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Holiday World 2018

HOLIDAY WORLD TO ADD 8 SLIDES, WAVE POOL, MORE  

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SANTA CLAUS, IND.-----Christmas comes early in the town of Santa Claus as Holiday World announces a package full of goodies for their 2018 season.

“We’re adding a fun elephant-themed water-play area for younger children,” says park president Matt Eckert. “When we discovered the Swahili word for elephant is Tembo, we named our new slide complex Tembo Falls and the junior wave pool Tembo Tides.”

Holiday World will invest a total of $3.5 million in new attractions and other improvements for 2018, including:

  • Tembo Falls – a water slide complex with eight junior slides, including twisters, a helix, a mini-bowl, and two racing slides
  • Tembo Tides – a junior wave pool plus spray features for younger children
  • Huge Themed Maze for Happy Halloween Weekends
  • All new entertainment, including a stunt show, musical magic show, and strolling brass band
  • Track improvements for The Voyage, the world’s second-longest wooden roller coaster
  • Riverside Retreats – mini cabanas in Splashin’ Safari 
  • Electric Car Charging Station 

“Tembo Falls and Tembo Tides are designed for children who are under 54 inches tall,” says Eckert, “but their older siblings and parents are welcome to enjoy the slides and wave pool with them.”

Holiday World & Splashin' Safari will open for the season in May. Season Passes for 2018 are currently discounted for holiday gift-giving. On-line applications for seasonal employment will be available in January. For more information, visit HolidayWorld.com or call 1-877-463-2645.

 

 

Other Park Announcements for 2018

 

Here are the park announcements made so far for 2018!

 

California's Great America announced Railblazer, a new RMC single rail coaster, as well as Winterfest 2018! Click here for more information!

CGA Railblazer

 

Canada's Wonderland annonced 2 new flat rides, Lumberjack & Flying Canoes. Click here for more information!

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Carowinds announced a new Camp Snoopy as well as a new Pre-K pass, free for kids ages 3-5. Click here for more information!

Carowind Camp Snoopy

 

Cedar Point announced Steel Vengenance, the RMC conversion of Mean Streak as well as a new Pre-K pass, free for kids ages 3-5. Click here for more information!

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Dorney Park announced a new Pre-K pass, free for kids ages 3-5. Click here for more information!

DP Pre K

 

King's Dominion announced Twisted Timbers, the RMC conversion of Hurler, Winterfest 2018 as well as a new Pre-K pass, free for kids ages 3-5. Click here for more information!

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Knott's Berry Farm announced Hang Time, the west coast's first dive coaster. Click here for more information!

Hang Time

 

Silver Dollar City announced Time Travler, the world's fastest, steepest, & tallest spinning Coaster. Click here for more information!

 

SDC Time Traveler

Six Flags-Fiesta Texas announced Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster, a new RMC single rail coaster. Click here for more information!sfft WWLassoCoaster

 

Valleyfair announced Delerious, a looping thrill ride. Click here for more Information!

VF Delirious

 

Worlds of Fun announced a family flat ride Nordic Chaser, Winterfest, and the new Pre-K pass, free for kids ages 3-5. Click here for more information! 

WoF Nordic Chaser

 

 

 

 

Cedar Point's 2018 Annoncement

 
 
 
 
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Tallest, Fastest, Wildest: Cedar Point Introduces
Entirely New Classification of “Hyper-Hybrid” Roller Coaster
SANDUSKY, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2017 – Cedar Point’s FrontierTown will be transformed when Steel Vengeance – the tallest, fastest and longest hybrid roller coaster in the world – opens in the spring of 2018. At more than 200 feet tall, the new hybrid design combines a steel running track on a massive wooden structure that provides an extremely smooth and comfortable ride while enabling the coaster’s trains to perform maneuvers previously unheard of on a wooden roller coaster.
The Wildest Ride Cedar Point Has Ever Built
Steel Vengeance will offer riders unmatched intensity through a relentless series of dynamic movements on this innovative coaster. Riders will board one of three trains and climb 205 feet above FrontierTown. Once they crest the lift hill, they’ll be staring straight down a 90-degree initial drop and a 200-foot fall to earth. Multiple airtime hills follow, including the world’s fastest airtime hill ever created on a hybrid roller coaster, and a 116-foot-tall outer-banked hill placing riders on an outward tilt while moving forward.
Steel Vengeance will also debut the first-of-its-kind “Twisted Snake Dive.” In this new maneuver, the coaster’s train will enter a half-barrel roll, hang upside-down for a brief moment and then turn back in the direction of travel, not completing a full roll. The coaster’s figure-eight layout will create a fast-paced journey with multiple airtime hills, twists and dives, overbanked turns and surprise maneuvers. The entire ride will last approximately 2 minutes, 30 seconds.
“This is another roller coaster that only Cedar Point could build – tallest, fastest and longest of its kind with four inversions and the exciting movements the hybrid design can achieve,” said Jason McClure, vice president and general manager of Cedar Point. “There are so many unexpected moments on Steel Vengeance, it’s just plain twisted. It’ll be an extremely wild experience for our guests.”
The World’s First “Hyper-Hybrid”
Steel Vengeance introduces a new classification of roller coaster – the “hyper-hybrid.” The coaster not only combines a hybrid construction of smooth steel track set atop a wood support structure, but also reaches a height of over 200 feet – the defining feature of a “hyper-coaster.” It marks the fourth classification of roller coaster introduced by Cedar Point as the park’s ever-higher roller coasters have needed new categories to define them.
Previous roller coasters that were world’s firsts include Magnum XL-200 – a “hyper-coaster,” a term given to any roller coaster that breaks a 200-foot height; Millennium Force – the world’s first “giga-coaster,” a coaster eclipsing a 300-foot height; and Top Thrill Dragster – the world’s first “strata-coaster,” soaring over 400 feet tall.
 
Another World Record Breaker
With the addition of Steel Vengeance, Cedar Point will once again shatter both roller coaster and amusement park records. These records include:
  • World’s tallest hybrid roller coaster (205 feet)
  • World’s fastest hybrid roller coaster (74 mph)
  • World’s steepest drop on a hybrid roller coaster (90 degrees)
  • World’s longest drop on a hybrid roller coaster (200 feet)
  • World’s longest hybrid roller coaster (5,740 feet)
  • Most inversions on a hybrid roller coaster (4)
  • Fastest airtime hill on a hybrid roller coaster (73 mph)
  • Most airtime on a hybrid roller coaster (27.2 seconds)
  • Most airtime on any roller coaster (27.2 seconds)
  • World’s first “hyper-hybrid” roller coaster
  • Most roller coaster track at one amusement park (60,423 feet/11.4 miles)
  • Most steel roller coaster track at one amusement park (57,865 feet/11 miles)
  • Most roller coasters over 200 feet tall at one amusement park (6)
  • Most rides at one amusement park (71)
  • Most roller coasters with a first drop of 90 degrees or more at one amusement park (5)
Steel Vengeance is being constructed by the roller coaster engineers and builders at Rocky Mountain Construction, an Idaho company that specializes in the reconstruction and re-imagination of traditional wooden roller coasters.
They’re Coming. But Who Are “They?”
Throughout the summer of 2017, the park released clues about the ride on social media, all referencing the word, “they.” The story of Steel Vengeance will be told through three new outlaws who have banded together to “unsaddle” the reign of Maverick, FrontierTown’s low-to-the-ground, double-launching roller coaster. Throughout the winter months, guests will learn more about Jackson “Blackjack” Chamberlain, Chess “Wild One” Watkins and Wyatt “Digger” Dempsey.
Season Pass Special Offer Available Now
Guests may purchase their 2018 Platinum Passes now at the lowest price of the year, and enjoy Early Entry access to ride Steel Vengeance one hour before the general public each day. Platinum Passes also include season-long admission to Cedar Point and Cedar Point Shores Waterpark, free parking, in-park discounts on food and merchandise, exclusive ride nights and more. The best price offer is available for a limited time atcedarpoint.com and ends Oct. 29, 2017.
About Cedar Point
Cedar Point is The Roller Coaster Capital of the World!® and is home to 70 rides, including 17 world-class roller coasters, the Cedar Point Shores Waterpark, a mile-long beach, marinas, hotels and more. Cedar Point has been named the “Best Amusement Park in the USA” in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. The park is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: FUN), a publicly traded partnership and one of the largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world. The Company owns and operates 11 amusement parks, two outdoor water parks, one indoor water park and five hotels. For more information, see www.cedarfair.com.
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