Photo Trip Report: Indiana Beach

[Airtime&Gravity]

I finally made it out to Indiana Beach today, and I was impressed with how great of a park it was. While it had some problems, it is an all around great park. If you've never been there, the best way to describe it is if someone built a bunch of rides in a tourist trap town. The rides are all owned by Morgan RV Resorts, but there are several independently owned businesses which make the park unique.

 

The rides:

 

Steel Hawg - I knew the elements to expect, but even with that, this ride still scared me. The ride is a ton of fun, but there are several "Oh crap" moments throughout. It isn't very intense, but it is very smooth and a lot of fun. It probably places in my top 10 steel coasters, but I'm not sure where.

 

LoCoSuMo - A very fun but very messed up coaster. It was fairly smooth, but it is just so wrong but so fun.

 

Frankenstein's Castle - a fun cheesy walk through haunted house. It is worth the $4 it costs to do. My only complaint is the 12-14 year old boy in the group that I was in kept criticizing how stupid and lame the effects were.

 

Hoosier Hurricane - probably the disappointment of the trip. It's fun, but there was little to no airtime when I rode. There was only one train operation on it and it broke down later in the day, so I was unable to reride it in hopes of changing my opinion (see Cornball).

 

Cornball Express - When I first rode it, I didn't see why everyone loved it. There wasn't much airtime, and it just didn't seem to deserve all the praise. I rode it later in the day, and it was on my second ride when it lived up to the hype. There was plenty of airtime, and the train flew around the course. It was a great ride and it probably places around 3-5 on my favorite wooden coaster list.

 

Double Shot - This was my first S&S tower ride, and it was a lot of fun...scary, but fun.

 

Galaxi - This coaster was a surprise. It was smooth and had some good moments of airtime.

 

Tig'rr coaster - I didn't know what to expect, but this coaster was a lot of fun.

 

Water Swigs - scary but fun yo-yo over water

 

Falling Star - fun flat ride

 

Giant Wheel - scary ferris wheel of death

 

Schafer Queen - boat ride that allowed me to get some nice photos.

 

Unfortunately, I didn't ride Den of Lost Thieves as it was so hot and humid (ambulance even took a heat stroke victim away), that by the time I would have ridden it, I wanted to leave.

 

Air Crows was closed.

 

The tacos and Pronto Pup are great.

 

So yeah, go visit Indiana Beach.

 

I have a lot of photos, so they will be posted over multiple posts. However, feel free to post between updates, and any can be used for the index.

Flying Bobs again

 

More to come soon...or later...or whenever

 

Next update: the coasters

Flying Bobs - another ride I have no intention of riding

Sea Dragon

Yes, the Tig'rr coaster is built on top of a restaurant (the Dog n' Suds)

Air Crows was closed

Indiana Beach

Double Shot

Double Shot

Double Shot

Double Shot

IB has the same dual water slide thing that Kiddieland has

Fail...or win?

bumper cars

same ride

flat ride

The splash battle looks fun, but it fails compared to SFGAM's. Plus you have to pay to use the off-ride water canons here.

Cornball and Hurricane cover the kiddieland

Log flume again

Log flume, but the line was too long for a mediocre looking ride for me

IB

There's even a Dog n' Suds here, although it wasn't very clean. Even if it was cleaner, I didn't want to eat there since there is one not too far from SFGAM, and because there is better food at IB.

Galaxi

Galaxi

The Galaxi is tucked away in some water slides

Den of Lost Thieves building

Den of Lost Thieves - next time I'll ride it

Frankenstein's Castle character

Frankenstein's Castle character

Not so much rattling, but more along the lines of just really messed up

LoCoSuMo

LoCoSuMo just like the car ride and a lot of the other rides at IB is built over the water

Here is a caption about the sign

LoCouMo was the first coaster of the day. It opened late due to testing not happening until after the park opened, but I ended up on the first train of the day.

Here is a map of Indiana Beach. There is a lot to do in a small area.

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Part 2

 

A ride op at Steel Hawg said that on a new top thrill ride T.V. show, Steel Hawg made the list.

Hurricane towers over the park.

 

More updates will come tomorrow and possibly Monday depending on my available time and ability to narrow down my photos.

Hurricane runs over the water along the edge of the park.

Hurricane - while a train is running, the ride is closed and will be for the rest of my day there I believe.

Hurricane

Hurricane's Station

Hurricane

For you lift hill enthusiasts

Super incredible nerd shot

Steel Hawg is a mess of track

Waiting to enter the station again

random track

Super nerd shot

Coming into the brakes

The downward barrel roll was a cool element

Steel Hawg

Another nerd shot

Steel Hawg again

Nerd Shot

You spend what seems like a long upside down here

Lots of strange elements

Steel Hawg was a great ride

[WFChris]

Great pictures! As always, I love to see parts of the park that arent usually 'featured' on most TRs

 

Chris.

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Part 3: What should be the last set

Thanks for reading

Random ducks

The Galaxi is somewhere back there in the water park.

Here you can see almost the entire park

Giant Wheel again

The Giant Wheel offers some great views

Obligatory tiki head photo

Cornball races through a turn above the park's kiddieland.

Cornball

Cornball

Cornball is a lot of fun with some great airtime.

Cornball is my 5th favorite wooden coaster.

Cornball

The Falling Star was fun.

Swinging over the lake

Water Swings

Coasters are everywhere at IB.

Fascination, but I didn't have time to play.

A car about to enter the first turn.

It is just one mess of track.

While not very tall, Tig'rr Coaster manages to get going very fast.

Tig'rr Coaster

[Electerik]

Indiana Beach is one of my favorite parks. But I've only ever been when it was slow. I imagine it probably doesn't handle crowds well. But I'm glad you finally made it out there. I think it's an amazing park.