Train questions

coalesce99 · May 16, 2012, 01:35:58 PM

Noticed a couple of things...got a few questions.

I've noticed they've got the part where the hobo was taking a shower ... you can't see it because of a barrier. I hope that comes back.

The two times I've ridden it this year, they didn't do the bit where they say their "Ma" is on the train. That's always funny, especially when the woman says that, yes, they are indeed her children.

I guess the standard response when a woman does/did that was to break the 4th wall???

Cheers,

Eric

MissinTheGreenTrams · May 16, 2012, 03:35:28 PM

The hillbilly taking a shower is takin out. So the barrier wouldnt matter. The whole of hobo junction is gone cept for the train car....

Ozarks Gal · May 16, 2012, 03:55:10 PM

In my experience, the script for the train robbery can change depending on how much time they have or don't have. I've ridden it before without the "Ma on the train" part.

coalesce99 · May 16, 2012, 04:28:47 PM

I really hope they put the hillbilly taking a shower back in. Ma loved that part.

Junior · May 16, 2012, 05:23:34 PM

Train robbery script does change depending on the yes or no answer they get when they ask gal on train if she is really the Bolen boys ma. Also, if they don't have time to get into that, due to running more than one train, they sometimes let one of the Bolens run up to their little cabin to run inside and hide from the conductor who is threatening to shoot them, only for him to find the door locked. As he bends over to look in the keyhole, the conductor shoots him in his "brains." End of sketch.

shavethewhales · May 16, 2012, 05:31:54 PM

The hobos of hobo junction and their related props are completely gone from the photos I have seen. The caboose they were on/near is still there. I seriously doubt we will see the hobos return considering how much else has been changed to be more PC in recent years, but there is a good likelihood that there will be new things to see on the train route next year with the opening of Outlaw, and I don't just mean the coaster itself.

Junior · May 16, 2012, 07:24:43 PM

Yes, the Hobo Junction props have been removed, don't know if they will come back, but I hope so...maybe in a location a bit removed from the new coaster.

sanddunerider · May 16, 2012, 07:54:29 PM

hopefully will be relocated, maybe down near the train crash area!

emmabugsmama · May 17, 2012, 03:05:44 PM

Quote from: sanddunerider on May 16, 2012, 07:54:29 PM
hopefully will be relocated, maybe down near the train crash area!

That's a great idea, let's hope so. I like the wreck, it's creepy.

Ozark Outlaw · May 22, 2012, 11:35:30 AM

Can't a hobo just live on the side of the train tracks in peace anymore? He has been taking that barrel bath for decades now. When they took him out he looked like a shriveled up raison, but boy was he clean!

I do hope that gag (scene) returns.

Gunslinger · May 22, 2012, 11:55:43 AM

We went this past weekend and rode the train for the first time in quite awhile. Hobo Junction is indeed gone and in-fact, I was rather surprised how much the park expansion has diminished the ambiance of the train ride. The hold-up wasn't as entertaining as it has been in the past and felt rushed, they didn't do the Ma on the train bit at all and the employees/actors didn't seem to try and sell their rolls very hard. All-in-all, I don't think we will probably ride it again, it's not the same ride it once was.

treed · May 22, 2012, 12:24:55 PM

Still on the subject of the train, but a little different question... Does anyone know why they switch Engineers everytime at the engine roundhouse?
Thanks,
Tony

MissinTheGreenTrams · May 23, 2012, 08:31:46 AM

I got it....to bring the show back to life I will play Alphie and Ralpies kid sister (insert name here as I couldnt think of a rhyming name at 830am) She is rambunctious and ready to prove to her brothers that yes she too can rob trains with the best of them.....too bad she is smarter than Ralph but dumber than Alph. All well.

Junior · May 23, 2012, 08:42:05 AM

There have been female train robbers in the past. Check out a copy of the SDC Guidebook from the early 80s. I remember the gal depicted in the photos. Same robbery skit as with Alphie and Ralphie, they may have just changed the woman's name or something.
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By the way, sometimes when they run two or three trains to increase their passenger capacity on a busy day, the robbery is shortened, I saw them do the shortened robbery scene without the Ma bit last time I was on park a couple of weeks ago.

okiebluegrass · June 13, 2012, 01:07:02 PM

QuoteCan't a hobo just live on the side of the train tracks in peace anymore? He has been taking that barrel bath for decades now. When they took him out he looked like a shriveled up raison, but boy was he clean!

I do hope that gag (scene) returns.

I don't know but that visual just made me gag a little. Thanks Ozark