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Construction/Rumors / Re: Escape from the Flooded Mine
« on: August 29, 2012, 05:54:19 PM »
FM is in some dire need of serious love. I guess I lost my sentimental feelings about it when it changed to the shoot out. The last time we rode in June most of the guns in our boat did not work correctly or did not reset at the beginning of the ride. My concept above has zero chances of being built, but is just a dream on my part to bring back the memories of a classic attraction in a new setting. AP was never one of my favorites due to the lack of serious theming.

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Branson Talk / Re: UH Oh
« on: August 29, 2012, 05:43:16 PM »
We had planned on coming home Sunday, but if Fri. And Sat are washouts we have decided to stay another day and try to do the city.

Also , I ran that same marathon. Not fun.

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Branson Talk / UH Oh
« on: August 29, 2012, 01:26:50 PM »
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.

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Construction/Rumors / Escape from the Flooded Mine
« on: August 29, 2012, 11:31:25 AM »
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. ;D 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.




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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: SDC page problem
« on: August 26, 2012, 05:29:40 PM »
Have you tried downloading Firefox. I have had a lot better luck using it especially on flash enabled sites.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: New App got SDC
« on: August 25, 2012, 03:00:04 PM »
Downloaded it afew days ago. Hope to use it on labor day weekend. I also hope it works as well as the Disney apps do inside their parks.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: WiFi at SDC?
« on: August 17, 2012, 07:08:38 AM »
Not sure. I just read a article that Disney was getting ready to wi if all their parks soon. Not sure I want to be that tethered. I did enjoy the Disney app. For my I phone that gave attraction wait times and for what time fast passes were being issued for. Pretty sure they operated over the network though.

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Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC's 2013 Project
« on: August 14, 2012, 06:23:20 PM »
Does anyone know what the tempature range will be for the outlaw? Most steel coasters are somewhere around 30 degrees on the low side. Just wondering how much winter testing they will get and the use during OTC.

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General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Most Prized SDC Possession?
« on: August 14, 2012, 06:19:20 PM »
My 2 old refillable glass mugs. I do not even remember what year I purchased them. 75 cent refills, but most food service people do not even know what they are. At OTC some stands will refuse to fill them but still give you the refill price in a regular cup. They say they are afraid of breaking since they are not sure if the glass is tempered.

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Random Talk / Re: The Newbies Thread
« on: August 09, 2012, 02:32:49 PM »
Hello, I am a newbie even though I have been reading the threads for months now. I have been visiting the city since the early 70's and am really excited about the announcement today. I lok forward to contributing and being a part of the site. I really have a cool attraction idea I will post soon, but for now let's enjoy the day.

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