jamesdillaman Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Very cool, I like monkeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytoremember Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 This should be great for the water park. I think they needed a ride with high capacity and family appeal, and this offers both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowfanman Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixflagsguy5 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 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, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 ^ Um, its explains what Kima means in the "What's New" page. It's like the third sentence, kinda hard to miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 i skipped right over that, I skim sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowfanman Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 ^^ 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGA29 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Sounds cool to me, for some reason, I already thought the park had a structure like this but I guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenaline_Rush Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 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!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 A bobsled coaster in the christmas section would fit in, theme it as santa's run on christmas eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 No get a RUDICOASTER like Santa's Land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRWP2005 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesMC Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Just a little update, sometime after Thanksgiving they will announce the rest of the additions, according to the blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan812 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Hello Kitty dueling floorless coasters. Nevermind. Monkey pool family thing. Some day Batz....some day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 Splashin' Safari si rapidly growing into one of the largest water parks in memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoasterkid Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 ^ 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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