Summer Concert Series - ABBA (SDC)

 

DANCING DREAM - ABBA Tribute Band

As part of the Summer Concert Series, Silver Dollar City hosted "Dancing Dream: ABBA Tribute Band" for two concerts on Saturday during Season Passholder Appreciation Days.  The following photos are from the evening concert

It was a great show.  We'll definitely come see them again if they return to SDC

City Update (SDC)

 

The Brand New "Down By the Riverside" show debuted this week at the Dockside Theatre

Don't let the costumes fool you, all of the music you will hear will be modern

Overall a very tight show - well rehearsed.  I can see this being a show that is yearly and they just switch out musical numbers to keep it fresh.  Definitely give it a look the next time you are in the park

City Update (SDC)

 

Looking behind the fence you can see that they have made progress on expanding the pathway for Pumpkin Nights which will continue to go through this area.

When you ride the train you can get a good view of the pathway from the other end

They are definitely expanding the width of the pathway

You can see just how much wider the pathway will become here.  They are having to decrease its width with a funky curve so that it will match the width of the railroad crossing still

The park claims that the construction walls are just for the expansion of the walkway, but they didn't put up fences when they originally put in the pathway so it why would they do it for an expansion?

Opening Day (WOF)

 

Opening Day 2021 at Worlds of Fun turned out to be a rather soggy day

Despite the rain, the park actually a pretty crowd most of the day.

Quite a few of the flats were open from the start and most of the bigger rides later.

The big "new ride" for 2021 in Worlds of Fun is the completely finished Timber Wolf

Besides the final portion being retracked, they also added a new light package to the lift and first drop.

After a couple rides, I can safely say that Timber Wolf is running the best I can remember in a long time.  The speed is back.  There is no jackhammering.  It is actually fun to ride again.

With that being said, there is a slight bump going into the brakes, but I can forgive that

We are now on Season 3 without a train.  No sign of either Eli or Levi in the park.  Really a sad sight to see to be honest.  Hopefully either or both can make an appearance later this season

Europa was a ghost town today.  Autobahn and Falcon's Flight were down for weather.  Dutchman was having issues.  The food stands were closed.  That left Deja Vu Gifts and Taxi Tour as the lone items open in the area.

Do you think we will have any live entertainment in here this summer?

The floral clock looked great

MAMBA did not have a good morning.

Apparently new paint, rain and the mid-course brake being on too hard were not a good combination as it did not make it into the brakes and suffered a roll back during testing.

Luckily they were able to clear the train and the ride opened later in the day

The only water ride open today was Fury of the Nile, but let's be honest, with the rain, everything was a water ride today.

CLOSED RIDES ON OPENING DAY:

Viking Voyager

Sea Dragon

Zulu

Boomerang

Falcon's Flight

Autobahn

Worlds of Fun Railroad

Mustang Runner

Steel Hawk