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Marketing Genius?

Posted on February 11, 2010 in Uncategorized by

Its still the middle of the off season so like, so many thousands of other people, I have yet to renew my season pass.  Well very recently, I went to my mail and found that Six Flags Discovery Kingdom sent me my 2010 Season Pass, the real thing, already printed and everything.  At first I thought it was a mistake...

Timberliners: How They Work

Posted on February 10, 2010 in Uncategorized by

The HoliBlog recently teamed up with the great guys at Gravity Group to show off some of the features of the upcoming Timberliner trains that will be installed to the Voyage in Holiday World.  Indiana’s number 1 theme park will be improving the already outstanding wooden coaster with these new trains.

The Timberliners are very unique in several ways.  One of...

Remembering Kentucky Kingdom

Posted on February 6, 2010 in Uncategorized by

When I was young I lived in Louisville, KY. I remember visiting the State Fair when I was at a very early age and seeing the soaring coasters of Kentucky Kingdom behind the fair’s midway. That’s where my love of coasters started.

Here’s the brief history of Kentucky Kingdom:

  • 1987 – Kentucky Kingdom opens as an expansion of the State Fair. The...

Season Passes from Coast to Coast

Posted on January 26, 2010 in Uncategorized by

With tough economic times, the amusement park industry has reacted quickly by adjusting their annual passes accordingly. Weather this meant they offered lower prices, or raised their prices, the economy may have effected your season pass plans for 2010. Lets take a look from coast to coast, the season pass situation.

Starting at Kennywood, the nostalgic park will finally be offering...

A Colorful Construction Update

Posted on January 24, 2010 in Uncategorized by

Disney’s California Adventure’s new nighttime spectacular, World of Color is getting closer and closer to its Spring 2010 opening.  Many videos and images have started to surface that show off the testing happening right now for the giant water show.

Image from: MiceChat.com

Pictured above you can see the park doing some late night testing on the fountains.  I believe this is...

Take the 1scream Survey

Posted on January 22, 2010 in Uncategorized by

If you don’t know yet, we are the lead blog for the Amusement Park website and show network 1scream.

1scream is currently doing a survey to find out what our potential visitors are interested in and what we should adapt our content for. Please take the few minutes to help us build a network of websites and shows unlike any other...