Silver Dollar City - Project 2027

 

PROJECT 2027

Time to check in on the progress of SDC's new project

Things look like they are about to get serious with the appearance of a crane near the station foundation

There are some many footers just over that hill, it's insane

More footers and equipment keep showing up in this area

More forms have arrived and a lift

They have added fill dirt around the larger footer and leveled off this aea

More footers being formed

They had to dig out this side of the American Plunge tunnel to put in footers.  It will probably be filled in and leveled off by the time we visit again

Again, the amount of footers in this area is crazy

Other side now, more footers being built

Any idea on the layout yet?  Trust me, whatever you draw won't be anywhere near what the final product will look like

They are not missing around with these footers.  Lots of extra support

Building up another footer here

These are really close to the switch back pathway near Lumber Camp

No changes here.  Still just random wooden beams up in the air

We still think this little lake is cute

They have built up this rock wall here and it makes up think that they will connect the water to the other side of the pathway again, soon.

Footers being formed here in the foreground

Station work seems to be growing

You can see that the forms are helping to expand the foundation walls

Another footer

Footers dotting the hillside past the trees

They really are everywhere

Here are those footers right next to the Wildfire maintenance building that we've shown in the past

There is some movement in that second clearing.  Maybe they are getting ready to start putting footers in here?

Some construction components have been staged just around the corner here (to the right).  They can be seen from Outlaw Run.  No track and they are not big enough to be track supports, but they could possibly be something related to the ride.

Silver Dollar City - City Update

 

The Saloon Show featured a couple of swings this Saturday.

Still a great show - and nice to see that the quality doesn't diminish when the regulars have the day off

Some additions to the Flooded Mine.

The jackhammer guy is new and replaces the old one

A new guy in a barrel has been added to the dynamite scene

An otter appears with cinnamon bread in the graveyard scene

Ducks and duck noises have been added to the final scene you see before returning to load

They finally gave up having anything in this spot near the Wave Carousel.  It was a High Striker game at one point

More additions to the Firefighters Memorial Cemetery.  Including more headstones and flowers

Finally a sign was added near the water feature and additional flowers surrounding it

Silver Dollar City - Project 2027

 

PROJECT 2027

The landscape of the new project has really come into focus.

Since our last visit, this entire area has been leveled and fitted with a gravel base

Looking down the pathway where the observation deck was located for PowderKeg.

Will we see a return of this area in the near future?

That is a massive footer.  It will be interesting to see what it is for.

Two interesting pallets of what look like concrete forms.

Honestly could be something else entirely, but that was our best guess

The Johnny puts into perspective just how tall these footer columns are.

Over the fence is the whirlpool scene for American Plunge

On the Falls side you can see that they are still forming additional footers

They finally leveled out the gravel behind the Falls.

There's some new massive footers there in the middle

Now on the other side of the same lot, you can see just how thick these footers are

It appears that these are 8 bolt footers if that helps anyone with identifying the manufacturer

As we reported last time, the tunnel entrance to American Plunge has a fence completely around it.  We're willing to bet that it will be a permanent feature

Here is a 4 bolt footer that makes us think Mack

One more look at this side.

With how many footers there are now on this side, we're confident that the station will not be in the area like some theorized in the beginning of construction

Looking towards WildFire.  Those weird beams are still there.  Nothing has changed.

Peeking over to look at the American Plunge Lake. 

They have added some more landscaping, including trees to this new winding pathway

Will this be the new queue for the ride?

Two machines just beyond the Lake were working

Another footer going in here.  Not sure what the machines are doing

They brought in a new construction shed

It blocks the view of the footers by PowderKeg.... (groan)

Lots of footers by the WildFire maintenance building

There's that big footer again that we showed earlier

More footers going in here

Here's the biggest change since last time.  We're pretty confident this will be the station.

It is actually two foundations with one just down the hill (towards WildFire) from this one

It is interesting that the station is located in the one grove of trees that they left

Here you can see the second foundation just down the hill.

It can be best viewed from WildFire and PowderKeg, but obviously we're not going to be the ones to take photos from those rides to show you

It is curious how this clearing does not have any footers, which makes us wonder if it is even part of the project or if they haven't made it there yet.

They do seem to be leveling that area now, so maybe it is only a matter of time.

In other news, no track or supports are on site (or any of the holding lots).  We expect them to start showing up in mid to late May at the earliest