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

« on: September 29, 2021, 12:43:44 PM »

The Fry Bread Company is hardly open anymore. Not gonna miss it to be honest. I wonder what they’re gonna do with Percy’s? That’s a large building, they could probably put an indoor stage and seating there.

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

« on: September 27, 2021, 12:36:26 PM »

Also, if you want a different view of some land clearing and construction equipment that isn't on the train, go to the pumpkin plaza whenever it opens and go to the left of the giant screen. Look through the fence and you'll see a lot of clearing and digging. I'll get pics when I go back to work on Tuesday.

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

« on: September 27, 2021, 12:35:20 PM »

Is it completely impossible that they could just refurbish and rebuild the ride in house? - for 1/2 the cost of a new production coaster/dark ride I would think they could do it themselves and really make it stand out.  While cutting edge time traveler was 25 million - for 10-15 mill they could probably rebuild/ upgrade Fire in the Hole it as it stands and still have a standout attraction.

The building and ride has deteriorated so bad that it'll cost less to build a new one in a more fitting location. If you keep band-aiding the building and ride like they have been, it's not gonna help in the long run.

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

« on: September 25, 2021, 04:19:37 PM »

I mean if it's going right next to Fireman's Landing then it's definitely going to be firefighter themed. No need to worry about that. Will they keep the baldknobber story? Probably not. They still do tell the story of the baldknobbers in the lantern tour and of course FiTH, but other than that it isn't prevalent around the park. Do I wish that it'll be themed to it? Yes, yes I do. But I also know that times change and new stories need to be told. We still have the current FiTH for now and when it's gone we'll have the memories of it, and I'm sure they'll save some things from the inside to keep the legacy of it. They know how iconic it is to everyone that visits.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: Future SDC Development Speculation (Long-term)

« on: September 12, 2021, 01:36:42 PM »

I see that "someone" has been spreading the FITH rebuild rumor on reddit, with the added tidbit about it being an RMC project with a new powered car design. We'll see. We know that the reaper is getting closer and closer to FITH and Flooded Mine, but after the Mystic River debacle I'm far less excited to see the replacements. I will say they did a good job with the appearance and theming of Mystic River, but it's hard to like a ride that barely operates and has half the throughput of the ride it replaced. I definitely don't trust RMC to build a reliable ride, especially with a brand new highly technical design.

I’m going to be optimistic about this one. The fact that it’s not like Firechaser Express (or just a regular rollercoaster) and that it’s a powered train makes me hopeful that it’ll be somewhat faithful. Of course it’s going to change, I cannot deny that. But with how well they did with the theming of MRF also makes me hopeful for this replacement. I think the upper management knows how much FiTH means to people and the park.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: Future SDC Development Speculation (Long-term)

« on: September 11, 2021, 07:45:06 PM »

The next project will the one we’ve all been expecting.

The needed bathrooms next to Wildfire where it's old expanded queue is? 

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2022 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: August 27, 2021, 07:57:48 PM »

I just want them to put bathrooms next to Wildfire. That'll be the highlight of any season once that happens

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: July 23, 2021, 03:11:54 PM »

I know some details about what happened, but out of respect of the family all I will say is that nothing happened to the ride itself. Yesterday was not a good day at the park, with wildfire, Mystic River, and Outlaw being down all day. I had to experience a lot of unhappy guests.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: July 04, 2021, 12:47:53 PM »

People are saying on the SDC (unofficial) season pass holder group that one of the boats tipped, or almost tipped, nobody seems to know besides screaming loud about “they’re going to get sued for this!!!”. If the boat did actually tip, I figured that there would have been a press release or something like the one that flipped in Altoona yesterday.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: June 01, 2021, 05:27:51 PM »

The cave is open, they opened it this memorial day weekend. I believe they are only half tours though and not all week.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2022 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: May 07, 2021, 01:03:58 PM »

Over the week-off days, the fence has grown and is now extending behind part of the smoke area in front of the waterboggan tower. If this is really the gerstlauer coaster, I can definitely see it. Challenging terrain, possibly having to work with the train tracks (above/possibly below it). This could be a really unique thing going here.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2022 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: May 01, 2021, 09:53:25 AM »

I bet they're going to put more fencing up and around the tower & tracks after this weekend is over. I've always wondered why they haven't taken the old tower down.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: 2021 Crowds/Trip Reports

« on: April 25, 2021, 10:04:33 PM »

This just in.... tasting cards are coming to BBQ and Bluegrass

https://www.silverdollarcity.com/theme-park/Attractions/Dining/Bluegrass-Tasting-Passport

No surprise here, every time I'm at the 60th sign or the front gate taking pictures of guests they always ask about the taste passport for street fest.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2021 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: December 31, 2020, 09:25:56 PM »

I kind of expected MRF to have its issues in its first season, as it is a very complex ride on top of a water ride. It seems like SDC is good at ironing out the issues of new rides after its first, maybe second season. Time will tell, though.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2021 Project(s) and Park Developments

« on: December 29, 2020, 11:30:15 AM »

Some things have to be done, the park doesn’t have a choice.  Mystic River Falls needs attention. 

If you're allowed/able to answer, what's wrong with Mystic River Falls?? Is it just some kinks that they need to iron out?