Holiday World (HW) Discussion Thread

[jamesdillaman]

The best part about this is adding another restroom, pepsi oasis, and more seating to their waterpark. As a very popular section of the park during the hot summer days, it can be amazingly crowded. I've been there many times when there was not a seat to be found. Also it will keep many kids out of the wavepool, which is a pet peeve of mine (unsupervised kids in the wavepool bumping into everybody and not paying attention). 2 acres added will mean more room for the crowds in Splashin' Safari to disperse a little.

 

-James Dillaman

[Erik Johnson]

Very cool, I like monkeys.

[easytoremember]

This should be great for the water park. I think they needed a ride with high capacity and family appeal, and this offers both.

[Homer]

Another nice water attraction for Holiday World's decent water park. If anything, it should be a shoo-in for the Golden Tickets in '08!

 

Now for that steel looping coaster... if that will EVER happen. That's when I will consider Holiday World "complete."

[arrowfanman]

I think this will fit perfectly into their waterpark. The park seemed to have a lot of "BIG" slides, so a family complex balances out well.

 

-Jahan

[sixflagsguy5]

I'm not a big fan of waterparks, but I've always admired Holiday World's ways of building up their park. I'm a big Holiday World fan and think that any decision they make is usually the best thing to do. I trust their judgement much more than Six Flags.

 

It's kind of weird how they're naming their new area after the park who built a coaster by the same company that built Voyage...

[spaceace12]

I am sure the closeness in the name of the new area the the kemah bullit is purely a accident. For one, they spelled the new area Kima,

[Wes]

^ Um, its explains what Kima means in the "What's New" page. It's like the third sentence, kinda hard to miss.

[spaceace12]

i skipped right over that, I skim sometimes.

[arrowfanman]

^^ Me no read! Me look at picture only! Distracted by dancing monkey!

 

 

 

-Jahan "Confirming speculation by reading--so easy a caveman can do it!" Makanvand

[KGA29]

This is a good addition. Structures like these are amazingly fun for all ages (GA's Jackaroo Landing). Some of the slides are actually quite fast and you get soaked no matter where you go (which is kinda the point of a water park). So this is a huge improvement over their old water structure.

[coasterdude5]

Sounds cool to me, for some reason, I already thought the park had a structure like this but I guess not.

[spaceace12]

They do, monsoon lagoon, but it is aged, allot of water features don't work. Plus on a hot day, it is packed. I went in it a few times last year.

[Guest]

Now for that steel looping coaster... if that will EVER happen. That's when I will consider Holiday World "complete."

 

Really? The thing I kind of liked about Holiday World was the lack of a large steel coaster. I think that would kill the atmosphere some. Sure they could do something like Wildfire, but I still don't think it would fit in all that well with the park.

 

The only types of steel coasters I think would truly fit in (at least with the park as it is now) would be a Gerstlauer Bobsled or some type of spinning coaster. Even that would have to be pulled off just the right way to "fit", but i think it would work better with them being a family park than a large steel looper.

 

The new addition looks good. I personally don't care for waterpark attractions, but I have seen smaller types of this at other parks and people seem to love them. Good move IMO.

[Adrenaline_Rush]

I think a ride like Revolution would be great, because you can hide that ride a bit, and I think it would fit in you just need to find the right theme. Im all for gay day! Just kidding...or am I? (Duhn duhn duhn!)

[spaceace12]

A bobsled coaster in the christmas section would fit in, theme it as santa's run on christmas eve.

[Swoosh]

No get a RUDICOASTER like Santa's Land

 

[DRWP2005]

This looks really cool...and 7 slides is more then I've seen coming off a structure like this is a while. Has there been any word of who's actually building this? It looks like a Whitewater Structure to me.

[JamesMC]

I made my first trip to Holiday World this year with my girlfriend and her daughter. We had a blast and the Voyage (at least pre-trim brakes) was awesome.

 

In talking with one of the employees, he stated that the waterpark would be the focus of the 2008 expansion, which has now proved to be true. He also said that it would be 2010 for the next coaster which was likely to be a steelie. Well, half the predictions came true anyway, I guess we just have to wait and see what the next couple years bring.

 

I think they could pull off a Suspended/Inverted/Flyer pretty well and make it "fit" and blend into the terrain. What I don't expect is a Hyper or a Mega-Inversion.

 

We shall see.

[spaceace12]

Just a little update, sometime after Thanksgiving they will announce the rest of the additions, according to the blog.

[Guitarzan812]

Wewt! This looks pretty cool, although i'm a wee bit dissappointed its just like monsoon lagoon, hopefully there'll be some good updates in two weeks!

[TheRapidsNerd]

Hello Kitty dueling floorless coasters.

 

Nevermind. Monkey pool family thing. Some day Batz....some day....

[jynx242]

I think it's great! When we were there on the Midwest tour - the water park was PACKED!! We went in to ride a couple slides - then decided to go out into the rest of the park to get away from the crowds. This will let people spread out a bit - and keep them sliding so us coaster geeks can get in more rides on Voyage, Raven and Legend.

[Axman]

Splashin' Safari si rapidly growing into one of the largest water parks in memory.

[thecoasterkid]

^ That's good, because Dave was right...it was PACKED on the Mid-West trip!

 

Now that could totally do with the fact that it was hovering around 100 degrees that day...but still, any addition is a good addition.

 

I loved Holiday World on my single visit there, and I can't wait to get back!