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Dollywood announced that it would add ten new rides as part of a major expansion in the Country Fair area for 2005.
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oh well... i'm sure we'll find out soon enough.
-- alan j
I guess we'll just have to see what happens with the flume but I do have it on good word that everything else down there, except the bumper cars, is being yanked for either higher capacity or newer versions of those rides.
I would also assume that since the one ride does sound like a Chance Aviator, then that will probably mean most or all of the other new flats would be by Chance as well since they did say they wanted to stick with one company so they could get a better deal on all the rides.
BTW, rollergator you're not the only one who's screaming for some new flats that are outside of the Country Fair section of the park. Craftsman's Valley has been totally overlooked in the flats department and there are many places where they could put flats up the valley. And I think we all pretty much know that Thunderhead Gap is far from being done, especially since it's pretty much a no brainer that any expansion will be behind Thunderhead since the valley runs parallel to Craftman's Valley. Maybe we'll finally get that midway loop we've been desperately needing.
As anyone who's been there can tell you it's the land of the deadend!
Some guesses from that:
-Wave Swinger or Swing ride of some sort
-Disko or Trabant (or Frisbee? ;) )
-Aviator or Flying Scooters*** This post was edited by Dukeis#1 10/4/2004 9:30:06 PM ***
Most everyone I've talked to at the park that should know what is going on said that many of the favorites are coming back, just as new rides instead of refurbs of the old rides. They didn't tell me what was going to be going in just cause they don't know what the new rides are. They did however say that we should expect things like the Ferris Wheel, scrambler, and tilt-a-whirl coming back, just as new rides instead of the old ones they have now.
Many people don't realize that most of the rides that are in that section of the park have been purchased from a traveling fair that is very popular here in the mid-south and they are old. They look so good though because Dollywood takes such good care of their rides when they get them.
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