Get Ready for HoliBlogger Central

Today is Blogger Day. And we’re celebrating that here on the HoliBlog. Our blog was started way back in April 2005. Back before Holiday World had a Thanksgiving section. Back…

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A major award!

Well, maybe not a major award, but this time of year that’s a fun phrase to use. (Worked well for The Old Man in A Christmas Story, right?) The HoliBlog…

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Blogiversary

Twelve years ago, on April 7, 2005, we launched the HoliBlog. Blogs weren’t really a “thing” yet, so we had some explaining to do (just as we’ve had to explain…

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Tag, you’re it!

Over the past several months, we've gone back to add tags to our eight years of HoliBlog posts. (That's more than a thousand posts!) The resulting "tag cloud" is pretty…

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With apologies to Francis Scott Key

The blooms bursting in air … You know we're on Instagram, right? http://Instagram.com/HolidayWorld These pretty pear trees are so beautiful right now. As we blogged back in 2005, It Always…

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It takes a special person …

… to be featured on the HoliBlog. And it takes a very special person to be feature twice! Almost exactly two years ago (April 23, 2010 to be exact), we…

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Seven-year hitch

Saturday marks the seven-year anniversary of our first HoliBlog post. Did you know we were the first park to blog? The feedback we’ve received over the years has been humbling….

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Kind words from a “Fool”

(In honor of April Fool's Day coming up on Sunday, let's repost this HoliBlog entry from 6/22/05) According to today's column at The Motley Fool, a hugely popular investment site,…

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Our limerick contest winners

There was a great campground and park Which decided to, quite on a lark… Call out the rhymers Both young and old-timers To compete for a really cool mark. Many…

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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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He sees you when you’re sleeping …

In our bimonthly marketing meeting yesterday, we were further familiarizing ourselves with the VisiStat system we're using to analyze our website traffic. It's way cool. One of the most remarkable…

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