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[rabidplatypus]

On one of the YouTube rumor videos someone said they could see track in place that "looked 90 degrees" while they were at the top of the American plunge drop and that it "looked wider than usual."

I'm pretty skeptical about that but I'll be at SDC July 18-19 and will try to scope it out and report my findings here.

[sdcDave]

^ I hope you're right.  T-N-T was one of our favorites until it got too rough to ride.  A new track and trains would be great!

It's been a few years since we've been, but we've gone a couple of times this year.  I found both T-N-T and Outlaw Run too rough to ride again.  The rest were fine.

[mg]

On one of the YouTube rumor videos someone said they could see track in place that "looked 90 degrees" while they were at the top of the American plunge drop and that it "looked wider than usual."

I'm pretty skeptical about that but I'll be at SDC July 18-19 and will try to scope it out and report my findings here.

Unless I'm completely blind, there is no track in place. We rode PowderKeg, American Plunge, and Wild Fire on Sunday and could just see more of the same dirt work being done.

[sdcfan88]

Yeah I'm skeptical of that report too. When I was there at the end of April, there wasnt even footers in place yet. If there's anything present it would have to be in a staging area first given the timeframe.

[rabidplatypus]

I saw on airtime thrills YouTube channel that Dennis Spiegel (who has been in the industry for years) said there is a mystery 1000ft roller coaster project in the works. Could you imagine if that is what SDC is working on! Legend of the Ozarks: The Missouri Monster. The world's tallest fastest roller coaster!

[rabidplatypus]

New update on screamescape.

2026/2027 - Unknown New Addition - (6/6/2025) Now that the giant clearing has been revealed at Silver Dollar City for what may be a 2026 or even 2027 project, some rumors are starting to drop about what this may be. The latest rumor sent my way claims that the park may be working on building a highly themed new large scale family mine train coaster that will have at least three lift hills, an on-board audio system and more.
    While you might think that Vekoma would be a prime candidate for this, especially after how great their launched Big Bear Mountain coaster turned out at Dollywood, I'm actually hearing that Mack Rides may be involved with this project at Silver Dollar City. It's an interesting choice as most of Mack's coasters with a Mine Train themed actually were powered coasters, but it sounds as if this may be some kind of new prototype design for Mack Rides this time around if this rumor holds true.
    Now some of you may be wondering why Silver Dollar City would build a mine train coaster when they already have Thunderation. Well... you may recall that Thunderation took a bit of a beating last year when bad storm blew through the area, and the aging coaster's overall ride experience isn't really that popular with guests anymore either, so the second part of this rumor is that 2026 may be the last season for Thunderation.
   Again, all rumors still right now, so we'll have to wait and see how this story turns out.

[ColaSDC]

I saw on airtime thrills YouTube channel that Dennis Spiegel (who has been in the industry for years) said there is a mystery 1000ft roller coaster project in the works. Could you imagine if that is what SDC is working on! Legend of the Ozarks: The Missouri Monster. The world's tallest fastest roller coaster!

Sorry, but I don't think SDC is building that coaster.
First, the attraction is currently being described as a "family attraction"
Second, A 1000ft coaster would stick out like a sore thumb in the park. SDC is known for hiding its rides away in the woods, and there's no way that they could hide a 1000ft coaster.
Personally I'm skeptical that a 1000ft coaster is being built at all, it's such a tall height with G forces too intense for the average person. We're just getting a 600ft coaster in the Middle East, and that coaster is built into a massive mountain!

[rabidplatypus]

I saw on airtime thrills YouTube channel that Dennis Spiegel (who has been in the industry for years) said there is a mystery 1000ft roller coaster project in the works. Could you imagine if that is what SDC is working on! Legend of the Ozarks: The Missouri Monster. The world's tallest fastest roller coaster!

Sorry, but I don't think SDC is building that coaster.
First, the attraction is currently being described as a "family attraction"
Second, A 1000ft coaster would stick out like a sore thumb in the park. SDC is known for hiding its rides away in the woods, and there's no way that they could hide a 1000ft coaster.
Personally I'm skeptical that a 1000ft coaster is being built at all, it's such a tall height with G forces too intense for the average person. We're just getting a 600ft coaster in the Middle East, and that coaster is built into a massive mountain!

Yea as much as I would love a coaster like that, I do agree it would be a huge eyesore for the park. As for the 1k ft aspect, if it is true, I would suspect there is a big gimmick of some sort to give it its 1kft label. as you are right it would exert a lot of forces on the people trains and track. Unless it were a controlled fall, but why build something so massive for a controlled fall.

[sdcfan88]

You have to remember the thing with YouTube and social media in general is many people try to make crazy outlandish posts that grab attention to drive clicks and engagement. Always ask yourself... "Does this sound realistic?"

[ColaSDC]

I'll take a 100ft mega coaster though!

[shavethewhales]

There's no way there will ever be a 1000ft tall roller coaster. At the speeds needed to achieve that, you'd have to enclose the car, use special wheels, and so on - and in the end it would feel stupid and not like a roller coaster anyway. Not to mention the extreme costs. It's already too expensive to even build another 400ft coaster.

I don't see SDC going taller anytime soon. We've already got a couple "big" coasters in Wildfire and Outlaw Run. Hopefully they'll focus on quality and theming and get more rides that compete with what Disney and Universal are doing rather than focusing on height and inversions.