Dollywood.com now has a Thunderhead progress page

I like the name Thunderhead.

It means Super-Cell Thunder Storm in the Smoky Mountain twist of English.

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"The Mountain Slidewinder. Voted The #1 Non-Rollercoaster Ride in America Amusement Business Magazine, 1991"

Actually, I find the name quite fitting, especially as applied to a wooden coaster. BTW -- Thunderhead usually in my experience refers to thunderstorms' clouds, which means that if Dollywood themes the paint job to the name, they might have one of the rare wooden coasters that is neither white nor brown; that would be a refreshing change.

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I am the TickTockMan

Actually, I find the name quite fitting, especially as applied to a wooden coaster. BTW -- Thunderhead usually in my experience refers to thunderstorms' clouds, which means that if Dollywood themes the paint job to the name, they might have one of the rare wooden coasters that is neither white nor brown; that would be a refreshing change.

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I am the TickTockMan

Dollywood has confirmed that the coaster's color will be the traditional brown/brown.

Also, the name is the name of the logging company who owns the 'logging train' your ridding in.

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Can you feel the thunder?
Thunderhead comes to Dollywood in 2004!
*** This post was edited by CoastermanX 7/27/2003 6:41:06 PM ***

Dollywood Updated there Construction Page today.

The Footers have been laid, and the digging seems to be over with.

Wood & Nails have also arrived.

Despite the bad weather in Sevier county lately, things seem to be moving right along. Just think, Dollywood's coaster will be going vertical before most other parks have evan started Construction! (Of Course, they have to start early due to snow in that area normally falling in early November!)

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I really wish you could enlarge those construction pics on the website. I think this coaster is gonna be really good for Dollywood. I truly commend them on embarking on such an ambitious project. This is a must visit park for me now.

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"You know its a good ride when you come into the final brake run wiping tears from your eyes."

are DW, SDC, and CC part of the same company, Silver Dollar City?

thanks for the clear up.

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I am one.
I am Turbo.
Top Thrill in the front row... anything else is lame

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Turbo said:
are DW, SDC, and CC part of the same company, Silver Dollar City?

thanks for the clear up.

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Herschend Family Enterprises owns SDC, CC, and other smaller attractions in Branson, MO. They co-own DW along with Dolly Parton, and they operate Stone Mountain in Georgia.

Thats a lot of footers.

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The Ozark Wildcat, voted #26 wood coaster, the higest rated new wooden coaster since 2001.
ROYALS!!!

Ive been expecting an update for days now, because I was at DW the other day, and a LARGE amount of the footers are up.Expect vertical construction to start REAL soon!

"Who would build one of the largest wooden coasters in the South? Dolly-Wood!!"

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Can you feel the thunder?
Thunderhead comes to Dollywood in 2004!

I'm going during the big car show in a week. Maybe something interesting will have happened by then.

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"The Mountain Slidewinder. Voted The #1 Non-Rollercoaster Ride in America Amusement Business Magazine, 1991"

BTW, Does anyone know why Slidewinder closed on Labor Day this year? I know SDC does this, so maybe Dollywood has started as well.

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Dukeis#1,there is no explanation for that anywhere.All of DW's other water rides don't close til Nov. 1 (Blazing Fury is now open season long).Try emailing DW.

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Can you feel the thunder?
Thunderhead comes to Dollywood in 2004!

On Friday we rode the train to discover that the Lift Hill and and the 2nd Hill are in Place and are up. They seemed to be pouring the Conscrete Pad for the Station or Storage Shed.

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"The Mountain Slidewinder. Voted The #1 Non-Rollercoaster Ride in America Amusement Business Magazine, 1991"

I wish they would post new pics on the construction page.
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Nashville needs a theme park!

Here you can see photos taken on the 8th of the structure that is up.

http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2004.html

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www.alexsplace.com

Construction is happening at an amazing pace. I am surprised,maybe the new coaster will open early. ;)
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Can you feel the thunder?
Thunderhead comes to Dollywood in 2004!

RIP

John Ritter

Thanks Alex for the link to the new construction pics. Looking good!
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Nashville needs a theme park!

I'm also surprised at the speed of Construction. I think there trying to get the big part of it done before the coldness of Winter sets in.

From what I've heard, The Mountain Slidewinder is now only an "Overflow" attraction, meaning that it will only operate during peak season from May-August. Apparently there also doing some sort of renovation on it this Winter. I'm assuming this is similar to what happend to it's Prototype at SDC. (Or that is what it sounded like from a park employee at the River Rampage)

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"The Mountain Slidewinder. Voted The #1 Non-Rollercoaster Ride in America Amusement Business Magazine, 1991"
*** This post was edited by Dukeis#1 9/15/2003 12:50:14 AM ***

In that one pic, the sign reads "The Thunderhead," but we can still call it whatever we want.
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-Matt in Iowa