I’ll never forget how much my siblings and I used to pester my father about what was coming. I wish I could calculate just how many times we asked him,…
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Willkommen!
Today, more than 50 members of a roller coaster club from Germany are visiting us. We had the nerve to serve them bratwurst and German potato salad! (Truth be told,…
Read More »Hints and misses
Can’t deny it’s been a fun week. We announced our 66DaysAtSea.com microsite on Monday, and the reaction has been tremendous. In case you’re not one of the group of people…
Read More »Are we there yet?
Have you ever wondered where that phrase originated? Are we there yet?! Could it have been … on board the Mayflower? It was, after all, a 66-day trip, crossing the…
Read More »A dog-eared photo
When you work at a theme park with ridiculously clever people, you never know ahead of time what each day will bring. But this, actually, was scheduled ahead of time….
Read More »Zenerosity
So who won that HoliAuction we held to help tornado victims in Oklahoma? Meet Keith. After quite the bidding war in our HoliAuction, Keith triumphed, winning a prize pack overflowing…
Read More »Keeping track of the coaster crazies
When we started building The Raven back in 1994, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into … … and how many friendships would be forged. The roller…
Read More »My coaster-crazy kid
It was getting close to bedtime for James last night. My second grader had grabbed a good book and made himself comfortable on Daddy’s side of the bed. (Stories from…
Read More »Holiday World heist
What a nice email (including the subject line, above) from a new friend from across the pond: Good Evening/Afternoon Paula! It is Friday night over here and after a hard…
Read More »Extreme cover
It’s really a thrill to be featured on the cover of a magazine. And to have a multi-page, color article. But 17 pages?! Well, that’s … almost embarrassing. Almost. Well,…
Read More »‘Pleasantly unhip’
That just about says it, doesn’t it? NUVO news-weekly, which bills itself at “Indy’s Alternative Voice,” had lots of other good things to say about us. One bit of outdated…
Read More »Perhaps they left their red coats on the motorcoach
It’s all smiles around here when the call goes out: The British are coming! There’s something about the Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain. They’re good sports, that’s for sure….
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