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 and backwards at speeds approaching...
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Unboxing Holiday World’s 2024 Teaser
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 shoe box and weighs less...
Continue reading...Park Battle: Holiday World vs Michigan’s Adventure
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 often described as being located...
Continue reading...Holiday World to Debut New Holidays in the Sky Drone & Fireworks Show in 2022
Holiday World remains one of the best amusement parks at teasing future attractions. Following the popular Wordle (daily word game) trend on social media, Holiday World released several custom made “Holiday World-les” that revealed clues as to what was coming...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Follow The Yellow Brick Road…To Holiwood Nights
It was a big week for roller coasters last week. Velocicoaster and Jersey Devil opened to rave reviews, so obviously, we’re talking about Holiwood Nights. This week on the podcast, join Andrew and John as they talk about John’s recent...
Continue reading...Give Kids The World Announces Coasting for Kids “Summer Olympics”
Give Kids The World Village is partnering with seven of the nation’s top theme and amusement parks this summer to once again stage Coasting for Kids – a fundraising program that enables participants to experience the thrill and excitement of...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Legend at Holiday World
Welcome back to another installment in our “20 in 2020” series where we’re highlighting 20 coasters that opened in 2000 and therefore are celebrating 20th birthdays in 2020. Up next is Legend at Holiday World In the late 1990s, Holiday...
Continue reading...Holiday World to Host Digital Opening Day on May 2nd
Since opening day for Holiday World has been postponed to early June due to COVID-19, the park will be hosting a Digital Opening Day starting with a welcome from park President Matt Eckert and Fourth-Generation Owner Leah Koch. The day...
Continue reading...Announcing the 2020 Park Mania Champion: Holiday World!
April 7 is National Beer Day, but it might be time for a new Holiday! We started with 68 parks from across the globe. After more than 50,000 total votes cast, we’ve narrowed it down to one. We are proud...
Continue reading...Cheetah Chase Racing Water Coaster Coming to Holiday World in 2020
Following several weeks of teases, we finally know what Holiday World will be adding in 2020, and the new addition will cement the park’s title as “Water Coaster Capital of the World: Cheetah Chase. Cheetah Chase, Holiday World’s third water coaster,...
Continue reading...Holiday World Teasing 2020 Addition, Sets Announcement Date
Holiday World 2020 Announcement Date Last week, Holiday World began teasing their 2020 plans. First was this tweet: The cat’s out of the bag… well almost! Want to be the fastest to know what’s happening in 2020? Sign up for...
Continue reading...Celebrating Five Years of Made To Thrill with Josh Reichlin
Back in 2015, we talked to Josh Reichlin of Made To Thrill, a lifestyle brand that celebrates the sharp turns, fast drops, and unbridled joy of thrill rides and theme parks. Since founding Made to Thrill in 2014, Reichlin has...
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