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#31
Other Parks / Re: New Park - American Heartl...
Last post by shavethewhales - November 11, 2024, 08:59:31 AMSupposedly the property has had foreclosure motions filed against it in court. The two companies that previously filed liens are now looking to force a sale to get payment. Mansion needs to figure this out yesterday. The lien apparently had a clause that charged interest DAILY.
#32
Announcements / Re: New Forums
Last post by shavethewhales - November 11, 2024, 08:57:29 AMI will have to look into that. It might have been a feature that got turned off during the upgrade. It looks like all the old attachments are throwing errors... Maybe they got rid of that functionality?
I will also look into adding more features such as the Like button.
Didn't get a chance yet to play with the theme - will try to get to that this week. Might end up changing the base theme again just so I can get something that I'm actually able to update.
I will also look into adding more features such as the Like button.
Didn't get a chance yet to play with the theme - will try to get to that this week. Might end up changing the base theme again just so I can get something that I'm actually able to update.
#33
Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2024 Project(s) and ...
Last post by shavethewhales - November 11, 2024, 08:33:55 AMJust made it back from the annual ACE Coaster Christmas event. Nothing major this year, but it was good to hear Brad talk about the resort and hint heavily to the group that the years following the resort opening will be packed with new additions. He seemed to hint at a new roller coaster in the next few years. He implied that the resort area and the park would become more connected over time.
Speaking of the resort, they are already moving quickly on the earth moving. You can see it as you drive past, but it's hard to get a photo unless you are quick and in a passenger seat. I stopped at the entrance (it was Sunday, so no one going in or out) and took a couple shots that I posted on our FB page, but you can't see much from that angle. Basically it's just a hill of dirt at this point, but you can tell it's a huge area and will take a lot of earth moving.
Inside the park, the new employee lounge looks great. I only saw it from peaking through the gate next to Brown's. Looks like they made it a lot more presentable from the outside - a possible indication that they intend on using the "second entrance" more often in the future.
Really noticed how much painting they've done around the park lately. Unfortunately, it was more noticeable to me because I started realizing how plain so much of the park looks now. They've gotten rid of so much of the old signage and the antique stuff that used to be scattered everywhere. I understand a lot of that stuff breaks down over time and finding replacements at this point is not easy. Still, the ambiance is certainly changing... The park is filling up with "employee signs" now, but the rest of the theming is quickly disappearing and not being replaced. Hopefully one of these years they'll have another initiative to add more theme items back again.
Speaking of the resort, they are already moving quickly on the earth moving. You can see it as you drive past, but it's hard to get a photo unless you are quick and in a passenger seat. I stopped at the entrance (it was Sunday, so no one going in or out) and took a couple shots that I posted on our FB page, but you can't see much from that angle. Basically it's just a hill of dirt at this point, but you can tell it's a huge area and will take a lot of earth moving.
Inside the park, the new employee lounge looks great. I only saw it from peaking through the gate next to Brown's. Looks like they made it a lot more presentable from the outside - a possible indication that they intend on using the "second entrance" more often in the future.
Really noticed how much painting they've done around the park lately. Unfortunately, it was more noticeable to me because I started realizing how plain so much of the park looks now. They've gotten rid of so much of the old signage and the antique stuff that used to be scattered everywhere. I understand a lot of that stuff breaks down over time and finding replacements at this point is not easy. Still, the ambiance is certainly changing... The park is filling up with "employee signs" now, but the rest of the theming is quickly disappearing and not being replaced. Hopefully one of these years they'll have another initiative to add more theme items back again.
#34
Announcements / Re: New Forums
Last post by mg - November 10, 2024, 09:24:57 PMIs it just me or is there no way to upload a photo with a post?
From what I can see, we have to upload the photo somewhere else and the add it to the list using the link.
From what I can see, we have to upload the photo somewhere else and the add it to the list using the link.
#35
Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2024 Project(s) and ...
Last post by mg - November 10, 2024, 09:22:04 PMLooks like the side of Fire in the Hole may be getting a huge billboard facing the highway.
#36
SDC Memories/ Park History / Re: Boxing Show
Last post by Duelist - November 10, 2024, 04:15:02 PMI loved the Boxing Show! Didn't they do it where the Carousel Barn is now? I really wish they'd bring shows like that back to the City. I believe they have the signage for it outside the Knife Shop now. Thanks for posting!
#37
Construction/Rumors / Re: SDC’s 2024 Project(s) and ...
Last post by mg - November 09, 2024, 12:12:06 PMAnyone know where the second Thunderation train is?
#38
SDC Memories/ Park History / Boxing Show
Last post by Steve Snider - November 08, 2024, 06:56:28 PMI was employed three different summers at SDC - '78, '80, and '83. I played the English boxer 'Percy' in the original Boxing Show in 1978. I was only 19 at the time, and was there for the summer as part of the Young Life discipleship program that year. What a fun show it was, and Wayne Milnes was one of the funniest guys I'd ever met, let alone work with. Every time I got to do the show with him he made it his 'Tim Conway' business to make all of us break character and laugh. Especially loved the mini trampoline built into the floor of the ring for stunts and the rope hanging from the rafters for 'Wilbur' (Wayne) to swing on. Each boxer, the Englishman and the hillbilly, selected their own 'corner girl' to splash water on them between rounds. The basic premise of the show was the English foreigner traveling to throughout the region to take on all comers for a monetary reward. I was loosely based on "City Lights", a Charlie Chaplin movie.
#39
Other Parks / Re: New Park - American Heartl...
Last post by KBCraig - October 30, 2024, 11:01:19 PMQuote from: Okiebenz on October 28, 2024, 08:41:33 PMA guy I know who owns a car dealership in Vinita is somehow involved in all this I believe, not sure how. But he insisted a year ago or so that it was going to happen. Yea right.You can always trust a car dealer to tell you the honest truth, right?
#40
Other Parks / Re: New Park - American Heartl...
Last post by Okiebenz - October 28, 2024, 08:41:33 PMA guy I know who owns a car dealership in Vinita is somehow involved in all this I believe, not sure how. But he insisted a year ago or so that it was going to happen. Yea right.