River Blast Update!

Posted on February 13, 2010 in Uncategorized by

Silver Dollar City is getting ready to launch it’s 50th Anniversary with its spectacular River Blast water shooting attraction. Since it was been announced, we have not seen or heard much about the construction.  But Silver Dollar City has a great Facebook gallery featuring some concept art as well as construction pictures.

From what I have gathered, the theming in this...

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...

Walt Disney World, Summer Nightastic and the Electrical Parade

Posted on February 10, 2010 in News by

This summer, Walt Disney World will introduce Summer Nightastic.  One of the highlights of the new promotion will be Disney’s Electrical Parade.  Direct from Disney’s California Adventure, the parade will makes it’s way across the country to run down yet another Main Street.

For a limited engagement, Disney’s Electrical Parade will head down the Magic Kingdom’s Main Street and illuminate the...

Timberliners: How They Work

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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...

“I’m Going To Disneyland!”

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Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl?  Well Drew Brees (who dat?), star athlete for the champions, officially made it to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

He was greeted by a massive crowd as he rode with Mickey Mouse and gang down the parade route waving to all...

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...