Matt has three elementary school-aged children, so his word choice can be pretty darn tease-worthy:
Matt just said "bomb diggity" in a magazine interview. #PresidentialProse
— Holiday World (@HolidayWorld) February 28, 2014
Monthly Archives: February 2014
The first ride of spring
Do you look for the “first robin of spring” each year?
Around here, it’s the first ride of spring; the first ride to spring back to life after a long winter’s nap.
And the first ride of the season is …
Comet’s Rockets in Rudolph’s Reindeer Ranch!
Here are three members of our maintenance crew – Anthony, Billy and Tom – getting the first rockets ready for launch.
All we need now is cleaning, testing, training, and then …
… just add children!
What’s next?
Can’t quite tell if Billy is carrying a seahorse – or a unicorn!
Ah, there we go. Anthony has it figured out.
All the pretty seahorses, ready for spring.
Have you ever seen a ride like Dasher’s Seahorses before? I’ve never heard of any other seahorse-go-rounds in existence. Please post if you know of another!
The month of March begins next week, can you believe it? The park will reawaken with lots of activity. We promise to keep you updated!
Frank incensed
Twitter can be a tough nut to crack.
But pieces of shell went flying all over my office this morning when I started channeling Frank Costanza of Seinfeld fame:
“You want a piece of me? YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?!” #SantaCake #FrankCostanzaMemories pic.twitter.com/mRTCo3mRCp
— Holiday World (@HolidayWorld) February 25, 2014
@MojoMissy Thanks! I’ve had cake speak to me plenty of times … but it never yelled before!
— Holiday World (@HolidayWorld) February 25, 2014
Marie Antoinette said it best …
So far in 2014 we’re two-for-two when it comes to All Hands Meetings.
Last month, as you may recall, we had an an off-site “meeting,” and this month …
What do you think? Too gorgeous to slice into and devour?
Did you really have to think about that one?
Of course, we talked about safety, staffing for the upcoming season, and our new marketing campaign.
Still, we can’t wait to see (or taste) what our March meeting is all about!
Someday, our ship will come in!
This may look like a big hole right now, but in less than two months, we’ll fill it with ship.
The Mayflower, that is.
Here’s a close-up of a bit of lovely rebar:
I believe this is called the keel of the ship; it’s being created for us by Chance Rides.
And here’s a similar piece from another angle:
Ah, the Pilgrims never had it so good!
Wow. You can tell it’s late on a Friday and time to go home. I keep hearing John Wayne’s voice in my head, “Sit down, Pilgrims!”
Did you catch our first installment of the Hard Hat Chronicles? We’re starting a series of video construction updates:
We sure hope you’re excited about riding Mayflower this season! Which seat will you try first – front, back or middle?
Rocking the World
So who is the person who puts together our special events, such as Happy Halloween Weekends and Rock the World?
That would be Ashley, our Special Events Manager.
And she’s grinning from ear to ear this morning after seeing the coverage of our Rock the World announcement in the latest edition of the Dubois County Herald.
With headliners TobyMac and Mandisa performing at this year’s event, we’ll be rockin’ the cornfields once again!
I just love this photo Switchfoot’s Tim Foreman posted last year:
Head over to our Rock the World page for more details about this great event!
Ready to “Rock the World”?
Ready to find out who we’ve got lined up for Rock the World 2014?
Of course you’re ready!
That’s right, between the two of them TobyMac and Mandisa have a whopping four Grammy Awards and 20 Dove Awards.
Head on over to HolidayWorldRocks.com for ticket information and updates. Plus we have a Rock the World Facebook page, Twitter feed and Pinterest board. We hope you’ll help us Rock the World in August!
Good-bye snow, hello construction updates!
Here’s this week’s #TransformationTuesday photo from Instagram, showing how construction is moving along on our new restaurant in Splashin’ Safari.
Introducing: The Hard Hat Chronicles
Oh, we’ve been wanting to start this video series for a long time!
With The Hard Hat Chronicles, we’ll show you all sorts of behind the scene looks at our always-evolving park.
Today, we begin with Mayflower:
This is just the start! We’d very much like to know what else you’d like James to explain in future episodes. Please post below!
Join our HoliBunch!
It’s the story … of a busy Human Resources Department!
Did you know we hire more than 2,000 seasonal employees each year?
That’s a bunch!
Here’s Josh, our HR Director, during a recent TV appearance.
When we entered the studio early that morning, Weather Aficionado Ron Rhodes was already having fun:
.@RonanRhodes quipped, “Must be Holiday World – who else would be in short-sleeves in February!” @NewsDaybreak pic.twitter.com/0mehaFF7jD
— Holiday World (@HolidayWorld) February 6, 2014
One way we like to show potential applicants what a tremendous variety of jobs we offer is with a series of video job previews.
Here’s a look at our Warehouse:
And here’s a day in the life of our Retail Department:
Interested? Please take a look at all the videos and job descriptions over here on our Jobs page; pick out a department that suits you and apply online.
Sure, it still feels like winter, but spring and summer are not far away!