Great news coming from Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari! At 1,763 feet long, Mammoth has been named the world’s longest water coaster by the Guinness Book of World Records! Just in time for summer, Guinness World Records (the global authority on record-breaking) confirmed that the World’s Longest Water Coaster is Mammoth at Holiday World & Splashin’ […]

The theme park trade publication Amusement Today held their 17th annual Golden Ticket Awards at Luna Park in New York City this past weekend to crown the Best In Class around the industry. Every year, Amusement Today conducts an international survey of knowledgeable and experienced theme park fans to get their votes on the Best in […]

Kari Byron and Tory Belleci explore the science behind the World’s wildest thrill rides on Travel Channel’s new series “Thrill Factor”! Before the kids go back to school and the leaves start to change, Travel Channel is keeping the summer fun going with its all-new series “Thrill Factor,” premiering with back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, August 12 at […]

Holiday World is introducing the World’s first launched wing coaster in 2015 called Thunderbird.  (Check out our announcement article with specs here). Construction has been moving along rapidly and the park has been keeping us well informed of how the ride is shaping up. The coaster’s vertical loop and Immelmann inversion are already complete. The next element that will […]

It’s getting very close to the time of the year when everyone in the amusement and attraction industry gets a little gitty.. It’s almost time for IAAPA! The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) is the premier global event for the attractions industry, held annually at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, […]

The “Best of the Best” in the amusement industry were honored this past week with the annual Golden Ticket Awards. This year the prestigious awards ceremony was hosted at Sea World San Diego. Calculated from an international poll conducted by Amusement Today, the Golden Ticket Awards are the results of a detailed survey that is […]

Last week Holiday World located in Santa Claus, Indiana announced that in 2015 they would debut Thundrerbird; The world’s first launched wing coaster! This is huge as the park is currently known for wood coasters such as the popular “Voyage”. Since the announcement, the industry been buzzing about the parks “first major steel roller coaster”. (Full Details Here) On Monday, […]

With all the built-up anticipation it has generated, tonight’s announcement of a new ride at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari had to be good. and indeed it was! The announcement came at 9:30 p.m. Indianapolis time that he park would be getting the FIRST EVER LAUNCHED WING COASTER! Thunderbird, the nation’s first launched wing coaster, will include a […]