The real "What is Holiday World up to?" thread
These days that pretty much leaves me with country or pop hacks. So, country it is. I probably couldn't name one song in the Top 40 right now...and the sad thing is I don't care.
Still like that old time rock n roll.
I know the name of a top fourty, Probably number 1 before it even comes out. I wanna be inside your heaven by Carrie Underwood.
Chuck, who thinks her other song Angels brought me here will hit top fourty easily also.
I took the longer(going east anyway), back way into the park on 162 so I could see for myself what appears to be going on. I visualized it a thousand times in my head where the construction was supposedly taking place and everything, but I wasn't expecting what I saw: a very large clearing on the eastern edge of Splashin Safari next to the employee parking lot with a narrow clearing stretching way over towards the woods where the Snowy White road is leading.
At first one could totally freak out and assume this is all for one giant(!) supposed coaster with the station beginning in 4th of July... except that it would be blocking all the area Splashin Safari needs for its doubled expansion in size. What seems most logical to me is that part of this clearing is for Splashin Safari and the other for the new ride. But even then you would have to assume the woods area of the clearing would be for the "coaster"(can't imagine a water ride in the woods!) which is still confusing because its so very far away from the park. But hey, they do own 92 more acres.. :)
The only solid information I could gather really is that, well, I believe them when they say it's going to be huge!
On a side note pertaining to the park in the present- Raven and Legend were running superbly all day, both seemed faster than ever. I love Raven's new little transfer shed, and the new view of the Legend from the Bahari area- it looks so impressive! My only complaint is the the new braking system on the Raven that they installed for the second train- if you ride in the back seat(how can you not?) they actually kick in mid curve before it slams you into the straight-away. No biggie at all though, it's not like they stuck a trim midcourse or something. :)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(A little late, but the Internet connection was out at work all morning...)
wahoo skipper said:
22 pages and nothing concrete as to what is going on. Paula is a PR goddess.
Nothing concrete just yet, but Paula has shown us some nice photos of gravel.
Which seems appropriate as I'm sure that if some of you were to visit Holiday World this weekend and see Paula, you'd probably be gravelling at her feet, trying to squeeze information out of her. My advice? Save the effort and aggregation; it would be like trying to get blood from a stone anyway. Just take it for granite what you already know: Whatever it is, it will be good. What we know about it will firm up over the next month, though obviously the park's plans aren't entirely set in stone yet (just look what happened to the announce date).
Oh, and Paula, you've been doing a marbleous job with this. :)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
I read somewhere some mention of having to get use to walking so I would tend to agree with you on both of those part of the opening is for the water park.. it has to be if they plan to double it's size over the next few years..
reading about the HW stuff on here got me to reading and learning alot about coasters and such.
I think there is a new frequent faller ride out there waiting to be picked up!?!
Also they say that this is 4 times bigger than anything in the past and in the future.. so the most rides they've opened was like 3 so we must be shooting for about 12 new rides with most of them being in the new area? I mean if you build a new area you got to have at least 3 or 4 rides including the small ones..I would almost think something is going in the Water Park too cause I am sure they already have a master plan for that especially if they know it's going to double in the next years.. hey wait what is the biggest craze of the amusement industry right now... Indoor Waterparks... maybe they are going to .. nah that would cost more than 12 Million to do, I would think.
I am flying back home from Out of the country on Sunday (24 hours of flight and waiting for planes!) and I plan to be at the park on Tuesday!! I think I am going to have to get some season pass again for next year I had some a few years back and spend about 15 or so days there..
- Umptyscratch -
Charles Nungester said:
I am currently taking recomendations for Stew. We want this to be popular you know ')
I've got a recipe for a good, gluten-free stew with a slightly spicy kick. You have to watch out for food allergies, you know. ;)
(Sadly, gluten-free means no beer in the stew, which always was my favorite addition. A little for the pot, a little for the cook...)
--Greg
"You seem healthy. So much for voodoo."
But Holiday World should buy Screechin' Eagle. It's be a perfect addition and they'd do miracles to keep that classic running perfectly.
Paula, if you pulled that off, you'd go from enthusiast hero, to goddess. (not that you're already sooo close to being there)
Either way, I'd love to see it at either park.
Honestly, I just want it closer to me...
But I would ratcher Screechin Eagle to move than to be demolished.
Based on the paths in the woods that were cut I seriously doubt that is where Screechin Eagle will go. But that doesn't mean that Holiday World will only get one coaster. Paula did say "What coaster?" That could mean 3 things. Either no coasters at all will be added, a coaster will be added but she is playing the devil's advocate since it hasn't yet been officially announced, or they won't be just one coaster. I like the idea of more than 1 coaster going to Holiday World but I am not holding my breath for anything of that sort. *** Edited 6/3/2005 2:57:30 PM UTC by beast7369***
Charles Nungester said:
I am currently taking recomendations for Stew. We want this to be popular you know ')Chuck, who's sure all Stews will be named apropriately.
S.O.B. Stew
The S.O.B. in S.O.B. Stew stands exactly for you think it does. It's sometimes politely called Son of a Gun Stew. S.O.B. Stew was a great favorite among the cowboys who subsisted on a diet of mostly beef, beans and flour. The standard S.O.B. recipe includes but is not limited to: the marrow gut, brains, sweetbread (pancreas), heart, liver and tongue of a young calf. All ingredients were stewed together for several hours. The internal organs are high in vitamin content. After a steady diet of the aforementioned beef, beans and flour, the cowboys would start to have a craving that only S.O.B. Stew could satisfy by providing the vitamins.
Marrow gut comes from an unweaned calf. It is a tube that connects the calf's stomachs. It goes in S.O.B. Stew or can be eaten alone. The favored method of cooking is to broil it over hot coals. After a calf starts eating grass, the marrow gut becomes tough and inedible.
Paula (if anyone starts talking Road Kill, I'm logging off!)
Paula Werne
Holiday World
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