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

I challenge Paula to a duel...

Beware of Red Herrings. :)

RideMan you left out Cinco de Mayo (The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862...NOT Mexico's Independence Day as many think). So that could be a Mexican themed area, but I don't see that one coming.

Now Paula said:

"Gee, nice of you to say so!
No way!
Still do it.
Exactly...wrong!
Oh, good grief -- of course!
Ha! Good catch!
Love, sometimes, can be cruel...
Jeff who?
Gee, thanks.
You're way off!
Not really...

Hope this helps ease your angst!"

Those sound like the messages on candy hearts at Valentines...well all except the "Jeff who?" one which is arguable lol. The "easing your angst" part really pointed towards Valentines. I'm probably wayyy off. Keep the clues coming Paula...this is TOO fun!

thrillerman1 that's a good point! Consider this, as well...at the moment, the Alamo restaurant is kind of out of place in the Independence Day section. Back it up a couple of months and it might fit better.

Interesting that Holiday World's Alamo restaurant kind of indirectly commemorates the Mexican victory over the Texans in 1836...

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Yeah but the Texans came back and kicked the **** out of the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto. The San Jacinto battleground is a few miles from SFAW and is totally worth a visit when down there because they have the Battleship Texas there which is really sweet to tour.

Have Fun

Paul "A Former Texan" Drabek

Cinco de Mayo, Valentines Day, Talk Like A Pirate Day, it doesn't matter. Whatever it is, it will be a great addition to Holiday World.

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Did I miss any?

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What about a section celebrating Arbor Day.

That would explain the "woodn't you like to know" comment. How better to celebrate Arbor Day than cutting down trees!

Maybe it is a clone of Sequoia Adventure in Gardaland, Italy (an S&S Screaming Squirrel), including the theme of chopping down arguably the most majestic trees on the planet.

http://www.gardaland.it/en/attrazioni/sequoia/

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Skittlebrau said:

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Did I miss any?

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What about a section celebrating Arbor Day.

That would explain the "woodn't you like to know" comment. How better to celebrate Arbor Day than cutting down trees!

Maybe it is a clone of Sequoia Adventure in Gardaland, Italy (an S&S Screaming Squirrel), including the theme of chopping down arguably the most majestic trees on the planet.

http://www.gardaland.it/en/attrazioni/sequoia/[/quote]

If they're getting a Screaming Squirrel I want it to be in a New Years themed section to be known as the Hangover.

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Skittlebrau said:

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Did I miss any?

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What about a section celebrating Arbor Day.

That would explain the "woodn't you like to know" comment. How better to celebrate Arbor Day than cutting down trees!

Maybe it is a clone of Sequoia Adventure in Gardaland, Italy (an S&S Screaming Squirrel), including the theme of chopping down arguably the most majestic trees on the planet.

http://www.gardaland.it/en/attrazioni/sequoia/

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A question...

Why are you all assuming this is something for Holiday World?

We have a water park, too.

Oh, and please don't forget to take some time to stand up, stretch your legs, splash some water on your face...that sort of thing. Some of you are thinking way, way, way too hard! :)

Paula

It's a standup B&M with a water splashdown! I knew it! ;)

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Raven Maven said:
A question...

Why are you all assuming this is something for Holiday World?

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Probably because deep down we all hope it isn't another water slide. I am sure plenty will praise whatever it is, but I am going to lose interest really fast if it is another water park attraction.

Paula, it's just plain logic. First of all, how was the weather in Southern Indiana last summer? Did you even have a last summer? Because we sure didn't!

Here in Ohio, I think a number of parks that rely heavily on their waterparks, including two (Cedar Point and Kings Island) that made their biggest capital investments in their water parks might have wished they hadn't. 50-degree temperatures in July and August have a way of depressing waterpark attendance! I know it really hurt Geauga Lake and Wyandot Lake, and at Cedar Point I wonder if anybody noticed the big new waterpark expansion.

Second, Splashin' Safari is getting...what...doubled in size this year? And three of the past three years ('03, '04, '05) have featured MAJOR expansions in Splashin' Safari? I'd think the rest of Holiday World would be suffering from a fit of jealousy by now! It hasn't been totally ignored (Liberty Launch, HalloSwings, Revolution) but it hasn't exactly been the focus of attention, either! :)

I just hope the SNOW we got this weekend isn't a sign of what this summer is going to be like!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Okay, my last post may have sounded a bit harsh, but it is nothing personal, I just am not interested in water rides. I tried to read the blog again looking for water ride clues, but I did not feel like finishing.

However, I did have another "blog related" question someone might be able to help me with. When they are talking about the new 2 trains on Raven, they mentioned slowing the lift. My understanding is that the speed of the lift adds to the speed of the drop. Is that correct? Will slowing the lift slow the entire ride?...because Raven does not always have that hard ejector air it gets late in the day. *** Edited 4/25/2005 3:57:26 AM UTC by RavenTTD***

Why do I have a feeling that Paula is hinting towards an "April Fools Day" addition and this whole this is just a joke?

I still think that we need a "Birthday" land.

-D

RavenTTD, I am guessing that they are slowing the Raven lift in order to give them a slightly longer total cycle time, so that there is enough time to get the other train off the back brake and into the station before the train clears the lift, AND to give them a fighting chance at getting the other train loaded before the one on the lift comes back. Remember, Raven is a pretty short ride.

The speed going over the top does effect the speed for the rest of the ride, but not as much as you might think. Besides, there's nothing to stop them from pulling a "Beast in reverse" and speeding the lift up as it goes over the top...!

I'm guessing that when Paula was riding last week (she has to make such sacrifices in her job...) she was probably too busy screaming to notice whether they sped the lift to go over the peak...but I'll bet she can find out for us... :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

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Homey G. said:
Beware of Red Herrings.

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Paula had to cut down trees to put in some shrubbery, two of them to be exact, one slightly higher than the other, so as to create a two-level effect with a little path running down the middle...

*background voices* "A PATH!! A PATH!!"* ;) :)

Uh...from the last clue, I think I've got it and what a great addition to the water park it will be.

"Take some time" ~not great capacity

"Stand up, stretch your legs" ~inverted style

"Splash some water on your face" ~ http://www.rcdb.com/ig1497.htm?picture=8

Yeah....I win.

Woody~ who knows he didn't win, but just wanted to go down in flames on a Monday.

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RideMan said:
The speed going over the top does effect the speed for the rest of the ride, but not as much as you might think.

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For a little more analysis of that subject, see here. Now, with a smaller drop, the percentage difference imparted by the lift speed is greater (with less time to accelerate, the higher a fraction of the final velocity is determined by initial velocity), but even so, on MOST roller coasters the difference is pretty small.

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RideMan said: Splashin' Safari is getting...what...doubled in size this year?

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Actually, this year we're entering the first phase of a plan to double the size of the water park. It will be a multi-year project.

Paula