mikeykaise

My family will be at SDC next month for 2 days and I was curious if they have a child swap program like some of the other parks do for the rides our 2 boys won't want to ride?

I had asked about that too, and this is what Paula said about it: That was the original plan - to have two types of boats. The concern was the size of the seats on the round boats. We worried about being able to accommodate "fluffy" guests (Dan's term). Turns out the round boats worked out fine and since the"forward" boats needed more design work, we decided to stick with just the round ones.

Legend is a really good coaster even though it can be a little brutal and throw you around a little. It just needs a little TLC to make it smooth and it'll be even better. I love all 3 coasters. My kids have told me they would like to see something in between the Holidog and the Raven size wise but I'd honestly would rather not go to a different theme par. Its not too big and not too small and the crowds on weekends are tolerable and the wait times aren't bad.

I know Big Mike can... if he says it you can cash that check all day long at the bank.

sweet, my first Bag O'Crap, I'm super stoked!

What an amazing video, all the chopper effects are cool. It looks like no matter which side or where you are on the track has some kind of chopper around you with the in and out tracks so close together and then the gates too.

The reason for the delay this time is Paula is saying that they built a new train but it was shipped to them too late to do full time testing with it so they are going to wait until after the daily operating schedule to be able to test them.

T -29:11:21:30 until blast off!

Welcome back Big Mike we missed you! Don't worry about the lost of the dirty girl, I've seen pictures of your new girl and she is by far much much prettier, classier, and you too make an awesome couple. I can't wait to see you two together in trip reports. I'm glad you were able to get to Florida and blow off some steam!

I do have to say, one thing that impressed me about HWon my very first trip and every one since, is how every morning around opening time Pat and Will then later on Dan would be standing out front watching the crowds roll in, or how during the day you'd be walking through the park and out of the blue there would be Pat with a broom and dustpan sweeping up. This is the only park I know of where someone equal to her position would be doing that.... I bet the CEOs of the big chain amusement parks would throw a hissy fit like a little school girl if someone handed them a broom and dustpan and told them to go sweep in the park for a few hours. Holiwood NIghts will definetly not be as much fun without Dan and Pat there! I'm thinking we should chain ourselves to the voyage and start chanting "Bring Pat Back!"

I love the old school woodies. They're rough but nothing beats the rumble, shudder, and smell of an old wooden coaster.

My condolences to the Koch family.

The pregnant woman walk-through has got to be the weirdest walk-through I've ever seen. The spinning coaster looks like fun and I can't wait to ride one one of these days. I've never tried one of the SLC's but have always wondered do they swing like Iron Dragon at Cedar Point or Top Gun at Kings Island?

I think that is a cool idea about scannable wrist bracelets. Whenever I wear one of those elastic key bands I'm always afraid its going to come off and I'll lose the key somewhere, on a differently related topic even though its still a bit off, who is going to Holiwood Nights this year? I was thinking maybe either Friday or Saturday we all meet at the Santa Clause at some point and get a group picture so the people who are going to do a trip report can include it? Heck, maybe I'll even try my hand at doing my first one.

the black, yellow, and red definitely looks much better than just green and black. We want our coaster back dang nab it! We miss our Chang.

I'm pretty much at this point have the mindset, Kentucky Kingdom? bah, no, my home park is Holiday World and would much rather go there honestly.

as long as they are funny, if its not funny, you'd have to call it Da' Bomb rollercoaster.

a Valentine's Day area would be sweet, you just don't see anymore tunnels of love. I vote that Holiday World resurrect that ride. New for 2014, Tunnel of Love in Holiday World and a new looping water slide and tube launched speed slide right next to Hyena Falls!

Actually looking at it, the layout makes a lot of sense, the path crossing under Voyage seems to be the dividing line for future expansion on both parks. Holiday world owns the big open field behind the new water slides and Giraffica so I can see half of it being used for the water-park and the other for the amusement park. Plenty of room for a new full sized coaster.

It was. And it was a dumb comment. Take responsibility for what your write. Don't try to blame other people for you sounding like an idiot. My, aren't we quite the self-righteous A$$ hat.... oh wow did he really just say that?! ballsy. beer and popcorn time.

the head chopper affects through the rolls are going to be amazing... the structure looks like its way close to the rails.

Falken in the rain reminds me of my best ever ride on Voyage... I had just sat down in my seat in the station and before we rolled out of the station the sky broke open. I was drenched as soon as we hit the bottom of the dip right in front of the lift hill of the Voyage at HDW. It was the most intense, slipperiest, fastest ride ever on the Voyage and who knew rain drops could hurt so much!

I love TPR!!!!!!! The Alveys and the rest of the peeps that run TPR are da bomb!!!! I love how TPR takes care of all its members and the membership fee is cheap for all the special gifts and perks that we get. I'm proud to be a member of the best Coaster and Park Enthusiasts in the whole world... just had to get that off my chest.

I have an idea for an unique coaster but not sure how feasible it is or if its already been done. I think a totally underground rollercoaster would be awesome. It would take a lot of earth moving and concrete to make a hole that is 200 or 300 feet deep but that would be totally awesome. You could give it a runaway subway theme.

One bad thing about the parks location is how close to the airport it is. It would be cool to maybe have a top draw coaster but unfortunately there's a height limit