crazydaveh Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Hey folks. Just returned home to Orlando from a week long trip to Atlanta. My parents live there and I was born and raised there as well. We decided to take a trip over to Stone Mountain Park which turns its Laser Show lawn into a snow tubing hill during the winter months. Being that I lived five minutes from "The Rock" as we called it back in high school, I worked on just about all the "Attractions" Stone Mountain has back in the day. Yup, I piloted the Paddlewheel Riverboat and the Skyride (cable car to the top of the mountain) as well as ran the old putt putt area. It was only fitting to go visit the place where we would go because we were bored in ATL. I know this TR has no coasters or other type of park stuff that you normally see, but I figured I'd share it with everyone out there in TRP land in case they've been thinking about going. It was a lot of fun considering it's all fake snow. The staff was top notch, I honestly thought I was back home at Disney in terms of Customer Service. The prices are $25 to tube for two hours and as much snow play as you want. If you have a Stone Mtn annual pass, it's only $15. The downpart, Stone Mountain doesn't sell beer like Universal... Entrance/Ticket area at Crossroads entrance Signage everywhere Ticket Entrance to the snow area Coke... because it's the Real Thing and we're in Atlanta and most of all, PEPSI SUCKS! How they make the snow from the nasty Stone Mountain Lake The hill You get on moving carpets similar to what some ski resorts have and it takes you to almost the top with your tube in tow The final hike and pull The top of the hill looking down and at the mountain The Mountain Niece tubing Southern Snow fun random person The tubing hill My daughter after learning there aren't any quality coasters, mice, whales, and Globes near Gigi's house! She's too used to living in Orlando! My daughter building a snowman snow/ice/water falling on my niece My 14 month old daughter seeing snow, yes being fake, for the first time Snowgun that shot out pices of ice/snow/water The snow play area An Atlanta Snowman The carving on the Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Was the hill fast at all or kind of tame? Looks like a nice setup overall, but the hill looked a bit slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazydaveh Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Was the hill fast at all or kind of tame? Looks like a nice setup overall, but the hill looked a bit slow. It had some good speed to it. The initial drop off had a good angle and it sloped down a good bit before the level off and then you dropped again. We were at the second session of the day and it rained about two inches the day before, so they had just blasted the hill with some snow/ice. It did slow down later in the day when the sun was out, but still, comparable to other tubing hills in NC and WV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moinab Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 We had a surprisingly fun trip to Stone Mountain, a couple of years ago. The kids still talk about it! Thanks for sharing the snow pictures. Your daughter is adorable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom1001 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 The last time I visited Stone Mountain was before they built the Crossroads Village,looks pretty cool.Can you still hike all the way up to the top of the mountain,I loved doing that last time?When does the snow mountain tubing start and end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odene497 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 That looks pretty fun! Stone mountain is very cool, done both the cable car up/hike down and vice versa. What do they say? The horses nostril can fit a house? Or maybe a car. It's big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I love DW Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 When does the snow mountain tubing start and end? According to their website Snow Mountain is open weekend through March 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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