Podcast: Season 3, Episode 11: The One Where There’s No Place Like the Stage

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Season 3, Episode 6 is brought to you live from inside the park!

Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari are now open for daily operations!
Sabrina hit the midway to capture interviews in the park!

 Go over the rainbow with a sneak peek at HoliWood Nights 2021, learn more about the live entertainment
returning to the stage, and listen to Leah shamelessly plug her own tour for Give Kids the World!

 

Holidog didn’t want to be left out, so he practiced a mock interview while Sabrina was in the area:

To find the live entertainment schedule for the day of your visit, click here.

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We LOVE to hear back from our listeners, you can submit questions and feedback in the following ways:
Email us: podcast@holidayworld.com
Leave a voicemail: Phone (812)-937-4401 Ext. 8081
Reach out on social media: @holidayworld using #HoWoPo

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Sweepstakes: Memorial Day Getaway

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The Voyage Flag Set

Our prize has been claimed! Congratulations to Crystal of Louisville, KY! 

 

Memorial Day is the official kick-off for summer for many, but it’s also a day to remember. To all individuals who serve this country, and their families who sacrifice and serve as well: thank you. We offer a Military Discount as a token of our enormous gratitude. 

It’s already time to kick off summer!

Still haven’t found your perfect Memorial Day Weekend plans yet? We’ve got just the short and sweet sweepstakes for you!

Here’s what you’ll win:The Voyage Flag Set

But first, please read through these instructions and rules:

  • You must be at least 21 years old to enter and you must not have won tickets from Holiday World in the past 12 months.
  • Employees of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari, Koch Development Corporation, Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort, Sun Communities, and Sun RV Resort (and the immediate family members of employees) are not eligible to enter.
  • By entering, you agree to be added to our e-newsletter list (you may unsubscribe at any time by following the directions in your email).
  • Use the widget, below, to enter daily. There are lots of options, so you can earn extra entries by posting here on our HoliBlog and tweeting about this contest. You can also follow us on Pinterest, and visit us on our Facebook page. (We’d love it if you’d leave us a Facebook Recommendation while you’re there!)
  • If you win our Family Getaway Screamstakes, please note you must be at least 21 to phone in your two-night Holiday Cottage reservation at Lake Rudolph. *Here are the dates the cottage will be available: May 28 – May 31, 2021 ONLY. (MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND)
  • All prizes are non-transferable and not for re-sale. Each winner is solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all applicable taxes related to the prize(s). Tickets to Holiday World must be picked up at Holiday World. 
  • For the “post a comment on the blog” entry option, simply tell us your favorite way to kick off summer!  (Our comments are moderated, so as long as the content is HoliFriendly, it will appear soon.)

Ready to enter?

Be sure to enter daily through Monday, May 24, at 9:00am CDT, when we’ll choose a winner at random.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Good luck to all!
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S3E10 – The One Where a Star is Recycled

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As it turns out, it’s difficult to get four podcast hosts in a room at once the week of opening day!

So Stephen created an in-office recording studio so we could catch up with Amanda E. and Don B during the first half of the episode.
For the second re-releasing our episode from last year where we caught up with past performers!
but with a few additions sprinkled in. 

Leave it to Stephen to come up with a genius solution to our time crunch:

Stephen,Leah, Sabrina in the in-

Email us: podcast@holidayworld.com
Leave a voicemail: Phone (812)-937-4401 Ext. 8081
Reach out on social media: @holidayworld using #HoWoPo

2021 Season Passes are now on sale! Head to HolidayWorld.com/Passes for all the details.

 

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Contest: Celebrating 75 Years of Fun!

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We can’t wait to open our gates for our 2021 Season!

We want to launch you into Summer fun with a Grand Prize Family Getaway of four two-day tickets, two nights in a Holiday Cottage at Lake Rudolph Campground and RV Resort, and four beach towels! Plus, the next 25 fastest fans will win a pair of tickets. Are you ready to enter? You can sign up to get started.

If you have questions about the Contest, keep reading!

How does this contest work?

Sign up to enter and start sharing the contest! The more your friends and family enter, the earlier you’ll find out what time our grand prize will be up for grabs!

The fastest to click once the Grand Prize is live will win. The next 25 will win a pair of Holiday World tickets. Thousands more will receive a promo code for an exclusive ticket discount.

What does a “heads up” mean?

Your “heads up” is how early you’ll be notified that our top prize is about to be available. You can build your “heads up” by getting friends and family to share the contest.

What time will the top prize be available to win?

That’s the secret. We can’t say.

Build your “heads up” to be one of the first to know when you can claim the Grand Prize. You can choose to be notified by text or email when you sign up.

Be the fastest and win the biggest prize!

Good luck to all who enter!

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Podcast: Season 3, Episode 7: The One Where We Went Batty

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If you’ve been listening to the Official Holiday World Podcast for any amount of time, it won’t surprise you that this feedback got downright batty.
Before we got to feedback, we shared the story of how Holiday World launched our TikTok account.
Follow our page for content with a more behind-the-scenes footage feel!

We chatted with Max Kennedy, also know as @ThisIsMaxKennedy on TikTok, who created a wonderful video that finally gave us the courage to contribute to the platform!

 

Here is Max’s video if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet! 

This was just a preview, but you’ll have to listen to get the full story! 

Be sure to subscribe and leave a review on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, YouTube, Facebook, etc. and tell all your friends. 

We LOVE to hear back from our listeners, you can submit questions and feedback in the following ways:
Email us: podcast@holidayworld.com
Leave a voicemail: Phone (812)-937-4401 Ext. 8081
Reach out on social media: @holidayworld using #HoWoPo

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2021 Extra Passholder Perks

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Mammoth Boat Going Over Hill

Our 75th Celebration Season kicks off soon, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome Guests back to make more memories with us!

Season Passholders get the first chance to visit this season, with exclusive time on the weekend before we open to everyone.

In addition to all the great perks that your Season Pass entitles you to, we’ve loaded a few extra perks onto your Pass that can be used once during the season.

Extra Passholder Perks Include:

  • Additional 20% Off Cheetah Chase Water Bottle*
  • $1 Off Deep Fried Oreos at Funnel Cake Factory or Christmas Cupboard
  • $1 Off a Float at Sweet Stuff
  • 10 Balls for $5 at Milk Cans
  • $5 “Fedora Full o’ Rings” at The Raven’s Ring Toss
  • 5 Balls for $3 at Wacky Cats
  • 4 Balls for $3 at Milk Cans

*Item subject to change based on availability.

Cheetah Chase races into its second season at the Water Coaster Capital of the World this year

Cheetah Chase, the World’s First Launched Water Coaster, races into its second season at the Water Coaster Capital of the World this year.

To claim each deal, just mention it to the cashier and present your Season Pass to be scanned. Each deal is available once for each Passholder this year.

And don’t forget about our Daily Deals that are available each day that we’re open during the season. The discounts on those apply automatically!

Still haven’t purchased your 2021 Season Pass yet? Check out the full list of Passholder benefits for each Pass type now to see which one is best for you. If you already have your Pass and want to upgrade, you can do so for $30 for each level it’s upgraded at the park or by calling 1-800-467-2682.

Plus, be sure to join the Holiday World Season Passholder Group on Facebook.

Subscribe to our Season Pass Insider Newsletter

And be sure to sign up for our Season Pass Insider Newsletter if you haven’t already:

Email*

We look forward to seeing you all this year for our 75th Celebration Season!

These deals are available once per passholder per season and are subject to change. We’ll keep this post updated with any permanent changes to these offers.

Sweepstakes: Race here to win big!

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From Frightful Falls to Cheetah Chase, we’ve been making hearts race for 75 years!

If you love to race, you are going to love our newest sweepstakes! It’s all about speed.

The best part? We’ll have dozens of winners!

Our Grand Prize is a Family Getaway with four two-day tickets, two nights in a Holiday Cottage at Lake Rudolph Campground and RV Resort, and four beach bags.
Plus, the next 25 fastest fans will win a pair of tickets.

Are you ready to enter? You can sign up to get started.

If you have questions about the sweepstakes, keep reading.

How do these sweepstakes work?

Sign up to enter and start sharing the sweepstakes! The more your friends and family enter, the earlier you’ll find out what time our grand prize will be up for grabs!

The fastest to click once the Grand Prize is live will win. The next 25 will win a pair of Holiday World tickets. Thousands more will receive a promo code for an exclusive ticket discount.

What does a “heads up” mean?

Your “heads up” is how early you’ll be notified that our top prize is about to be available. You can build your “heads up” by getting friends and family to share the sweepstakes.

What time will the top prize be available to win?

That’s the secret. We can’t say.

Build your “heads up” to be one of the first to know when you can claim the Grand Prize. You can choose to be notified by text or email when you sign up.

Be the fastest and win the biggest prize!

Good luck to all who enter!

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Podcast: Season 3, Episode 6 – The One With the Answered Questions

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The Official Holiday World Podcast

In early March we asked our online community to send questions for the HoWoPo and they did NOT disappoint!
In this episode, the pod squad dug into Holiday World history and answered as many questions as possible, and promised to answer more in a future episode. 

We mentioned this incredible WIRED video that features our world-class coasters:

We won’t spoil any more details, you can find the episode here: 

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Sweepstakes: Family Getaway Screamstakes

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The Legend | Holiday World & Splashin' Safari

This contest has ended. Congratulations to Patrick of Scottsville, KY! To check for more contests and sweepstakes, visit our Holiblog. 

 

Ok. If you’ve never been to Holiday World, there’s a thing you should know: we LOVE our coaster spiel poems. For example, in the station of The Legend, you might hear the following: 

“Scream your head off but don’t ask why

Or the Headless Horseman might pass you byThe Legend Wooden Roller Coaster

And as you race ’round the twisted track

Whatever you do, don’t look back”

Today we hit 50 days until we officially open, and we can’t wait to hear laughter and screams filling the park again. 

So we decided to host a sweepstake of a different kind–we’re calling it our first-ever SCREAMstakes. We have more ways to enter THAN EVER BEFORE. Best of all, you can enter by posting your best scream on TikTok (Pssst… we’re officially on TikTok… you can enter by following us), Twitter, Instagram, Facebook–wherever we are–and use #Screamstakes. 

Here’s what you’ll win:

But first, please read through these instructions and rules:

  • You must be at least 18 years old to enter and you must not have won tickets from Holiday World in the past 12 months.
  • Employees of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari, Koch Development Corporation, Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort, Sun Communities, and Sun RV Resort (and the immediate family members of employees) are not eligible to enter.
  • By entering, you agree to be added to our e-newsletter list (you may unsubscribe at any time by following the directions in your email).
  • Use the widget, below, to enter daily. There are lots of options, so you can earn extra entries by posting here on our HoliBlog and tweeting about this contest. You can also follow us on Pinterest, and visit us on our Facebook page. (We’d love it if you’d leave us a Facebook Recommendation while you’re there!)
  • If you win our Family Getaway Screamstakes, please note you must be at least 21 to phone in your two-night Holiday Cottage reservation at Lake Rudolph. *Here are the dates the cottage will be available: April 30-June 10, 2021 ONLY.
  • All prizes are non-transferable and not for re-sale. Each winner is solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all applicable taxes related to the prize(s). Tickets to Holiday World must be picked up at Holiday World.
  • For the “post a comment on the blog” entry option, simply tell us which of our rides makes you scream the most!  (Our comments are moderated, so as long as the content is HoliFriendly, it will appear soon.)

Ready to enter?

Be sure to enter daily through Sunday, April 4, at 4:00pm CDT (yes… that is 4:00 on 4/4), when we’ll choose a winner at random.

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

 

 

Good luck to all!
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Meet Laura S!

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Next up in our staff introductions, we wanted you to meet our Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Laura S.!
Laura is a leader and supervisor for Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari’s financial, information and technology, and supply chain functions.  You would be correct if guessed she is VERY busy this time of year and we’re grateful she shared some of it to share with us!

What do you do at Holiday World?

I lead the teams that are responsible for accounting, IT systems/support, project planning, and purchasing.
We work behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly for our Guests and Team Members, and we get to be involved in every aspect of the business.

What do you love most about your role?

The people that I get to work with.
We have a team of extremely talented and passionate people that are dedicated to the success of our company and the happiness of our Guests.

Did you always want to work in the amusement/theme park industry?

My first job was here at Holiday World. I was a ride operator for several years through high school and college, and it taught me about leadership, working with a team, and providing excellent service. When I had the opportunity to come back in a full-time role many years later, I couldn’t pass it up. I feel lucky to work for a park that is a leader in the industry and has such a positive impact on the local community.

What are you most looking forward to in our upcoming 75th Anniversary season?

This past year has been extremely challenging for everyone, so I am looking forward to families being able to spend time together again. Our parks have been such a big part of so many family traditions and memories over the past 75 years, and I am ready to see all those families back in our parks making new memories.