Silver Dollar City - Project 2027

 

PROJECT 2027

Final update of the 2025 Season.  These large footers are finished and you can see how they butt right up next to the American Plunge trough at the whirlpool scene

Some additional footers just over that hill have been placed

This row of footers appears to be complete now.  They are right next to the PowderKeg first hill

Footers just over the edge there next to WildFire's first drop

Some new orange fencing on the east side of the construction site between the Falls and American Plunge

Looks like they have added some weather-proofing paper to the roofs of the new façade before the final lift on American Plunge.  Also I think that walkway is new leading up to the lift

Hope they put a retaining wall in here if they plan to keep that shed.

More fill gravel has arrived on the eastern part of the construciton site

We still predict that the station will go in this area for the new ride

It appears that they are done with the new rockwork on the backside of the Lumbercamp Falls.

No footers yet in this section

Here is a better look at the completed rockwork on the backside of Lumbercamp Falls

Now over by WildFire.  You can see the weather-proofing paper that has been added to the roofs of the façade.

This appears to be the "entrance" they will use to add / take off logs for the ride.  It is a new addition since our last visit

Trying to get a better look at that addition.

Here you can see how it will connect

One last overview show of this area before we move on

Panning on left we see those footers we showed in the first photo on the right and then the new footers we mentioned being just over the hill in the middle.  They appear to still be curing as they were covered in tarps to protect from the rain we had earlier today

Here are those new footers again.  It appears that additional footers will be going to the left in the near future.

The orange fence is where we showed that line of footers next to PowderKeg's first hill

This line of footers now connects to the large swoop of footers in the trees just beyond WildFire

No footers here yet, but we expect another helix to appear in this clearing.

That wraps up our last update for the 2025 season.  We'll be back in March

Silver Dollar City - Project 2027

 

PROJECT 2027

Let's take a look at progress of the new for 2027 attraction at SDC.

Here behind the Lumbercamp Falls you can see they are still working on grading

It's almost like they cannot decide how they want this area's topography to look

Will this become a new connector pathway behind Lumbercamp Falls? We sure hope so

Another look at where they keep carving away at a hill

Looks like more fill gravel has shown up

On the Wildfire side now, here's a look at the new façade and water runoff channel for American Plunge

Water retention pond and new footers for the coming ride

The new façade looks nice.  It will be interesting to see the details they add to it

Here you can see the façade covers the bottom of the American Plunge lift

Retention pool, footers and the new look of American Plunge

One last look at this area.  Fairly obvious that track will be going over this new building

Looking over at PowderKeg and some massive footers

Footers under those black bags.  I am guessing more will go into that gravel area as well

Lots of footers under Wildfire's lift

The footers carve into the hill and then head on down towards a helix in the trees past Wildfire

Appears we have a meeting going on here.  Look at the size of this footers next to them

There's a row of footers next to PowderKeg's first hill (after the launch)

The orange fence is surrounding the footers under Wildfire's lift

Definitely the "Valley of the Coasters"

No footers yet in this helix opening

Probably won't be long though as gravel has started to arrive

Who else excited for this new Mack coaster?

Silver Dollar City - Project 2027

 

PROJECT 2027

Since our last visit, there's been a lot of progress made on the new attraction.

Here you can see the new façade that has been built for the bottom of the American Plunge lift

It appears that there will also be a water retention pond for American Plunge as well

There are a lot of footers in the retention pond for the new ride

Here you can see the new façade covering the bottom of the lift 

With the new ride going over this section of American Plunge, it makes sense that the flume will be covered

A different view of the new façade going in

Lots of work being done on the row of footers under Wildfire's lift

Prep work for moe footers over by PowderKeg

There's more footers over under PowderKeg's first hill

You can see the whirlpool scene here just before the new façade tunnel of American Plunge

Not much exciting progress on the other side of American Plunge

Looks like more rock fill has been added

A better look at the rock fill that has been added

Here are the footers under the first hill of PowderKeg

Lots of footers under Wildfire's lift and then you can see the prep for additional footers 

Huge footer next to the whirlpool scene on American Plunge

Footers everywhere

Another cement form has gone up

They are starting to add rock fill to one of the helix clearings close to the train

Looks like the BOH access road is nearing completion