Holiday World: Then & Now

Even though there were five of us kids in a very middle class family, my parents did everything they could to take us on new adventures and let us have…

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A Paint Job Most Fowl

We love a good pun here at Holiday World, and I could think of no better way to introduce the new paint on The Raven than with a little “fowl”…

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The Raven Evermore Project

If you’ve driven through Santa Claus, Indiana recently, you’ve seen it. We had discarded pieces of track in the parking lot for all to see.  After many years of comments…

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The day CBS News came to town

48 Hours' correspondant Richard Schlesinger and park president Will Koch

What fun it is to revisit our past – with oh so many wonderful stories to tell from our 73 years! This includes a visit from CBS News! Here’s a share…

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Trees please

Thunderbird and Voyage

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…

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Memories of coaster names

1995 Brochure cover

We call it The Name Game here. Whenever we have something new, it needs a name. Over the years, we’ve spent untold hours coming up with themed names for attractions,…

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A focus on snow

Holidog statue after an ice storm

Are you a fan of snow? This drone footage was shot a year ago, when the park was under a blanket of the lovely stuff. Here in southern Indiana, we…

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Podcast: Making Merry

Lauren Wand

It’s the aftermath of announcing Santa’s Merry Marketplace and our podsquad is still a bit giddy for today’s podcast episode:     We talk a lot about producing the announcement video…

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360 degrees of fun

Thunderbird 360° Front-Thumbnail

We’ve been having a ball with our new video camera, which provides a view of 360 degrees around your virtual seat. If you’ve just discovered how fun it is to…

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Podcast: Smooth Talker

Raven shirt design

As we enter the last month of the off-season, track work on The Voyage is coming to an end (the photo, below, is from back in January). So who is…

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Sweepstakes: Family Getaway

Thunderbird's Immelmann loop

Congratulations to our winner, Nichole B. from Newburgh, Indiana! Thanks to all who entered! ————- Who wants to win a family getaway for Memorial Day Weekend? We’ve partnered with our…

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Podcast: The brush off

The #podsquad braved the snow and ice to bring you a new podcast episode. Truth be told, it’s 42 degrees out this afternoon … and the biggest danger any of…

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