We at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari look forward to the Golden Ticket Awards by Amusement Today every year. My dad used to call it “Bringing home the lucite.” Historically,…
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Posts Tagged: Golden Ticket Award
Podcast: The one with the Lucite
The Lucite reference in the name of this episode is in tribute to the late Will Koch. Oh, how he loved “bringing home the Lucite.” And so, it seems, do…
Read More »Podcast: Promises Kept
I won’t ruin the surprise, but a promise made long ago (and repeatedly) was finally kept this morning … The Golden Ticket Awards were held last weekend in Connecticut. Leah…
Read More »Podcast: IT Guy
It’s podcast day again and this time we welcomed Matt Taylor to the table – he’s our IT Director. We hope you enjoy this episode: Here are some illustrations for…
Read More »Golden Ticket Awards – so much more than swag
Last year, Lauren, Michael, and I went to the Golden Ticket Awards for the first time ever. (Well, with the exception of the times Holiday World hosted the event.) As…
Read More »Oh, those Golden Tickets …
So how did we do this year? The Golden Ticket for Best Waterpark Ride goes to … Wildebeest! #5thConsecutiveYear @ProSlideTech pic.twitter.com/fNBZh8FbDI — Holiday World (@HolidayWorld) September 7, 2014 Leah and…
Read More »It’s time to walk the red carpet
It’s that time again, already: In just a few minutes, the Golden Ticket Awards ceremony begins. You know … the Academy Awards of the theme park industry? (Can’t continue without…
Read More »Bringing home the lucite
"Let's bring home the lucite" was Will's annual joke as it got close to Golden Ticket Awards time. He loved to win. This evening, his daughters Lauren and Leah accepted…
Read More »Six Golden Ticket Awards
Wow, what a night. Thanks to all who joined us on our Facebook page as we posted about the evening's events as the 2010 Golden Ticket Awards were announced. In…
Read More »It’s time to walk the red carpet…
Did you know Holiday World was the first park to host the Golden Ticket Awards, back in 2001? The Golden Ticket Awards are the amusement/water park industry’s version of the…
Read More »The laughter goes on
I’m sifting through some old emails to save the ones from Will that made me laugh. It’s almost every last one of them. His sense of humor kept our mood…
Read More »Blogging before it was cool
Speaking recently at a hospitality conference, I heard gasps upon mentioning we were in our 5th year of blogging here at Holiday World. Despite my sort-of tongue in cheek (actually,…
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