Hey All of You!,
I have been on the board for a little while. I am taking a trip with a friend to Indiana Beach this summer. I was wondering what are everybody's thoughts on the park?? What should I expect?? How are the rollercoasters?? My family may also take a trip to Adventureland in Iowa this summer. Same questions for that park. If anyone could please help me out here, that would be GREAT!
Thanks!
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X Looks Awesome! Oh Yea!!
I'll give you my 2 cents based on my 1 trip there last year. All the coasters at IB are fun. Hoosier Hurricane and Cornball Express (I hate that name) are excellent wooden coasters. The park itself is is more of a carnival rather than an amusement park. You pay for everything separately so you can control your costs a little better than a traditional park. The atmosphere and location on Lake Shafer is great and being on the lake there's also water attractions like slides and boat rides. It's a fun time overall. I would say that if possible, don't go to IB until after Superstition Mountain opens. That appears to be another winner for IB.
I've never been to Adventureland so no comment.
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
IB is one of my favorite parks, and there really is nowhere else I'd rather spend a day. The place has great rides, and (more importantly) loads of atmosphere.
Cornball Express is one of the best coasters I've been on. It has everything: great ejector air, slamming laterals, and a unique layout.
The Hoosier Hurricane is a good, fun out and back coaster. It's not on the same tier as CE, but it sounds as if the off-season work was a success and that it's running great.
The Tigg'r is a great Schwarzkopf Jet Star that runs wild with no restraints.
There are some great flat rides positioned on the lake, and the bumper cars run well (my second favorite after Knoebel's).
There are two dark attractions: Den of Lost Thieves is a pretty cool "shoot 'em up" interactive ride, and The Haunted Castle is a well done, wel-maintained walk through. Definitely worth the extra money, as it's not included on the POP.
The food is pretty good for park food, and the the POP is a great deal. I think it's $16/session this year.
I'd recommend going for the 4pm - 11pm session, as the park looks absolutely fabulous at night.
Throw in the highly anticipated LoCoSuMo, and you really can't go wrong.
And there's a lot of really big carp...
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"He's blazin' away like the stars in the universe.." A. Vega + M. Rev "Ghostrider"
Someday there will be something here.
*** This post was edited by chris on 5/7/2002. ***
I can help you out with Adventureland
Dragon-Kind of boring and short double looping coaster. A little bit rough to
Tornado-out and back wooden, decent ride
Outlaw-A CCI wooden with some tight turns, good ride
Underground-not really a coaster, more of a dark mine ride
The best part about Adventureland is the short lines.
Look on the website for more info about the park and its rides.
While for the most part there is minimal theming at Adventureland I am still impressed by their main street as you enter the park, and I think the Outlaw Gulch was done pretty well as well.
For the most part I got to agree with Matt as I think he nailed most of the points, but just remember to stop by the Giant Pig (you'll see it) and grab a pork burger. Good stuff.
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