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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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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Through the Decades

« on: September 20, 2007, 09:43:11 PM »

I would love to host any pictures you want to share. It's no secret that the site needs them.

Meh, this is the internet, any grammar at all will do. 

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Other Parks / Re: Herschends to buy Florida parks!

« on: September 20, 2007, 04:05:49 PM »

Yeah, but Bell's is pretty much a neighborhood park, Joyland was already practically gone, and All-Star is just a fairground with batting cages. As for a real park, there wouldn't have been much competition if WWW had had a bit more invested or had a major star attraction of some type.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Through the Decades

« on: September 20, 2007, 04:04:03 PM »

I will take pictures of thoes tracks on Friday. Does anybody want pictures of anything else while I am there?

Again, SDC is supposed to be putting out fun little 'clues' at what they're getting next year, but I'm not sure if they're out yet. If you come across something that might hint at something, be sure and snap it.

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White Water Discussion / Re: Future of White Water

« on: September 20, 2007, 04:02:10 PM »

^Yeah, but if they invest majorly in high-quality attractions, what keeps the park from cannibalizing SDC's gate again? We've already seen so far the Branson cannot support the type of market needed for a true night time theme park. Thus, CC has very little elbow room to do much and not compete with SDC.

Is it possible for WW to expand to the outlet mall from their current location? I would have thought that they would have to demolish the old park and the mall, and rebuild the entire park where the mall was.

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Other Parks / Re: Schlitterbahn Vacation Village Groundbreaking

« on: September 19, 2007, 11:11:57 PM »

Meh, OOF can always go the low route and slash prices to get at the cheaper crowd.

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Other Parks / Re: Herschends to buy Florida parks!

« on: September 19, 2007, 10:51:34 PM »

Okay.  But do you think that there is a market to support that park even if it was finished?  What is DW?

Sure, there's Wichita and it's metro, which has about 450,000 - 500,000 people. Then there's plenty of surrounding areas to draw from, albeit none of them being really notable, but they could reach another 100,000 people or more pretty easily.
That's enough for a small to mid-sized park easily, seeing as Bell's and many others have prospered under smaller markets for decades. The thing is, the park probably wouldn't have ever really taken off.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Crowd Levels?

« on: September 19, 2007, 10:48:13 PM »

If that's the case, I can't imagine what the Christmas season will be like. I might be going down there on Black Friday, the park's busiest day. We'll see if I can even get in, last year we had to park miles away.

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White Water Discussion / Future of White Water

« on: September 19, 2007, 06:43:05 PM »

So several things have popped up about White Water on these forums. Firstly, they've bought the massive 90 outlet mall just up from the park, and may eventually expand over there or even move the entire park. It's also been a consideration for WW to move to CC and the two entities to intertwine. As it is, WW doesn't even own the land they operate on, and space is limited even if they have land up the street.

So what will happen to White Water? I'll assume that for now, the park will stay put and any aggressive plans won't even be really considered for several years or maybe even past a decade, seeing as they seem to be doing well, and have just added new slides. Still though, if they have truly bought the 90 outlet mall, destroying the old park and building a massive new one may not be completely out of the question. 90 Outlets isn't far from the current spot, so not only will guests not be lost, but it shouldn't be too much of a pain relatively to hook up the needed infrastructure. The deal breaker is cost. It'll take many, many millions just to clear out the old park and the outlet mall, and building a new park worthy of the move would be quite costly. Seeing as the park is doing alright where it is, it'll be ages before the idea seems profitable.

What about the idea of WW moving in with CC? Again, tearing down the old park and much of CC would be quite costly, and adding in the new park would be hugely expensive, especially seeing as more infrastructure would have to be moved and built for a water park to function. Still, it would solve CC's issue of cannibalizing SDC's gates, would create an overall fulfilling attraction, and both CC and WW would really benefit from one another. Again though, unless CC unstabalizes again, this won't be looked at as a possibility.

Any thoughts?

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Other Parks / Re: What parks have you been to??

« on: September 19, 2007, 04:05:30 PM »

Wow Tom, you must be one of the only other enthusiasts I know who's been to Bell's. How did you like it? Everyone seems to have a different story.

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Other Parks / Re: Herschends to buy Florida parks!

« on: September 19, 2007, 04:04:40 PM »

^WWW does have a terrible reputation now, but the fact that it was under-developed would have been more of a blessing than a curse to the Herschends. Just like with Branson USA, they could have stripped the place from top to bottom and started over again with a brand new park. They wouldn't even have to worry so much about relation issues then, seeing as SDC and DW are extremely well respected.

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SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Through the Decades

« on: September 19, 2007, 04:00:54 PM »

Are the tracks tangled up in the woods? I thought I saw something like that once, but I've never known for sure.

For some reason, I don't really remember Shanty Town, what was it like?