My husband, two boys (ages 9 & 5), and I spent our vacation in Santa Claus the week of July 6-12th. We stayed at the best campground we have ever been in, Lake Rudolph. We also spent 4 days at Holiday World.

We enjoyed every minute spent at Holiday World. My older son could live in the wave pools at Splashin' Safari. He also really loved Kima Bay! Great job on that addition!

My younger son was a bit disappointed that he was too short to ride the roller coasters. He is only 46 inches tall. He was really looking forward to riding the Voyage. (He rides it virtually on the computer every day.) He did ride every ride at the park that he was tall enough to get on though. He absolutely loved the Reindeer Games ride and probably rode it 50 times!

We all had a great time and are so impressed with how clean and family friendly your park is.

We live about an hour from Kings Island, but drove over 3 hours to go to your park instead!

I have to tell you about one experience that really impressed me. There are a lot of things about Holiday World that I brag about when telling friends and family they must come to this park - the rides, the free drinks, the fact that our family of 4 could enjoy a good meal for $20!!!!! The list goes on & on. However, what I experienced on Tuesday, July 8th, tops them all in my opinion.

It was about 7:15 PM and the skies had started to get dark with storm clouds. We decided to go back to the campground before the storms hit.

Our youngest son, Noah, begged us to let him ride Reindeer games just one more time. There was no line for the ride, so we agreed to let him get on.

Just as the ride operator started the ride, the warning sirens went off telling the workers to stop all the rides. She quickly stopped the ride. What really impressed me though as the mother of small children, was happened next.

The girl was a teenager, probably still in high school. As she let the children off the ride, she instructed them to remain in their seat until she took them one at a time by the hand and personally made sure that each and every child on that ride was in the care of their parent.

I have been at other parks when they have to close the rides due to inclement weather, they usually just stop the ride and everyone gets off. No one makes sure the kids end up with their parents. I was so impressed to see the care she took to make sure that in all the chaos, each child was safe. Kudos to you for the wonderful training you do with your staff. It truly shows how much you care for the families who are coming to your park.

This is one family who will return again and again!!!!

The G. Family
Williamsburg, Ohio

Posted on Holiblog :: 23 July 2008 - 11:31am