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I got out to the park today. Was in line at about 10:30...didn't make it to the ride for three hours! They had to stop the ride 3x for whatever reasons. It was soooooo worth it...that ride is something special!

Actually the park is currently pretty small in comparison to many other parks.  We went to Cedar Point a couple years ago.  I would guess you could fit 3 SDC's inside Cedar Point.

If we are talking land, Cedar Point is not all that huge. It seems pretty big because of how they utilize what they have, but I don't think I would say that there would be room for 3 SDCs inside it.

Holy cow. Never have I been more excited to ride a roller coaster. This thing looks fantastic! I'm only sad that there was no animation.

Man, how I wish I could be there tomorrow! Don't worry, I'm going to have a lot of fun at work here in Kansas bright and early tomorrow. 

The anticipation, the anticipation!

The reason people are upset is because Silver Dollar City wasn't showing us everything of the layout yet. We knew parts of it, but there were also parts we weren't supposed to see yet, thus the giant banner. That's what we learned from the artwork.

Thanks for the pics, Major Havoc! They're pretty cool:D

It doesn't really upset me that I saw the layout early, but I am hopeful that the spread of the layout doesn't go too far. I don't want Silver Dollar City to miss out on their chance to have a big reveal like this one and I hope the excitement isn't too much ruined for their marketing guys by this leak.

Okay, that makes sense. I wondered if the train track was curving at that point. It has been too long since I have gone to the park and actually ridden the train for me to understand where the big banner was actually at.

I have a question.
Having now seen the layout (I know, I know, I googled it. I HAD to.) I was wondering how the train will go back under it. The way it looks to me, it would have to go under the second barrel roll. But...haven't those already been constructed? 

Dang, it seems I'm late to the party. Excited to know that you are all pleased enough with what you saw even if it was short!

I think I forgot to mention this before, but I seem to remember that at least one side of PK's failed water tunnel has been completely removed. I guess this means they've given up on getting that to work. I seem to remember there being some issue with moisture affecting the sensors.

I also noticed a lot of new thematic signage and such in various places, like TNT's tunnel. Some of it may have been from the last couple of years, but I'm sure some of it is brand new, and some of it really blends in well with the rest of the park. I was glad to see that they still have some of the old touch. Can't remember any specific examples though.

Also, sometime in the last few years, I noticed a new sign inside FITH. I'm not sure if that's been mentioned here, but I'm glad to see that they're still putting thoughts and money into old rides.

I feel that at this point, if we're thinking about the three elements there so far, this ride is going to be very exciting even if the rest of the ride doesn't have any remarkable 'new' elements. Throw in some bunny hops, sharp curves, and airtime, and we've got a great ride.

I don't know what the difference is, but they are similar, I believe.

I'm getting very jittery about this announcement. It's coming so close!