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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports
« on: December 04, 2021, 12:41:22 PM »
We were there Wednesday 12/1, and it didn't seem that crowded. We parked in lot 3. We were able to see the last Dickens and the Living Nativity. (I don't remember if anyone mentioned it but the Living Nativity is also a new production this year). Got Chesters Chips before getting into the Dickens line. Don't know when the chips were cooked but the chips and toppings were cold.

Thursday the 2nd was insane. We parked in lot 5. Wall to wall people, long lines everywhere. Most food/drink stands were closed. The 1st and 2nd performances of Dickens were canceled due to lack of staff (don't know if that means performers or front of house staff). We saw the saloon show and got into the last performance of Home for Christmas. We waited in line for over an hour to get in.

We thought the new Dickens production was good. The new songs have some similarities to the old.

Didn't care for Home for Christmas. The musical aspect was good (singers and live band) but there needs to be a story instead of unrelated Christmas song after unrelated Christmas song with a patriotic song in the middle.  The last song should come across as a finale. It didn't. We didn't know it was the end until the cast paused and then started taking their bows.  The costumes were terrible in that they didn't go with the songs. Costumes were what you would see in Dickens or were costumes you would see on a riverboat show or a Carrie Nation show. No costumes you would associate with a 50s/60s style Christmas song. The choreography needs help too. Honestly I have seen better productions at various large churches.

On Thursday we waited over 30 minutes to get ornaments, decided to skip getting season passes. At 3:30 the line for the first train at 4 pm was backed up into Midtown. At 7:30 pm the line for the train was backed up into Midtown. Every bathroom we used during the day was trashed. There was poop smeared on the walls of one stall in the hospitality house. Why don't the bathrooms have hot water anymore for handwashing?

After 20 plus years of season passes not sure we are going to do it for 2022. We have loved SDC over the years but I just don't know if it's worth it anymore.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC Old Time Christmas 10Best
« on: November 28, 2021, 03:08:29 PM »
7 days left to vote -- currently SDC in first place and Dollywood in second.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Fire at the City
« on: November 19, 2021, 04:22:04 PM »
I was there. Walked out of hospitality house bathroom behind the taffy shop at 12:45. Was walking toward the homestead cabin when the smoke just shot up and started billowing toward the square. At first we were all asked to move to the blacksmith side of the park and it was jammed packed people to the footbridge waiting for the chain drop. We stood over there for over 10 minutes and watched the smoke get worse. My husband who has been a volunteer firefighter in our rural area for many years was getting concerned.

Then we were asked to go to the square to make way for emergency equipment.  When we got up to the square SDC employees told us to keep on walking toward the entrance and evacuate the park. Fortunately people were calm but it was crowded in the hospitality house. Some folks were trying to stop and shop in both the hospitality house and the Ozarks Marketplace. Employees kept saying to leave the building.

We were able to get on the 2nd tram out. The employee on the back of the tram kept apologizing and repeating to call guest relations at a later time about refunds or handling the grocery store tickets.

But there was no plan to get vehicles out of the parking lots. No one was directing traffic out of the lots. We were parked 2 rows from the stop 2 gazebo and had parked facing the exit and able to pull forward to get out. Took us over 25 minutes to get to 76. When we got to the light there were 3 deputies but traffic was still still turning in on Indian Point Road. The least amount of traffic was in the left lane to turn toward Branson West so we got in that lane to leave and get out of the area.

If something like this happens again, there needs to be a plan to get vehicles out of the lots. SDC employees need to direct traffic or sheriff's deputies need to do so.

People were trying to be courteous and let other vehicles in line but it just kept slowing down plus some folks just plowed their way into the line.  Wouldn't be surprised if there were some fender benders.

SDC employees did a great job of evacuating the park but it could have been terrible if the fire had spread across the parking lots because people would have been trapped.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / SDC Old Time Christmas 10Best
« on: November 12, 2021, 12:52:02 PM »
If you would like to vote (and you may vote daily), here's the link to the annual USA Today 10Best Holiday Theme Park contest. SDC has won several times and is currently in 1st place.

https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-theme-park-holiday/an-old-time-christmas-at-silver-dollar-city-branson-mo/

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Other Parks / Re: Dogpatch USA sells for $1.12 million
« on: October 01, 2021, 11:43:03 AM »
It was just announced that it will become Marble Falls Nature Park, similar to Dogwood Canyon but smaller scale.

https://www.ktlo.com/2021/09/30/abandoned-dogpatch-to-become-nature-center/

Here's a video from KY3 with some footage about the park's past.

https://www.ky3.com/2020/08/04/bass-pros-johnny-morris-announces-purchase-of-old-dogpatch-usa-reveals-plans/

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Random Talk / Re: SDCFans Teachers
« on: July 17, 2021, 09:12:51 AM »
Congratulations!

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Other Parks / Re: Adventureland Raft Accident
« on: July 12, 2021, 02:26:09 PM »
Similar accident happened at Opryland the last year it was open -- we were a couple of rafts back. Don't think anyone was killed but people were injured. It a long time for employees to get the remaining rafts in and unloaded.

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Branson Talk / Re: The Branson Coaster Accident
« on: July 10, 2021, 09:17:39 AM »
The state inspected the ride on the 9th and approved its reopening according to KY3.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports
« on: July 10, 2021, 09:14:26 AM »
We went on Wednesday the 8th for a few hours. Didn't ride anything. Saw the first Globetrotters show of the day, lots of talking at the beginning, show was very audience involved with kids and adults coming up to participate in various segments. Would have liked to see more skills and shots from the Globetrotters but did enjoy this version more than the one we saw the first year the group was at SDC.

Didn't get to see the new Down by the Riverside show since Wednesday is the off day.

Lines were long at the few places open to serve food and drink. Rib House needs some shade for those waiting in line since the wait is really long.  I heard someone say they waited for an hour at Chester's Chips. We did get a frozen lemonade at the stand near the saloon, took about 20 minutes.


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General Silver Dollar City Talk / 10Best 2021 SDC 2nd
« on: July 03, 2021, 12:31:19 PM »
SDC came in 2nd for 2021 in the Best Amusement Park category for 10Best. Sea World Orlando won this year. For most of the contest SDC was in first place on the leaderboard.

https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-amusement-park/

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports
« on: May 23, 2021, 05:33:58 PM »
FYI -- most of the concession stands now have a sign that says credit or debit card at this location. Noticed this during our visit on 5/20. Your cash is no longer wanted.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Rhonda Vincent 5/8 and 5/9 SDC
« on: May 08, 2021, 08:43:42 AM »
Noticed a full page ad in Branson Tri-Lakes this Wednesday about Rhonda Vincent at SDC -- May 8 and 9, 3 pm and 6 pm in Echo Hollow.

Was wondering why such short notice. And why no real promotion from SDC? There was nothing about it when I checked the website last week.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports
« on: April 23, 2021, 12:51:03 PM »
^ The SDC website shows a new Sagebrush Sadie saloon show beginning April 15h at the Boatworks theatre!  If anyone sees the show give us a report.  Yeehaw!

We saw it the first day of Street Fest. 4 saloon girl dancers, Sadie, Charlie, and the "theater owner", piano player and drummer. Not much of a plot -- Sadie rents theater for a show, show bothers theater owner who makes noise at times to interrupt the show.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports
« on: April 17, 2021, 01:46:32 PM »
Went to the first day of Street Fest, Every other bench is used in the Boatworks Theater (new home of the Saloon Show) and in the Dockside Theater. Lots of acts and show times throughout the park. Many of the acts have been at previous WorldFests, Festivals of Wonder, etc. The saloon show has 2 band members, 4 dancers, and 3 singers/actors. There is no notice posted at the Saloon that the show has been relocated to the Boatworks. Riverside Playhouse is open as a cool, maskfree place to sit and rest.

Wait times on Thursday were short for the rides we rode (drop tower, Fire in the Hole, train, Flooded Mine). When we rode the train in the afternoon we didn't see Wildfire, Outlaw Run, or Powderkeg running. Train ride is down to 1 robber.

We got Chesters Chips about 12:30. Apparently they had been cooked way ahead of time because they were cold. We didn't try any other food. We did see quite a few folks wearing Tasting Passport lanyards.

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We went to the first day of Street Fest. People wore masks to ride the trams, enter the park and most continued to wear them inside the park other than when eating. And I think it was stated masks were required on all the rides we rode.

When did the metal detectors get added to the entrance just before the ticket takers? Was nice to not have to wade through the strollers and motorized carts after going through the entrance.

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