Holiday World announces Good Gravy!, a family boomerang roller coaster
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From the press release:
Good Gravy! Family roller coaster will open to the public May 2024 at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari, located in its Thanksgiving section. The coaster, manufactured by Dutch company Vekoma Rides, is a family boomerang, the first of its kind to open in North America.
Guests will board a train shaped like a giant gravy boat, which will be pulled backwards uphill before flying forwards through the station onto cranberry-colored track, hitting a maximum speed of 37 miles per hour. The train will fly through a giant cranberry jelly can before narrowly avoiding giant kitchen accoutrement, such as a 20-foot-tall whisk and an 18-foot-tall rolling pin before flying up a 77-foot-tall spike and repeating the journey backwards. The journey will be nearly 1,500 feet long.
The coaster has a 38-inch height requirement, so children approximately 3 years old can ride along with the whole family.
“Since 1946, our family has been dedicated to being the best at family fun,” says Fourth-Generation Owner Leah Koch-Blumhardt. “We’re excited to add a coaster to our lineup that caters to the entire family, just like Thanksgiving dinner! The experience will be smooth and gentle enough for grandparents and younger children to enjoy, yet it’s still dynamic enough for the thrill seekers.”
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Could they be reusing the Pilgrims Plunge/Giraffica station? I applaud the frugality of keeping it around all these years.
Can you build us a ride that fits in this?
Those concrete channels were not insignificant. That would make sense.
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Is anyone wondering about capacity? A single 20 rider train, given that the height restriction is only 38", seems like it could make for real long lines. Other than that, it sounds like a fun ride.
See also: Every other Vekoma Rollerskater (and inverted Rollerskater) with only 1 train. Also Dollywood.
Walt S:
Is anyone wondering about capacity? A single 20 rider train, given that the height restriction is only 38", seems like it could make for real long lines. Other than that, it sounds like a fun ride.
If they put their mind to it they should be able to dispatch every 2 minutes. That's 600 per hour, which should be okay.
I develop Superior Solitaire when not riding coasters.
Richard Bannister:
If they put their mind to it
Have you been to Holiday World lately? If my experience this summer is any indication they will not be hitting anywhere near that number.
Richard Bannister:
That's 600 per hour, which should be okay.
I guess I think of both Raven and Legend, both of which originally were setup for one train but added a second within a few years due to line lengths.
I’m floating somewhere between amusement, horror, and appreciation for the choice of theming. The whole thing feels a little underwhelming and slapped together in 10 minutes, but at the same time, I’m loving just the possibility that this had even a tiny bit to do with the infamous gravy jokes from enthusiasts. And can anyone besides me imagine the silly and hilarious events the park could host with this being a star attraction? I see turkey costumes. I see gravy pops (really fudgsicles). I see us morons taking over for an hour after hours or before opening, gobbling at the ride operators as we fly by…
"Look at us spinning out in the madness of a roller coaster" - Dave Matthews Band
Richard Bannister:
If they put their mind to it they should be able to dispatch every 2 minutes.
For as beloved as Holiday World is, good dispatch times aren't really their thing. Super quick dispatches with one train ops would likely get more riders an hour on their rides than they do with two trains.
That's what I love about this. It seems like a parody. It's hilarious. If you look at the ride itself, it really doesn't look all that great, in my opinion, but the unusual theme is so, so good. It's so stupid, it's funny, and it's so funny, it's stupid.
-Travis
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bunky666:
gobbling at the ride operators as we fly by…
Please, please. I want to see this happen. Make this a thing all guests do, not only enthusiasts.
-Travis
www.youtube.com/TSVisits
If I ever get there and this ride is built and running, I promise to attempt to get the whole train to gobble at the ops.
And I absolutely cannot say that without thinking of all the awful jokes that will possibly start. Hehehe…
"Look at us spinning out in the madness of a roller coaster" - Dave Matthews Band
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