Ready for our first contest of the new year? With the Super Bowl just days away, this contest will give you sports fans something to think about. And you could…
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All shook up
It’s the birthday of The King – Elvis Presley! Brings to mind the roller coaster wedding we held back in 2008. Bruce Borders, an Elvis impersonator, was on hand to…
Read More »Are you a Stephen Colbert fan?
In case you missed it back in 2006, our town was featured as part of The Colbert Report’s “Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude” series. We have the video to prove it! Colbert…
Read More »Travel tales
November is IAAPA Expo time around here. Several of us head to Orlando as speakers, committee chairs, or buyers. It’s an incredible trade show. Here’s a series of HoliBlog posts…
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 »Got good “coaster hair”?
Years ago, we were hosting a Discovery Channel crew, here to shoot footage of coaster enthusiasts riding The Legend roller coaster. The field producer had a very specific request: "Find…
Read More »When your sister is … a roller coaster
Today, we introduce our PR intern, Leah, as a guest HoliBlogger. Leah will be a junior this fall at Indiana University; she’s majoring in journalism. … she has an interesting…
Read More »“She planted far more than flowers…”
She was independent and hard-working. She was smart and she was funny. And she lived to be 100. But sadly, our beloved "flower lady," Frieda Foertsch, passed away yesterday. From…
Read More »“Whatever you are, be a good one”
One of those funny little coincidences in life — when I gave Will a plaque bearing that Abraham Lincoln quote for Christmas a few years ago, I had no idea…
Read More »Speaking in the House
Last week, Mrs. Koch and Dan accompanied our marketing director to the Statehouse for some meetings with elected officials. When they peeked in to see the goings-on in the House,…
Read More »Birthdays are holidays, too …
… so let’s take a minute to say Happy Birthday to a very special man. Bill Koch was born in Evansville on January 10, 1915. He graduated from Reitz High…
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….
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