The real "What is Holiday World up to?" thread

Unless Paula's REALLY messing with us (And I hope she loves us enough to not just be leading us on at this point...)
they look to me like the metal plates that connect the bottom of a wood coaster's 'bents', or wooden supports, to the concrete piers they rest on.
But, realistically, they could be used for just about any purpose in building any sort of wooden structure. *** Edited 5/2/2005 9:49:26 PM UTC by ThemeDesigner***

The "L shaped" metal with an attachment on just one side looks like steel supports for a wood coaster, but I was going thru pics of woodies with steel supports and cannot find pieces that small. However, with either wood or steel supports, a wooden coaster is still my best guess.

Please excuse the double post but...

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Raven Maven said:
I thought you folks hated clones!

Whatever we do ... it will be completely unique.

Paula

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I guess that rules out any flat ride or cookie cutter water slides. Thanks for the clue, Paula. :)

Looks like bents for a woodie to me.....I think my heart has skipped a beat!!!!

Those look very much like connectors for a wood coaster with steel supports.

Cookie cutter water slides? Since when?

Everyone else copies HW!

-'Playa

(who wishes VF would rip off a few)

*** Edited 5/2/2005 10:26:22 PM UTC by CoastaPlaya***

I am having trouble with shortening up this link, so if someone wants to help, go for it.

Check out the second pic on this page:

http://www.negative-g.com/HolidayWorld/HW1999/HW1999LegendConstruction/legend5.html

It's a wooden coaster, I used those same kind of connectors to build my deck this year, and you should see the airtime I get out of that thing. ;)

You can clearly see that the bucket in the pic on HoliBlog says "32% Tomato Paste." You see, it's the new pizza sauce, it just needs stirred. Holiday World is just helping out a health concious America by making sure we all get enough iron in our diet. ;)

Aw...come on...doesn't anyone like the pizza sauce joke?

Do you always have to be so serious? :)

Paula

Ok, Paula. One teaser was enough, but a second one is just cruel.

Extra high-fiber Frito pie, anyone? :)

That second set of photos she posted today is interesting, it looks like a bunch of pre-cut sheet metal. Interesting...I can't wait to hear what it is...

Those are also bracings. They are two bolt holes wide with an "L" at the end. This is a woodie...or something made of wood.

Edit: I am actually really getting excited now. Before it was just like, “clues lean towards woodie so that is what the odds are”, but I did not want to completely sell myself on it before I knew. Now, with all the clues and those pics, it is not the same. I can’t wait to ride this thing, and I don’t even have the specs yet. Gravity Group (how could it be another company at HW) going nuts...again?! This is just too much. “Big...Really Big”, Paula said. HW loves their awards. There were huge signs up with the Raven and Legend rankings. They are building the applause award fountain. I am sure they want that number one woodie back. Gravity Group at Holiday World building something “Really Big” with a motive to get the number one woodie?!? Hotdamn! Watch it be something else now that I am totally convinced. ;) edit2...and if it is a woodie, wanna bet against an ERT party? *** Edited 5/3/2005 3:17:39 AM UTC by RavenTTD***

Not being to serious, But those plates in the tomato paste look like the bases of steel supported wood coasters. Look close, They are angle Iron.

Chuck, not sure what the body would do with too much angle iron in the diet.

Oh, Raven TTD, I also gotta mention, Many a water slide has support mounts like that.

Chuck, About at his ten post limit for this thread.

So I take it we don't get to help in the design process this time like we did with Legend? :(

^^^That was my first guess when I saw them, but after looking at several woodie pics today, I think it is a woodie with wood supports. That is not based on it being HW and what they would do; that is just based on where I see those types of braces.

edit: I thought of a waterslide too Chuck which is why I said it could be a woodie or something made of wood, but all the clues led towards a woodie. I really don't see it being anything else now...but I could be wrong. *** Edited 5/3/2005 3:48:32 AM UTC by RavenTTD***

Is it pathetic that my palms get all sweaty just thinking about this?

Okay, yeah, I guess I know it is.

As for ERT RavenTTD, let's just keep our yaps shut. HW will invite us all back into the family when they're good and ready.

Alright....I have figured it out.

The new world will be called 'Yearly Physical Land' in reference to the day we should always go to the doctor every year for an annual physical.

The extra iron in the pizza sauce is one part of the land. Diet pop is only available in unlimited supply in this land.

Finally, the ride is themed after the intestinal tract with a truly undescribable thematic ending!