Paula’s note: as a fellow “middle child,” I just had to take a few minutes on my day off to post Leah’s musings. My middle child, John, started laughing when…
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Posts Tagged: Will Koch
The Legend of the Thunderbird
After the most amazing new-ride announcement we could have asked for, some people are a bit confused. They like the fact that we’re getting a steel coaster, but they don’t…
Read More »A promise kept
About a month ago, a coworker (Hi, Andrew!) tried to get me to share what we’re building in 2015 (yes, it’s top secret; most members of our full-time staff don’t…
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“Weh-woe? Weh-woe?” When I heard my toddler grandson “answering” the phone this morning in the next room, I grinned. Then I looked to see what household item served as his…
Read More »Loose lips sink ships
Secrets. They don’t make you any friends, but an innocent one can certainly make for a lot of fun. We’ve all done it—kept a little secret for the sake of…
Read More »Scaredy Cat confidential
Take a moment with me, and try to think of the most ironic things that could happen to the child of a theme park president. What if you hated funnel…
Read More »The name game
The “name game” sounds like loads of fun, doesn’t it? Believe it or not, it can be an agonizing process! You start out with the theme of the park section,…
Read More »Bringing home the lucite
"Let's bring home the lucite" was Will's annual joke as it got close to Golden Ticket Awards time. He loved to win. This evening, his daughters Lauren and Leah accepted…
Read More »Hydration station
I'll never forget back in the fall of 1999, when our staff of directors got to vote on whether to take a step no other park had dared to try….
Read More »The shirts say it all
When the parade of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Walkers comes through our front gate each year, it's an emotional time. There are lots of excited smiles and delighted laughter….
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 »The Liberty Launchers
"We're a theme park, for heaven's sake – if we can't have fun on the job, who can?!" That's one of my favorite Will Koch quotes – the best part…
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