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That's it! we need the Mule-Go-Round back!!

Adding my own two cents into the whole debate about the carousel, I agree that the carousel needed the love; I don't agree with the length it's took to complete, I know covid slowed down it's progress but we should've gotten somewhere a lot quicker. But I say my biggest complaint is that I wish that they would gave the same amount of love also into relocating the ride somewhere more center and visible into the park. As it stands it's in a corner tucked behind a coaster and not highly visible from any major view of the park, I think something as timeless as a carousel should be front and center to any park. I know many people that just blaze past it to get to the next thrill, I think of it as the smokers corner as they watch their kids go around and around as they sit across smoking. Why couldn't they have spent the money to move it next to the ferris wheel or maybe a more radical move, redesign the whole front plaza around the carousel? They could've put it next to the tracks across from Spinsanity, the options endless, instead it is stuck hiding, beautifuly restored. I see both sides of the argument

And how many people would have noticed over the past two seasons who could have been riding it? It's not whining. We passed that point and we've long been mocking. Calling it: In just as many years they have taken to restore the ponies they are going to look like trash again. You have to be a little more calculated on what's going to pay off. You're resources are already limited and this is a game of logistics. Is the juice worth the squeeze on this particular project? Maybe for 1% of the guests. If that. Imagine how many weeds could have been pulled with all of the man hours spent on this project. TTD will have almost killed someone, gone SBNO, and reconstructed as a record breaker in less time than this project has taken to finish.

Packed at Dollywood today. Park is still understaffed. Took about 30 minutes just to get in the park with my season pass. Lightning Rod broke twice in the first hour, the second time while I was on it for a rollback. Not sure if it ever opened up for the rest of the day because I left early because ride wait times were 2 hours. They also closed the Timesaver check-in inside the park and built a new Timesaver building outside the front gates that also houses a rental annex for scooters. They also built a new security building so all the white tents are now gone. These two new buildings look much nicer. Not sure what they will do with the old Timesaver building, but that entire area of the park is looking desolate. Big Bear Mountain appears to have all its track in place too.

So the restoration will done so well it will become a museum piece? Once it reopens it will get dinged up in the first week. A flawless restoration is not needed here.

Nah, the meme is still a multi-year refurbishment of a carousel, even if some horses needed woodwork. Any other park/chain building a new carousel from scratch would take less time.