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I am a big coffee lover. Anyone know if Branson has a good coffee shop with Pour Over Coffee ?

We had not planned any trips during Old Time Christmas, but some friends of ours talked my wife into meeting them at SDC next weekend. Will be using their Baf's for the entry. Our kids are also meeting us there. We never have bought a show lovers pass, and I really do not care for the 2 major Christmas shows , but will be forced to set through them to help make the spouse happy. Looks like it will be in the 60's next weekend so I expect the place will be packed. I really do not want to waste my good riding time waiting in 1 hour lines for the shows so I think we will invest in a show lovers pass.

Question is

Is the pass only good for Dickens and Wonderful life ? That is what the website alludes to. I thought the Saloon was included, but am not sure.

http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-coaster-dark-ride-combos-20141014-story.html

I have seen this the last couple of days and thought I would post here for discussion. Toy story Mania is one of the most popular attractions at Disney ever. Most of our trips to Hollywood studios the stand by line reached 2 hours plus and Fastpasses were gone for the day within 2 hours of park opening. We always seemed to make the initial race from opening to the line in the morning rode it and then got a fastpass for later on. Not sure I like Disney's  new experiment, but maybe it will work better, Time will tell.

https://time.com/money/3478186/disney-toy-story-ride-reservations-lines/

Does anyone know if the same company that designed The Mummy indoor coaster at Universal Studios Florida is the same as Mystery mine at Dollywood? (Gerstlauer) The Mummy is a excellent under rated indoor coaster in my opinion.

Just saw this in my local paper about a new documentary about Branson. Here is a link to the website.

http://www.wealwayslietostrangers.com/index.html

And the AP article

http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/12/27/2866607/documentary-goes-behind-the-music.html

So there seems to be a lot of discussion on theming rides lately. I thought I would give my opinion and see how others feel about it in a new discussion.

I really do not think SDC does much with theming anything. Look at outlaw run for example. They put some elements in the line and made a depot, but the ride has zero theming. Same for wildfire. PK has a little more because of the launch. Now you really cannot theme a roller coaster much, but if you look at Disney they themed Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain throughout the rides. To me that is putting a theme in the rides not just some outdoor cosmetics. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

A recent story on Yahoo about some elite moms hiring handicapped guides to get to the front of the line at DW. Sure glad Disney is investigating this and will hopefully have it under control soon. I thought that if you used the handicapped entrance you still had to wait while the rest of your party went through the line. Am I wrong ?

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/disney-world-scheme--entitled-families-hire-disabled-guide-to-bypass-lines-194555620.html

Pardon me asking if this is already posted somewhere. I could not find it doing a search.

My wife and I who both have season passes will be visiting on one of the first season pass appreciation days. We plan on bringing our daughter in with us on a BAF ticket. Question is, Does she have access to the late ride times also ? Can she stay in the park and just not ride?  We have never attended this and not sure of the policy. I could not find the info on the sdc website also.

Looks like I picked a good weekend to come to branson this year. Issac is going to rain us out. . Was planning on Friday all day at SDC.

First of all i am fairly new here, so hopefully I will not be stepping on any toes or offending anyone with this post. Also, this probably should have been posted in the thread about new attraction ideas, but for some reason I just wanted to start my first thread. I have heard snippets of a city rebuild and have wondered what this would mean. Some of our beloved attractions are really starting to show their age and are in desperate need of a rehab or replacement. Here is my idea to help that along and free up space for future expansions.

New Attraction: Escape From The Flooded Mine

This attraction would be a modern version of the old log flume concept and be a Mountain type adventure. It would be located in the area of the park where the Waterbogan used to be, and take in splash harbor and part of lake silver. I have checked Google maps and believe it could fit.

Theme: As in the old flooded mine you would board your ore carts or logs as a prisoner being transported to the inner reaches of the mine. You would pass old familiar  scenes along with new scenes on you way to you imprisonment. Instead of old animatronic characters though more modern techniques could be used like water projection screens mixed in with traditional. As you travel through you would climb a few short inclines on the way to your underground cell. Somewhere along the way the boat is diverted down a side passage and  you come across a group of renegade miners getting ready to blow a hole in the side of the mountain with the familiar phrase of " I'm getting out of here" As they blow the passage a door or water screen opens and you break out on the side of a Bald top mountain. You are now outside ( sort of like Disney's  Splash Mountain) and as you are making your getaway you come across the local Sheriff and the mine Warden meeting with a local group of Baldknobbers to enlist their help in rounding up the escaped prisoners. The chase is then underway and your boat is being pursued by the lawmen. You enter the woods and the boat starts the climb and you can here the horse hooves beating behind you as you go up. As you near the top the sheriff yells "Watch out, they are heading to the cave" just as your boat goes down into the Abyss of Marvel Cave. You then float through a simulated cave to the unloading dock.

This attraction would obviously take up a lot of real estate. But it would replace the FM and  AP which would free up those spaces for future expansion. I would love to see a attraction similar to Toy Story Mania at Disney or Spider Man at universal in the old FM spot. And, maybe a Mystery Mine style coaster in the spot that would be freed up by this attraction replacing AP.