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#11
General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Transit Department
Last post by mg - September 09, 2025, 02:14:22 PMHere are the designs that they shared. Yes, it looks like all of the current vehicles are getting wrapped. It will be done in phases.
#12
General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Transit Department
Last post by shavethewhales - September 09, 2025, 01:48:37 PMIt looked to me like all the vehicles are getting vinyl wraps. Trams included.
It's not quite a major announcement, but it's nice that they are putting a little attention into something that could easily be ignored - or even worse, slowly converted into all-paid parking like pretty much every other park now. Does Dollywood even have free parking anymore? SDC would be well justified in charging at this point considering what they spent to completely re-do the parking over the last decade. They probably spent tens of millions on just parking, with all that grading and fill not to mention repaving everything...
Nice they got a few extra dollars from slapping some O'Reillys logos on there, lol. At least it's not as bad as the Six Flags coaster train wraps
It's not quite a major announcement, but it's nice that they are putting a little attention into something that could easily be ignored - or even worse, slowly converted into all-paid parking like pretty much every other park now. Does Dollywood even have free parking anymore? SDC would be well justified in charging at this point considering what they spent to completely re-do the parking over the last decade. They probably spent tens of millions on just parking, with all that grading and fill not to mention repaving everything...
Nice they got a few extra dollars from slapping some O'Reillys logos on there, lol. At least it's not as bad as the Six Flags coaster train wraps
#13
General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Transit Department
Last post by Injun Joe - September 09, 2025, 01:03:39 PMOh good. So they are just theme painting the vans and buses that they already have. Those trams carry a lot of people at once. I just figured with the big announcement their smoke belching days were numbered. I definitely prefer the trams to the vans though I'm not waiting for them specifically. If the van or bus shows up first that's what I ride Me and the trams go back a long way though!
Definitely better painted though than not. Why not theme paint the trams though, also?
Definitely better painted though than not. Why not theme paint the trams though, also?
#14
General Silver Dollar City Talk / Re: Transit Department
Last post by mg - September 09, 2025, 12:14:44 PMThe trams aren't going anywhere. This sponsorship just getting them all new designs and helps keep parking free.
Also, this isn't the first sponsorship... O'Reilly is replacing Napa as the transportation sponsor.
Also, this isn't the first sponsorship... O'Reilly is replacing Napa as the transportation sponsor.
#15
General Silver Dollar City Talk / Transit Department
Last post by Injun Joe - September 09, 2025, 11:54:09 AMSo it's out with the trams and in with sponsored, painted vans and buses. I was excited at first when I saw carriages, wagons, and stage coaches mentioned, but then I saw the renderings and well..., I guess it was time for the trams to go and this is what they decided on. They should get the job done well enough. Missing the green trams though now, tbh.
#16
Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker
Last post by mg - September 06, 2025, 08:27:23 AMQuote from: rabidplatypus on September 05, 2025, 07:52:02 PMDon't all the water rides close every year at Labor Day? Or is subjective to the weather now?
Typically, they are open weather permitting through Harvest festival and are closed for An Old Time Christmas. Tom & Huck typically has closing date in the middle of Harvest Festival.
American Plunge closing this early is out of the ordinary and is unique to this season.
#17
Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker
Last post by orangesandpeaches - September 05, 2025, 08:34:11 PMAmerican Plunge normanly doesn't close exactly on Labor Day (unlike the late Waterworks Water Toboggan, Wilderness Water Toboggan closed a little later in the fall as I clearly remember seeing Wildfire go vertical from the left side of Wilderness.) . They are clearly in a hurry to get the old Float Trip area prepped as they have thrown a lot of man power and equipment in a very small space. From what I could see, when they severed the bypass from the ride, they took care to leave the AP flume intact.
#18
Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker
Last post by mg - September 05, 2025, 08:02:22 PMQuote from: orangesandpeaches on September 05, 2025, 05:38:01 PMAs today (Sept6), it would appear the American Plunge is closed for a while, maybe the rest of the season. Crews are wasting no time hammering out the old Float Trip portion that serves as a bypass between the lift and the old station. I would be surprised if a new bypass would be able to be built in the remaining weeks (unless a temporary dropbox and pump is set up.)
It's page lists it as closing on 9/1 and it's no longer listed on the attractions page (it's normal for rides to be removed from that page when they close for the season)
#19
Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker
Last post by rabidplatypus - September 05, 2025, 07:52:02 PMDon't all the water rides close every year at Labor Day? Or is subjective to the weather now?
#20
Construction/Rumors / Re: Project 2026 Tracker
Last post by orangesandpeaches - September 05, 2025, 05:38:01 PMAs today (Sept 5), it would appear the American Plunge is closed the rest of the season. Crews are wasting no time hammering out the old Float Trip portion that serves as a bypass between the lift and the old station.