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[rabidplatypus]

Don't all the water rides close every year at Labor Day? Or is subjective to the weather now?

[mg]

As today (Sept6), it would appear the American Plunge is closed for a while, maybe the rest of the season. Crews are wasting no time hammering out the old Float Trip portion that serves as a bypass between the lift and the old station. I would be surprised if a new bypass would be able to be built in the remaining weeks (unless a temporary dropbox and pump is set up.)

It's page lists it as closing on 9/1 and it's no longer listed on the attractions page (it's normal for rides to be removed from that page when they close for the season)

[orangesandpeaches]

American Plunge normanly doesn't close exactly on Labor Day (unlike the late Waterworks Water Toboggan, Wilderness Water Toboggan closed a little later in the fall as I clearly remember seeing Wildfire go vertical from the left side of Wilderness.) . They are clearly in a hurry to get the old Float Trip area prepped as they have thrown a lot of man power and equipment in a very small space. From what I could see, when they severed the bypass from the ride, they took care to leave the AP flume intact.

[mg]

Don't all the water rides close every year at Labor Day? Or is subjective to the weather now?

Typically, they are open weather permitting through Harvest festival and are closed for An Old Time Christmas. Tom & Huck typically has closing date in the middle of Harvest Festival.

American Plunge closing this early is out of the ordinary and is unique to this season.

[Dannywads]

Since there doesn't appear to be a lot of work currently occurring, will this ride be ready in time for 2026?

[Duelist]

^ I guess we'll know when they make the announcement for what's new for 2026 during the September 27th rally.

https://www.silverdollarcity.com/tickets/passholders/

[sdcfan88]

In all likelihood this is a 2027 project. I was there last Sunday and the construction area looked stagnet minus the expanded demo work around AP that was already touched on here.

[mg]

The clearing between American Plunge and Wildfire continues.
I'll try and get better pictures in daylight soon.

[shavethewhales]

Thanks again for the photos mg! With this much clearance around AP, one has to wonder if any changes will come to it. They went through the effort of extending the tunnel, so I assume it is sticking around. I wish they would extend the flume a little after the tunnel and add some more thematic sections like the old days.

Very odd that this construction is taking place on both sides of AP. Seems like more than just a coaster station. Hopefully we'll end up with another set of bathrooms along with more storefronts to fill in this corner of the park.

It's definitely a 2027 addition. We'll see how much they announce on the 27th. They must have something they are bringing in for next year, other wise having a whole "fan fest" seems overkill. On the other hand, what they consider a big announcement and what we might are often different.

[legoerosion]

My current pipe-dream for this project is that it's actually going to be a new named area that goes out past Wildfire and Powder Keg, enough to where you can watch the drops for both rides. Do I expect the latter to happen? Definitely not, but it would be cool to see. I could however see this as our first actual expansion project.