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I enjoyed the Undertaker Trifle at Sweet Spot.

I just checked Google Maps and according to them, SDC is roughly 3 and a half hours away from BOTH Worlds of Fun and Six Flags Saint Louis. That is only a little bit shorter of a drive than going from Kings Island and Cedar Point which is like 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Silver Dollar City is on my bucket list for 2025.

So, ever since I first saw the Brady episode as a kid, something bothered me about the episode... they didn't show Kenton's Cove Keelboat Canal. In 1973, the new (and heavily promoted) attractions were the Bayern Curve, Flying Dutchman, International Street Restaurant and KCKC. All were included as a headline attraction in brochures, pre-season news articles and advertisements. The Brady Bunch episode was filmed the week of August 20th 1973. Both the Flying Dutchman and Bayern curve appeared in the episode... but KCKC did not. As a matter of fact, that entire area of Rivertown was completely omitted from the overhead shots. They did film near it - the Canoes and Rivertown Pizza Parlor... but no KCKC. (The Rivertown Pizza Parlor was also new that season...) It never made sense to me that they wouldn't feature, or at least show, the largest new attraction at the park that season. It seemed to me they'd want to showcase a eye-catching new attraction. Well, today I finally found the answer... Turns out, there was a major delay with the construction of KCKC... not sure what the delay was, but in August 1973 the ride was still under construction. A newspaper article states that the park was actually considering waiting to open it in 1974 (the same year they opened Lion Country Safari.) However, it appears it DID open in fall of 1973. Here's a blurb about it from a news article dated August 5th 1973... Fun to discover new things!