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…
Read More »That “Harper Valley PTA” Girl!
Posts Tagged: memories
Shake it up, baby!
Not too many people knew the answer to this question: Does anyone remember what this little building was originally designed for back in 1992? #HoWoHistory pic.twitter.com/VjenRVwxVf — Holiday World…
Read More »A love letter
Happy Valentine’s Day! We hope you enjoy this guest post from a long-time seasonal employee. My name is Amanda Claise and I recently married my high school sweetheart. I should start off…
Read More »A king, a queen, and a clown
In the Communications Office space, we have a sizable storage room that houses our publicity archives. This storage room used to be the park’s dark room. (Back when photos were…
Read More »Daddy downpour
This photo makes me smile … Water park fun at @HolidayWorld #bobthebearder #beard #beards #bearded #noshaveever #noshavelife pic.twitter.com/SuvDYyqWer — Bobthebearder (@thunderhead1930) June 25, 2017
Read More »Opening a can of worms
How often have you been out in public and heard a child who’s just not in a good mood? Most of us would continue on our way. Not Henry. His…
Read More »A bear named Barnabus
We heard recently from a mom who was going through a tough time. Here’s a portion of her email to us: My children and I have recently gone through an…
Read More »Seven decades of pictures
Here’s to seven decades of fantastic photographic fun! Thanks to all who sent us pictures to include in this video and the Memories Mosaic in our 70th Birthday Plaza. From the…
Read More »Holiday Road warriors
And to think that when I was a kid in the ’60s and heading out on vacation in the family car with my brothers and our parents, our biggest entertainment was looking…
Read More »Center square for the win
Local radio personality Ty Hunter posted this on Instagram – and all this Baby Boomer’s heart could do was beat a little faster, remembering the glory days of the TV…
Read More »The Legend lives on
This morning, while adding a new Legend video to our YouTube channel, I happened upon this wonderful piece of our history from 1999. It’s the day we announced we were…
Read More »Small fry
Well, you learn something new every day. In search of a fishy turn of phrase for this post, I turned to Google to learn that a baby fish is called…
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