TR: Holiday World & Indiana Beach

[DancingDays]

Sorry, no pictures...I rarely take a camera to parks. I'm always afraid I'll lose it, and I don't like to carry stuff around all day.

 

So, a few friends of mine and my dad decided to make a trip out to Holiday World for The Voyage because the same group of us made it out to ride Hades last year, and well, because The Voyage rules.

 

We left at around 8AM on Tuesday 6/20, made the 6 hour drive to Santa Claus, and arrived at the park just after 2PM. We decided to ride Raven and Legend each once before going to Voyage. The wait was about 15 minutes for a spot in the last car of the train, and it was well worth it. This ride is quite amazing, really. Easily my new #1. The first hill is just so perfect, and the next two have very excellent air over the descents, as well. I loved the tunnel-to-tunnel section between the third and fourth hills...that section just got wilder and wilder as the day went on. The fourth of the above ground hills was a bit unusual. Not bad, bit unusual. It definitely had some awesome air on the descent, but it seemed as if the wheels really clanked around on the track at the top. The switchback section after this hill was insane. Total ejector air on the switchback, and the little dip into the turnaround had even more air. The turnarounds were extremely fast, and the banked hills were quite smooth. Loved the air on the drop-turn-drop before the brake section, as well. The last drop of the triple down was something to behold as well. Possibly the best air of the entire ride. After this, the ride was truly crazy. Ultra-intense, really. The laterals were insane, the air was amazingly strong, and the ride was just awesome overall. So long, so fast, so much air, so perfect.

 

Anyway, we only got two rides on Tuesday before a massive storm just popped up, seemingly out of nowhere, and none of the rides operated for the last two hours of the day.

 

The next day we arrived at the park a bit before 11AM and split straight for Voyage....got 5 rides in a couple of hours, and the ride just seemed to be getting better and better. We took a ride on Raven and a couple on Legend during the day somewhere, but both seemed to pale in comparison to Voyage. Raven was not as good as I remembered. It was still very good, but the air wasn't as strong as two years ago. The fifth drop was still excellent, though, and the ride is still probably top five for me. Legend was still good this year. There isn't much air on this one ever, but it was still very intense, and very good. It just didn't seem as intense because of Voyage. After this, we got some food and spent a few hours at the waterpark before returning to The Voyage for some more amazing rides before the park closed. The back seat of this is a must ride. The first drop is so long, and just has the perfect air.

 

On Thursday we left for Indiana Beach at around 11AM, and arrived at the park just around 4PM, when the second ride session starts. Straight to Cornball. I thought that this ride might be a bit disappointing because of the rides on Raven from the previous days. However, Cornball did not disappoint at all. The air on this thing is still perfect, and the ride is still quite smooth. Definitely remains a favorite of mine. We only took one ride on Hoosier Hurricane the entire day because it really isn't that good. There really isn't any air, and it's just a bit boring...so yeah.

 

Anyway, total coaster count:

Cornball Express: 20

Voyage: 13

Raven: 4

Legend: 3

Tig'rr Coaster: 3

LoCoSuMo: 2

Galaxi: 1