature user-written articles. If you have a story, an opinion, or a bit of news about something pertaining to the parks, don't hesitate to send it in. They can be as long or as short as you wish, and present your opinion whole-heartedly; I'll only edit for major grammar mistakes and spelling.

Hopefully, other users will be able to rate and comment on your story, but we'll see how that turns out.

I could use a couple of articles to kick it off, so if anyone wants to throw one in, I'd be much appreciative. I'm writing one myself on FiTH's 35 birthday.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Sam's Mining Shack
« on: September 21, 2007, 03:44:50 PM »
^Ah, one more thing that can never be again, so long as the insurance companies retain their control over the park, and the nation's fun in general.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Coaster Christmas 2007
« on: September 21, 2007, 03:43:27 PM »
^I believe that you must either join ACE or know a member and sign up in advance. I'm not sure if other coaster club memberships apply or not.

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