Their coasters will not stand the test of time, I'm afraid without some SERIOUS and ONGOING TLC. Look at Villain and what it has become in just a few years (opinion).
Trust me, Raven cost Holiday World MUCH more than just 2 million dollars. Jeff Hammersly worked miracles with Raven AND Legend AND Tremors (little known fact that he built that as well). Heck, he told me out of his own mouth that the "original plans" for Tremors would have had the first coaster out crash right into the first tunnel. The plans didn't have the track built low enough!! He had to tell them 3 times before they realized he was right. And people wonder why there's HUGE clearance issues with LOCOSUMO. CCI was infamous for poor prep work.
Face it, as much as I'd love to think that Holiday World scored a huge coup by getting the #1 rated woodie in the world for 2 mil, the simple/sad fact is they probably ended up putting in about 5 times that to get it to what it is today.
JUST another reason to love Holiday World, I think. :)
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-Brian (member #1), become a CoastererĀ®!
Down with the enthusiast bureaucracy!
Adam
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