Happy Fourth of July! In addition to celebrating our nation’s independence today, we’re kicking off Santa Claus Land Sundays. From now until our 75th Birthday on August 3, we’ll do…
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Merch Mondays
Every department is getting really excited to celebrate our 75th, but our merchandise department is going especially over the top. They’ve bombarded us with photos and ideas, and the collection…
Read More »Founder’s Day
Today is the birthdate of Louis J. Koch. Let’s declare it to be Founder’s Day! Did you know that Holiday World started out as a retirement project? It was back…
Read More »Trees please
Today is National Love A Tree Day And we’ve got plenty of love to go around. Over the decades, we’ve bent over backwards to keep our parks filled with beautiful…
Read More »“I watched your podcast”
^ Been hearing that phrase a lot lately. (Thanks for tuning in!) Until I realized I was being obnoxious and stopped, I had corrected several “viewers” to remind them that a…
Read More »Back on track
What do you give a park for its 70th Birthday? That an easy one! You bring back its original ride to put on display for generations to see and reminisce….
Read More »Clickety clack
This is one of those Good News/Not-So-Good News stories. Let's start with the good news: Holidog has his own train coming to Holidog’s FunTown! We hope you’ll enjoy making memories…
Read More »Wake up, you two!
After wintering in one of our warehouses, it's almost time for Jack & Jill to rise and shine for another season! Seriously, I just want to reach out and tickle…
Read More »So who’s in the “mail room”?
There are so many stories about famous, successful folks who have “worked their way up” in the world. It seems they all got their start in the mail room. That’s…
Read More »Angry Birds of a feather…
There must be a lot of Angry Birds fans out there! Psssttt…here’s an insider tip: a little birdie told me the Angry Birds characters will soon be available as prizes…
Read More »That other “ho-ho-ho!” guy
As a child, growing up far, far away from the town of Santa Claus, it just didn't seem right. There was some other guy claiming "ho-ho-ho" as his own on…
Read More »Happy birthday to … us!
Happy birthday! It was 59 years ago today that Louis J. Koch opened the world’s first theme park, Santa Claus Land. Fifty-nine years later, LJK’s grandson Will keeps up the…
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