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The company manufacters spill proof pet food bowls, and is apparently located somewhere in Arkansas.

Or maybe we can get a "dog" friendly amusement park??

Bring your dog for a bark in the park at "Dogpatch USA". Enjoy spending time with your best friend as you walk through dog friendly shops, restaurants, and attractions. 

Jay

What is the fire wagon that is parked in front of the new building? Will it be the same one that is currently on the main square? What will happen to the classic fire station structure that has been on the main square for so long? I'm hoping they keep it in place, it's a classic piece of old Herschend charm in the heart of the city. They can build a new fire wagon for FL.

I'm not sure what they have parked in front of the new building, but maybe this is why it is called Fire Station 3? Fire Station Structure on main is #1 and Fire in the Hole #2?

Jay

To those complaining about riding dalmatians... how is this any different than riding frogs and insects in the Grand Expo?

I think this works much better....I mean, when you were a kid who didn't try to ride on the back of the family dog?

Jay

I like how it was put together. I was worried how the balloons would fit into a fireman's theme, but I can buy the idea of the fire spotting balloons. Also I was worried that they would have a fire truck ride like was shown in the concept drawings, but that was replaced with a Dalmatian ride. The Crazy Bus fits okay, and so does the S&S tower......not quite sure about the kid swing though (I thought they could somehow make it like a bucket brigade). But over all, it will look and feel much more part of a City than the old GG area. This is definitely an improvement.

And speaking of Dalmatians, when it said meet resident Dalmatian I was thinking of the real dog from Fire in the Hole, but if you look at the renderings, there is a costumed character.....

I also like the idea that most of this is family rides. Something that Wilson's Farm and Outlaw run is missing badly. This last weekend was the first time I had gone to the park with a wide age range of family members (4 to 62)....and the Wilson Farm part of the park is really missing something for the kids to do while waiting for everyone else to get off the big rides (high low silos doesn't quite meet the need). This new area doesn't really have the big ride scale of Barn Swing or Outlaw, but the whole family can do something here. Very nice.

Jay

I say we wait for the park

Cool, I edited my post to remove my guess....looking forward to tomorrow!

Jay

I'm hoping for a great surprise tomorrow, but if not, I will be happy if it is just themed well and is a nice well rounded experience for the whole family.

Jay

There will only be one S&S tower here, but you are thinking along the right lines.

The tower is now brown by the way.  All I can think of when I see it is "if it's brown, it must go down". Dear Lord I need help. lol

Do you mean here as in the park or in the new area? Will they have the smaller tower in the new area and a bigger one somewhere else in the park?

Wasn't there a rumor of a "frog hopper" being one of the attractions? So the S&S tower be the big version and the frog hopper the smaller version?

Just a couple more days...

Jay

Was at the park today. Nothing to report on the new project, the only things that look different are the new fence that closes off the area and the tarps that were on GG are removed. But everything else was still standing (I was thinking some major demolition would have take place this last week).

Jay

Are you talking about X2 or Green Lantern.  This will be more like Green Lantern BUT with a gentler layout.  ZacSpins can be rather violent

Green Lantern.

Jay

I'm not sure, I rode a similar ride at SFMM and even their toned down ride was a one and done type ride for me....the brake run at the end of the ride hurt bad being slammed into the restraints while almost upside down. We had several guys age 16 - 40...all of us thought it was a crazy ride, but none of us wanted to ride it again.

Unless S&S improved the ride experience drastically, I don't really see this fitting well in SDC.

Jay

Swoosh, now that you know the ride list for the area....are you more excited for the announcement, or has your concern for the new area grown?

Jay

The face is gone. They have taken the face out and replaced it with a line of lights. It has to be the stupidest, cheapest replacement ever.

When I was there last week, the mirror didn't even work at all. I felt pretty dumb when I told people to look in the mirror.....they did and nothing happened 

AP, is a good flume, if that's all you are expecting (but the earlier versions of this ride have spoiled us). The tunnel now has lanterns in it, so it's not completely dark, but it just has vertical walls so no place for any theme elements at all. If they were going to do anything like they used to have, they would have to completely tear down and start over. Besides the tunnel, the whirlpool is in a sad state of repair and none of the other props are there anymore. This ride could really use some attention. The splash down is still great and gets you good and wet...something that's pretty rare on any other flume I've ridden.

I've said it several times on here, but if SDC would just rehab the AP, Flooded Mine, Fire In the Hole and the tunnel on Lost River, they would really have an incredible solid line up of rides. Maybe they could do this in 2016 after Fireman's Landing in 2015 and before the next big rollercoaster.

Jay

Everybody go check your old group pictures right now.  When my wife and I were engaged, we discovered that we were on the same Marvel Cave tour some 15 years before we ever met!  Well, not really - that's another lie.  But wouldn't it be a cool story!

We have a picture of my wife and her dad riding the mine train at SFOT and my Mom and two sisters sitting behind them in the same mine car (this was back when they would put 3 people in a seat). I think the picture was taken in 77 or 78, I was 6 or 7 at the time. It was a really cool find when we were going though old pictures one day.

Jay

Does anybody have the attendance estimates from this weekend (July 19th and 20th)?

We went on the 16th and it was fairly crowded, I think I heard a citizen say they were around 12,000 at 2:00...Thunderation had a 30 minute wait on Wednesday.

We also went on Saturday. At 2:00 the place was packed. Since we went earlier in the week we just picked up the stuff we missed and headed out early to get home, It was just before 3:00 and there were tons of people just getting to the park. From the looks of things Saturday had to be a really big day for them.

Jay