The Voyage vs. El Toro | Roller Coaster Showdowns Joel May 22, 2012 Roller Coaster Showdowns 15 They've been battling it out on roller coaster polls and enthusiast's top coaster lists for years. Now Holiday World's The Voyage and El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure will go head-to-head in the latest inst... Read More...
Bluegrass Boardwalk Owners Tour Kentucky Kingdom (Video) Joel May 21, 2012 Theme Park News 1 Recently, a reporter from a Louisville news show took a tour of Kentucky Kingdom. She toured the defunct park with two of the park's new owners, Dan and Natalie Koch (also owners of Holiday World). Like we've s... Read More...
Holiday World Owners Talking to Kentucky Kingdom Joel January 18, 2012 Theme Park News 4 Holiday World Involved in Talks with Kentucky Kingdom Holiday World owners are in talks with Kentucky Kingdom officials. They're apparently in the "fact-finding" stage of looking into whether they see an opport... Read More...
Reactions to Holiday World’s Mammoth & the Minivan Effect Joel August 3, 2011 Editorials and Rants, Theme Park News 35 Holiday World Announces World's Longest Water Coaster for 2012 As Some Coaster Fans Groan Today, Holiday World announced Mammoth their largest single ride investment with a price tag of $9 million. Like the par... Read More...
Featured Photo #20 – The Coaster with a Cult Following Joel June 4, 2011 Editorials and Rants, Featured Photos 14 Wikipedia describes a cult following as: a term used to refer to a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of pop culture. It goes on to define it as a: small but very passionate fan base. I... Read More...
Video: Voyage’s Ground-Breaking New Timberliner Trains in Action Joel November 8, 2010 Roller Coaster News 19 The future is here ladies and gentlemen! Well, almost. In May 2011, Holiday World (Santa Claus, IN) will re-open The Voyage with new Gravity Group-designed trains known as Timberliners. On that day, the public ... Read More...
MSNBC’s 10 Gut-Churning Attractions Joel July 26, 2010 Editorials and Rants 2 MSNBC.com's 10 Gut-Churning Attractions - Amusement Park Rides For the Emetically Immune Recently, I was interviewed by MSNBC.com for an article about extreme thrill rides and roller coasters. I came up with a ... Read More...
Holiday World President Will Koch Passes Away Joel June 18, 2010 Theme Park News 14 Sunday night, Holiday World President Will Koch passed away. While I don't know him personally, I do know what Holiday World has done in the past few decades. Since he took over the reins the park has transform... Read More...
Top 3 Most Underrated Wooden Roller Coasters Joel April 22, 2010 Top 3 Thursdays 22 After my post last December on the most overrated roller coasters, a visitor asked me to write the opposite. A post about the most underrated roller coasters. For this week's Top 3 Thursdays, I will be covering... Read More...
Gravity Group’s Timberliner Trains Could Be a Game Changer Joel February 28, 2010 Editorials and Rants, Roller Coaster News 23 I'll start by admitting that this is not a breaking story, but it does deserve a post. The Gravity Group is a wooden roller coaster design company. They're a fairly young company, but they've churned out some a... Read More...
