Tunnel vision

You may have noticed that Will loves a tunnel. Frightful Falls has one. So does Raging Rapids. The Raven has one. And The Legend has four. There’s something about a…

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Vertical Voyage

Voyage's first bent

It’s a great sign when roller-coaster construction gets vertical. One Voyage “bent” down (or, actually, up) … … and that means there are just 899 to go! A bent, by…

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80-thousand strong

screw label

The delivery arrived this morning, and we’re 80-thousand strong. Two semi-loads. Eighty-thousand times three, actually. It wouldn’t all fit in the storage trailer. When Steve told us about the upcoming…

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Holidog’s Voyage

Holidog’s voyage? I guess this shouldn’t surprise me. After all, my parking spot here at work is just a few spaces down from one marked “Santa Claus.” But … ……

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A case of the piles

Here’s another discussion about footers. It seems they’re also called piles. This is from our old pal DJ, you remember him, right? What the man in the photo is drilling…

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Sometimes it’s best to ask an expert

Suffering from feelings of extreme inadequacy while creating yesterday’s HoliBlog post, I realized it was time for me to ask an expert. After all, this watching-The-Voyage-grow-and-grow will only get more…

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Voyage construction photos

early Voyage construction

Rachel, who is truly a wonderful person, offered to head up to the Voyage construction site this morning. She set out before it got too hot to take some photos…

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Blown away by The Voyage

Congratulations on all of the hard work you put into the HoliBlog and the HoliHints. You did a fantastic job of keeping your audience glued for weeks, and building the…

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It boggles the mind

Well, I guess we got your attention! Still, it boggles the mind.  Man, oh, man. When I asked the producer who was on site yesterday from WEHT TV if he…

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Meeting interruptus

Meeting interruptus? It was all part of Melissa’s plan. Here’s her report: I wanted to write a quick note. I’m so giddy! I don’t know if I’m more excited about…

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FAQ: The Voyage

Still losing the battle of the emails. (At last count, I’d reduced my Inbox from 154 to 129 emails. All were full of questions.) Since so many folks are asking…

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