Day 9 - Holiday World
Day 9 - Holiday World
Andycoasterboy
Voyage, Raven, Legend enough said.
Chris Hull
Voyage as good in the morning as it was the night before. Raven and Legend still enjoyable of course, Great to see Pat, Will and the staff again. Thanks again for a great day!
Mats Hummel
More rides on The Voyage (was still very good :-)). Did the other coasters as well, nice! And then went back for The Voyage again. Oh yes we did have a nice lunch supervised by Pat, thank you!
Cal Jones
It was already stupidly hot by 9am so after a quick ride on Voyage we headed for the water park. Brilliant fun, and the perfect way to keep cool.
Gordon Taylor
After a few more rides on Voyager / VGER (cough) I was more than happy to hit the water parks with a few others. Great day and perfect decision I think as too hot in the park for me. After posting my xmas cards, another long bus ride now and time for sleepy sleep sleeps.
Jonas Aastroem
Even after all the hype The Voyage was absolutely fantastic, and exceeded all expectations. All wild twists, turns, ups and downs kept coming like an endless massive river, and after returning to the station I felt completely exhausted - especially in the last car. The front is probably the best on that ride, but the back gives the best airtime. The other two coasters are also good, but nothing really compares to The Voyage. :-D
Mette Doving
I do not want to leave!!!!! A few more rides on the Voyage and also got in a ride on the Legend and the Raven. A nice lunch as well and got to meet Holidog:-) Wish it would have been some time for a visit to the water park.
Nina Kleppe
Started off the morning with a nice back stage tour of Legend and Raven. Then we got first rides on Voyage. Got a go on Legend and Raven, and than we had a nice lunch. Finished off the day with many rides on Voyage again. One of the best coasters in the world. Herre gud for en veldig bra berg-og dal bane. WOW..
Paul Greenwood
You absolutely can't beat Holiday World. Free sodas, free sunscreen, great family atmosphere, real friendly staff and a great collection of rides. Plus the BEST ROLLER COASTER IN THE WORLD!!! There really is a heaven on earth...
Lee Bennett
Holiday World is the best park in the world, Coasters 5* , Food 5* , Ride staff 5* free drinks 5* and waterpark 5* !
Stuart Cosgrove
During day rode the other coasters as well.They are both good but simply not in the same class as The Voyage. Did my good deed for humanity today rescuing a damsel in distress who fainted in queue for Raven. Slapped her a few times in the face, told her to pull herself together and get riding and stop holding everyone up! Only joking!
Ole Bredesen-Vestby
Continued to ride The Voyage today, but also did a few runs on the other coasters. My favourite in this park, after Voyage, is Raven. Still too hot for me, but it has been an enjoyable day all together.
Andy Dewar
On Sunday at Holiday World I again spent plenty of time on The Voyage, I rated the other 2 woodies there highly as well, it was a baking hot day.
Matthas Pies
Legend: Toll
Raven: Genial
The Voyage: Achterbahnhimmel
Leider war es heute viel zu heiss. 3 Fahrten auf Voyage hintereinander waren das absolute Maximum. Die Bahn zerrt echt an einem. Danke Holiday World fuer diesen tollen Tag
Chris Simon
First thing saw a walkback of Raven and Legend, guided by Paula, then some ride time, then a lunch with an appearance by Will and Pat and, oh yes, Holidog, Can I mention The Voyage again? Airtime in the back is superlative. The "skiing" section flows really well, but it takes a few rides to get to know it. Then it works. Also had a couple of goes on Gobbler Getaway, y'know, the turkey-themed interactive shoot 'em up with Mrs Slocombe in the entrance...
Paul Orsmond
Took it easy today, and took in the Water Park nearly all day, Bakuli which was their major new slide last year was very good if only a little too short, Kima Bay is new for 2008 and is another big interactive water play area, which again was great fun, Certiinatly this is a very impressive water park just like I remember it last time, and best of all, its free with admission to the park, Awesome.
Kim Varde Lassen
Today we just hit Voyage a couple of times - just to get doped up - and then we dashed over to the water park. It was just too blazing hot for anything else. Water slides were great fun as well, and we got to see each other half naked...
Steve Fagin
Not so much time today, so we skipped lunch and hit the Water Park. Very hot.
Lars Soerensen
Rode The Voyage a couple of times, and then stayed at the water park, which was nice.
Christof Muehlan
I cannot really write a lot about Holiday World. I was busy riding Voyage all the time. Holiday World: I you want me to write a little more about your park, you should not build coasters that are so incredibly outstanding like the Voyage!
Dirk Lather
Heute konnte man die Lifte leider nicht benutzen, dafuer durften wir aber ueber die Treppen ganz nach oben. Nicht nur der ECC sondern ALLE! Die Airtime war auch nicht so gut wie sonst und es konnten auch immer nur 2 bis 4 Personen fahren. Es war auch sehr langsam, die Anstehzeiten waren sehr lange. Als ich jedoch aus dem Wassepark raus war, war wieder alles so geil wie sonst. We love Holiday World!
Adrian & Lorna Dade
Great walk back tour, and first go on Voyage, Friendly staff as ever great meal The water park was great, loads of slides & lazy rivers this has to be the best park on the trip so far
The Frenchies
Tres bon parc. Voyage est l'un des meilleurs coasters que l'on ai fait depuis le debut de ce trip, vraiment excellent. Remerciements au comite de nous avoir bien accueilli. Et c'est reparti pour le prochain !
Malcolm Marr
+I didn't ride The Voyage at all today choosing to shoot turkeys instead. Call me controversial!
Why did the US military invade the desert countries of Afghanistan and Iraq? To cool off!!
Jeppe Nygaard
Hej derhjemme.. I dag faar i lige en hilsen paa dansk. Vi har vaeret i Holliday World i gaard aftes og her til formiddag.
Alletiders park, et af hojdepunkterne paa turen.. De har kun traerutchebaner, 3 store af slagsen, med The Voyage som vaerende manges, ogsaa min, #1 bedste traebane i verden..
Det er den stadig, men den er blevet lidt mere rough ride over de sidste to aar, men stadig fantastisk..
Parken ligger i byen Santa Claus, og vi har igen boet paa Santa's Lodge.. Der er juleaften hele aaret, pyntet op, og gaver og jule ting overalt.. Ret bizardt i 35 gr. varme, men luftfugtigheden draeber bare totalt for energi, saa vi er traette..
Herfra videre til Indiana Beach, vi kommer til at koere en anden rute pga. de store oversmoemmelser i omraadet, men vi har indtil videre intet maerket til det voldsomme vejr omkring, og isaer laengere oppe paa vores ture..
Knus til Johanne, og alle I andre....
David & Susan Ellis
Today we had more time in Holiday World. Susan decided to rest in the hotel, so I rode the coasters with Chris Simon while she rested. After the walkback of Raven and Legend (shame no trains ran to film) we got the first rides on the Voyage before the public arrived. I spent most of the time today riding Voyage, which for me is still my number one wooden coaster. Another exhausting day, but exhausting in a nice way... with free soft drinks, and 3 of the best coasters in the world to choose from. Next stop, Indiana Beach.
Andy Costin
This morning we return to Holiday World, and, like hopeless drug addicts, we had to score another fix on The Voyage. But first we were treated to a walk around under the other 2 coasters, Raven, and Legend, another dose of great hospitality (including lunch at 12). Suffice to say, I spent much of the time on the Voyage. Pity we had to leave at 2 pm, but roads could be bad because of flooding, en route to Indiana Beach. Voyage = No.1 coaster!!!!!!!!
Steve Gzesh
Over 90 degrees today with high humidity and no breeze. The best way to generate wind and cool off, of course, was more rides on Voyage! The more I got to ride it, the better it got and I can't wait to come back to this park (on a cool day!) to ride it again (and again and again)...
Paul Hindle
Hot again - over 90F. Started off woth 4 Voyage, then 5 Legend, lunch with the Kochs, and 4 more Voyage (last run in the front seat). Words fail me!!
David Elvy
Back at Holiday World today. We had first rides on Voyage - I love this ride, it's awesome, but very intense. I then went into the Water Park for a few hours before lunch, a nice way to cool down, finishing up with more rides on Voyage. A great day, but Hot.
Mark and Jenny
The heat and humidity finally beat us today. A couple of rides was all we could take. We're hoping for a slightly cooler Indiana Beach!
Chris and Lisa
Back again this morning for the walk back tour. Still melting in the heat and humidity, which didn't help our already burnt bits :( After another crack at The Voyage we hit the water park with James. It's like being in another park altogether! Tornado and all the other slides are great fun plus very much appreciated for cooling down. Such a fantastic park, we definatly want to come back again! :)
Owen & Alan Rees
Well, Voyage had 'Good Morning USA!' written all over it - front seat the perfect start to a hot day. The wet park session confirmed our previous impression of a well-run, family orientated park that really works. We'll be back.
Indiana Beach
Ole Bredesen-Vestby
Had a couple of hours in the park before closing time, and got to do all the rides. Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain was an interesting ride. Great fun. Had a good dinner in the Skyroom overlooking the rides in the evening. Looking forward to do more of the rides tomorrow. Also nice to have the hotel in walking distance.
Stuart Cosgrove
After manoeuvring past the floods we finally arrived at Indiana Beach. It was just as I remembered it 15 years ago However they had 2 great additions in the form of Cornball Express and Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain. Cornball had great air in front and back and Lost Coaster had amazing twists and turns, especially fun ridden backwards.The most unusual wood coaster ever. Altogether a fun night.
Gordon Taylor
Loved the swim the McD's we past on the way. LOCOSUMU, certainly the most unique ride of this trip, and of any amusement park. Wonderful backwards at night. This was the only ride I did apart from the chair o planes over water, as I was stuffing my face in the wonderful 50s skyroom restaurant that was a real treasure of architecture from the past, like the park. Indiana Beach, like Knoebels and Disneyland LA is one of 3 parks I can think of that I can visit, not ride ANYTHING and still have a fulfilling time just soaking up the atmos and wandering round and eating and drinking. I hope the management changes here won't mean an end to this...
Cal Jones
It was nice to return to Indiana Beach after a nine year break. We headed straight for the Sky Room for dinner and unfortunately didn't finish in time to fit in any rides, despite sprinting into the park. Still, it was nice to relax a bit after a hectic few days.
James "Spinner" Hannaford
A lot of people when you mention America and Roller coasters automatically assume you have been to Florida but this country has so many more excellent parks to offer and here's one Indiana Beach A medium size park with a friendly atmosphere and a pleasure to visit It was nice to have some spare time here to relax as i had visited it 2 years ago. New Coaster looks good and a first for USA so be a pleasure to come back.
Andy Dewar
I really loved the atmosphere around Indiana Beach, and I enjoyed the time we spent there. I was really interested in Cornball Express and after riding it I think it well outlived my expectations, a top ride for me. The also have a really scary wave swinger over the lake which I'd rate far higher than any other wave swinger. Great park!
Matthias Pies
Nach der langen Ankunft hatten wir noch ein paar Stunden im Park zur Verfuegung. W�rhend einige sofort zum counten lshechtetn, gingen wir mit ein paar Leuten gemuetlich essen. So war ich gestern Abend nicht im Park gewesen. Hatte ja noch einen ganzen Tag vor mir.
Andycoasterboy
First ever hotel room with a patio :) then onto riding all the great coasters at Indiana Beach has to offer - Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain was a highlight and a very unique coaster, Cornball Express still has some great airtime. Then onto the Sky Room witnessing some awesome meal portion sizes - respect to Stuart for finishing his off! (see pic) :)
Kim Varde Lassen
Arrived at Indiana Beach. The hotel was right next to the park. Had dinner at the Sky Club and managed to get one ride on Hoosier Hurricane in the dark..nice....tick.
Steve Fagin
Got to Indiana Beach in time for food and some cocktails, one ride and more cocktails. Was punished heavily for that in the morning. Lovely evening sunsets over the lake.
Lars Soerensen
Got 1 ride on the huricane, then I got some drinks and food. After that me and Gordon ran to the Lost Coaster of superstition Mountain, and got the reversed seat, that was hilarious. What a relaxed place. I love it!
Dirk Lather
Was fuer ein geiler Park ist das denn... waren meine ersten Worte,als wir indiana Beach betreten haben. Binnen 40 Minuten spulte ich meine 5 Counts ab, die jedoch mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient haben als sie nur "Count" zu nennen. Der alte Schwarzkopf Jet Star ist super in Schuss, die drei Woodies sind auch nicht zu verachten. Hie steht mein neuer Liebling unter den Woodies, ein "Dark-vertikal-geil-vor und rueck und einfach alles dran Ding" namens "Lost Coaster of superstition Mountain". Da kann Vojage einpacken :-).
Christof Muehlan
I was busy celebrating Nina's and Bob's 400th coaster. I still managed to get two goes on Tig'rr Coaster. It is not a kiddie coaster. It is a Schwarzkopf Jet Star. It is happymaking.
Nina Kleppe
Had a nice night at Indiana Beach. Walk on on almost all the coasters. Lost coaster of Superstition Mountain was really fun. Bob and I both had Cornball Express as our 400'th coaster. A very good woodie. Afterwords I had to celebrate in the bar with 2 beers. Veldig bra. d:-)
Mette Doving
A nice evening at Indiana Beach. Not many people, so there where no lines on the coasters. Got one ride on all of them, them some Tacos at the Taco hut, before I took a quite early night.
Chris Simon
A couple of hours in the evening at Indiana Beach, enough for something to eat and initial rides on the main coasters and to laugh at first-timers on the amazing Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain. The park is a traditional earthy-feel boardwalk and looks especially pretty lit up at night.
Paul Orsmond
A really nice short evening at Indiana Beach. The Hurricane is nothing special, but is still a very nice ride, Cornball is more out of control, but again is still a very nice woodie, However the highlight definatly has to be The Loco Sumo Coaster which is without a dought, the most hilarious ride I have ever been on, Brilliant stuff. The Park looked lovely at night, and we got a nice sunset over the lake too, Beautiful.
Lorna & Adrian Dade
Great park, managed to do all the coasters Tiger was great. Hello Ray & Slim. Looking forward to more riding tomorrow.
Bob Clark
Superb Resort Park - Corn Ball Express - a great CCI woodie twister - A great choice for my 400th Coaster.
The Frenchies
En ce lundi, c'est un parc avec l'originalite d'etre au bord de l'eau, avec une petite plage et tout se qui sen suit. Le Tigerrr a rugit comme il se doit. Un petit orage risque d'arriver dans la region, alors nous prenons la precaution d'avencer dans notre prochaine destination "CHICAGO" .Une ville qui nous fait rever avec les exploits de mr AIR JORDAN.
Malcolm Marr
The heat of the trip has become intolerable and we do not know how much longer we cope in these temperatures. Yesterday we lost three of the group to exhaustion and malnutrition and for the sake of survival we resorted to cannibalism and ate them. It was a harrowing decision that has divided the group but in doing so we hope to ensure we can survive at least until rescue arrives and the story of our plane crash can be told.
Darren and Mary
Great park, rode all the coasters tonight and lots of the smaller interesting rides. Good meal at the Skyroom.
Lee Bennett
Another great park with excellent woodies all of which are running superb ! Cornball express is my favourite coaster here with ejector seat airtime in the back row !
Ride it again Harry !!!
Paul Greenwood
Another very hot & sticky evening!!! The best way to survive the night heat is to ride a roller coaster and get a breeze(!) and thankfully Indiana Beach has a great collection. Proving that good things can come in small packages, the Cornball Express packs a very powerful punch and the ejector seat airtime gives the feeling that you're heading into the lake!! We roundede evening off with a meal in the Skyroom - one of the best restaurants you'll find in a theme park, with terrific views of the park thrown in...
Chris Hull
Arrived to find out our room overlooked Cornball Express. 10 seconds later we were riding it and what a great ride it is despite being fairly compact. Rest of the evening in this fun park which has some interesting rides. The Mine Train was insane. I can understand how there had previously been a powered dark ride in its place. Crazy tight turns and violent fun going backwards. Fun evening riding followed by a nice meal in the Skyroom.
Mats Hummel
So many rides in such a small area, the hotal right in the park. Nice coasters. Jet star is another great Schwarzkopf coaster, the LOCOSUMO is totally fantastic. Cornball Express really good. Good food, impressed by Stewart's meal sizes! IB has the real atmosphere of an amusement park like Knoebel's.
David & Susan Ellis
Following a diverted route due to flooding we arrived at Monticello, Indiana, for two hours of evening riding at Indiana Beach. IB is an unusual resort featuring an inland beach, a boardwalk area and some great coasters. We managed to ride all the 5 coasters before the park closed for the night, unfortunately the new S&S coaster Steel Hawg is still being built so we were not able to ride it. The surprise ride was the Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain, which is a former darkride converted by CCI into a wild coaster featuring amazingly tight hairpin bends and a train featuring two cars seating 4 people, 2 facing forwards and 2 backwards. It was SO much fun! Hello to everyone back home.
Andy Costin
After a long drive, through areas affected by flash floods, we arrived at Indiana Beach. There were 5 coasters here, 3 woodies 2 steelies. Most unusual was the Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain, a woodie with impossibly tight little curves and dips, with backward facing seats as well as forwards, one of the most bizarre but very enjoyable coasters I've ridden. Cornball Express was a short, snappy ride with good airtime. The new coaster was incomplete, with track sections laying on the ground and work proceeding. An enjoyable park, looking forward to tomorrow's ERS.
Steve Gzesh
Last I was at Indiana Beach, they only had Hoosier Hurricane, so it was quite nice to add four more credits. Cornball Express is great -- an excellent front-seat ride with magnificennt airtime! And Lost Coaster... is hands-down the most unique and bizarre coasters I've ever ridden, and a helluva lot of fun, too! A great end to the day with more to come tomorrow...
David Elvy
We hit all 5 coasters in 40 minutes. Cornball Express was the best wooden coaster there, and Tig'rr Coaster ( a Schwarzkopf Jet Star ) is great - no restraints at all. We have a good few hours tomorrow to hit all of the other rides.
Mark and Jenny
After a fairly long drive from Holiday World, it was nice to arrive at Indiana Beach. This is a very nice traditional park, especially at night. We loved Cornball Express and Superstition Mountain! We'd heard that Superstition would be rough, but we just laughed all the way around. It's such a fun ride. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Chris and Lisa
Unfortunelty we didn't get to use the couple of hours this evening in the park, as we had to nurse a few sunburnt patches! We did have a very nice meal in the skyroom resturant. We will catch up on the coasters with the park time tommorrow
Martin Valt
Nice to be back at Indiana Beach, North America's nearest thing to Blackpool Pleasure Beach but mercifully without an Arrow hyper. Cornball Express just as good as I remembered, LoCoSuMo just as mad as I remembered and Hoosier Hurricane slightly better than I remembered. Shame Steel Hawg wasn't quite ready, although I suspect most of us would have been happy to try it anyway. Hi Em.
Yvonne Janik
Indiana Beach is a great park -- it has all a person could want. The new owners and management team did a perfect job of hosting our event, and all went exactly as planned. Cornball Express is fun every second of the ride, and LoCoSuMo is too odd and fun to describe -- love it!
