It’s Splashin’ Safari’s birthday! Our water park opened on May 29, 1993. It was much smaller back then. In fact, our news release announced it would be a five-year project,…
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The day CBS News came to town
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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What’s that? High atop the tower at the new Santa’s Merry Marketplace? It’s Santa Claus! #VolumeUp The tower itself is nearly six stories tall. Each morning, Santa and his helper…
Read More »Ornamental fountain
Here’s something you don’t exactly see every day … … not even in the town of Santa Claus! It arrived first thing this morning: Our shiny new ornamental fountain (get…
Read More »Wattle we ride first?
Some may find this to be fowl, but if you take a look at turkey anatomy, you’ll know a wattle is that fleshy neck thingy (technically speaking, of course). The…
Read More »Top, Tour, Taste
Yesterday’s media event for the Tower Topping at Santa’s Merry Marketplace was a ho-ho-whole lot of fun! To begin with, the weather was just perfect and the trees were awakening….
Read More »Legend rides again!
Whatever you do, don’t look back! – Legend rides again This afternoon we got the call that The Legend was about to head out on its first rides of the…
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We post this photo of our pal Mick Foley on Twitter annually for Autism Awareness Day. He wears that Autism Acceptance band in honor of his son Mickey and the…
Read More »Season Passes: 6 Perks You Might Not Know About
Still on the fence about Season Passes for this year? Here are six perks you might not know about: 1. Visit when you want: As a mom (and now a grandma),…
Read More »#ThrowbackThursday: Ski Show
Did you know we used to have a water-ski show? It was a long time ago. Sixty years, actually. It was called the Willie Bartley Water Ski Show and was…
Read More »The training train
It is training season here at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari: Foods training, Lifeguard drills, Sweeper coaching, Admissions instruction … the list goes on and on. Come to think of…
Read More »Lip synch
Learned something new today: The top two layers of track on our wooden coasters are collectively referred to as The Lip. As a result, the term Lip Service takes on…
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