steven6995 Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) My family and I just got back from Holiday World a couple days ago, and had a great time, as usual. Many thanks to Holiday World for having such great service and my condolences to the Koch family. I am so sorry and shocked to hear about Will's untimely death. Rest in peace, Mr. Koch. So we finally got to Holiday World after a four hour drive from Springfield, Ohio. My older sister decided to bring her boyfriend along. (He's not a ride person though.) So after unpacking what we needed... ...we headed into the park, and Dad decided to just walk backwards as we discussed today's plan. As Mom got us a spot in the waterpark, we decided to catch a ride on Raven before heading there ourselves. Random equipment for the win! Raven already had quite a line when we arrived. This was on Raven's shed. A power washer might have enough pressure to get this nasty stuff off. NERD PHOTO!!! We skipped Hallowswings this time around. (No Pun Intended) This ends the photos of day 1. I decided to take most of the pictures the day after. So after a nice sleep at Santa's Lodge we packed everything up for day 2! Oh, and about the Glenn Beck book... yeah, I'm a conservative. It was much more crowded on Saturday. As you can tell, Dad likes Harleys. More photos coming soon! Edited July 20, 2010 by steven6995
steven6995 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 More photos! Day 2. Here's a view of the Voyage from our hotel room. I just had to take a picture of this. I am a pianist, so I was bummed out that I couldn't play it. Santa's lodge has a wonderful lobby. After getting prepared, we soon made our way to the park. Saturday was much busier. This is a sea of vehicles! Jesus For The Win. We quickly headed to Splashin Safari to catch Wildebeest early. Anybody spot the A.C.E.rs in this picture? Voyage has become a very odd riding coaster. I rode in the first seat of the second and third car and got really jarred. These first two rides were rougher than the Voyage normally is. But then I rode the fifth car of the now 6-car trains, and got the smoothest ride I ever had on the Voyage. No jarring, very little shaking, and I was pleasantly surprised. Voyage is still my #1 woodie. Legend... THROUGH THE TREES!!! Mom decided to take a group picture, so here we are, sans mother. I'm on the right by the way, the one with the Brady Bunch hair. I'm much more interested in the background of this picture. Wildebeest was fantastic. The rafts are loaded and unloaded very quickly. The ride itself has loads of airtime, and we all got absolutely soaked. LIM's really CATAPULT you over hills. I felt the raft actually rise off the trough a couple of times. It is really worth the wait.
triggernel Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Is Santa's lodge as in your face, Christmas junk all over the place, as people say it is?
steven6995 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 I wouldn't call it junk or in your face. The rooms are pretty subtle. Only the lobby is heavily themed.
steven6995 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 Update # 3 more photos. We missed Bakuli this year. Too Bad. This is pretty much the Cedar Point of water slides. They are everywhere, in any direction. Zoombabwe it still the best water side in the park. See what I mean? Zoombabwe is the most massive water slide I have ever seen. It is just gigantic, in height, length, and volume! Safari was PACKED. I felt a bit uncomfortable brushing up against a stranger's skin. More ACErs. It looks like there's more adults here than kids! Lazy river pile on? If you look closely, you can see Legend is getting some wood replaced. A hint of possible re-tracking perhaps? This is still in my opinion, one of the best wooden coaster drops out there. My sister and I headed out to Voyage and Liberty Launch to get some last minute rides in. Looks long, but the line moved quickly. Liberty Launch had a bit of a technical problem while we were on it. It did its typical steady rising as the billows filled up, but then it stopped filling up, and we slowly came back down after a loud KERTHUNK! My heart still skips a beat when the ejector air hits on the way down. After I assume this was sorted out, the ride worked fine. We both love the crazy ejector air at the top. This is hands down the most INTENSE ride at the park. It beats the Voyage by a mile. Meanwhile, I try to imitate a Phil Collins album cover. Legend with some TLC.
ratdogg68 Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Great photo trip report, I love Holiday World, I am heading there tomorrow myself.
steven6995 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 Last photo update! Okay is it me, or does the guy near the right side of the photo look a bit like Greg Lake from ELP? The wave pool got so crowded, I started thinking that we were in Japan. Holiday World's newest attraction... Lung Cancer-The Ride ES MOY GRANDE This speaker is probably thinking, "Just stay strictly incognito." Gotta love those "original" names. More lazy river pile-ons. I thought the size (or lack) of Plunge's splash would be taken care of by now. Nope. Well this is the end, my friends. We headed out, and I listened to ELP, Genesis, Kraftwerk, and Chicago (my favorite bands) all the way home on my iPod. Many thanks to Holiday World and the Koch family for such great service and fun. RIP Will Koch...
ConleyKE Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 Excellent pictures! I'm glad that I'm not the only one that's obsessed with the Legend's first drop! It looks like you and your family had a great time. And I love the Glenn Beck shout-out!
Ccron10 Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 I'm starting to read that book too! It's better than the Summer reading book I have to do for college. Your trip report gets me in the mood to head to a waterpark sometime soon.
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