We spent July 1st at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, where we toured the construction site of their newly announced water roller coaster. The visit wrapped up with one of the...
Holiday World is a place where holidays can be celebrated all-year round, and on the heels of the 4th of July Holiday, the park recently announced a new-for-2027 to Holiday World’s “4th of July” Section...
On July 1st, 2026, Holiday World announced Cannonball, a new Mack Rides water roller coaster for the 2027. We were invited to journey behind the fence to get an up-close look at the construction site...
In the words of Ron Burgundy, Holiday World has a very important announcement for the 2027 season: CANNONBALL! Holiday World’s new Cannonball! water roller coaster will be the largest single-attraction investment in park history. The $22 million...
I visited Holiday World in the little town of Santa Claus, Indiana, for the first time last week, expecting to ride some great coasters. However, the park somehow managed to exceed my expectations in ways...
It’s been a few years, but we’re back with another one of our highly scientific “capital of the world” questions. First, we wanted to determine which park had the most B&M track. Then, we were...
While on a recent visit to the park, I picked up a copy of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari: 75 Years of America’s First Theme Park book by Jim Futrell, Ron Gustafson, Dave Hahner, Nell Hedge,...
Holidays in the Sky drone show is back with more drones and now audience participation. Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana was one of the first theme parks to utilize drones for...
It’s not Thanksgiving without gravy on the table and now it’s not Holiday World without Good Gravy! in your day! The first Vekoma Family Boomerang coaster has opened in southern Indiana and Coaster101 was on...
It’s time to go “Over the River and Through the Woods” for Good Gravy at Holiday World – America’s “Graviest” Coaster! Traveling more than 1,500′ of track, riders will reach heights of 77′, going both forwards...
It’s Christmas in July and we received a mysterious gift from our friends at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari. What do you think could be inside? The mystery package is about the size of a...
Welcome to our latest edition of Park Battle, where we put two similar amusement parks head to head and compare everything they have to offer. Today we take a look at two similarly sized parks...
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