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At the end of November, we added some pics from one of the preview days at Cypress Gardens: http://www.themeparkreview.com/cypress2004/cypress1.htm While we were in Orlando over the holidays, we got the chance to visit the park and get a few shots. Not enough to make a full-sized update out of, but plenty to share with all of you here! PS. Thanks goes out to Justin for a some of these photos! To add a little excitment to the gardens section of the park, gas lines have been added which cross the paths.... Ahh, so THIS is what the 'gardens' part of Cypress Gardens looks like. We really need to STOP being such credit whores!!! In case you get lost wandering through the gardens, just look for one of these signs! This is what we called the "Ghetto Wild West Show." Yep, that's a quality show right there...fold-up chairs in the grass in front of the make-shift stage! "Honk! Honk!" I guess.... Good thing it's still connected to the trailer so when this park fails, they can just roll it on down to Wild Adventures! The Disk-O was probably the best ride in the park... Yes, they even have one of these Vekoma torture machnies for the kiddies! Elissa uses her "big hose" to put out the fire!!! Is that a drop tower....or an adult toy?!?!? So we decide to take one of those "Rides Short Cuts" back to the rides area. ...and VERY elaborate fountains! As you can see the gardens have breath taking ponds.... "You BETTER be good boys and girls or I'm gonna get Medieval on your ass!!!" Yup...here we are in the gardens... Oh, no Chris! Watch your step!!! cypressgardens.mpg And for those of you who want to see POV of their latest wooden coaster, here is a complete onride of "Triple Hurricane!" (Right Click on the filename and select "Save Target As....")

Here are some of the latest questions from the "Contact Us" form: Donna asks: Yes we have! In fact, we did a photo update from the park in 2002 HERE. We do need to get back there to ride the new coaster at some point, though. Glenn asks: That would be "Objection Tango" by Shakira (NOT to be confused with the coaster going in at BGT!) Emma asks: Um...I *think* the answer here is....no. Nicola asks: Oh Camelot! We MUST go to Camelot!!! Hmm...on second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place. Allison asks: Ahh, almost like a police line-up? Hmm...maybe that could be something we add in a future 'Ask Alvey' post! Joseph asks: Our DVDs are not region encoded, so they should work just about ANYWHERE! Martyn asks: Simple - fifty bucks a photo and $2.95 per month! Just kidding! Seriously, though, we don't usually allow other sites to use our photos. Reason being is that we spend a lot of time and money traveling around the world to put together the content for our site, and we want people to come HERE to check it out! FDcroy asks: I noticed that they were both parks that had these little machines that if you put your ticket in them, it spit paper out at you that told you to come back later. Other than that, I didn't see too many other similarities! Ok, I think that's it for questions this time around. Please either post a question here, or send one via the 'Contact Us' form found here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/contact.shtml

Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Silver Dollar City, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the park as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index Page. Official Park Website Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2005 February 14th, 2005 - Info on Silver Dollar City's new launched coaster (SEE BELOW!) November 10th, 2005 - Grand Exposition area announced with 10 new family rides 2006 October 17th, 2006 - SDC to build S&S Giant Swing 2007 December 9th, 2007 - Culinary Arts/Crafts Demonstration building to be built for 2008 2008 June 25th, 2008 - work begins on undisclosed ride 2009 May 18th, 2009 - Trailblazer (Fast Pass) system implemented June 21st, 2009 - Teaser for 2010 additions November 5th, 2009 - 2010 project details officially announced: Tom and Huck's River Blast 2010 November 10th, 2010 - AOL names Silver Dollar City one of the Ten Best Christmas Light Displays 2012 February 29th, 2012 - Tornado hits Branson, MO. Park survives unscathed! April 8th, 2012 - Vertical construction on 2013 wooden coaster May 8th, 2012 - Expanded Bluegrass & BBQ Festival 2012 announced! May 30th, 2012 - White Water water park opens for the 2012 season June 24th, 2012 - Wooden Coaster Construction update August 9th, 2012 - New teasers released for wooden coaster announcement August 9th, 2012 - Official Announcement and Media Day Coverage for Outlaw Run September 2nd, 2012 - New Outlaw Run construction photos October 24th, 2012 - Amazing new photo of Outlaw Run's first drop! 2013 January 8th, 2013 - Outlaw Run IN THE SNOW!!! January 21st, 2013 - New 'Outlaw Run: Through the Barrel Roll' video! February 8th, 2013 - POV and photos from Outlaw Run testing March 15th, 2013 - Outlaw Run Media Day Report, Photos, & POV Videos May 15th, 2013- Bluegrass & Barbecue Festival announced! May 26th, 2013- 'KidsFest' family festival ending after this year October 31st, 2013- WhiteWater adds Kapau Plummet dueling watersides November 10th, 2013- An Old Time Christmas runs through Dec 30th 2014 August 13th, 2014 - Park announces Fireman's Landing, six family rides including a mini S&S tower 2017 August 16th, 2017 - Time Traveler (Mack spinning coaster) announced 2018 March 13th, 2018 - TPR's Time Traveler POV Video! July 17th, 2018 - Silver Dollar City Moonlight Madness 2018 details! October 20th, 2018 - "The Year of Shows & Festivals" details announced! 2019 June 15th, 2019 - First hint of Lost River replacement 2021 March 16th, 2021 - Arvest Bank announces 10 year sponsorship deal 2023 August 14th, 2023 - New Fire in the Hole announced for 2024! 2024 October 17th, 2024 - New resort announced as part of $500 million development plan! 2025 March 28th, 2025 - "Spring Exposition" festival announced! _____________________________________________________ Original Post: We just got in some new images from Silver Dollar City's PR dept as well as some interesting info from them. They have confirmed that the ride WILL have a 42" height restriction! Does this make Powder Keg the fastest coaster out there with this low of a height restriction? We think this is a GREAT thing and I hope other parks *cough* Knott's *cough* will see the importance of having good, solid family rides! Here's some additional information and some constuction photos from earlier this week: Layout: Steel, Sit-Down, Air-Launch Coaster Launch Speed: 0-53 MPH in 2.8 seconds Ride Length: 3,506 Feet Top Speed: 64 MPH Tallest Verical Drop: 110 feet Vehicles: 3 trains, 4 cars per train, 4 passengers per car. Capacity: 1,000 PPH Location: West of the Opera House in the Northwestern section of the park Height Restriction: 42" Opening Date: Spring 2005 Ride by: S&S Power Inc, Logan, Utah Construction Photos from early Feb 2005 Construction Photos from early Feb 2005 Construction Photos from early Feb 2005 Construction Photos from early Feb 2005 Construction Photos from early Feb 2005 Construction Photos from early Feb 2005

Hello random people! The idea of this board came about from our "Contact Us" form where over time people would send it lots of different questions to us ranging from the very simple "What is the song in such and such video" to "I am only 13 but I was wondering if Elissa would date me?" :shock: But mostly, we get lots of questions about travel, our videos, our site, etc. So we opened a forum for people to ask away! Please post anything...and I mean just about ANYTHING you'd like to ask us. And maybe if we're nice enough, we'll even answer! If for any reason you'd still like to send us a question anonymously, you can do so be using our "Contact Us" form: http://www.themeparkreview.com/contact.htm Enjoy! --Robb & Elissa

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