What in the world do Jeannie C. Riley and the song Harper Valley PTA have to do with Holiday World? The Grammy Award winner’s connection is with Santa Claus Land, actually; she performed…
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Posts Tagged: famous visitors
The day CBS News came to town
What fun it is to revisit our past – with oh so many wonderful stories to tell from our 73 years! This includes a visit from CBS News! Here’s a share…
Read More »On this date in 1955
Ronald Reagan at Santa Claus Land? We have proof! From the Holiday World archives: Actor (and future president) Ronald Reagan visited @SantaClausLand on this day in 1955. #HW70 pic.twitter.com/hDsNk9mbgt —…
Read More »When Mick Foley drops by …
What a day this has been! Our pal Mick Foley dropped by to check out Thunderbird testing – and we got to stream video live on Facebook for the first…
Read More »Happy Birthday, Mrs. Brady!
Did you know Florence Henderson was a Hoosier? She was born on this day in 1934 in the town of Dale, which is just a few miles west of the…
Read More »Trick or tweet
You never know whom you might run into here at the park during the Halloween season. We see some … incredible … costumes … And then there’s this family who…
Read More »Anatomy of a thrill
It starts when you get the okay from the network to talk about the unnamed new show: We can finally tell you! @TravelChannel‘s new show w/ @KariByron & @ToryBelleci is…
Read More »Geek now, or forever hold your peace
Okay, so we can officially let the cat out of the bag now. Travel Channel was here today. But that wasn’t the secret. What we couldn’t talk about ahead of…
Read More »Great Scott! Tune in Thursday night
Have you ever wondered what it takes to put together an episode of reality TV? Not the table-throwing, wine-tossing kind of reality show … a nice, fun travel show. There’s…
Read More »Apparently someone famous visited today …
Feeling sort of out of touch. And, yes, old. Anyone care to fill me in? According to Google, Brennan Tracy is a sensation on Vine … and is an I.U….
Read More »Have a holly Jolley Christmas …
When you work in a town named Santa Claus, you never know who might stop by … but some days we're all just amazed. We've been asked so many times…
Read More »Familiar faces
It's a question we hear fairly often: Which famous people have visited Holiday World over the years? It's an interesting collection of names. A future president, a wrestling legend, professional…
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