We love a good pun here at Holiday World, and I could think of no better way to introduce the new paint on The Raven than with a little “fowl”…
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Posts Tagged: Coaster Technicians
The Raven Evermore Project
If you’ve driven through Santa Claus, Indiana recently, you’ve seen it. We had discarded pieces of track in the parking lot for all to see. After many years of comments…
Read More »Popular Mechanics: Hoosier best?
Sorry for the “hoosier” thing in the subject line, but it’s such low-hanging fruit, you know? When Popular Mechanics decided to name the best roller coaster in each state, they…
Read More »Lip synch
Learned something new today: The top two layers of track on our wooden coasters are collectively referred to as The Lip. As a result, the term Lip Service takes on…
Read More »Voyage track work, by the numbers
When we first started talking about adding a wooden roller coaster to our ride line up (this was waaaaay back in the early 1990s), we knew there was an important…
Read More »Grandma’s got gumption
It’s pretty impossible not to pay attention to a tweet like this: My freaking 74 year old grandma, who hasn’t rode a roller coaster in 50 years, decided that she was…
Read More »Podcast: Safety School
For the first podcast episode of the new year, we have a chat about iROC Safety School with International Ride Training co-owner Cindee Huddy: Here is our iROC Audit…
Read More »Hard Hat Chronicles, episode XIX
It’s been eight months since our last episode of the Hard Hat Chronicles, so we’ll get you two of them this month! VP James has a lot to be excited…
Read More »Podcast: Wooden you like to know?
For podcast episode 025, we invited the park’s director of maintenance, John Woodard to join us and answer your questions about our wooden roller coasters. Here’s John: A few notes:…
Read More »Nuts for donuts
It’s amazing how excited we can get about a little piece of fried dough. During the season, Mrs. Klaus’ Kitchen keeps our collective sweet tooth satisfied, but this time of…
Read More »Was Santa good to you?
Have you ever been so excited about Santa’s annual visit – and been so sure that you’re on the Good Boys & Girls List that you made special preparations for that…
Read More »‘What’s new for 2016?’
Boy-oh-boy, have we heard that question a lot this fall! In 2016, we celebrate our 70th birthday. Pretty amazing to think we’ve been around that long – ever since Louis…
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