Woodie Warrior

I would guess they record the angle of the drop after the barrel roll.

It looks like somebody might be having an identity crisis I actually think they are the same guy. Look at their signatures.

Sadly, it appears the park has done away with the Summer Concert series. This year they are just doing 3 Christian Concerts and one concert by a pop group I've never heard of.

Same here. Enclosing a hyper coaster sounds extremely expensive. It is also Gerstlauer's first hyper coaster, right?

I finally got my PTR from HoliWood Nights up. I only have day one's report for now: www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1462310#p1462310

On the journey home from an East Coast road trip seven or eight years ago, my family passed through Santa Claus, Indiana. We visited a few of the shops, but didn't stay in town too long. On the way out of town, we saw a few rides and a roller coaster (The Raven) and were intrigued, but since it was in the middle of nowhere, we thought it would be a tacky, run-down park, and continued on the road. When we got home, we realized we had made a HUGE mistake. Friends informed us of how awesome Holiday World was, and we decided we needed to go back to Santa Claus soon. We finally paid our first visit to the park in 2012. It was fantastic, and we knew we had to come back for more. After begging my dad for months to take a father/son trip down to the park for its annual coaster enthusiast event, HoliWood Nights, we were finally on our way! When we arrived in Santa Claus, we checked in our hotel for the weekend (Santa's Lodge, which had a great deal for coaster club members), and then had a little bit of time before we were able to enter the park, so we stopped by Santa's Candy Castle to get a cup of the "world famous" frozen hot chocolate, which is the most delicious milkshake you'll ever have. Once we got in to the park at 4:30, we stashed our swimsuits and towels in a Splashin' Safari locker and headed over to Thanksgiving to catch a ride on The Voyage. I thought it was a little bumpier than I remembered it being, but not too much. However, my dad thought it was one of the roughest coasters he'd ever ridden, but he still enjoyed it. We decided to head for a calmer ride, so I recommended Gobbler Getaway. My dad got frustrated because he thought he kept hitting the targets yet the gun wasn't registering it. After those two rides it was time to head up to the Hoosier Theater for the kick-off of the event. Paula warmed up the crowd before the Koch family and other park employees sang coaster-themed parodies of "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" and "Let it Go". I'll bet they dropped a few clues about next year's addition during the songs. Soon they announced that we could head down to Splashin' Safari for night ERT. We got our stuff out of the locker, changed, and then headed for the water coasters. We hit Wildebeest first. It was just as wild as I remembered, but almost a little too wild for my dad. We headed over to Mammoth and got a ride in on that, and I liked it a lot better than last time. I don't know which one is my favorite anymore, they're both great slides! My dad wanted to get some hors d'oeuvres. He filled his plate, but I'm such a picky eater that I only ate the chips. As he finished his dish, I swam for a little while in Bahari Wave. It is the nicest looking wave pool I've ever seen, and I love the fountains. Afterwards we hit up Mammoth and Wildebeest again, in that order. ERT had begun on the woodies, so we got changed and left the park to drop off our stuff at the car. Once we reentered, we hit up Raven. On my last trip, I was underwhelmed with Raven. This time, I definitely grew fond of it, and it moved up in my rankings, from last place to #6 out of 15. I still like Voyage and Legend a little bit better, but not my much. I got three laps on it that evening. Next we hit up Legend and rode three times as well. It is pretty rough, rougher than the last trip in 2011, but it's positive-Gs are unparalleled by any other wooden coaster I've been on. It didn't go up or down at all in my rankings. We headed to the pizza party next. The pizza was pretty good, and the FUDGE was delicious. We decided to end the night over in Thanksgiving. I wanted to get on Turkey Whirl, but I missed the end of ERT on it by one cycle. Since Turkey Whirl was closing I took a lap on the Voyage. Soon Mayflower was open, so I headed towards it. It was probably the lamest swinging ship I've ridden. It's cycle was very short. Once it reaches it's full height it begins to stop immediately. However, all lit up it looks awesome. And I'm sure the little kids love riding it! After two more laps on the Voyage I was starting to get queasy, so we left early and headed to get some sleep for the next day, which turned out to be even more awesome than the first one! Here was our scorecard for the night: Entered park -Voyage 1x -Gobbler Getaway 1x Meet-up at Hoosier Theatre -Wildebeest 1x -Mammoth 1x Snacks at Bahari Wave -Bahari Wave -Mammoth 1x -Wildebeest 1x Dropped off clothes at car -Raven 3x -Legend 3x Pizza at Kringles Cafe -Voyage 1x -Mayflower 1x -Voyage 2x Headed back to hotel And onto the pictures! (Note: I only brought my iPhone on Friday, but I brought my mom's fancy camera on Saturday, so expect some more pics in the next trip report.) We got our vouchers out and ready. While in Santa Claus, you MUST stop by the Candy Castle and get a frozen hot chocolate. Holiday World welcomed us! Before the event officially began we got a lap in on the Voyage. Our vouchers magically turned into these tickets. The sound of the Legend running was a sign that ERT on the woodies had begun. The ticket booths and entrance look very nice, especially at night. Off to ride Raven and Legend! The Legend looks very spooky at night. We finished the night in Thanksgiving. I missed Turkey Whirl by one cycle. Mayflower looks very nice all lit up at night. The Christmas tree also looked very nice all lit up.

What do you mean? Only 3 parks have gotten it so far: Great America, Magic Mountain, and Over Texas.

The paths in Diagon Alley look twice as cramped as Hogsmeade. How are people supposed to stand in the middle of a crowd of people and cast a spell?

Or..... Fury to the 325th power!!!

Exactly! No park would set up a huge 66 day marketing campaign for a ride that people will be disappointed by, and they surely wouldn't come out and say "Don't get your hopes up too high, you'll be disappointed".

Actually, while SFGAm had the first Batman it is still fun to ride them all. They do ride a bit differently and if I remember right the turn to the first drop on the one at SFStL is opposite of SFGAm. Great trip report....Thanks! Yep, the Batman at SFSTL is a mirrored clone of the original at SFGAM.

I honestly don't care what they do. I went on it last week and I didn't think it was rough at all. Sure, it's a boring ride, but it isn't horrible. That being said, I wouldn't complain if they replaced it with something else.

I think TPR needs to do a Scandi trip and Japan trip every year

Yeah, the Indiana Jones show was one of the highlights of my past visit to the Studio. I would rather see the Backlot Tour leave instead.

This may have something to do with the rumored Star Wars area. Hopefully.

Ugh.... Not again

Having ridden Mean Streak for the first time last week, I have to say it was actually pretty smooth. However, the layout is really boring and uninspiring. I'd rather see a brand-new wood RMC in its spot instead of giving it the Iron Box treatment.

Vortex- Kings Island

A Splash Battle attraction is interactive and could easily fit a Boardwalk theme. If they got a dark ride similar to WMG, I wonder how they could theme it.

The Angry Bird themeing does look very temporary.

Did you get any pictures? Nope.

Almost every ride was a walk-on today. Got on every major ride multiple times. I didn't ride Tsunami Soaker, but I shot people on the ride with the water cannons on the sidewalk. I thought the attraction looked very nice, and I think the wharf theme blends in well to the surrounding area (I'm guessing most of the props on the control building came from Hurricane Harbor). Boss is running absolutely horrible this season. The helix looks like it received some fresh wood though. I hope Iron Boss is coming soon, but I don't think next year will be the year.

Am I the only one who thinks Flight of Fear is terrible? The launch is fun, but the building isn't even near pitch-black and there are no special effects, so it is pointless to have it indoors (other than the fact that it can operate in the rain). The MCBR pretty much brings the train to a full stop, so the rest of the ride is taken at a snails pace. Overall, I'd say Vortex is FAR better than Flight of Fear.

I honestly didn't mind that they focused on the riders last season. They still gave stats and the full layout of each coaster. Plus, some of the people had hilarious reactions to the coaster

Great pictures! I believe I was on the 7pm cruise as well.