Silver Dollar City - Spring Break

 

 

Welcome back to a brand new season of Memories Worth Repeating

at Silver Dollar City

It is great to be back at the park and enjoying our favorite attractions

PowderKeg

Wildfire

Outlaw Run

The Giant Barn Swing

Mystic River Falls

The Flooded Mine

Fire in the Hole

Time Traveler

504 was doing the pullin' today for the Frisco Silver Dollar Line

It was good to see the Bolen Brothers again

The Pickers are back performing at the Homestead on the Square

The River City Ramblers are back for a brand new season

The Perondis are back with their high flying canines in the Opera House

They will only be here through the end of Spring Break - don't miss them!

The Comedy Magic of Chris Stanley is back this season and is performing at the Boatworks Theater during the first half of the day

Finally, David Howarth is back with his piano magic performing at Boatworks Theater during the second half of the day

Silver Dollar City - The Plaza Construction

THE PLAZA

The grand entryway to the Plaza features a brand new arch, when entering from the Grand Expo

The backside of the Red Gold Heritage Hall is being themed as it will be quite visible from the Plaza

The Plaza now features a flat paved area and if you look to the far side they are adding planters and other themed elements

A stage will be built next to the back of the Fire in the Hole gravity building

Here you can see the flower beds and themed walls going in

The Plaza will also be accessible from the Fire District.  There is a fence that can be opened to allow access

Silver Dollar City - Project 2027

 

PROJECT 2027

Earlier this year, a representative for the park made the announcement that SDC would be adding its next major attraction in 2026.  Late last season we witnessed a crew surveying the area near American Plunge and into the woods.  Everything is lining up.

What you see here is the the flume trough of American Plunge being completely enclosed into a tunnel.  This is an extension of the current tunnel that is featured on the ride.

To accommodate this tunnel extension, they have unfortunately had to remove most of the characters and themed elements that you saw before entering the tunnel

The wooded area that existed between the lift of American Plunge and the Lumbercamp Falls has been completely cleared.  In addition, the land has been leveled.  You can see the new tunnel portion going in on the left side of this photo.

From the other side of the construction area, you can see the original tunnel roof sticking up through the ground as well as the clear-cut removal of the trees and leveling of the land

Earlier I mentioned the Lumbercamp Falls, here is the backside of that façade.  The falls are still in operation and honestly you cannot tell that it is facade from the other side.

Clearing for this new attraction continues out into the woods between Wildfire and PowderKeg

On the Wildfire side of the American Plunge lift, the area is now walled off and the former extended outdoor queue for Wildfire has been removed

The entrance to this extended queue would have been about where we were standing to take this photo

In addition to the removal of the extended queue, the unused remaining flume pieces from the Jim Owen's float trip have been removed from this side.

Out between PowderKeg and Outlaw Run, a new track crossing has been installed.

This is how they have been getting the larger construction vehicles into this area.

Looking through the trees you can see that a large clearing has already been made for this upcoming attraction.

Silver Dollar City - Park Update

 

Some major changes at the Firehouse in the Fire District.

The entrance to all of the attractions is now the same.

Here you can see the former entrance to the ball arena is now boarded up and the walkway that you used to use to get in there is now for stroller parking

So once you enter the only entrance now you can go left to the climbing structure or right to the ball arena

Honestly this was really a no-brainer change and kudos to the park for understanding the needs of parents with younger park guests.

There is now a silhouette stand in the Grand Expo area.

The steps in front of the Antique Photo shop at the bottom of Hill Street have been completely replaced and look great

Flander's Dry Goods across from the Boatworks Theater has been replaced with a new shop that specializes in custom crafts

Here's to hoping it is more successful

A huge update to ALL of the rollercoasters this year is that they have removed almost all of the trees that were close to the track

It really looks weird how open each of the coasters are this year, but we understand this came down from corporate to help deal with liability concerns

Finally the Ozark Market Place has been completely revamped for this season

Registers have been moved to near the park exit (which makes a lot more sense) and that allowed for the entire floor plan to be revamped to be more open.