New Times in the mail today.

shavethewhales · November 03, 2011, 05:48:48 PM

I posted this earlier on the 1Branson forums, as I do there and on here every year it seems, in regard to how the 'Times' mailings probably work:

We go through this every time a new mailing goes out. From what I can tell, the 'Times' is not a simply a newsletter that the park sends out to passholders like many assume. However much we enjoy it, for SDC's purposes it's basically a trumped up piece of junk mail that they formulate to meet their current marketing agendas. They seem to have different lists that they target based on their current marketing pushes. During the spring/summer they seem to go after people who haven't purchased passes yet or who haven't made it out to the park yet. Right now they're starting to push people to buy passes for next season and they're trying to get everyone to make an extra trip out to the park for the Christmas season, so just about everyone should be 'targeted'. Whether or not you are targeted may also depend on how much the park has to spend on marketing in a particular year, so some groups may end up passed over sometimes if the park doesn't deem it worth it.

When you are targeted for a mailing, they are not necessarily mailed out at the same time. The park might be sending out millions of these, so I imagine the process takes several weeks. Once they are in the system, they are not treated as priority mail or anything - they're just junk mail, so the post office will often take their sweet time delivering them. Some mailings might be sent a little quicker depending on which list it's going to, but that's just a hunch.

These are all my guesses at how their marketing works though, I haven't received a Times of my own in ages.

MissinTheGreenTrams · November 03, 2011, 06:36:34 PM

I think my hot mailman steals my copy for his own evil plans of makin my life miserable. I recieved the Times like 3 months in a row and then never saw them again.....

sanddunerider · November 04, 2011, 04:18:12 PM

YAY!!!!! YAHOO!!!!

I havent even opened it yet, BUT it has arrived!!!

Joy · November 04, 2011, 05:38:40 PM

I got mine a day or two ago. I didn't get one the last time it went around.

sanddunerider · November 04, 2011, 06:26:11 PM

HMMM??? ok opened looked at it... not much to see.... some HUGE ads, yes...

except for 2012 prices, not much to see....

mhguy77 · November 04, 2011, 08:59:38 PM

Quoteexcept for 2012 prices, not much to see....

Amen

cheesehead57 · November 05, 2011, 03:33:04 PM

Didn't get mine yet.

psykoticpenguin · November 05, 2011, 10:08:35 PM

Anyone NOT received their Nov. Times yet? I dont want to be paranoid, but I dont have the most reliable post man, lol

jmc75 · November 05, 2011, 11:46:32 PM

Got mine on Thursday

Ozark Outlaw · November 06, 2011, 11:18:46 AM

I got mine on Friday!

I took it to work, and my coworkers had to get their grabby hands on it faster than I could open it. I do agree though that it is nothing more than a hyped up advertisement. Nothing groundbreaking was included, but it does have good information on next years ticket prices

biscuitcreek · November 07, 2011, 07:53:25 AM

My copy finally arrived last Thursday.

rubedugans · November 07, 2011, 08:11:50 AM

To be honest, I have NEVER received a copy, EVER. IN all of my 20+ years of being a season pass holder, NOTHING! My wife (or current resident) however gets one every time, and she passes it along to me!

Ozark Outlaw · November 07, 2011, 11:16:27 AM

It seems like that issue was brought up on another thread. From what I understand, Silver Dollar City only sends out one copy per household, and they typically address it to the lady of the house (if she is also a ticket, or Season Pass holder).

MandyTG · November 07, 2011, 02:28:15 PM

Got mine today!

spgoad · November 07, 2011, 06:10:16 PM

Ours arrived today. Interesting to read some of the festival plans for next year.