MakoMania
TS Member
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Silver Dollar City in Missouri for the first time. While I’m not going to go too much into detail like some trip reports I am going to go through the many highlights and few lowlights.
Highlights:
Highlights:
- The park is absolutely beautiful, and was not very busy. The most we waited all day was 5 minutes for Mystic River Falls and every other ride was walk-on all day.
- On the whole, the staff were very friendly and welcoming.
- Time Traveler was excellent, great fun ride with some unexpected forces. The corkscrew in particular was outstanding with a spinning train and is probably my favourite corkscrew I have experienced.
- Mystic River Falls is probably the best rapids I have ever been on.
- Every ride was on one train (there was no need for more) but dispatches were consistently very fast.
- Thunderation is probably the most exciting mine train coaster I have ridden and Powder Keg was unexpectedly great fun!
- There was a very rude and aggressive staff member at the Barn Swing making lewd comments at female guests which left a very sour taste after that ride.
- Outlaw Run was my first RMC, and while I am aware there are more highly rated RMCs out there, I was fairly dissapointed. The ride was extremely rough, jolty and uncomfortable. The airtime was definitely there, but was somewhat ruined by the constant side-to-side shaking of the train. I was keen for a UK park to add an RMC, but after riding Outlaw Run I am not so sure. Personally I think I would take many GCI coasters including Wicker Man over it.