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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: January 26, 2023, 10:06:03 AM »

It is great to see a little detail like the canning company that incorporates real local history. I had no idea that there was such a large canning economy in the Ozarks back in the early 1900's.

This link has more info on the history of the Roy Nelson Canning Co that was the label in the SDC post.
https://files.shsmo.org/manuscripts/rolla/R1029.pdf

My initial thought was designs for labels for can lights like in Crossroads Pizza.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: January 18, 2023, 10:48:03 PM »

So they are going to increase parking so they can squeeze even more people in the park?  Seems like its going to be even more miserable on busy days than it was before.

I believe the goal is to make the parking process easier to get people in spots faster and off of the highway.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: January 17, 2023, 09:07:49 PM »

Looks like a ton of parking lot/road word is happening right now. The old tram tunnel has been demolished along with railings, plants and trees.

You can see photos at the links below:
https://twitter.com/hicknews/status/1615469216441802764?s=20&t=tgFluK5Wcl0kl8GjqESPfQ
https://www.facebook.com/groups/125273777553703/permalink/5826379614109729/

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Random Talk / Re: Your Travels Thread for 2023

« on: January 06, 2023, 03:02:54 PM »

This year, we are headed to Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Dollywood, Splash Country, Kentucky Kingdom, and lots of SCD/WW.


I remember going to the Cosmosphere each summer growing up when we would visit family friends in Hutch. We have actually been talking about taking a long weekend trip to it with our kids. We never did do the salt mines though.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: January 05, 2023, 10:17:48 AM »

That change was done because they rerouted the entry/exit lanes for the cars

Not really a valid argument for taking away the perk of using the closer special entrance.
That entrance is still used for preferred parking and groups.

But enough about Dollywood...

65 days until the 2023 SDC season opens! Looking forward to the announcements that they mentioned in their Facebook post a few days ago.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Season passes next year....

« on: January 04, 2023, 02:50:51 PM »

Received ours in the mail.  Same ol' passes.  Is there an upcharge to turn them into digital?

No uncharge to go digital. Just download the SDC app and sign in. If your passes don't automatically show, there is an option to link them via the ID on the back of your pass. Right now, all 2023 passes in the app aren't active and don't show photos or barcodes. We assume that they will become active closer to season opening.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: January 04, 2023, 07:39:09 AM »

Another big change was that the DreamMore trolly now goes to the main entrance with everyone else. In the past there was a separate entrance up the hill that had its own security and turnstiles. There were lots of complaints on the trolly each day about the removal of the special entrance for the trolly.

This was the first year we've ever gone in the main entrance since we have always stayed at the DreamMore and ridden the trolly.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Season passes next year....

« on: January 03, 2023, 12:59:00 PM »

Sounds like they are going to the same physical (if you actually want one) passes as Dollywood. I believe that I also saw that since passes will have photos, IDs wont be required either.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: December 31, 2022, 09:09:32 PM »

More roof structure has gone up on the new dining area.
The first wall has also gone up on the new Fried Fancies.

Over in Fireman’s Landing, the stretch of fence where the track crossing will be has been taken down to put up metal posts and different/unpainted fencing has gone back up.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2023 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: December 29, 2022, 12:52:49 PM »

There is a marker and paint on the new peninsula in Lake Silver by Fireman’s landing. Are we expecting the little swings to move this off-season?

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2024 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: December 27, 2022, 09:16:40 PM »

Our view of the inside of the building has now been blocked off.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: December 22, 2022

« on: December 21, 2022, 11:51:23 AM »

The City has announced that they will be closed on Thursday December 22, 2022.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Citizen injured

« on: December 19, 2022, 05:08:18 PM »

https://www.ky3.com/2022/12/19/osha-fines-silver-dollar-city-after-death-maintenance-employee-this-summer/

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC Christmas 10Best Voting 2022

« on: December 16, 2022, 12:19:44 PM »

SDC came in at #2, but it is a bit of a joke because they combined all SeaWorld locations into a single entry and they came in at #1. Someone must have been tired of SDC winning the past 4 editions of this poll.

So congratulations to the City for being the top single park!

https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-theme-park-holiday-2022/

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2022 Crowds / Trip Reports

« on: December 05, 2022, 10:47:00 AM »

This is the first time that I had noticed that they removed the extended queue area for Mystic River Falls and added more tables and chairs.

Yesterday was also the first time that I had heard them make announcements on PowerKeg about not taking phones at all on the ride due to newer phones having crash detection. First ride of the day, no mention of it. Second ride, that is all they talked about. Third ride, no mention of it. Seems to very inconstant on if it is an actual rule or not. It was one ride op that was harping on it.