I woke up this morning nervous. It was kind of a combination of day-of-final-exams anxiety and Christmas morning excitement. Announcement Day is [almost] here, and we can [almost] stop talking…
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Gosh, I hope I get it!
That slightly re-written line from Broadway’s iconic “A Chorus Line” says it all. Getting up in front of a judges’ table to sing and dance your heart out is a…
Read More »Indiana Tourism’s highest honor
Did you know the highest honor in Indiana's tourism industry is the Will Koch Indiana Tourism Leadership Award? This award was established in 2011, in memory of our late president,…
Read More »Pomp and circumstance
When an editor from the Indiana State University Magazine contacted us with an interest to write a feature about our park president, we started wondering about how many other ISU…
Read More »A Halloween tale
Back in 1994, it was such a thrill to take part in naming our first big roller coaster. We knew it was going to be built in our Halloween section,…
Read More »Will joins Walt in the Theme Park Hall of Fame
When our dear friend Will Koch passed away unexpectedly in June, the outpouring of love and support was amazing. "He was the next Walt Disney" we heard over and over….
Read More »An honor for Will
The World Waterpark Association is meeting for its annual convention these next few days. This morning, Lori Koch had the bittersweet honor of receiving an award as her late husband,…
Read More »Six Golden Ticket Awards
Wow, what a night. Thanks to all who joined us on our Facebook page as we posted about the evening's events as the 2010 Golden Ticket Awards were announced. In…
Read More »The family that rides together…
Will is a happy guy. He’s in Las Vegas at the IAAPA Expo, where a sample Timberliner car just happens to be on display. Looks pretty comfortable, doesn’t he? Front…
Read More »Nathan Ryder took a ride
Here's WFIE's Nathan Ryder's report from tonight's 5 o'clock news. If you watch closely, you'll see that Mrs. Koch was on the first boat. She wasn't going to ride today…but…
Read More »It’s not just Abe …
…who is putting 200 candles on his cake this year. So is Edgar Allan Snow … er, Poe. In fact EAP has the same birthday as Will’s wife, Lori (not…
Read More »“Who dat?”
Kevin emailed us with this darling story earlier this week: Earlier this evening my 18-month-old grandson and I were looking at the computer. I opened the Holiblog page, and Owen…
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