It’s been a few years, but we’re back with another one of our highly scientific “capital of the world” questions. First, we wanted to determine which park had the most B&M track. Then, we were tasked with a follow up...
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75 Years of America’s First Theme Park
While on a recent visit to the park, I picked up a copy of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari: 75 Years of America’s First Theme Park book by Jim Futrell, Ron Gustafson, Dave Hahner, Nell Hedge, Leah Koch. It celebrates the...
Continue reading...Holidays in the Sky Drone Show Review
Holidays in the Sky drone show is back with more drones and now audience participation. Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana was one of the first theme parks to utilize drones for nightly performances. Holidays in the...
Continue reading...Good Gravy! at Holiday World Review: It’s All Gravy in Southern Indiana!
It’s not Thanksgiving without gravy on the table and now it’s not Holiday World without Good Gravy! in your day! The first Vekoma Family Boomerang coaster has opened in southern Indiana and Coaster101 was on hand to pour over the...
Continue reading...Holiday World Announces “Good Gravy” Family Coaster for 2024
It’s time to go “Over the River and Through the Woods” for Good Gravy at Holiday World – America’s “Graviest” Coaster! Traveling more than 1,500′ of track, riders will reach heights of 77′, going both forwards and backwards at speeds approaching...
Continue reading...Unboxing Holiday World’s 2024 Teaser
It’s Christmas in July and we received a mysterious gift from our friends at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari. What do you think could be inside? The mystery package is about the size of a shoe box and weighs less...
Continue reading...Park Battle: Holiday World vs Michigan’s Adventure
Welcome to our latest edition of Park Battle, where we put two similar amusement parks head to head and compare everything they have to offer. Today we take a look at two similarly sized parks often described as being located...
Continue reading...Holiday World to Debut New Holidays in the Sky Drone & Fireworks Show in 2022
Holiday World remains one of the best amusement parks at teasing future attractions. Following the popular Wordle (daily word game) trend on social media, Holiday World released several custom made “Holiday World-les” that revealed clues as to what was coming...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Follow The Yellow Brick Road…To Holiwood Nights
It was a big week for roller coasters last week. Velocicoaster and Jersey Devil opened to rave reviews, so obviously, we’re talking about Holiwood Nights. This week on the podcast, join Andrew and John as they talk about John’s recent...
Continue reading...Give Kids The World Announces Coasting for Kids “Summer Olympics”
Give Kids The World Village is partnering with seven of the nation’s top theme and amusement parks this summer to once again stage Coasting for Kids – a fundraising program that enables participants to experience the thrill and excitement of...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Legend at Holiday World
Welcome back to another installment in our “20 in 2020” series where we’re highlighting 20 coasters that opened in 2000 and therefore are celebrating 20th birthdays in 2020. Up next is Legend at Holiday World In the late 1990s, Holiday...
Continue reading...Holiday World to Host Digital Opening Day on May 2nd
Since opening day for Holiday World has been postponed to early June due to COVID-19, the park will be hosting a Digital Opening Day starting with a welcome from park President Matt Eckert and Fourth-Generation Owner Leah Koch. The day...
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