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[Cseeley]

Here at sdc and just got off of powder keg and on the lift hill I was able to see something that looked identical to a support beam. This was a big black one that was as big as wildfires if not bigger. I could be wrong but from what I saw in the quick few seconds looked like a support beam.

[Duelist]

Shouldn't there be a teaser campaign out by now?  Or are we the teaser campaign?  I figured in August there would be an actual announcement.

[Grapeslie]

Shouldn't there be a teaser campaign out by now?  Or are we the teaser campaign?  I figured in August there would be an actual announcement.

Thats what I am saying. Im starting to have serious doubts that this is a 2026 attraction. There has been no teasing which is just not how SDC does things. Hope to be wrong but seems to me this may be 2027.

[mg]

Google maps has been updated with a new photo since the clearing started.

Where is the supposed footer? I thought I saw one while riding PowderKeg, but then the next time I looked, it was just gravel.

[legoerosion]

Google maps has been updated with a new photo since the clearing started.

Where is the supposed footer? I thought I saw one while riding PowderKeg, but then the next time I looked, it was just gravel.

Looks like that satilite imagery is from 4/21, which puts it before the rumored footers were put in

[mg]

Google maps has been updated with a new photo since the clearing started.

Where is the supposed footer? I thought I saw one while riding PowderKeg, but then the next time I looked, it was just gravel.

Looks like that satilite imagery is from 4/21, which puts it before the rumored footers were put in

Correct... I wasn't meaning that you could see them in the photo. But if this photo was taken after they were placed, what general area would they be in?

[cowboy]

Looking at the google map the clearing around Outlaw Run and the backstage areas is much more impressive. Any thoughts about this area?

[Cseeley]

Looking at the google map the clearing around Outlaw Run and the backstage areas is much more impressive. Any thoughts about this area?

I see this has the next big expansion. Dollywood has done so with their park and I see silver dollar city following in their footsteps. Only concern I see is moving backstage areas and the long walk it would take to get there. With employees being another thing I sort of worry about. During the slower parts of the season I tend to see rides staffed much lower than they should be. And with a whole new area they would need to move some employees or up the pay to hire some more workers.

[shavethewhales]

I think that clearing is simply a backstage service road. It connects the back of the park to some of the key backstage areas and the main road. It's massive due to the amount of grading required to make it passable for large trucks. Guessing this will become a primary haul route for the park for many back of house things. I also originally thought it was too huge to just be BOH, but the satellite view makes it clearer.

I'm wondering what they needed the flat area for to the west of PK, but that is probably also a new back of house area for things like landscaping greenhouses, storage, or whatever. If this is going to be a coaster, it looks like it will be sandwiched between PK and wildfire. Since they are now clear cutting all the trees around coasters, this is probably a good thing.

I don't think they will expand the park much more beyond the area they have now. It's already as large as most parks. You can't get too big or it's burdensome on guests to get around to everything, especially with the hills.

[Wildfire]

I completely disagree about them not expanding much beyond the current area.  They have announced $500 million over the next 10 years, of which only $100 million is for the resort.  Also SDC is one of the smaller parks by acreage.  It is roughly only 35% of the size of Dollywood, 15% the size of Cedar Point or Kings Island, and much smaller than most of the Orlando Parks

[legoerosion]

Correct... I wasn't meaning that you could see them in the photo. But if this photo was taken after they were placed, what general area would they be in?

I see, my bad for misunderstanding what you were asking.



I as to the speculation about the next expansion, I can see them moving M&C to the clearing near OR and using that spot next to FiTH/Mystic river as a decent expansion. But I personally think that the next project after this project will be where the original FiTH was and that back area.

[ColaSDC]

[/quote]And with a whole new area they would need to move some employees or up the pay to hire some more workers.
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It's never bad to pay employees more

[jericho]

It's never bad to pay employees more

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It may never be bad, but it doesn't happen for nothing. You either have to bring more people to the park or charge more for tickets.

[ColaSDC]

True.
Also, I would worry about the social media rollout. They've been teasing something for a while, and come August I'm confident we'll know what.

[shavethewhales]

I think if they were going to announce it this year, the teaser campaign would be more intense than it has been. There's been a few bits here and there since they can't hide that work is happening, but not like a big build up to a big new ride.

Most likely, we'll see the pathway connector open up next year, but the new ride is coming in 27. Unless there's more than one "thing".