The voyage seems to defy physics to me. There's a break run on the way back that sometimes brings the train to a near complete stop, but then you go down a couple of very small drops into a tunnel and seem to have all of your speed back.
Thats because the elevation of the topography on the first half of the ride is going uphill. After the MCBR you are traveling downhill back to the station even though it feels like your somewhat level. Will Koch mentioned it in an interview i heard before he passed away. Really cool illusion.
I've been going to this park ever year for my whole life and I'm 15. So I gotta say this has probably is the most family friendly park I've ever been. This park is probably one of the cleanest parks as well. Also I love holiday world mainly for splashin safari. Splashin safari is the greatest in terms of rides and safety. I've been on every single water ride and they were all fun except for watu bee. The mammoth was my favorite. The dry rides are alright. I get a little sick on some of them but all the coasters are fun. This park is probably my favorite park in my opinion. Holiday world is definitely a place I'd like to take my kids in the future if I have kids. I'm going again with my family again in june
I used to go here when I was younger as a kid but haven't been in 5 or 6 years. The rides are great for both the main park and the water park. Great to take your family for all ages.
When I went on the thunderbird for the first time I was young and really scared and an employee talked to me and calmed me down and they even said right before they would check with me specifically before starting it. The employee really helped calm me down and I’m glad he did cuz now I love roller coasters and if he didn’t talk to me it probably wouldn’t like roller coasters
You know it's rare to have one world class wooden roller coaster, but Holiday World boasts 3? That's insane... I wonder if Holiday World ever pondered an Intamin pre-fab (El Toro) and a RMC ground up topper track (Outlaw run). That would give them 5! They would then become the undisputed Wooden Roller Coaster Capital of the Universe! One could dream right?
I've been there 2 times and if your gonna stay multi day there are a ton of hotels near by and also there's a really nice trailer park literally across the parking lot with a shuttle bus to the gates of the park. It's called camp Rudolf.
The comment I made to family when I last went was that HW was about 3 to 4 major rides from being a two day park. Granted, I did go on labor day Saturday, so it had high visitor traffic. But I still stand by that when you are there with a family of four.
if anyone ever considers a more than one day trip, camp rudolf is just next door and even has a shuttle bus to take you to holiday world, plus discounted tickets (im pretty sure) in their camp store. the campground offers tent sites, rv sites, and cabins. has its own pool and two body water slides that is super fun. the whole area is great, i love it
I'm in love with Holiday World!!!! I only live 45 minutes away from there. Holiday world probably doesn't have the room for it but I would love to see more stuff in the Christmas area. I have been saying that Holiday World needs to get a Christmas themed roller coaster. Something like a B&M Hyper Coaster. I can tell you right now Holiday World has AMAZING food!!!!!! (Sorry this is going a long comment) My favorite ride there is Voyage,but I also like The Legend and Thunderbird! Raven not so much.
Loved this park as a teen, but now as a parent I love it even more! The best part is the staff really try to keep the riff raft out. If they hear vulgar language they will ask you to stop or leave! As a mom that is awesome to me. The cleanest park I've ever been to by far.
I’ve been goi g here for 7 years and I love it and it isn’t even my home park I’ve been going here before people really know about voyage and this is one of my favorites
I love Holiday World. I went there once and it this year and for 2 days. We spent the first day in the water park, and the first little part of the second day on roller foasters, and then the rest of the day at the water park again lol. The food there is really good. I think I rode The Voyage around 10 times lol. Nice video dude.
I love Holiday world! It's my home amusement park! Although I haven't been in years (I don't think I've been since Pilgrims Plunge closed.) When a new ride is announced everybody holds their breath in excitement. And its a sign that Summer is here when I start to see the commercials on TV each year. It has the best water park in the country and its really everything this video says. It's well worth visiting scenic no where just to go.
One of the few parks in the country that has consistently good coasters across the board. May not have many, but for only having 4 major coasters, they are surprisingly hard to rank or pick favorites from. The Raven is action-packed and hard hitting, The Legend (now that it’s been renovated) is one of the best terrain coasters out there, the Thunderbird is just plain fun, and of course the Voyage is one of the most epic coasters on Earth. They could definitely use some more flat thrills and maybe another coaster (I want to say an RMC, as HW has always been known for their woodies and it would be a cool modern update to their classic specialty, but that might take away from their “hometown” feel. A very welcoming and enjoyable park. With another coaster and/or some more thrills, it could totally be a Top 5 or Top 3 contender.
The first time I rode the thunderbird when I was 10 I was terrified so the employee was so nice to me telling me he has to ride it everyday and after you ride it it will be awesome and they let me have it where when they checked the passengers right before it started if I gave a thumbs down they would let me off. I’m glad I rode it.
Holiday World used to be my home park, and what a great one to have so close. Great rides, fantastic water park, affordable, and incredibly friendly atmosphere. And unlimited free soda! I moved before Thunderbird was added so I never got the chance to give that one ago. It's surreal to see HW with an actual steel coaster, but it fits in well. If you're in the area, definitely give it a visit. It's gotta be one of the most charming parks out there.
I remember when I was a kid and I would visit my family in Evansville we would go there. My favorite part was part was the log ride and the wave pool. I hope to go there when I visit my family next year!
This is my home park/place of employment! Wonderful atmosphere and wonderful place to spend my time street drumming for anyone! Come back and try the food! The pizza is amazing!
I spent two days here with my husband. While some of the water rides were awesome, wait times were ridiculous. Staff would not fill rafts to capacity before launching and several of the rides were constantly having mechanical issues. This place used to be great but not anymore. Oh and restaurants all close 2 hours before the park closes which is stupid unless you want to eat way up near the entrance of the park.
I would totally dig that. They don't really have an inbetween coaster like you have the big thrill coasters: Thunderbird, Voyage, Legend, and Raven and then you just have one kiddie coaster: Howler. I think a Wild Mouse coaster or a spinning coaster would do the job perfectly. Or even just a Vekoma family coaster would be great, maybe even a family Boomerang.
I live 30 mins from Holiday World. We used to go every weekend. Sometimes just for pizza and Ice cream. My Dad used to go to it back in the day when it was called SantaClauseLand
just got back from carowinds at the ACE event, im telling you, it was rainey, but riding fury and after burn was intense at nigh or in the dark, also the carolina cobra has a orange ish pinkish with purple supports.
Thunderbird is sick at liftoff you go straight up and into an inverted loop right off the bat..0-90mph or so in 4 seconds great start to a ride... also the voyage i rode a few times at front... each time it seemd like the ride would tear it self apart with the forces i felt. the start was insane drop like felt i was going to flip over going down... it was intense dark one sec light few more sec, then your tugged in different directions but the horizontal loops are the best on that ride its pure physics! you are right about the walk to thunderbird but half way there is a drink station so ya know its ok :P
I've been to Holiday World twice, once in 2009 and once last year. I don't think I could've said anything better than what you said. One thing I will slightly disagree with is your assessment on Voyage. IMHO, it is not only one of the greatest woodies out there, but THE greatest woodie out there. Staff is awesome, the water park is bitchin', and the three woodies and Thunderbird kick ass.
I am one of those people who hate body slides, Kings Island is my home park and I went once in 2018, I despise the water park at KI. The food is also great
I wouldn't say they work in the free parking, drinks, and sunscreen considering admission is only $40. That's about the same price to get into any Six Flags park and they don't offer any of that.
Excellent park, went for the first time in September and it was amazing. Even though they have few coasters, each is unique and the woodies are immaculately maintained. Thunderbird was a huge surprise for me, beautiful launch and several thrilling elements for such a shorty. The staff was so great also. Night ride on Voyage dethroned Steel Vengeance as my favorite ride as well. Tip, do not drink, even one beer at lunch, and go to this park. My buddy got tossed off the last ride of the night because we had a beer in the parking lot with dinner and they smelled it on his breath. We got banned for a year, IN state law, 0 tolerance for alcohol at theme parks. Oh well, I'll absolutely go back, place is gorgeous.
I can't seem to find any message boards about Holiday World so I thought I would post my question here... I'm thinking about visiting Holiday World on Saturday August 19th but I will only have about 4 or 5 hours to spend at the park. It says there is a Christian Rock festival that day, so does anyone know if it will be really busy and thus not worth going to on that day? I'd like to ride the 4 main coasters at least 3 times each...
