The first full day of our trip we spent at Holiday World. We were there for 8 hours and probably could have done more, but the littles were tired and we had a 2 day pass, so we weren't worried about missing anything.
My impressions of the park: very clean, friendly staff, the free drink stations were great (Pepsi products) and free sunscreen, too. We went on a Tuesday and the wait for rides was never longer than 20 minutes-even for the "big kid" rides. Probably our longest wait in a line was just to get into the park. When we did get in, we immediately went a rented a locker to put our swim stuff in for later. Then, we started to walk around and see what rides we could see.
Holiday World is divided into sections by holidays. The 4th of July section has a bunch of what I would call "fair" rides-rides that reminded me of state fair rides. The kids did the birds (see pics) and rode some ride that spins you around so fast that it makes you stick to the wall. We wandered into a little kids area called Hollidog's Funtown that had a kiddie coaster and some other rides we ended up riding the next day.
Then, we made our way to Splashin' Safari, the water park. We ate lunch there-pizzas and then changed into our swim stuff. Splashin' Safari is huge. We only saw, maybe half of it the first day we were there. We spent some time at Monsoon Lagoon-that had a zero entry wading pool and some slides. The boys, Liam included went and did a water slide, we did a wave pool and then over to Hyena Falls and some more water slides for the boys while the girls and I found a splash pad to play on. Liam was able to do all the water slides and there was only one slide that Andy thought they might die on-just because he couldn't hold onto Liam on that one and the tube went up a big wall. Anyway, everyone survived :-).
We left the water park and went into Thanksgiving. They have a big boat swing called the Mayflower that the kids got in line to ride, but then the ride broke down, so they never did get to do that one. The park had it fix in under an hour, though.
And, then, we walked by the Voyage-the number one wooden roller coaster in the U.S. The wait line was super short. "Come on boys! Go ride it!", I encouraged. Andy, Marcus, Cale and Ewan all went. Liam was mad he couldn't go, too. We didn't wait too long for them to get through the ride and meet us at the end. I had some very angry looking boys meet me at the exit. The ride had been a little more intense than I thought it would be and, being their first time on any roller coaster, had scared them thoroughly. They wanted to leave right then and swear off roller coasters forever. Uh-oh. Andy, said the Voyage was the best roller coaster he had been on. We had some candy, rode the merry-go-round and a car ride and then the boys perked up a little. We ended the day in Christmas at Rudolph's Reindeer Ranch which has a bunch of little kid, fair type rides. Kella was in heaven and the boys had some fun there, too. There were no lines, so you could ride the same ride over and over. How fun.
We left the park and went back to our camper. Had dinner, Had s'mores. Put a movie into the laptop for the kids to watch outside (which they did for a while). And then it was time for bed. Everyone went to sleep pretty quick that night.
Favorite rides of the day:
Voyage-Andy
Ewan-the Revolution
Liam-rockets, water slides
Kella-the bird ride
Kinley-merry go round
Marcus-just not the Voyage :-)
Cale-the Revolution
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