Dollywood at Christmas

I would wager that will be taken care of before 2009.

Starting next year, then watch out for 2007.

Well from what I heard about Stone Mountain is that the park and locals will let HFEC do very little with the actual park. They don't want it to be a "theme park" and yada yada.

Tekno, that's exactly what I am talking about. ;)

haha, Swoosh....i do wanna hit SDC, but im not driving 2000 miles, lol. but thanks for all the Dollywood info guys. something came up so i couldnt make it this weekend, but i might shoot for the week between Christmas and New Years, we'll see....

I'm aware of the hostility towards the Herschends' ideas for development of Stone Mountain. The "Don't let Silver Dollar City turn Stone Mountain into an amusement park" thing was way overblown by local business owners and the Atlanta newspapers.

The problems I had were with how bad the park itself looked. The attractions (train ride, gondola, riverboat, etc) were in horrible shape, the grounds were dirty, etc. The Crossroads area was nice, but other than that it looked like some run-down city park.

I'm not sure they own all that much of Stone Mountain though. I know they own Crossroads and the Great Barn, but I think a lot of the rest of the park IS city-owned and that's probably why it looked like a "city park". ;)

vacoasterfreak, you make it sound like it is sooooo far away. ;) It would be worth it. :)

Back from DollyWood--home of the DOUBLE G................forces. ;)

'Twas a bit chilly, but a fun weekend getaway indeed, with good coasters, good eatin's and best of all, GREAT people. Several of us stopped for lunch at the original KFC in Corbin, KY on the way back. That was a nice topper to the weekend.

^Yeah I saw some of the pics. I feel sorry for poor Colonel Sanders. Just WHAT were you guys doing to him? ;-)

-Tina

Col. Sanders is a Cubs fan! :)

^So I saw. LOL!

-Tina

No Col. Sanders is a CARDINALS fan all the way. ;)

And here all this time I thought he was a Cocks fan.

Is that extra crispy or original recipe? ;)

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TeknoScorpion said:
And here all this time I thought he was a Cocks fan.

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I know that was directed at me and my Tigers... How's that saying go? We'll beat you on the field, but you can beat us off... ;)

Swooshy....HomeyG is a Gamecocks fan...;)

Oh, and BTW, love that new sig.... :)

What? What What?!?!?!? LANGUAGE!

I see nothing AV -- thanks Bill that makes sense.

Actually, Swoosh, I said that because, you know, Kentucky Fried CHICKEN...Cocks (as in Gamecocks)...get it now?

Speaking of Gamecocks....

How 'bout my Tigers and their come from behind and BEATING those Cocks. What happened S. Carolina? It was like they didn't come out after halftime. Had lots of fun in Shreveport. The Horsehoe Casino is awesome!!!