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I was just thinking about this project today. The website is still active, but nothing new since 2020. I sent them a message to see if the project is still alive. We'll see if I hear anything back. I check the county assessor maps and the land is still owned by an entity connected to Imagine Resorts.

https://sbj.net/stories/officials-say-hollister-resort-still-in-the-works,96401

They say its still happening, apparently. Whether they're lying through their teeth or not is the biggest thing.

They are still having issues getting enough employees and now they think they'll find enough to staff a resort?  I see them overestimating what they can accommodate for.  And with the sad state of Branson economy?  I can see them wanting a resort but I think they're being overly optimistic with this thing.

Getting employees for a resort is a lot easier than it is for a theme park. You get to work inside, get tips, and depending on the position you don't have to deal with angry Karen's that are overstimulated and overheated. I'm sure there will be even more work visas for international students as well now that they have their dorm open.

If this is going where pumpkin plaza currently is, why is Outlaw Run in the background? Lol.

New festival and festival add-ons looks great, I love the idea of making the plaza rotate with the different festivals.

https://www.silverdollarcity.com/theme-park/festivals?fbclid=IwY2xjawFzYI5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHbvLRpD7vUbVjlgGH_FljoqhNQimwCv370bVzcyR8LM4Hk4gw0NpcU4AVQ_aem_SakplMkhepCMFQqD9qc3Bg

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/silver-dollar-city-teases-enormous-expansion/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFRlI5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRRdqYkucFqrI3iTja3HYR-3r56khqwCy5WkBSAeBIqyk6GvNQs81aDyvw_aem_9AK3skOrYffvXHlrhW6PcA

Looks like it won't be too long before we know

If the voices are the only thing that is "bad" about the ride, then I think it'll be a great success for those young and old, even with heavy rose-tinted glasses.

The old tracks were still there as of December 2021, when I got the experience of walking through the ride in the pitch black. (Creepy as hell). The scenes were gone from what I could tell, but there was still the track.

I'm assuming that this will be the tunnel that the train is in. I hope that it moves forward in the tunnel toward the track to make it more dynamic.

From what I was told back in winter of 2021 is that it will indeed move forward as you go towards it. I don't think they would change something like that between then and now, but you never know

While I know its just concept art, I love how the train scene includes one of the FSDL locomotives, it just ties everything together. This truly feels like a love letter to the original ride while modernizing it.

Looks like somebody took some photos they weren't allowed to take, as they were promptly removed from the Facebook group page

I wish I had enough free time to complain about the direction of branches on a theme park logo

Not sure if anybody else has noticed, but at the bottom of Wildfire there seem to be new retaining walls and gravel put down. I'll have to get a picture next time, but I'd assume it's just to make maintenance easier since it'll be level ground at certain places

It's barely been 80 for the last 3 weeks. Extreme heat didn't cause this.

Track warp can happen at 80 degrees.

" The incident happened around 4 p.m. Officials say the front wheels of car three on the train went off the track by about two inches. It caused cars two and three to separate. Park officials say new safety protocols worked as designed, stopping the train. It also kept all of the remaining cars upright."

https://www.ky3.com/2023/05/25/silver-dollar-city-shuts-down-popular-steam-train-ride-following-incident-thursday/

So track warp happened due to the extreme heat from the past few days, caused a truck to fall and everything worked upright? Why is this newsworthy?

It decoupled and stopped at the bottom of the hill, I wouldn't call that a "derailment".

If you really think the news on Friday is about FiTH 2.0, then get ready to be disappointed. You should save your straw-grasping theories for later in the year, say August/September