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Haha no way! That's awesome! Saw the movie the other day...the ride should be even better after you see the movie! I *LOVE* the music in the opening/ending credits that you hear on the lift (yup, I've seen the POV with that crazy kid) Awesome new shirts! -JZ

That's about half of my pictures...sorry I've been working and busy with things. I'll try to get them up soon! We can set up a meet at KI, Shari! It's no problem to let you check out the camera. I didn't ride all of HW's attractions, but I did see that ride...haha I think Coney Island's 5 minute death ride has scarred me for life, haha! Those of you who've ridden can agree.. I do know about the death on Raven...but that really was the person, and HW's fault for letting someone leave the station with...hardly a lap bar down at all. I DO understand on a ride like Voyage, though...that's just pure insanity! But hey, better safe than sorry; and stupid people tend to ruin fun. Regardless, that shows how awesome Holiday World's rides are. You can be stapled, and have a new favorite woodie.

Gobler Getaway - It's like a Thanksgiving acid drip! Scooby Doo's Haunted Castle - It's really an impressive ride. I completely forgot about it! I need to visit it more often... Indiana freakin' Jones!!!! When I went to DL, I hadn't heard a thing about this ride! I was soooo impressed with it. I couldn't believe such an AMAZING ride was packed so tightly away inside the park. I was blown away! Movie World Australia's Looney Tunes River Ride. - So basically, you get in a boat and are transported to Hollywood through a hole in the floor or something?

Wow...I didn't realize the park was that big! I only knew about the SLC, Cheetah, and the mini SLC. Thanks for the pics. -Zach

Kings Island's had the same fate. Well...actully it turned into a memorial garden. WTF?

Dude, you've got no chance! I'm all over it.

Great PTR, Erik! Cyclone, last car...front bench. That's why it's one of my top woodies. Crazy ejector air! Does Goliath really have a new trim on the way down the third drop? I remember someone telling me they added it this year, and it makes the helix seem like nothing compared to what it used to be. Which was AWESOME. I miss the park! -Zach

I've probably done this a while back..... 1. Top Gun/Afterburn....Carowinds. 2. Batman ...SFOG 3. Raptor...CP

You love that 200mm, Mike! Haha. Grr...I need to get up to CP with my camera! Hopefully this year. Two years is too long! -Zach

Rastuso! Thanks so much for the report. As apart of the Texas trip, I can't wait to get down to Schlitterbahn. Glad to see their new ride looks fun. That BBQ looks sooo tasty! -Zach

I don't know about Diamond Back. ....but Diamondback was a thumbs up from Big Mike! Nice meeting you, along with Craig and his son! It was nice to see a little TPR love at Kings Island. I was on the train being filmed with some of the ASA skateboard/BMX dudes, I gave a shout out to TPR! I'll have to see if I turn up in it. Looking forward to Indiana Beach! -Zach

Oooohhh...as much as Rumbler? Now that sounds like a good time. Rumbler's one of my favorites. My Holiday World trip has changed my view on coasters. I've come to understand this "ejector airtime". Now I can say "That was ejector air!" Have I reached "coaster maturity?" Hopefully I'll be able to make it to SFMM in the ....well, I'm not sure when. I'll just be watching for now. -Zach

Son of Beast has to much airtime. Come ride it.

More photos! Row 1: Take my head, but don't take my boobs! Or Row 2: GRRRR I'MA GRIZZLY BEAR Robb says, "TAKE THE TUNNEL!" Don't be scared, the Headless Horseman just wants heads! Down the first drop.. Legend's structure Out of the station....into the tunnel! Here's part of the ride. Queue and station. See all the queues are like this. It prevents line jumping. This translates as: Rapids Nerd...this way! Texas trip preview! Mm...S&S The overview of the section. It's all pretty It's my birthday already? Sweet, 18! Outside of Kringle's Burger, drink, fries, cookie...4.50. Yay Kringle's Cafe! Another view Christmas is the area of the park at the entrance

So here's the scoop Big Mike. I'll pulled some strings and now instead of working all day... I'll work from 9:45AM to 6PM; then I'll be at the park until closing! See ya tomorrow! -Zach

Hope you had fun at Holiday World! I was talking to Jared (Reon) a little bit ago, and he said Voyage was running without the MCBR and PP was down. He still says Phoenix is the best woodie! See you at Kings Island tomorrow! I'll be working starting at 12:30PM, but chances of getting off early are always high. I'll be at the park at 10. Where will you be? -Zach

Wow, the theming looks as good as Crystal Wings over in....where ever that is! My brother gets to ride in July! Lucky...

Just....wow. Wow. I need to get up there.

Wow, the ride looks GREAT! The theming, tunnels, and FIRE all look like they really make the ride pop. I hope they keep the army dudes in the area for a while, as greeters or something. Thanks for the update, I want to come and take the tunnel! (s)

Photos... Yeah, Voyage had everything I love. -Airtime, and lots of it -A great layout -Fantastic first drop -Out of control feeling -Speed -Height -A hint of roughness (on a wooden coaster and based on the seat) -Lengthy ride. It's worth a long wait on a busy day! It was really coaster nirvana for me. I practically had the whole coaster to myself! Legend. Prepare to be smashed into the person next to you. Great way to meet someone! Obviously staged shouting dude. It was funny because there were only about 20 other people watching, and he was SHOUTING...it was so obvious it was hilarious! (In the yellow) Woodies and speedoes. A view from the station. Oh Voyage...you touch me in a way I've never been touched before! Not the hair, Voyage, not the hair! Don't ruin my Hollister hair! Ring this bell when the flies come! Behemoth? Lots of angry pirates. Pirates are pirating because Voyage took all their planks. If yes, then turn to page 114. Nope? Good. HIGH FIVE! /Borat Tired of Voyage yet? A little unsure? Size doesn't matter here! Double shots RULE. Oh crap! Three big hills....then everything else is probably 20-50ft off the ground. It maintains speed like MF. Wait? Comparing MF to Voyage? That doesn't work... Now you can get off, grab some Dr. Pepper....breathe, then get back in line! The ending is the most intense part of the ride, IMO. Or maybe it seems that way because after the rest of the ride, you're tired hahaha Before this hill...is an epic airtime hill. Swooping drop into one of many tunnels. Legend needs love too. THIS RIDE IS AWESOME! Fun for everyone! Now...with people! Gravity Group track! It's the Voyage!.....roller coaster. Credit #95 Heavily banked turns alllll over. Random Voyage shots...seen from all around Thanksgiving. Yeah...INSANE section of the ride...

As for the Voyage....like I said, it lived up to what I've heard everyone saying about it. It just depends on how you deal with things. -Row two was a bit rough; but nothing compared to other wooden coasters -Of course, the airtime was absolutely insane. I can't wait to try Phoenix or El Toro The very back seat and the very front seat were the smoothest rides to me. I'd try PP again....if it had a 10 minute wait... Here's some photos! -Zach You guys decide, I don't know! That happens about 20 times during the ride. Go ride it NOW. Passed out? Very hard to photograph much of it... Second hill offers NICE airtime. Heading up the lift. Pretty fast, too. Such pretty trains... Weee! Heading down by the station.. I believe that's 175ft. Off the track? The view from the back of the station... View from the station... Time to sail away! Don't look back! Weee...coming back to the station I see you, Voyage! It's purple....it's fast! Nice and curvy... Wow, that drop looks great! Way more flags, way more fun. And come FLYING out of the woods and hit the brakes. Fantastic ride. Track details... What a nice lift. Just surrounded by trees. I almost grabbed leaves from a tree! But I hug trees, not grab them. Raven Station All of HW's trains are like these. Very padded, nice and comfy. Raven TV! And the control pannel. Station on the left, train storage on the right. We headed to the Raven first. It's so cool to finally be here after seeing so much footage. Wow, look who replied to meet up with me at HW! Jk, it's MWT '07.

Hey TPR! So, I live in Cincinnati...about 15 minutes from Kings Island, 3.5 hours from Cedar Point, 20 from Coney Island, 1.5 from SFKK...but I've been forgetting Holiday World! For some reason my family never goes west. So I decided to get my brother out of school and head to Holiday World! It was about a 3 hour drive, including 25 miles of construction...and McD's stop. I arrived at the park around 9:20AM and there were a few cars and busses, it was a Wednesday, the worst that could happen is 10 schools to dump their kids off at the park. And it didn't happen yay! Oh, I didn't venture into Holidog land for the kiddie credit, sorry but maybe I'm not a big credit whore, I'd rather take another trip on the Voyage instead. It's not going anywhere. TPR member sightings: Raven Maven! Food stops; 7 bucks: Ice cream in Safari. Kringle's Kafe...burger. Ride counts: Raven - 8 or 9 The Legend - 4 Voyage - 11 Liberty Launch - 3 Gobler Getaway - 3 Turkey Spin - 1 Swings - 1 Frightful Falls - 1 Raging Rapids - 1 Plunge - 1 Splashin' Safari: Bukali - 1 Watoobe - 1 Mat Racers - 4 Otgomogoslapintheface - 1 Bamboo chute/Amazoom - 1 Gripes: Checking the restraints - It's okay to have the seatbelts, since pretty much every wooden coaster does now...but wow, they pull those seatbelts TIGHT! Thankfully most of the rides loosen the seatbelts as you ride, but sometimes I thought it was way too tight. As goes with the lapbars. Most of the time it was pressed down as far as it could go, and on the Voyage...that's VERY uncomfortable. Safety is key, but this is like parents implanting homing devices on their kids. Loosen up a bit. See Pilgrim's Plunge. Details/Thoughts: The park - It's a nice, midsized park. I'm used to treking around Kings Island...this is easy to walk around, in four different sections. Halloween, 4th of July, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. Nice landscaping, clean, easy to find the attractions. I think the park is nice just as it is...coasters, thrill rides, water rides, water park, attractions, shows. Staff - Kind and courteous, as expected! Naw, they were all very nice; asking if they could take my bags for the lockers on the side; how my day was; if I'm a photographer; ect. Rides: Raven - Since I headed there first. I went straight for the back car, first bench. They were only running one train op the whole day. The trains are pretty, and they must have added new restraints. I got in the last car and after I got off the ride....this is where I ask people. If you're not emotionally attached to the Beast (ride ops) what's so great about it?! I know it used to be good, but hey so did The Crypt! Haha. Backseat or front? Do 'em both. ->9/10. It felt like an unofficial GCI. It was awesome. Constant speed, quick changes in direction, airtime, laterals, and crazy drops into the woods. Kicks the CRAP out of the Beast. Legend - Headed there second. One train op all day, most I waited was 10 minutes. It's cool how they have the bell ringing when the train leaves the station..eerie. I also really like the holwing at the top of the lift. The first drop is pretty good in the backseat, there's a few GREAT airtime hills and moments. Other than that....this ride is CRAZYYYYY laterals! I was broken over the side of my seat by the time I got to the station. It was in a kind of cool way the first time....then it got rough after the 4th. I'd ride in the back, left seat. GO LEFT!!! ->9/10. Great tunnels, interaction with other rides, airtime, and laterals. VOYAGE! - It's massive. It's...huge. The structure is so cool, and I love how it wraps around Thanksgiving. OH MY GOD. This ride is absolutely INSANE. I left the ride saying HOLY SH*T!! Every time. It's everything I heard about it.....and more. And I can see how it can be amazing #1 ride, or a painful potential. For me.... COASTER NIRVANA! New number one coaster. Sorry Diamondback.... Based on your seat, you get ejector air, floater air, roughness, silky smoothness, great views, OMFG airtime, and crazy throw you around moments. Backseat - Airtime over the first hill is very nice. Steep, loonnngggg floater. Same with the two to follow. After that, it's just ejector air, throw you from left to ride, NO BRAKES TO OMFG TRIPPLE DOWN, crazy turns, crazy airtime, 90 DEGREESE, and more airtime. Frontseat - My eyes teared up, and went from my eyes, all the way to my jaw bones...then flew off. Amazing views of the beautiful track, the woods, the area around the ride. You're off the seat probably half the ride. I believe the 24 seconds of airtime is here. Why? Because there's prooooobably 20 moments of airtime. I can't begin to count them. ->10000/10. To me, this is as good as it's been. If El Toro's better, then I can't wait to find out; because I'm not sure how it's going to beat this 4 minute long, 24 second airtime filled ride. This ride is absolutely insane. Liberty Launch - I think I've been on all the different types of drop rides now. OH! Except combo towers. Tower of Terrors, Space Shot, S&S shoot down, Intamin 1st, 2nd, 3rd gen; stand up; Giant 420ft; Shock Drop; and now Double Shot. It's like those little mini energy drinks in like, 1oz. Everything you'd expect from a space shot, just smaller and better. Two moments of shoulder-hits-the-OTSR ejector air, then a little floaty back down. Wow, this park has loads of airtime... Frightfull Falls - Ride it for the tunnel. Raging Rapids - Eh, it's fun. Gobler Getaway - So much fun! My best score was like, 2160. So much better than Scooby Doo...it's impossible! Pilgrim's Plunge - Alright....here we go. When we arrived, we were told it'd open late. I kept looking over to it, and 10, 11, 12....nothing. I think around 2 or 3 it tested, then opened. I went over and got in line. I was REALLY excited for this. I was happy I could ride in just a bathing suit, too. I got up and over to the loading platform, and waited for the front seat. Our boat pulled up....and there was already two people sitting in the front row. Huh? Oh well, I'll just wait for the next boat. Nope. I was pushed onto the boat with someone I didn't know in row two. So that upset me. I sat down, and the lady was trying to get us out quick, so I was stapled pretty bad....now I'm pretty upset. You float around to the back of the lift, pretty quickly. There's random worker dudes, hay, growing grass, and concrete. So really nothing. You're loaded onto the platform, and slowly carried up. It looked so cool and kind of scary from the ground...but it seemed like nothing to me; I was kind of let down there. We get to the top, and start to head down the drop. The water starts to hit off the boat....and shoot right into my eyes. OUCH. Leveling out....then you skim across the water until the splash starts. The boats are pretty compact, and when you hit the water..it's like brakes. HARD brakes. My knees were smashed into the seat infront of me; and I hardly got wet. I was REALLY frustrated during the trip back to the station. Sparknotes: -No front seat for you -Super Staple -Boring trip up to the lift -Mediocre ride up -Water in the eyes at 50mph -Drop into heavy brakes -Smashed knees -Hardly wet Sorry Plunge and HW...but this ride didn't not impress me, and I thought it stunk. My ride was pretty bad; that was my honest trip. Oh...and it broke down 10 min after I got off. It was open about 20-30 minutes the whole day. But I took my anger out on some turkeys, then let Voyage kick my ass. Photos will be posted soon! -Zach

I'm back! I'll be adding a photo trip report soon!

Diamondback has a rattle coming out of the hammerhead and into the airtime hill with the trim.

It closes at 5:30...I'll be sure to ride it from the moment I get there, thoughout the day until it closes!