Monday, November 18, 2019

Timber Mountain Log Ride 50th anniversary musical additions retooled!

I'm not sure how long ago this happened but it seems that Knott's wasn't content with their first pass at adding a musical heart to Timber Mountain Log Ride and has done a little retooling to the music added during the 50th anniversary. As you may remember, I voiced some concerns regarding the flow of the music and as to whether it was scene appropriate. It seems Knott's felt the same way and has addressed many of these concerns of mine. To me, the music flows much better after the retooling (although, I do miss the whistling in the cave). For the most part, any vocals now heard seem appropriate to the scene and no longer like they're coming out of the sky, and there is much more use of instrumental. Most rewarding of all - I feel - is that there now is now a buildup to the final scene with the hootenanny and the music is much more grand because of it. This retooling is a major plus for the attraction.

That said, I still have a couple of suggestions. I maintain that the fully finished hootenanny sign in the saw mill should be removed, the new figure advertising it is enough to convey the story point. The log ride represents the passage of time and the next scene has a hootenanny sign still being worked on, which makes no sense that one would be completed earlier in the day for such an impromptu event. 
Also, there are vocals outside with the hitchhiker and logger. I feel this should be all instrumental. 

I already know this last suggestion is outlandish but I feel there should be music throughout most of the attraction. To me there are too many dead spots where you just hear music from other show scenes at a distance. I know this would require a massive amount of electrical work and engineering but I feel the light peppering of instrumental score in-between scenes would keep the energy and flow better.

Like I said, those suggestions are just nitpicking. Knott's has done a wonderful job retooling Timber Mountain Log Ride and we're soo lucky they're taking such great care of their classics.

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