Countdown to 2012 season

Zephon · January 16, 2012, 10:12:03 PM

There were several changes during the course of it's life, all of them due to safety concerns. At first it was just a half-round, then they extended the walls up on the curves for fear of the boats sliding up and over the edge. At some time they added some more support structure under it because the channel would "give" too much as boats went down it. Later they added strips of wide conveyer belt in some sections of the channel hoping that would slow the boats down a bit. It was one of those rubber conveyer belts that my daughter, then 10 or 11, was injured on. There may have been another one or two changes that I can't think of. I don't know if any them actually helped or not, but the boggan is gone and nothing in it's place so draw your own conclusions.

sanddunerider · January 17, 2012, 12:58:20 PM

It is 57 days, 19 hours, 36 minutes, 3 seconds

until Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 9:30:00 AM (Springfield time)

mhguy77 · January 17, 2012, 10:30:12 PM

When the boggin first opened they didnt have the roof on. It also ran with very little water in the trough in the beginning. Maybe the 2nd year they put a cover on the thing and increased the water as well, I always thought this was to give the ride more drag as I thought it ran faster with less water. It was an unpredictable ride!!

Ozarks Gal · January 18, 2012, 01:55:23 PM

56 days, 17 hours, 54 minutes until the turnstiles open!

Today I had my morning cup of hot tea in a SDC mug. I just "saved" six mugs from my parents' garage sale. What I'm going to do with 7 mugs for just DH and I, I'm not sure. But I couldn't let them go to a stranger.

sanddunerider · January 18, 2012, 02:50:49 PM

NICE SAVE!! haven't seen that one before...

MissinTheGreenTrams · January 18, 2012, 04:29:20 PM

Thats funny you bring that up because I just used an SDC mug for a speech I had to make about important things in my life. Hahaha.

thelarsonsix · January 25, 2012, 07:08:47 PM

49 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes, 25 seconds

sanddunerider · January 25, 2012, 07:45:40 PM

thanks larson, i was just getting ready to check!

sanddunerider · January 29, 2012, 10:59:13 AM

It is 45 days, 21 hours, 31 minutes, 37 seconds
until Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 9:30:00 AM (Springfield time

Ozarks Gal · February 02, 2012, 07:46:32 PM

41 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes until the front turnstiles open!

You know you're missing SDC when you create a Youtube playlist of 35 videos (4 hours in length) of just the train ride.

My name is Ozarks Gal, and I have a problem...

MissinTheGreenTrams · February 02, 2012, 09:22:33 PM

I just ordered my passes!!! Whooo hooo!!! I immediatly watched a youtube video of SDC to celebrate!!!

sanddunerider · February 03, 2012, 07:51:17 AM

well GO Trams!!!!,

Now when they arrive don't damage them when you TEAR open the package,, lol

MissinTheGreenTrams · February 06, 2012, 08:46:07 AM

37 days!!!!!!

sanddunerider · February 19, 2012, 06:17:11 PM

It is 24 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes, 5 seconds

joshblakebran · February 19, 2012, 11:13:59 PM

Quote from: Ozarks Gal on January 13, 2012, 12:48:27 PM
For today, I found a great video of the Waterboggan. It may be 20* outside, but inside it's Summer! I didn't realize how much I loved this ride until it was gone. I swear it was the wettest ride at one point in time.

That brings back great memories...I'm still so sad that they took that ride out...My family loved it...We had so many laughs from that ride...