How Holiday World Could Be Improved

Mamoosh said:
BTW I've ridden the Hershey Whip...if that was an example of work Rideworks was doing its no wonder they went out of business. It was THE WORST Whip I've ever been on.

I love Whips and agree HP's is the worst. It has none of the classic elegance of Knoebels, KWs or others and the concrete base is not at all smooth like the steel plates the others have. I was very disappointed.
Mike
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The Hershey Whip is the only whip I've seen actually scare little children while they waited in line. I was at the park after SRM this year and it was the loudest, bumpiest whip I'd ever encountered. Kids were covering their ears and crying...it was awful! Concrete and fiberglass do NOT mix...LOL!

If worse comes to worse, Americana has a Whip in good condition ( a bit different than the Kennywood or Knoebles brand, but fun all the same)

The original cars on could always be restored on Americana's whip. And while I hope the park opens in 2002 there's something else I wouldn't mind seeing HW get from Americana. I'll give you a hint: its wood!

Maybe Holiday World should just buy the whole park and actually open it! (and a Holiday World designed CCI wouldn't hurt either)
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Though it would be a lot of work for the Koch family, if they ever wanted to expand they could always purchase Santa's Villiage (I think that one is near Chicago)

I decided to suggest an Arrow Mouse earlier since I thought that adding a Wisdom Tornado on top of the flat rides collection would be enough stuff that "spins" So, a regular mouse would have been enough thrill in itself.

Another issue with refurbishing old rides, like the Whip for instance, is that even though the ride would be running well, you still need to get parts, and that can get costly. Thats an issue I don't want the Kochs to have to worry about. Complex rides get very expensive.

For example, Last year Conneaut lake put $60k (of their hard earned money) into fixing their Sky Thriller (HUSS Ranger) ...and it is still not running properly. They don't have a whole lot of cash laying around to spend fixing it.

john peck said:
Though it would be a lot of work for the Koch family, if they ever wanted to expand they could always purchase Santa's Villiage (I think that one is near Chicago)

There is really not much worth purchasing at Santas Village in suburban Chicago. It is really kind of run down and more of a private picnic kind of park like Williams Grove. Much as I would love to have a park run by the Kochs that I don't have to drive 6 hours to get to, I don't see this happening.

Mike

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Well Riverview Mike, Though it may be run down and not as successful anymore, it may be a decent price if someone were really interested in taking the chance.

One things for sure, it still acts as a picnic park, which is a huge market all its own.

I got 2 words for you, actually, 6.

DARK RIDE, DARK RIDE, DARK RIDE

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