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[KBCraig]

Genesis (that's the cow's name) is having routine maintenance performed on her.

Where I come from, servicing a milk cow usually involves a bull. 

[sdcforever]

^ 

[History Buff]

Or Mike Rowe.

[KBCraig]

Or Mike Rowe.

Hey, are there any notable "dirty jobs" at SDC?

[Johnny Boy]

Or Mike Rowe.

Hey, are there any notable "dirty jobs" at SDC?

It depends on what you mean by dirty.
I'm sure there are plenty of jobs at SDC that are not pleasant. For example, janitor. I've seen some messed up stuff in those bathrooms. 

[shavethewhales]

Anyway... I'm still wondering if anything will go in the place of the old treehouse, should it indeed come down. The space would be valuable for a new shop/craftsman. It's been a long time since we've had a new one.

Also, anyone see any signs that the other parts of the River Fort are scheduled to come down?

[sdcforever]

^I don't know about the future of the River Fort, but I also really hope there'll be a new shop/craftsman if the old treehouse comes down (and I expect it to).  They've been promising a complete revamp of the entire area, so I expect this'll be the end for the treehouse and the River Fort.

[Swoosh]

Or Mike Rowe.

Hey, are there any notable "dirty jobs" at SDC?

Cleaning out the waterfall room after the winter flood waters recede

[DocSpeleo]

Winter floods? what about the summer and spring floods we had this year?

anyway that job is not nearly dirty enough for mike... (who happens to be my second cousin)
The cleaning up after a flood is not all that dirty if you know how to do it..

[haytater]

^ Doc, I'm coming to the cave either on Friday or Saturday. When will you be giving tours?

[shorty]

he will be there on Friday, but not saturday.

[Swoosh]

We'll be there Saturday.  Just looking for the good looking couple in the SDC corporate coats. 

[Zephon]

Just thought I'd let you guys know of a release that came down the pike here at SDC late yesterday/early this morning.  Due to the downturn in the economy, all capital expenditures for SDC and Dollywood have been suspended and projects currently in the works (meaning the new RiverBlast ride) will have their openings postponed until 2010.  I can only assume that the fence around the project will remain up through next season.  I don't know if they will completely stop work on it (they were still doing work related to it yesterday), but work will definitely slow down to a crawl.

I know many of you were really excited about it.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's not really unexpected with what has happened with the economy and banking this last month.  As with any company, SDC has had to make some adjustments.

[shavethewhales]

Wha...? They really think their visitors are going to drop off that much because of all this?

Damn, I guess we can only hope that this crisis gets itself over with as soon as possible. Given the American economy, I'd say there's a chance it could start rebounding over the winter, and maybe they'll start building again and get this thing open by the summer. That is only feign hope speaking, but I just can't see them putting off a simple Splash Battle for 2 seasons.

[Zephon]

I know.  But attendance is down quite a bit this year already.  After the first couple of months it was down about 20%, and after making a bit of a comeback through the summer and so far this fall, attendance is still down 9-10%; quite a chunk of money in ticket sales and other revenue.  Even with the economy in such a depressing situation, we'll be alright in the long run, but nevertheless, adjustments have to be made.  So far, they've decided to delay the opening of the new area rather than lay off a bunch of people.  And I certainly appreciate that.