coasterbilly Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Ahh i love Dollywood, totally have to get back there, visited before MM and RB came to town, looks like it keeps getting better, nice report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I can't wait to get to Dollywood this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reon Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 River Adventure looks great, and I love the new views on MM. I just hope they re-theme the backside of the building, because it looks really lame now that they opened that area up. I can't wait to get back to Dollywood once they start building more stuff in their new area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 ^ I dont get either why they didnt theme the backside of MM. I mean they knew they where going to connect it and it would be visible. They themed the back of Blazing Fury for the path! Man I really cant wait till Thursday!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I love DW Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Thanks for the photos! I went Saturday and the park was not crowded at all. Mystery Mine was down at 10:30 and what was funny was "Buzz the buzzard" said "You wanna know the real mystery behind the Mystery Mine" and of course the crowd replied "yah!" Buzz's response "The mystery is when it's going to open" and laughed. I thought it was funny. The next time I saw the ride around 6 it was opened and at 10:30 they were saying it would be opening in thirty minutes so... I heard on park the train will be down for a couple weeks possibly. Also Blazing Fury was running Saturday afternoon as I passed it. Thunder Road was also running Saturday (which was the first time for guest to ride it since 2001 since it did not operate sneak preview days or Friday.) As for concerns people have mentioned about shade. The trees that are up there don't have leaves now so that alone will provide more shade than what you see in pictures as for flowers and such they are just small right now. The retaining wall that you see directly across from River Battle has flowers of some sort almost in every hole. So give it time...know of course it won't be the most shaded part of the park this summer by no means since it is the first year for it but they have transplanted several larger trees from other places so it won't be completely in the sun plus between Ranger Supplies and Tennessee Tornado will be getting the shade canopies like they have in parts of Timber Towers que line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 ^ Cool to have another update on stuff. I hope its not crowded Thursday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRollergod Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 While it looks nice it seems too cartoonish for me and doesn't fit with the rest of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I love DW Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 ^That's what I thought to when i saw the construction picture of it on Screamscape but when I got there it didn't look nearly as cartoonish as what the pictures do. Even the few pictures I took of it make it look more cartonish probably because a picture just focuses on one particular thing and when your there what surrounds you is different. Also another thing I thought was cool with the area was the speakers right around River Battle announce when it closes also. The music stops and a chipmunk sounding voice comes on and really has a whole story element to the closing of it. Found this out when it closed about 6:45 Saturday more than likely due to the fact that NO ONE was on the ride all of the rafts were completely empty and the area only had a few people walking either to Mystery Mine or Tennessee Tornado so really no need to keep it open then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 ^ Do you work at Dollywood or just really love it that much? Are you going to post a TR with some pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I love DW Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Really just love it that much. I'm posting a few pictures on Coaster 101 next week, after I download the images to my computer at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibztone Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Nice photos. I'm glad they put a path connecting Mystery Mine to Tennessee Tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreaky Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Great pics Coasterfreaky. Thank you! The new path looks great. I can't wait to go again in April! BTW...did you happen to catch any of the International Festival shows? Thanks. No, I didn't get to see any of the shows, except the one or two bands that were playing in the pathways. I'm going to go back in a week or so and see at least a couple of the shows and ride the train to see what's going on in the upper loop. Yeah, mystery mine could use a little bit more themeing on the backside. But count your blessings b/c it could just be plastic siding. They at least painted it or faux finished the backside. I had not heard about canopies on Tn Tornado. I'm not sure where they would put them b/c the entire queue is inside the building, so it's shaded already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreaky Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Robb, thank you for fixing this first TR. I think I'm over the learning curve. Here is a news report with some video of River Battle if anyone is interested. http://www.wbir.com/life/programming/local/liveatfive/story.aspx?storyid=55873&provider=gnews -freakness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Cool thanks for posting that! I really cant wait for my trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC Ridesalot Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Wow that park is so awesome! We have only went once and truly loved it! We are planning a trip back this year. We have a question about Mistry Mine, does it have any big boy seats? I'm 250 and need a big boy seat when I ride B&M's. Can anybody answer this, since we are also planning a trip to The great mall in the early part of May also. I would hate to be broken hearted and not be able to ride the two Euro fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreaky Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 We have a question about Mistry Mine, does it have any big boy seats? I'm 250 and need a big boy seat when I ride B&M's. Can anybody answer this, since we are also planning a trip to The great mall in the early part of May also. I would hate to be broken hearted and not be able to ride the two Euro fighters. You know, I'm not 100% sure. I know they have a test seat outside of mystery mine. I'm pretty average in size, so I have not paid too much attention to the size of the seats. I want to say that all seats are the same size though. You know, if you give Dollywood a call and ask they will go out of their way to find an answer for you. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 All the seats on Mystery Mine are the same size. I saw them turn away people last year if they couldn't get all the sensors to light up. The ride-ops did seem like they would try everything they could to get people to be able to ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 My dads bigger than that and he can fit in most the time. Sonetimes some of the trains are alittle sensitive and he cant ride but 95% of the time Ihe can. I think the seats are bigger than B&M seats though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreaky Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Here is another story about Dollywood... http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19418187&BRD=1211&PAG=461&dept_id=169689&rfi=6 I did not know that they expanded the Eagle Mountain Sanctuary. Kraken, can you check the sanctuary out and take some pics?? : ) If the train is open can you take some pics of the upper loop and post back here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Yeah I will do that. Ill also be taking alot of pics of River Battle. and the rides and new views. Ill maybe get one of the station too. Anything else that I didnt think of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borisdag Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Ok, this new addition to Dollywood looks awesome! Here's hoping they can keep it looking as fresh and fun five years from now when all those amazing details start to fade in the hot TN sun! Can't wait to ride it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlibBlab Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Great first TR. River battle looks awesome, specially on hot days. The theming looks groovy, just wish every park would take theming seriously. keep the TRs coming, great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonman700 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Does anyone know who manufactured the ride? Too damn cute and once again a nice family ride. SF take note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadley Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 ...I had no idea that Dollywood's Splash Battle was so unique! Both with the boats and the targets. I love it, very cute! Would the real reason you "love it" and find it "very cute" have anything to do with all of the rodent action on the ride?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreaky Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Does anyone know who manufactured the ride? Too damn cute and once again a nice family ride. SF take note. It's Mack. http://www.mack-rides.com/lang-en/c131/default.html I thought it might be the Tow Ride...River Battle though doesn't have a tow cable, so it must be the Blaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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