October 2008
Looking Back... October 2008
16 October 2008 - 1:41pm
"When I say, 'Jump!' you say, 'How high?'"
15 October 2008 - 8:08am
Agent Moosh
His name is Matthew, but a young nephew decided long ago it was easier to call him Mamoosh.
The name stuck.
Mamoosh has been visiting Holiday World as long as we've had wooden coasters.
And it's not a simple trip across town. Mamoosh lives and works in L.A.
But he keeps coming back every year. I'd like to think it's to see me, but it's probably those coasters.
Yes, that must be it. When asked by his employer for his recommendations of top coasters to ride, Moosh (as his close, personal friends call him) didn't have to give it much thought.
Happily, Moosh's boss is a magazine editor. So that coaster list ended up as the current issue's "Fave Five."
You don't have to worry about signing up for an account; just use this for your username: tawguest and this for the password: advertiser.
And tell them Mamoosh sent you.
14 October 2008 - 10:20pm
Hail, King Arthur!
13 October 2008 - 5:33pm
Anything but this!
"Take my place in line, take my pulse, take my temperature, take my wife...but not this!"
The coaster maintenance technicians sure do get attached to their trains.
"Maybe if we hold on real tight, they won't take them away from us this year..."
11 October 2008 - 8:35am
70 years later
There's a lovely ceremony planned for Sunday. Read more about it here.
One of the comments posted by a reader (below the article) is a request for a photo of Santa Jim.
Here's a sweet one:
You'll recognize Santa in the middle. That Will's little face at the top of the wreath. Heading clockwise in the wreath are younger brothers Dan and Philip plus sister Kristi. Baby sister Natalie isn't in the shot.
The grip is our own Pat Koch, bringing all three generations into the picture, which is from the late 1960s.
