(Note: although this is the 2nd time in 3 prompts to travel to Silver Dollar City, I’m not really fixated on the park)
Faith Day
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Silver Dollar City highlights how the Eighth Day takes on special meaning around Passover in the year 30 AD–it’s Faith Day at the park! Throughout the day at the Wilderness Church, praise-and-worship services are offered and after each, there is a special parade (or “procession”) around the park to continue the festivities. The rides are renamed and re-themed (mostly in the queues but also in changing out scenes of Fire in the Hole, Time Traveller, and The Flooded Mine to be more cheerful) and great feasting, especially in roasted lamb, broiled fish, and chocolate cakes, is found to celebrate this world-changing day.
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The logo combines the classic Silver Dollar City logo with a train track in a Figure 8.
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I would not care in the slightest if you were fixated on Silver Dollar City. Love to see other parks get some love on the forums. Love how you used personal experience to influence your theme. I could see this fitting the SDC’s park well as an 8th day option. Nothing too over the top, and basic enough to appeal to a target audience. Would be really curious to see the changes to Fire in the Hole and Time Traveler in particular!
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Located in Universal Studios Japan, Pokemon Day invites guests to a fun adventure that stretches across the whole park, adopting the Pokemon Go app to explore and catch all 1025 colourful critters, as well as participate in other activities like exciting battles, M&Gs, and character parades, whilst a temporary Pokemon Center opens to offer the wild, weird, and wonderful side of the franchise's merchandise.
Bonus: The logo is--JIGGLYPUFF SEEN FROM ABOVE!!
Really unsure why this hasn’t been a thing in a park. Is it not really a thing? Have to believe it’s bound to happen though right? Once there’s a Pokemon land in a Universal park there’s really no excuse. Even now, I can see the appeal and crossover of using the themed areas for Pokemon adventures, etc. The temporary Pokemon Center makes for a perfect pop up hub for the day’s activities.
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Nintendo Night
Occurring at Epic Universe when the park opens in 2025, this new, singular day event (also being the parks first) will be centered around the colorful and whimsical worlds of Nintendo. It will happen around nightly hours and will included special meet and greets from multiple games, food offerings, merchandise and a smaller, temporary version of the Nintendo Museum from Japan, complete with a gaming station!
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Speaking of bound to happen. While I don’t see Epic Universe using the entire park for a Nintendo event anytime soon with crowds swooping in to see the new space, as far as 8th day scenarios, why not. There’s bound to be plenty of Nintendo characters to filter into the other portals of EU that would fit right in. Could make for a great themed day even throughout the park.
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DISNEY PRESENTS: A NIGHT IN MAGIC KINGDOM
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The House of Mouse is about to take advantage of this 8th-day opportunity for a wickedly upcharged event - Disney's A Night in Magic Kingdom, a special half-day overlay to the entirety of Magic Kingdom, themed to you guessed it- the Villians! Before the totally reasonable 11 am to 11 pm times (or, on special occasions, an 11 pm to 11 am all-nighter) for the experience, cast members are hard at work making a simple transformation to the park, with decorations to all 6 lands and overlays to 11 rides, letting the big baddies take it over whether it's Clayton now helming the Jungle Horror Cruise (with costumed actors mixing with of animatronics), or the Ghost of the Galaxy tearing through Space Mountain. As it's also a costume party for all visitors, the spooky yet delightful fun of these Nights combined with exclusive food, merchandise, and character appearances will spark a hype train running for the upcoming Villians Land in the Park.
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Taking full advantage of a land that isn’t built yet (they better open the freakin thing AND do it right) and an 8th day. Nice! As much as I lament the early park closures of holiday parties, I cannot argue with the theming Disney does such a nice job with on Main Street USA. My biggest qualm though is why is this not throughout the park and villains is a prime way to do this. They’ve actually done solid with layovers in various forms for Junge, Pirates, Space and the Teacups. As much as Disney fans love to pipedream about a Villains land, can only image the for a Villains overlay of the entire park!
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