This week we set out to answer two of your burning questions about the Voyage: Why did we start track work early? What are we doing to the track? Initially…
Read More »Out with the Old, In with the Smooth
Posts Tagged: maintenance
Top of the … mushroom?
It’s not close enough to Saint Patrick’s Day for us to be greeting each other with Top of the mornin’! just yet … … so “Top of the mushroom” definitely…
Read More »AIMS high
Don’t worry, I already gave Sean a hard time over those palm trees in the background. “Rub it in, will ya?!” He assured me it wasn’t all that warm in Texas…
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 »Hard Hat Chronicles, episode XX
Question: When were fractions invented? Was it after Roman Numerals were already in place? … because both XIX.V and XIX I/II just look wrong. And so, we’ll move on and call…
Read More »Service: more than a cornerstone
At Holiday World, we have four cornerstones: Safety, Service, Cleanliness, and Friendliness. Today, we’re thinking about one of those cornerstones just a bit differently. Service. More specifically, we wanted to…
Read More »The main frame
When you hear the phrase “main frame,” you think of a computer, right? Well, not today. This morning, Firecracker‘s main frame was lowered into place. Firecracker is a classic Calypso…
Read More »Enter our Lots o’ Lights Sweepstakes
Congratulations to Kris T., from Gosport, Indiana, whose entry was chosen at random. She and her family will enjoy two nights in a Holiday Cottage at Lake Rudolph Campground &…
Read More »Thunderbird’s half-minute waltz | Off-Season Maintenance
Be assured it took many hours of work to provide Thunderbird’s trains with their off-season maintenance. But everybody loves a good time-lapse video, right? We’ll have another Legend update for…
Read More »Honoring 68 years of service
When you work at a theme park, you’re in the service industry. Given today’s date, though, let’s take a look at a different type of service. Veterans Day is a…
Read More »Happy Underwear Day!
I kid you not. There’s such a thing as “Underwear Day.” And I guess we’re meant to celebrate that fact. … which reminds me of a blog post from long…
Read More »The Maintenance Men
Congratulations to Andy, Tim, Tom, Michael, Sean, Clint and Bob for achieving AIMS certification today following a week of Safety School. In Orlando. Andy is one of our Attractions Managers…
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