1 When the compress'd air for Powderkeg airs up
2 Train whistle
3 The ol' horn sound from Geyser Gulch
4 Giant Swing
5 People scream'n
6. The "babbling" sound of water flowing anywhere in the park. That "creek over rocks" sound.
7. Banjos
8. Bluegrass sounding through the park.
9. Listening to Wildfire from the observation deck.
10. "You come back in here and put on your pants...I ain't got no pants no more...the dang baldknobbers stole them!"
11. The giggle of a child on his first ride
12. The chuckle of an adult reading "The best way to see a snake in the grass is to mow the grass."
Ladies, the other way! (hobo taking a bath)
14. The rumbling of Thunderation, Powder Keg.....heck all the coasters!
15. The crackle of large skillets.
16. The "choo-choo" on the Train. :)
17. The "You've Got a Great Past Ahead of You" theme song they play during the opening ceremonies. (I wanted to see if they had a copy available, and asked around but I guess it's not.)
18. The "Ridin' on the River with Huck & Me" song from River Blast. (They play it just enough to get it stuck in your head, but not so much that it gets annoying.)
19. The Flooded Mine theme song
20. "I'm gettin' out of here no matter what!"
21. Hearing employees in the park ask: "so, where ya'll frum?"
22. The Fire in the Hole theme song.
23. "Hey! That areas restricted." & "Your too close to that nitro" wait for it, "You smell smoke?"
24. "Hurry up, Fred! ...before the warden wakes up!" (I can never properly hear the whole phrase) This one's a quote used often by my sis and I to tease our dad, whose name is Fred. LOL
25. Howdy Toots!
26. The horses galloping on the Silver Dollar Bridge
27. The sounds of the mill: belts rotating, gears squeaking and the water spilling over the wheel.
28. All ashore, folks! (as if we've been at sea)
29. "Free Samples!" and "Yuuuuum Yummy!" (Candy Factory, 'natch!)
30. The train whistle. But this time, from the campground as your parents are setting up the tent. Which causes you fits of restlessness as you try to sleep but can't thinking about the day ahead of you.
I love it! You people are nuts!! Ya all are puttin' a smile on my face.... ;)
July 11th cant get here soon enough! We gunna TRY & shoot some video & get my Pa to put it on YouTube for us all. 8)
You better wear that camera out so we can live through you! ;D For some of us (with a point of the finger at myself) it could be awhile yet before I can get back there!
I will do my best Andy1880. My girlfriends brother is goin' with us, i should have all the time in the world to video. He aint never been there.
Distinct memories of being a young boy walking buy the spring at the top of the gunsmith hill simultaneously hearing Bluegrass and the bubling of that spring.
Went together like peanut butter and jelly....
I built a fountain like that just to remind me of the park.
A sound from years gone by is the actual firing of the black powder guns at the gunsmith.
The train whistle, on the Flooded Mine ride "I'm gettin' out of here, no matter what", any of the streams, and any music playing.
1. Always the sound of the Homestead Pickers! Companies coming...
2. Clip clops on the bridge
3. Laughter
Silver Dollar City's signature song Wonderful Day!
Hey guys! My family and I just returned home from SDC. As usual, it was incredible. We just heard all of these sounds, and more. Puts a smile on my face just thinking about it. If I had to pick one, it would be the entire flooded mine experience. There are so many hilarious sounds, and that theme song...
I agree.
When i was in Jr highschool, the Flood'd Mine song used to play in my mind till mid-week, if not longer. :D
I'm still whistling it. So is my daughter. Aaaannnd so is my wife. I think we need therapy.
I love the sounds of The Flooded Mine also. Welcome to the site Tony!
Thanks for the warm welcome, Coaster. It's good to know that there is a whole group of people that feel as passionate as I do about Silver Dollar City. I have a lot to say, and a lot to ask. Mostly about The fate of "Huck Finn's hideout", or as I like to call it, "Herman the Hermit's Treehouse". Does anyone know if there's a chance they will reopen it? I just wrote a letter to SDC, and corporate headquarters in the hopes that they will refurbish it. An act of futility?
My favorite SDC sounds
10. Bluegrass Music
9. The sound of American Plunge as a log comes over
8. Steam Engines
7. The heartbeat on the lost River
6. FIRE IN THE WHOLE
5. Mine ride song
4. Water dripping in the cave.
3. Crickets and frogs while your walking out after the show at night
2. Train Whistle
1. More Bluegrass Music (You can never hear too much bluegrass music, well, can ya?)
Adding a few:
The R/R Bucket voice
The music box at the entrance to the Grandfather's Mansion
The ping of the hammer on anvil
The sound of the Pork rind basket emptying new samples into the bowl
The Sleighbells on the covered bridge during OTC.
The music on the square during OTC.
Grandpa telling us about the true meaning of Christmas on the train ride.
(Been thinking alot about the Old Time Christmas festival, if you hadn't guessed ;) )
This is such a tough question! Hearing is only one of my five senses that get tickled constantly at Silver Dollar City. :P
For me at Silver Dollar City, I love the sound of bluegrass music being played just around the bend, and yet I can hear that bass beat so clearly that it runs through my soul. I also enjoy the clacking of the chain on Thunderation as the roller coaster climbs up the lift hill. Of course, the train whistle. I just can‘t get enough of it! ;D
This is an easy one! Anyone who has ever ridden Fire in the Hole with me knows that I LOVE to recite the conversation part!
"Red Flanders! You come back in here and put on your pants."
"Well Sadie I ain't got no pants no more, the dang Baldknobbers stole em."
"Stole them?! Well, what in sam hill would they do with your pants?"
You can barely hear the third line, but because I've ridden so many times, I know it's there. And then you NEVER, EVER hear the last line. In fact, I didn't even know there WAS a fourth line until a friend told me that there was.
"Well, I think they wanted the gold in the pockets."
But that is definitely, definitely, definitely my FAVORITE sound at the park! ;D
Trans Siberian Orchestra (and other similar bands) songs synchronized to the lights on the giant Christmas tree. I can't wait for OTC:)
Whoever took this video took it sideways for some reason???...but the effect and great music are still there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9avCMkMD0Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9avCMkMD0Y)
I love the sound of rushing water that you can hear at many places in the park.
the sounds of the train
the sounds at the furniture shop
I also have to say that our condo which is right next to SDC you can here the train whistle in the back ground which is just cool
The quiet snick-snick-snick of a well-oiled old machine running.
train whistle blowing out in the woods...sound of the hammer hitting the anvil at the blacksmith shop...the steam engine next to the apple butter cabin...the oven opening up with a new batch of goodies at the mill...the birds in the trees...sound of happy children laughing
Perhaps they should come out with a "Sounds of the Silver Dollar" CD. I would be the first one in line for a copy! ;D
They came out with a sounds of SDC album about 1980. I've got a copy. I wish they would just digitally remaster it and release it on CD, along with a second CD with the theme music to flooded mine, fire in the hole, and other attractions, and the old bluegrass music they used to run on the park PA system when I worked there! Plus, the Burl Ives' TV special, a re-release on DVD of the SDC videotape released initially about 1990, and re-releases of the Christmas tapes they've had over the years!
Again, what a great idea that they could have done this year for the 50th Anniversary! I love that Silver Dollar City is such a humble park, but come on, the four, or five sound bits on the 50th Anniversary website is simply not enough to satisfy the appetites of us die hard fans. :D
As a guy who worked for 20 years in the media (radio, TV, newspapers) I was always amazed at how disposable the stories were that I worked on. They aired for a 24 hour period, were tossed in a file cabinet for a couple of years as required by FCC, and then...tossed out. As a news reporter, I recorded and reported on the current events of the towns I worked in. I felt, in some respects, I was a historian, recording things as they happened. I have a personal archive that I wish I had the money to print books about the things I covered. Meeting & interviewing Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John Danforth, Kit Bond, John Ashcroft, Dale Bumpers, David Pryor, Mary Steenburgen, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and many, many others. SDC has a huge archive of sound recordings, videos, films, photographs, and artifacts...just sitting in file cabinets and in storage rooms, and they do nothing with! I suppose marketing does not want to make the huge investment in time and money that it could take to produce a coffee table book with photos and descriptions of the things in the archive. It really is too, too bad! From what I remember seeing in storage and maintenance rooms from when I worked there, for the SDC fan, it is a treasure trove of items! A stroll through what they used to call the "atmosphere barn" for a hardcore fan would be
a dream for the hardcore SDC fan!
sounds. wind in the trees, train down around the corner, machines: taffy machine and others (small quiet).. water running
Still, the best yet.. When ya hop off the bus or tram & are walk'n by the ticket booths for the 1st time'a the year, ya hear that faint sound of banjo pick'n tickle'n ya'r ears!! It defantly lets ya know what kinda day ya'r gunna have. ;D Ahhhh, PRICELESS....
Quote from: How-doFolks on October 30, 2010, 06:09:05 AM
Still, the best yet.. When ya hop off the bus or tram & are walk'n by the ticket booths for the 1st time'a the year, ya hear that faint sound of banjo pick'n tickle'n ya'r ears!! It defantly lets ya know what kinda day ya'r gunna have. ;D Ahhhh, PRICELESS....
That's my melting point right there! :D
As a kid, and even as an adult, nothing gets my adrenaline going more than to hear that captivating sound off in the unseen distance.
How-do, Your right!! :o 1st time in when you here the music, and you smell all the SDC smells walking in the 1st time of the year!! Good point. You know another season has started ;D