We take a deep dive into our Calypso ride’s restoration this episode, as Sean Strahl joins us to provide the inside track: I waited for Sean’s story to “air” on…
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Posts Tagged: Maintenance Tony
The Secret: How we kept it
It’s been a little more than a month since our announcement for 2015, and I’m still in shock that we managed to keep this massive project under wraps. And I’m…
Read More »Time to get our ship in shape
If you’ve been wondering about exactly where Mayflower will dock, here’s a bird’s-eye view from the top of Voyage’s lift hill: Our new swinging ship ride arrived this week and…
Read More »Oil can!
After about the third time watching this Vine video, the little girl's squeal starts to sound like a squeak. Time to call Maintenance Director Tony?
Read More »Oops, wrong nest
For years we’ve joked that Splashin’ Safari is a showroom for ProSlide Technology. After all, the majority of the “cool stuff” in our water park is from them. Let’s see…
Read More »Pop goes the culture
It's so much fun working in the "all ages" environment we have here at Holiday World. There's so much energy mixed in with the sense of history. We've helped make…
Read More »Our test dummies get all the fun!
In the spring of the year, the test dummies have a blast. They get to ride before anyone else. Today it was Liberty Launch. We put them in place, fill…
Read More »A peek behind the (shower) curtain
Warm, fuzzy moments happen around here all the time. And when one of the men on staff tells the story, it’s all the sweeter. So when the new guy (Tony…our…
Read More »A family photo
Most families, when they take a photo of multiple generations, are sitting on a comfy sofa at grandma's house …or maybe in front of the old oak tree in the…
Read More »Keeping balance at work
Here's another photo from Tony, taken back in August. I'll have to ask him if his crew is performing track work, conducting a stretching class, or rehearsing the choreography for…
Read More »The Voyage: Behind the Scenes
As promised, here's the video produced recently by the crew from WTIU-TV about what our maintenance technicians do to keep The Voyage #1.
Read More »“I’m out of my comfort zone”
Poor Mike. He got dragged into a TV interview the other day. Not exactly kicking and screaming, but he did solemnly tell me, "Paula, I'm out of my comfort zone."…
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