My first time to Holiday World! (Photoz)

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I wont go into as much detail here as I did on Coasterbuzz. This was my first time ever to Holiday World, and I think I might give it my nod as best value for your money, dethroning the almighty Kennywood. We got discount tickets from our hotel for only 27 bucks. Now yes I'll admit there isnt as much to do at Holiday World as there is at Kennywood, but food and merchandise is cheap and FREE SOFT DRINKS. You cant beat that. I dont know how they do it actually. Employees were suprisingly friendly, and I saw Pat Koch, one of the owners, walking around throughout the day, one time I saw her picking up smashed fries off the midway. Now there's something you dont see every day...an owner picking up trash. As for the rides themselves, the flat rides are pretty lame, although I did enjoy revolution, I havent been on one of those in a LONG time. After riding Raven and Legend, I at first prefered Raven. At first, I felt like they both werent THAT great...it took several re-rides on each for me to see why these two coasters are constantly rated in the top 5. And it wasnt until getting a back seat night ride on Legend that I gave it my nod as the better of the two. That thing is just so much better in the back. It feels more "out of control" than probably any coaster ive ever been on. The laterals are just wicked, and when I rode it at night I still hadnt memorized the layout, and it was DARK, so it caught me off guard several times. Probably one of the best Night rides on a coaster I can remember in a long time. Raven was also awsome at night, as it snakes through the woods, but ive gotta give me nod to Legend because it's just so powerful through those laterals, and it has a few good pops of air, especially from the back seat.

 

The only complaints I have is that they only ran one train on both coasters. Now I'll admit Raven didnt really need the second train, the wait was never out of the Station, but Legend did. The wait got up to probably at least 30 minutes, the line was down the steps. And that station is not a fun one to wait in when its as humid as it was. It was a sweatbox in there. That and both coaster trains were filthy, as in the outsides of them were covered in dust. People apparently had a good time writing in the dust though, because there was a lot of that...even a few naughty things written/drawn. They just need a good hosing down, thats all. Other than those two relativley minor complaints, the park was very well run, and I was impressed by it. Now for the Photos:

And the Raven at dusk.

Ah, the Revolution...the only flat at Holiday World I really enjoyed.

The Raven, after a short shower.

The entrence to the Haloween section.