Colonel_SoB_fan

No I did not see the fudge place I did not have enough time and was not in full control of my schedule to do everything at Holiday World

That picture is from Raven, but I never saw a sign on The Legend, but I do know it been #1 since opening

yeah I would of gotten more pictures, but with the excitement, short lines, and poor memory I just did not remember to take pictures and do wish I did

Ok so yesterday I went on a Voyage to search for a Legend of an Raven. I found myself in the middle of nowhere in Indiana, I look up and I see I felt obligated to continue this voyage and found some pilgrims plunging into a pool As we continued into this Holiday World for FREE a Raven flew by me and caught my attention. It was carrying this sign As I waited for the rest of my family with the free tickets to show up I watched this Raven take a few flights. As I saw the family coming I saw a sign that said "The Voyage and Legend will open late. This scared me that I would not get a chance to ride them. So when we walked in at 10:30 and already close to 85 degrees already, but we went straight to a Oasis. Raven, we waited 25 minutes. This would be the longest wait for a coaster all day. As I stood in the lines I noticed the first of only a couple cons of Holiday World. Those turnaround ques are very very small. I am 5'9 145 pounds and still felt it was a tight space. As I watched Raven fly through the woods I got more excited. We finally get into the station and take our line in the back of the train. Absolutly excellent ride. This was a great way to get me excited for the rest of the day. As we got off Raven I looked up and saw The Legend climbing up the hill with people. So as you can guess I had to go do it. I waited 10 minutes for the ride. Now as I stood in line I still was saying SOB and Beast were #1 and #2 woodies in my eyes. As I stood in line someone was talking about the double helix on this coaster. I got really thrilled about this, Beast and SOB both have great double helixes so I was looking forward to this one. After getting off The Legend I had a new #1 coaster. I was speechless on how smooth the double helix was, plus flying by Splashin Safari was amazing. After The Legend and a few games, it was time to eat lunch. We met the other members of our group who went only for Splashin Safari. and ate at Safari Pizza. Overall the food was good, I was hungry but as I started eating Voyage started testing for the first time. SO I knew not to eat to much and just stay hungry. When we were done eating Voyage still had yet to open so I went and did Liberty Launch. I like Liberty Launch more than Power Tower at CP. Yes PT is higher but it too high for significant airtime. LL is shorter and gets amazing Airtime all throughout the ride. As I got off Liberty Launch I noticed Voyage was now open. Yep it was time to meet the "#1 Wooden Coaster". I was skeptical, I will admit that. SOB is a great wooden coaster, The Legend was an amazing wooden coaster. Could it really get better? Well 5 minutes after entering the queue I was on The Voyage. Yep the Voyage IS THE #1 WOODEN COASTER. IMO The Voyage is THE best coaster ever. Amazing how jerky the rode is and yet I would not consider it rough. And that triple dip tunnel=epic success. Airtime on a wooden coaster will make it a winner. O and yeah let not forget about the three 90 degrees banking turns. After my Voyage I had to make the Pilgrimage to the ultimate Plunge. We waited 30 minutes for Pilgrims Plunge and was well worth it. I like how the boat never really stops in the station. You load and unload the boat while it moves, that is cool and a way to improve capacity. Also yes there no scenery on the way to the elevator, but who needs scenery every where? As I approached the 165 foot elevator lift, I had my dad check the water temp, he said it would feel good. We started to get lifted up and i felt the boat tilt a little bit. Yep at that moment I was just a little scared. We safely made the platform and started to plunge. Hit the splashdown and got drenched on a 93 degree day. Yep it was a great ride. So now I had done all the "big" rides at Holiday World, now it was time to have more fun. I had seen a round up ride in Fourth of July and I just had to. So I went and did Revolution and walked off with a really sore neck, but I rode through the pain and healed quickly. After my ride on Revolution, I needed my second trips on Voyage and Legend. After the second rides on those great rides I decided to do Freightful Falls. This log flume has great potential with that pitch black tunnel, but falls short by not having any surprises on the tunnel. Since it was close and a walk on I did Raven one more time. Part of the group was at Kringles Kafe. Well they were waiting for the rest of the group and since I knew them I had time for one more ride on Voyage. So I took advantage of the situation and got my third ride on the best coaster. I also had to buy a HW t shirt. All in all I love Holiday World. Yes it a small park, but it has everything KI does not. A lot that KI use to have, ie Antique Cars, Flying Eagles. Well worth the admission price. Here a few pics Thanks for reading

Ok so I just went back to Holiday World and rode the 3 best wooden coasters I had ever been on. I LOVE SOB, but IF they are tearing the ride down, I hope they can get a woodie similar to Legend or Voyage.

So I take it you had an enchanted voyage? YES. yay now it a 10 word answer and a number

Ok I will have a TR with some photos. Not enough to make it a PTR but I will give it my best since rotag has put the pressure on me . Expect it sometime this week. Here a teaser though, WOW MIND BLOWING

you are correct come to realize that, my bad. I REALLY need to be back in school now

rotag it WILL be a trip report and if lucky a PTR

Quote from the link, bolded the parenthesis

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/news/detail.cfm?item_id=938 Actually here it says "The Match"

So in about 8 1/2 hours I will be making my Pilgrimage to a wonderful Voyage that features a legend of a Raven and to see Santa Claus

The time issue may of been because of a time conflicts across the street at the real tennis tournament

This was an great stunt by KI. I was in shock when I was talking to Darlene about this outside the gates and an employee told us it was table "tennis"

^ I think Jackson has that one, but that does seem personal

Ok so I work at a YMCA daycamp in Hamilton and today was our field trip day. We had to drive by Strickers Grove to get to our destination. Well as we drove by one of the kids told me that "Tornado was exactly like The Beast"

that makes more sense. I was hoping for an new coaster in 262 called Son of Beast. The world's tallest, fastest, and only looping wooden coaster. Improved with the addition of a loop, and airtime with the removal of half the rose bowl. Back to reality

What is up with the red target on the Eiffel Tower and the numbers 262 beside the target? I also saw employees with the logo on their outfits

^ It said that since like June 20th

What about Reptar? Fairly Odd Coaster?

But www.pki.com does still work.

I hate that elephant - used to ride the flume a lot more before it was added. My kid works as a pretty good shield sometimes though. It a water ride your suppose to get wet

Actually that ball in the pic is not bouncy at all, but is as soft as a pillow

On Saturday during the big storm and 2 hour delay on opening Diamondback, I heard one of the DB ride ops say that Son of Beast was the World's Tallest wooden coaster, but El Toro was faster.

I was right next to the girl, on our way out and didn't think she looked 50 inches but I was just guessing. Good to hear from an witness that the father was the only one being a jerk and not the "high schoolers who want to be cops"