November 8, 2026

Silver Dollar City - Stars, Lights & Christmas Nights Parade

 

Please welcome the brand new Stars, Lights & Christmas Nights Parade

Grand Marshall car

Sam leads the Rudolph and Friends unit

The addition of dancers really helps make the parade feel like something you would see in Orlando

Rudolph and Bumbles



Yukon and the Island of Misfit Toys

Sleigh Ride

A Christmas Tree leads the holiday decorations unit

Time to trim the tree!

Giant Ornament

A mailbox leads the North Pole unit

Christmas Goodies


Dancing Bakers

Mrs. Claus and the Head Elf


Santa Claus


The STAR leads the Greatest Gift unit

Shepard stained glass

Carolers

Manger Scene Finale Float

We absolutely loved the new parade.  We hope that they continue to add to it in the upcoming years.  Maybe a Wisemen stained glass window for the final unit?


Silver Dollar City - Miner Mountain Express Construction

 

Let's start over by Powder Keg for this week's update
Lots of track stationed here and ready to be installed

The first lift hill has made it this far up the hill.  They will need to install more supports before it can go any higher.

They have started framing in the maintenance building for MME


The completed second lift hill and drop.  The curve in the foreground really hugs a rock wall just behind it

Some heavy equipment stationed near the helix area.
We think they are being used to haul in the large boulders being installed for hardscape theming

You can see where the track plunges into a mine shaft area.
There will be several of those in this area

The banking in this area is crazy - and this is supposed to be a family ride

Here's a better look at how that track hugs the rock wall.  It will be interesting to see how the guests walkway will be placed in this area.  That track is really close right now

The track looks great

We think you're really going to get whipped around this curve coming off the second lift hill

You can see the track coming from the station fly through and then hugging the side of the first lift hill

The new hardscape rock work really adds to this area

The mine shaft fly through

They finally put promotional signs on the construction walls

There's the mine cart

The second lift hill and completed drop

The run in front of the mast head tower is now connected to the second lift hill.  You go down the curving drop, hop over American Plunge and then head through here

Then you go through this wave turn next to Wildfire

Here's a better look at the hop over American Plunge

More promotional signage by Wildfire

After the wave turn, it heads to the station fly through

Daredevil Pass has a paved pathway now up to where the American Plunge whirlpool scene is located

Looking towards the station.  Looks like they have made more progress on the roof

Another look at the drop out of the wave turn

We'll end this week's update with one final look at the wave turn going by the mast head