Silver Dollar City (SDC) Discussion Thread

[Mrlittle]

Why is it, when I look at the color of the wood and the track of the coaster, I think of cinnamon bread?

 

Thanks for the update by the way. It really does look great.

[Chroniq]

Chad- Thanks for getting all 28 of those tram credits this year so you could keep us updated on Outlaw Run. Great update as always.

[ProwlerPrey]

Great photos, it's really awesome how this ride is turning out. Can't wait until it's finished!

[3Mutts]

Thanks for the update Chad! Looks like Outlaw Run is coming along nicely. I can't wait to see testing!

[-Edge of Beast-]

Dang, construction is just flying along. Thanks for these pics Chad. That double barrel roll looks interesting.

[Gnome]

It's not even 2013 and the track work looks like its almost finished. When do they plan on opening this attraction? I assume they're trying to knock out most of the construction before the Missery storms come rolling through this winter, making everything... miserable. lol

 

Drop looks incredible!

[rollin_n_coastin]

Great pics Chad! Couldn't think of a better ride for SDC. Oh and you can never have enough Wild Fire shots.

[ytterbiumanalyst]

Great pics Chad! Couldn't think of a better ride for SDC. Oh and you can never have enough Wild Fire shots.

Agreed on all counts. The coaster looks like it's about done, but they will want to completed the themed area before opening the ride. As much as SDC puts into theming, I really doubt they'll open Outlaw Run before the end of the year (not that I would mind...). Construction should be able to proceed into December: we usually don't get our first big ice storm until January (we hardly get snow here, just ice; but occasionally I have seen a foot of snow in early December or even November. Midwest weather is notoriously unpredictable).

[skydye]

Thanks for the incredibly detailed report Chad. Looks like the park will have a winner on their hands.

[coasterfreak101]

Amazing POV video!

 

So obviously this isn't perfect, and it's fan-made, but it has me curious about one thing - the press release mentions a double-down and a double-up after the GICT leading back down and then out of the valley. The layout rendering doesn't show it from what I can see though, but the way it rides in that fan recreation was actually my favorite part of the whole thing! Any idea whether that's just a marketing tool, or if the track really is doing a double-down and -up?

[A.J.]

It's clever, but I think it's still legitimate.

 

The downward decent into the left-hand turn after the Camel Toe Thingie is the first down, and then the second down is after the airtime hill before the right-hand turn.

 

The first up is into the next airtime hill, then the second up is into the left-hand overbanked turn.

[the ghost]

Those barrel rolls look like some sort of insane sculpture experimenting with the limitations of wood... or like if I make a roll too tight when experimenting with newton when I still mess with NL on occasion! Good stuff! Thanks for the update, Chad!

[coasterfreak101]

It's clever, but I think it's still legitimate.

 

The downward decent into the left-hand turn after the Camel Toe Thingie is the first down, and then the second down is after the airtime hill before the right-hand turn.

 

The first up is into the next airtime hill, then the second up is into the left-hand overbanked turn.

 

Right, okay. So it's a double-down and -up, but not in the traditional sense. It just so happens to go down twice and up twice, more or less.

[alilstronger]

The coaster looks amazing! I hope to one day get to ride it!

[Wes]

Looks better and better with each update!! Can't wait to see more.

[traincrossin]

Thanks for the great update Chad, this is just looking like an insane ride!

[Meteornotes]

Really interested in riding this next year!

 

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[Guy T. Koepp]

I'm thinking the GICT is gonna create some weird disorienting effects. It seems to me your body is gonna want to do a barrel roll there like I-Rat will have, especially with the bank left after. Instead your gonna enter from slightly right, get pulled back the same way you entered, then rotated for a left hand turn afterward. Not the way you'd expect a nice smooth over banked transition to go. Me likey!

[RoCo]

Dear Rocky Mountain Coasters,

 

You give me a ginormous happy.

 

Sincerely,

 

Robert

 

(And Chadster, A freaking Plus for these updates.)

[TyRush]

Wow...looks fantastic! Hey Kings Island check this out! Ya you should consider it! With two vertical loops

[chadster]

(And Chadster, A freaking Plus for these updates.)

 

Thanks! It's comments like yours and everyone else's that makes the expense of getting the updates worth it!

[hulahoop1]

Outlaw Run is looking amazing, that OMFG roll looks amazing. I can't wait to ride this next summer along with Iron Rattler and New Texas Giant

[Anarexia]

I gag on the fact that since it's steel track, the wood supports look quite sparse and quite odd, well at least compared to a traditional woodie.

[Shavethewhales]

^I don't know why you would gag on it, I think it looks cleaner. A lot of those excess members on traditional woodies seem to be in place just to counter the wind loads, and over time they tend to warp and make the structure look cruddy (e.g. SOB). This structure is cleaner and makes the individual members look bigger and stronger, continuing the vibe that everything on this coaster is bigger and better than the traditional woodies. Just my thoughts anyway...

 

Thanks for the photos again Chadster. Anyone hear anything on a track completion date? I know there was the possibility of starting testing by late November at one point...

[chadster]

^They hope to have the circuit completed this week, then they have place the cover/top on and they seem to be about 20% complete with that. The chain, electrical, sensors, transfer table, ride system also still needs to be installed. Purely from appearance it looks as if it could be done by Nov 1, but one never knows as they spent a ton of time on track alignment on NTAG.

 

the individual members look bigger and stronger

that's what she said!