Woodie Warrior

So is it safe to assume that their won't be any new attraction next year? Wouldn't they have announced before or at the same time that season passes went on sale?

I'm sure however they do it the restaurant will still be cool. I'm guessing Flight of the Hippogriff will be a clone of the one in Orlando, but I'm hoping it could end up being a large-scale family coaster/mine train, similar to the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train going into the Magic Kingdom.

I agree completely with this sentence.

I wasn't talking about the coasters when I made that statement. I was talking about the rest of the rides. There is nothing special about them, they're standard rides in my opinion. Um, what are non-standard flat rides? Except for Disney, no other parks have flat rides that aren't off the shelf. Xcalibur is pretty much one of a kind, Enterprise rides are hard to come by these days, and we have one of the largest Ferris wheels. I mean, we need more flat rides, but a lot of the flat rides are unique.

The coaster looks good, but the other announcements are even better. 122 foot tall world's largest waterslide A new drop tower $60 season pass, $45 day ticket A bunch of new water slides and family attractions I think this park has a good future.

Can anybody identify the manufacturer?

I advise everyone to check out Kentucky Kingdom's website

I'm expecting a reasonably major coaster, considering they've lost their two major steel coasters (Chang, Greased Lightning). I don't think it'll be anything ground-breaking, but hopefully it'll be a launched Premier coaster or some type of Intamin. Whatever it is, we'll apparently find out tomorrow.

That sounds like the only possible way to do it. Unless they hired a real wizard

Manta is a great flying coaster. It's like if you took Superman and added lots of near-miss moments and a little bit more height and speed. Plus it has good themeing. Although I do like the Superman clones, Manta is much better.

Sounds pretty close to what's been said. I'm still intrigued as to how they'll pull off the magically appearing food in the Great Hall, if they do decide to do that. Have they patented anything that could work to do the effect?

Exactly. And Ninja came from an Expo, not another amusement park, and it was operating a total of five months before it was closed and relocated to SFSTL 2 years later.

Thank you title fairy, I do love RMC!

In my opinion, Six Flags tries to cater to families with members of all different ages, and does a good job at it. They have thrill rides for the teenagers and parents, kiddie rides for the young kids, and moderate rides for the entire family. I don't think adding a variety of different rides makes it "random". If they didn't add any kids rides, the park would be overrun by teenagers. If they didn't add any thrill rides, the park would be full of younger kids and their parents. Six Flags does a good job of balancing the thrill factor of their new additions. Tsunami Soaker (2014)- Caters to the entire family Boomerang (2013)- Caters to younger kids looking for a bigger but not too intimidating coaster, plus teens and adults want to ride roller coasters too, so essentially the entire family could ride this Bonzai Pipeline (2012)- Caters to teens and thrill seeking adults who want a more thrilling water park ride SkyScreamer (2011)- Caters to the entire family, especially those who like calm but tall rides Wahoo Racer/Glow in the Park Parade (2009)- The slide and the parade cater to the entire family American Thunder (2008)- Caters to the entire family, a thrilling and fun but not too intimidating coaster Even if some of the rides don't attract the entire family, overall most of the new additions are ones that the entire family can look forward too. And maybe some people think the additions are "random", but look at other Six Flags parks. SFMM just added a new kiddie coaster after 4 thrill rides in a row (Full Throttle, Lex Luthor, Superman Backwards, Green Lantern). They obviously don't know who they are trying to cater to.

I didn't think HRP had a Balloon Race ride...

I just went to Old Time Christmas at SDC and it was beautiful and amazing. While it'd be cool to see SFSTLlit up, I'm sure they'd do a lackluster job because corporate wouldn't give a large enough budget. But more night time rides would be fun. Is there a reason they don't expand Fright Fest a few more weeks into September? Wouldn't it bring in more people since Fright Fest is already proven to be the most popular time of the year for the park.

My first time at the Old Time Christmas event was great. The lighting is one of the most impressive displays I have ever seen. It definitely makes you go wow. It was chilly, but the rides at night were awesome and the shows were wonderful. We entered and had a lunch buffet with Santa. This is definitely oriented towards children around the kindergarten age. The price is more than the normal buffets, and if you want seconds you have to go back up quickly because once the "entertainers" come out, they sort of block every path leading back to the food. But all the drinks are free and the food selection is pretty good, especially the cobbler. Afterwards we picked up our Season Pass ornaments. They can be picked up at the schoolhouse, and are Outlaw Run sheriff badges (of course). The lines are very long since it is also the site to renew your passes, so make sure to rush here early. After taking my dad on Outlaw Run for the first time, we went to go see the Christmas saloon show. The jokes are a little "edgier", well for a family theme park, and the show is more audience interactive. All around a better show than normal, and I like the normal saloon show a lot. It's A Wonderful Life was a great show. The projection and sets were well done, and the singing and acting was pretty good too. They did a good job reducing the movie into an hour long musical. We went to Thunderation, Grandfather's Mansion, and Wildfire next, and went through shops in between. It was time for dinner afterwards, so my dad and I headed to the new pizza restaurant. The pizzas were actually really good, but what else would you expect from Silver Dollar City? Christmas Carol had great singing voices and a cool set. But some scenes just dragged on and on. They could cut this show down to 30 minutes and it'd be just as good, if not better. One of the weaker adaptations I've seen of Christmas Carol, but the other ones have all been huge Broadway style shows at the Fox, and this is a theme park musical. So by theme park standards this show is amazing. Powder Keg and Outlaw Run were our final rides of the night. In the dark, these two rides become even more amazing than they are during the day. Nothing else much to say. I could spend a whole day walking around the park, doing nothing but looking at the lights. This festival is definitely my favorite, and I hope I get to return soon.

Outlaw Run at night. One of the craziest coaster experiences ever. Since it's possibly the last coaster I'll ride this year, I think it was a good one to choose.

The 2014 SDC calendar says that Kids Fest is becoming the Star Spangled Summer.

Since my favorite coaster is Outlaw Run, can I ask the Title Fairy for a title based off of RMC?

I think they should focus on extending Fright Fest. Although from what I saw around the Holidead Express (which I didn't ride because of the horrible lines) the park would look nice with a Holiday in the Park. But they should extend Fright Fest first because that is one of the only times the park is jam packed all day long. I don't know why they don't extend the dates to mid September, but I'm sure there's a reason.

We are at EPCOT! I can already feel the excitement Anyways, we got in and decided to ride Spaceship Earth, and then get Fast Passes for Soarin'. Spaceship Earth was definitely a good ride, and the "Create Your Future" video on your way back to the bottom of the sphere was fun. The Audio-Animatronics that Disney make are one of the many things that give them the lead over their competitors. After picking up the Soarin' Fast Passes, we rode Living with the Land. I liked it. It was calm and the trip through the greenhouse was cool. We rode this ride next. Yep, Imagination. My short review: Figment is kinda annoying, the song is catchy but still annoying, and the entire pavilion screams "I want a redo!" Club Cool was a nice place to hang out for a minute. Some of the sodas are pretty good. We went to eat at the Electric Umbrella. The bacon mac and cheeseburger was good and messy, perfect fast food. Then we headed towards Ellen's Energy Adventure. It was a weird attraction. The film is obviously outdated, but it still has a few chuckles and all the celebrities in it are still relatively popular. But the ride got confusing once they went back in time. Why do we have to ride past dinosaurs for ten minutes while nothing else happens? Why is there a radio tower in the prehistoric time period? Why am I this confused by a Disney attraction? Even if the ride was "meh", the facade is cool looking We picked up FPs for Test Track, then headed to a good ride. Soarin' is one of the best attractions at EPCOT, but that's not saying much. It isn't too thrilling, but all the small effects are still working and the entire ride is made for the entire family. Yes, it's a bit short but if it were longer the capacity would be even worse than it already is. We spent the afternoon exploring World Showcase, and the only attraction we visited was The American Adventure. Here are some pictures I took of the countries. Band in Canada was pretty entertaining The Paris pavilion was beautiful My grandpa has made many business trips to Morocco so he had fun speaking to the cast members Panorama from Japan pavilion The American Adventure show's Audio-Animatronics were very impressive and Disney did a good job with representing the history of our great country. And the Voices of Liberty were great a cappella singers as well. The Italy pavilion was beautiful. Germany was a fun pavilion to look at. China was elegant. After hurrying up and glancing through the rest of the pavilions, we hurried to the Coral Reef for our dinner reservations. The food was good and, as expected, pretty expensive. The interior was kind of retro-ish, but of course had a view you couldn't beat. Afterwards we rode the ride inside, which was okay, but it really isn't a major or exciting ride. There isn't much to look at and the only standout moment is when the Nemo characters appear to be inside the aquarium. The exterior of the building is pretty though. We headed to Test Track next to use our Fast Passes. The new Test Track was a great ride. I mean, the ride before was good, but the newer version is must more interesting to look at and definitely fits the Future World theme. And with the interactive element of designing your own vehicle, this ride is definitely the best ride in EPCOT. We took a spin on Mission: SPACE, which was cool, and then headed back. I wish we could've stayed for Illuminations, but most of us weren't feeling too good, so we headed back to the resort. Goodbye Spaceship Earth. Goodbye EPCOT.

The Batman coaster is actually the Studio Backlot area. The DC Comics Plaza is where Mr. Freeze is. Sorry, it isn't that important, I was just distracted by it. And I agree, it is the most generic area of the park. And the only thing that matches the backlot theme is the pavement. Good photos! The one of Xcalibur is funky and actually looks like the "arm" is bent. And I love any photo that has Mr. Freeze in it.

I'm curious, what is this? In the beginning of the house you enter a park and there is this mulch path that sinks like quick sand (or like rubber, maybe a trampoline) and each step you take the ground seems to sink lower and lower.

That Rock Hill High School's exterior reminds me of the "Don't Open Dead Inside" sign from the Walking Dead.