The real "What is Holiday World up to?" thread
CoasterFamily said:
My guess is a new land. I'm guessing it won't be tax-related. Easter maybe? Can't wait!
This is where I'm getting the good catch that Paula said in the thread. Of course, I'm probably wrong.
Edit: See, I missed the no particular order part of Paula's post. ;) *** Edited 4/24/2005 3:47:02 AM UTC by Fastball84***
The Flying Turns makes all the right people wet - Gonch
The Flying Turns makes all the right people wet - Gonch
How about the fact that by changing the order of the letters, you can get "enjoys lghng"....
Think that someone at HW *enjoys laughing* at watching us turn ourselves inside out trying to decipher Paula's "code"? I do. ;)
Michael Darling said:
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You heard it here first!
No, it's obviously Gnomes need secret elephants on hawaii later just go you!
nasai said:
If it is an Easter land, they could call a new woodie Golgotha!!! ;)
No, too hard to pronounce. How about Skull Mountain (Matthew 27:33) instead? Oh, wait a minute....... :)
Indeed, Splashin' Safari isn't a holiday, but technically that's another park. Holildog's Funtown isn't a holiday either, at least not one that I have heard of. But logically if they were to add another zone, it would almost have to be another holiday. So what's left?
New Year's Day
Maybe this would be a good place for ball fields and a parade ground...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Located on a mountaintop. Keep dreaming up attractions for this one.
Groundhog Day
Everything in this section is unfinished, scheduled to open in another six weeks.
Valentine's Day
Containing even more reasons to love Holiday World!
President's Day
Lincoln's boyhood home was right up the road, although that is currently commemorated in Independence Day
St. Patrick's Day
Would St. Nicholas object to sharing space with another Saint?
April Fool's Day
Here's where you find the Togo stand-up and the Zamperla Volare.
Tax Day
Paula pretty much covered this one. That said, I think we can write this one off.
Easter
This would be a good place to resurrect a classic lost coaster design!
May Day
Never much of a holiday in the USA, but it would be a good excuse to install a Pax Park giant ferris wheel!
Memorial Day
This would be a good place to collect all those neat flat rides that were built in the late 1940's...
Flag Day
Just the thing for the park to have a banner year!
Labor Day
Who wants to celebrate the END of summer? I mean, OTHER than overworked park employees?
Thanksgiving
I hate to think of the kinds of turkeys that might end up here!
Did I miss any? (Hint: Independence Day, Halloween and Christmas are already covered...)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
If your interested here is how it is broken down so far:
Don't Matter:
Gee, thanks
Jeff who?
Gee, nice of you to say so!
(although the HW compliments do matter, these responses are not possible clues in relation to any post they make sense responding to)
These I identified as having one post that they made much more sense responding to than any other:
No Way! --400 ft mouse
Still do it. ---Paula screaming on coasters
Oh, good grief -- of course! ---Pun clues allowed
Love, sometimes, can be cruel.... ---post 15 by FloorlessFan
This is a bit of a wild card:
Exactly...wrong!
I only had one post identified as probable, but it was a bit unclear and there were several possible, so I am going to check that again.
Not really...
Has 3 probable, but none would be much of a clue. Several possible, but my guess it this is a response to "are all blog entries a clue?"
The responses that seem to be the key are:
Ha! Good Catch!
with 6 probable and several more possible
and
You're way off!
with 4 probable and more possible
It may seem like it is hopeless from there but looking at the lists, I still think I can get somewhere with this.
We'll see.
Peabody said:
I plugged it into an anagram solver (Because I was THAT bored!) and got nothing. If it is a scramble, it has too many letters, or is missing some.
Tried to do the same thing, Jeff. :)
The Flying Turns makes all the right people wet - Gonch
The suspense is starting to get to me......
1. The clue that Paula was talking about is a clue as to what the ride is as opposed to what the ride is not.
2. The clue is based on one or more of her responses to a post and is not just encripted in her post.
3. Paula is not full of Holidoggiedodo.
Based on that, the key I believe is the "Ha! Good Catch!" response. (The others don't seem to lead to positive clues.) There are only so many posts on the first page that could be considered a "catch". Some of them would provide no clue at all like Michael Darling's "catch" of CPFreakJon's typo, but since I am assuming that there is a positive clue, I am ignoring those possible matches for now.
The possible matches leave the following possible rides: Wooden Coaster; Dark Ride, Most likely interactive, or the Frisbee or other snowflake-like flat.
It is also possible that the clue is a positive clue about the location of the ride in 4th of July or Xmas.
Without going into great detail, based on the other "replies" of Paula's and possible matches, I believe that the Wooden Coaster and Dark Ride options are much more likely than the flat. I would give the edge to a wooden coaster with the dark ride close behind.
Once this is multiple choice, I then looked at Holiblog to see if working backwards, what clues seemed to make sense. The precision cutting of trees could be a cryptic way of aluding to precision shooting interactive dark ride, or a literal description of making a path for a coaster. I am leaning toward the coaster, but I could see it being a dark ride.
I did not see any post on the first page about a new land that could be considered "A Catch."
Of course this clue could be a response to a meaningless post and I could be chasing my tail. :)
I have to admit TTD.... you have some good ideas in that noggin o' yours. :)
The Flying Turns makes all the right people wet - Gonch
DaCoasterMan said:guess: Could be a terrain wood coaster starting at the top of the hill in the 4th of july area going down the hill into the picnic area.
What if the "Ha! Good catch." reply was referring to this post?
Have Fun
Paul Drabek
Negative-G Amusement Parks and Rollercoasters: www.Negative-G.com
Actually, that is the post that I think she is probably referring to but there are many others. I said that it could just be the location of the ride, but with the assumption of there being a postitive clue (hopefully about the ride and not just the location) and thru the process of elimination, I am hoping she is saying he is right not only about the location but the ride. In that post he guessed a woodie.
Here are the "Catches" on the first page that I thought that the response was a good fit to follow:
1. Well, the article wa about removing trees, so that could be the source of the "wood" in the title 2. Is that a compliment or an insult? You long for the days that you didn't see her? Eh? 3. "Kept in the dark"? Maybe it is that dark ride I was hoping for 4. "He wants as much shade as possible in the park."- in the park would refer to the existing park areas, not a new area 5. "The one with the Native American sadly looking out over the polluted, trashed river? " - Will looking down over the top of raging rapids from the top of the hill 6. That makes sense since the whole thing about comfortable shoes means we will have to walk a long way to get on it. 7. One of Ella's ideas was, "There should be big snowflakes that you swing back and forth on!" Giant Frisbee?
And here is one more where it would have been a good fit, but there was another response that was a better fit:
8. Woodn’t you like to know?
Well, whatever it is, it’s big.
Really big.
A really big woodie?
1. This one is a catch, but an obvious one and it is not a clue about the ride, so I doubt it is the reference. Still the response fits well after it.
2. That is a Catch, but it again is not the clue and I don't think Paula would refer to that post like that.
3. This would be a Good Catch if accurate. It makes the "Dark Ride" theory work. The only thing is that the catch is from the thread and not the blog where we were looking for catches from, and you have to stretch it to get some dark ride clues from the blog. It is very possible however.
4-5. Two possible catches in the same post. They deal with the ride location and height. Due to the height assumption, if this is the post, the ride is likely a rollercoaster. Technically he could be right about the clues and wrong about the coaster being wood, but if Paula is just leaving one positive clue, going on my assumption, I am assuming if this is the post she is referring to, that DaCoasterMan is correct.
6. The shoes "catch" could be about ride location, but then there might not be a clue as to the identity of the ride. I doubt this is what she is referring to.
7. For many reasons, I think the "frisbee" idea is incorrect, but technically if it is a frisbee, this could be a "catch".
8. The "Oh Good Grief--of course" response fits best after that post, but it could be a catch about the "Woodn't" clue.
Closed topic.
