Adventureland

Welcome to Adventureland - Celebrating 50 years in 2024

The Carousel in the town square

Main Street

Leading to the Rockin' Rainbow wave carousel

This complex is home to two different attractions

This is Draken Falls, the park's log flume style ride

This is Flying Viking, the park's family coaster that soars over the flume ride

The world's only indoor wooden coaster, Underground, makes its return this season with major upgrades to its theme

The preshow features a new animatronic

and impressive new smoke screen projection

The entire ride experience has been upgraded (except for the actual trains and track) making for a more exciting ride.  "You ain't afraid of the dark, are ya?"

Petunia the Pig received a new paint scheme for the 50th anniversary

Frantic Freeway Bumper Cars

Still the only ride of its type (smaller model Windseeker), Storm Chaser takes to the sky over Adventureland

Tornado received a new sign

This new art in the queue is also new

This old school out and back still delivers on thrills.

TORNADO!!!! TORNADO!!! TORNADO!!!

Crazy how right on top of each other these two coasters are

Dragon Slayer STILL ranks as the most intense installation of this type of coaster.  I spun upside 10 times on this thing today.

Heading back into Outlaw Gulch you find Saw Mill Splash

You will also find Outlaw - which also has a new sign this season

The famous curving first drop of Outlaw

Heading back up to the front of the park, you will find Phoenix, a spinning coaster

The Ferris Wheel still holding down the end of this midway after all of these years

The KING of the park is still Monster

This coaster starts with a vertical lift going into a beyond vertical first drop.  It is an amazing ride.

Happy 50th Birthday, Adventureland

Until Next Time

Oasis - Artwork

New artwork was released today for the new Oasis amusement park.  Here you can see several Vekoma rides including a Family Boomerang, Family Suspended, a Wave Swinger, Swinging Boat.  In the back there is a drop tower, a frisbee style ride and a skyscraper ride.  There also appears to be some kiddie rides there in the middle (the orange topper).

Oasis - Construction Update

Construction continues on the large retaining walls that will make up the tiers of the Oasis amusement park

Here you can see how they are compacting the fill dirt into each section so that it can begin the process of settling before they start building on it

Even without the rides popping up yet, you can tell that this will be an impressive complex that dominates the area. 

Six Flags St. Louis - Joker Update

 

All four footers are now installed for Joker

It also appears that most of the electrical has been run (the tubes are an indicator) which means they are getting closer to being able to pour the concrete slab for the loading area

Here you can see the other two footers, closest to Rookie Racer

Looking at one of the footers and where the concrete slab will soon go

The two footers closest to Thunder River

Silver Dollar City - Bluegrass & BBQ

 

Welcome to Silver Dollar City's Bluegrass & BBQ Festival

This is a great laid back festival that offers high quality entertainment

Horse Creek performing on the Gazebo Stage

You can probably smell this photo.  The smell of BBQ was blanketing the area

The legendary House of Barbeque has made its return to the festival

Get you some food from one of the booths

Find a table

and enjoy the show.

This is the Baker Family and they were quite talented.

At Dockside Theater this week was Carson Peters and Iron Mountain

In the Opera House, performing a total of 9 different concerts over 3 days was the QUEEN of Bluegrass, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

Yes, you read that correctly - 9 different concerts featuring different music at each.

This talented group is head and shoulders above anyone else and it is a real treat to get to see them at Silver Dollar City each summer.

Bluegrass & BBQ runs through May 27th

Silver Dollar City - Park Update

Quick park update - Engine 43 is currently doing the pulling for the Frisco Silver Dollar Line

The Splash Pad in the Fire District has been turned on for the season