Some roller coasters are so intense, so incredible, so breathtaking, that when all is said and done and the train returns to the station — there are no words to describe what just happened. You’re stunned and speechless. A re-ride...
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Trip Report: Holiday World Happy Halloween Weekends 2016
While many are familiar with Holiday World after it began building its incredible roller coasters in the mid 90s, the Santa Claus, Indiana, park has been around for much longer. In fact, it’s celebrating its 70th birthday season this year. I made...
Continue reading...Our Thoughts on Voyage at Holiday World
Although Thunderbird was the main attraction of our trip to Holiday World last month, the Coaster101 team couldn’t miss riding the park’s legendary Voyage coaster. Many of us rode the coaster for the first time. Below, read our thoughts on...
Continue reading...Q&A With Matt Eckert, President and CEO of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
This offseason, Coaster101 wants to take you behind the scenes of the theme park industry and talk to some key personnel at various parks around the country, not only to find out a little more about their respective parks, but about them...
Continue reading...Holiday World Blanketed with Early Snow
Winter hasn’t officially arrived, but much of the United States is facing below-average temperatures and earlier-than-usual snowfall. Earlier in the week, Holiday World and its coasters were coated in a layer of snow, and the park fortunately took full advantage...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Voyage
The A-Z Coaster of the Week is Voyage at Holiday World. Opened in the new Thanksgiving section of Holiday World in 2006, the Voyage is still the second longest wooden roller coaster in the world at 6,442 feet (only behind...
Continue reading...New Holiday World Aerial Images
Bing recently updated their aerial images of Santa Claus, Indiana finally giving us coaster enthusiasts a great aerial picture of Holiday World and the Voyage. In this first image you can see the current world’s longest water coaster, Wildebeest and...
Continue reading...Voyage gets some off-season TLC
The number one wooden roller coaster in the world is getting a whole lotta love this off-season. Holiday World’s extra care and attention will be sure to keep The Voyage at the top of enthusiast’s Best Of lists. A few...
Continue reading...Catching up with the Gravity Group
It’s been quite a long time since we last checked in with them but we were able to catch up with Mike Graham of the Gravity Group and discussed a few of their current projects, including the new Timberliner trains....
Continue reading...Happy Thanksgiving from Coaster101
We hope that those celebrating Thanksgiving today are having a safe, fun holiday with family and friends. We would like to thank all of you for your continued support of this website. We are very grateful! Now enjoy this photo...
Continue reading...Holiday World Trip Report
I was going to post this earlier but then tragedy struck the park and it just didn’t feel right so I held off on it until now. I visited Holiday World the day before president Will Koch passed away. First,...
Continue reading...Holiday World’s Plan B
Holiday World’s new Timberliner trains from the Gravity Group won’t be ready for riders on the Voyage this weekend or next. In order to deal with the capacity challenges presented by running just one of the original trains they’ve come...
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