Visited SDC on Sunday, April 29th with my wife. We got to the park about 9:15 (it 'officially' opened at 10). We walked around the square and watched a Russian performance at the Gazebo. Watched the flag raising ceremony, then at rope drop, we headed to Thunderation. We got to ride the second train of the day. Then we headed down to the Train to get on the first one of the day. I got nothing new to report on the ride, everyone else has done a great job of keeping us updated. It looks to me, that the lift hill will be the first thing right after the station. On the train he said "Management has allowed me to state that, yes, we are building...something."
The shows we saw were:
Italy (Red/Gold Heritage Hall)
Hawaii (Riverfront Playhouse)
Ireland (Dockside Theatre)
We had lunch at the Frisco Barn where they have all the food from around the world.
We had an afternoon snack at Eva & Delilah's Bakery...MMMMM
The park looked good, glad we went on Sunday, because the weather & crowds were perfect. All of the citizens were polite, had nice conversation with a lady in Christmas Hollow. She asked if this was our first visit to SDC. We had a good laugh about that!! I told her it was our first visit this year, but that I had been coming here 4-5 times per year for the last 25 years. She said that she is in her second season with SDC, and that she absolutely loves her job. We also visited with the Chief @ FITH, and got to see his Dalmation. Saw Terry first thing as we got off the trams at 9:15, then saw him again at the Hospitality House as we were leaving at 5:00...always a smile on that mans face.
Oh, and on a side note, we were having lunch on a bench outside Red/Gold Heritage Hall, and 3 teenage girls walked up to us heading toward Grand Exposition. They said, "Hey...this is the way to Wildfire isn't it?" Bless their hearts, I tried my best to direct them all the way to the complete other side of the park. I'm sure they found it, or at least picked up a map!
