Podcast: The one with the year of feedback

By Leah Koch
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We’ve missed out on a lot of feedback in one year. In fact, we dedicated an entire episode to feedback. We heard about bacon hour at McDonald’s. We don’t want to brag, but every hour is bacon hour at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari. Is there a @McDonalds in Santa Claus, IN? Asking for our…

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Podcast: The one where we missed you too

By Leah Koch
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The Podsquad is back in action! We’ve missed hearing from everyone and we’re so glad to be returning to your commutes, cleaning sessions, etc. We kicked things off with a tribute to Paula, who retired in June this year. She was our long-time Director of Communications and creator and host of the Official Holiday World…

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Podcast: The one with the kNights who say “Whee!”

By Leah Koch
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In Season 2: Episode 2, the Podsquad takes on HoliWood Nights 2020: The HoliWood kNights Who Say “Whee!” The squad welcomed two guests: Director of Marketing Ashley Blankenbaker and Creative Manager Stephen Rutherford. For those who aren’t familiar HoliWood Nights is our annual event where we loosely parody a movie, and this year’s theme is…

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Podcast: Three for the Price of One

By Leah Koch
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We’ve been plotting the return of the podcast for a while. If you haven’t listened yet, I highly recommend you check out some of our old episodes, available at www.holidayworld.com/holisounds (or wherever you get your podcasts). We decided that we wanted to try some new things with this next version of the podcast, so if…

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The Holiday World Podcast is coming back!

By Sabrina @ Holiday World
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You read that correctly! After a one-year hiatus, the pod squad has been workinghard to bring you quality content and a new format! Shortly after we kick off the new year we will be rolling out three fresh podcast episodes to enjoy during your morning commute To hold you over while you wait, It felt…

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Gifting a Holiday World Ticket or Season Pass

By Josh @ Holiday World
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With Christmas fast approaching and tons of great sales underway, we’ve had a couple fans reach out to us and ask for a special or unique way of gifting a ticket or Season Pass they purchased. Some Season Passholders in our Facebook Passholder Group started chatting about the best or most creative ways they came…

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HoWoHacks: Kid Safety

By Sabrina @ Holiday World
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If your goal is to leave Holiday World with the same number of kids you came with, these are the hacks for you! Read on to learn safety tips to keep your trip fun and memorable! For this post, I’ll be using a picture from our last trip of the 2018 Season. HoWoHack #1: Take…

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All They Can Be

By Sabrina @ Holiday World
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This year we honor four Army veterans, one Marine, and one Coast Guard. So we’ll add as an extension of the title: Semper Fidelus | Semper Paratus  Today, we thank the men and women of the United States armed forces who have served to protect our country and defend our freedom.  In a single trip…

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HoliDrone Captures first Cheetah Chase Fiberglass Lift

All Downhill From Here

By Josh @ Holiday World
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Because we just placed the tallest slide pieces of Cheetah Chase! We’ve got to catch you up on what’s been happening in Splashin’ Safari. It’s time for a Cheetah Chase Check In! Our last check in showed the first footers taking shape and the fiberglass for the slide arriving. As you can see, we’ve made…

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Who Gets the Last Ride?

By Leah Koch
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Have you ever wondered who gets the last ride of the season?  After a million guests come through our gates each year, who gets to be the very last rider of the season?  I mean, at HoliWood Nights, people buy the right to be the last rider of the night. Wouldn’t the last ride of…

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2019 Season ends with a magical proposal!

By Sabrina @ Holiday World
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Each year the end of the season is bittersweet, but this year our 2019 Season ended with a new beginning. We closed out our 2019 Season with a magical proposal! In early October, Derek reached out to our team for help planning a proposal for his son. Logan and his girlfriend Ashley were traveling here from…

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Out with the Old, In with the Smooth

By Sabrina @ Holiday World
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This week we set out to answer two of your burning questions about the Voyage: Why did we start track work early? What are we doing to the track? Initially we thought we would take some cellphone pictures to share progress on the Voyage. Once we started working with the maintenance team and heard what…

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Hoosier choice for “Monster of the Year?”

By Sabrina @ Holiday World
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During Happy Halloween Weekends, Hoosier Celebration Stage gets a touch of spooky fun! Monster Mash is one of our brand new spooktacular shows that puts you in the judges seat to crown “Monster of the Year.” Keep reading to the very bottom for a sneak peek! Sit a spell and let us introduce you to these…

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