His Irish eyes were smilin'

Usually nice emails like this get posted on our What Our Guests Are Saying feedback page.

But this lad specifically noted he was auditioning for the HoliBlog.

Considering what he went through to get here, it seems the least we could do.

Everyone knows that coaster enthusiasts are quite insane, yes?

Two of us were traveling through theme parks this week on a broad routing from Minnesota to Alabama, and unfortunately it just wasn't realistic to make a return visit to Holiday World, even for The Voyage. However, when we managed to finish a park early in Kansas City, Missouri, we were left with an extra day to play with, so guess what?

Kansas City, Missouri, to Holiday World to Beech Bend (sacrilege, I know, but they've a new wooden coaster, too) to Branson, Missouri, made for a round trip of more than a thousand miles.

Cost? Er, I'll take the fifth on that.

Four rides on The Voyage before an inconvenient thunderstorm?

Priceless.

Hopefully we'll get back to Santa Claus in the next decade, but if not, at least we've ridden The Voyage :)

Richard B.
Dublin, Ireland