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[shavethewhales]

Hmmm, if Mack does end up being the manufacturer, it's hard to see which product makes the most sense in that location. If it's like Wiener Looping, then wouldn't that be odd next to Wildfire? If it's like Stardust Racers, then doesn't that look odd next to Powderkeg? Perhaps we're getting a water coaster again. 

[sdcfan88]

Macks take on Dollywoods Mystery Mine would be a fantastic addition to the park though I had always suspected they would have used the land where Flooded Mine and the Waterboggan Tower currently sits.

Lost Gravity's layout would be a reference to how the ride would likely be designed. Hopefully it would be better themed though with multiple pass thru elements and tunnels. I also hope this isn't meant to be TNT's replacement thematically. That being said I wish the park would get away from area/ride replacements and focus on additions instead. They have the land and soon to be Resort to justify it.

[Wildfire]

I really hope it is Mack.  Time Traveler has the most comfortable restraints of any coaster I've ever ridden.  It's probably unlikely, but I would absolutely love to see the 1st Mack giga.

[blatym]

Macks take on Dollywoods Mystery Mine would be a fantastic addition to the park though I had always suspected they would have used the land where Flooded Mine and the Waterboggan Tower currently sits.

Could you imagine Mack's take on Mystery Mine, but as a Stryker coaster like Voltron!

[Swoosh]

Could you imagine Mack's take on Mystery Mine, but as a Stryker coaster like Voltron!

🫣 😏

[sdcfan88]

Video dropped teasing whats coming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkG2uvGhq7Q

[rabidplatypus]

Call me crazy, but RMC sells their first 500 ft T-Rex to Silver Dollar City! 

[shavethewhales]

Screamscape reports that they've heard rumors of this being a Thunderation replacement, with Mack being the manufacturer. Anything is possible I guess. TNT is still very popular though, and I was under the impression that it was both one of the easier rides to keep operating and one of the least expensive to maintain? Could be way off on that though, or perhaps that is no longer the case. They have had to rebuild sections several times due to ground shifts, and I feel that got worse when Time Traveler was built. Plus the mysterious loss of the second train does say something...

[sdcfan88]

That being said I wish the park would get away from area/ride replacements and focus on additions instead. They have the land and soon to be Resort to justify it.

I won't lie, I will be disappointed if its yet another ride replacement. Sadly it is looking more likely. Again it seems corporate is dead set on wanting to get rid of old parts of the park piece by piece over preserving what they have while expanding. Though I would have still logically seen Flooded Mine being the next one to go. TNT was much lower on the list.

I'm betting the worker getting killed was a factor too, possibly as part of an out of court settlement that the ride be retired.

[ColaSDC]

I'm still not convinced that TNT is closing and being replaced.
SDC themselves said at the FITH media event that they were trying to keep TNT open, so why would they break their promise less then two years later? I'm betting on TNT closing next year for a full year refurbishment, with the new ride acting as the de facto "family coaster." New track, supports, a revamped queue, maybe a slight reprofiling to make it smoother, and even new trains (which would explain why they got rid of the second train.) then they could market it like a "new" ride, and it could easily operate another 30+ years. And it would be cheaper than a new coaster since they aren't designing a new one from scratch.

[Duelist]

^ 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!

[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.