Indiana Beach (IB) Discussion Thread

[orangecats2Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!]

^^I wonder where the cabins will be located. I was there last summer and I didn't see any available space for new lodging. Some of the cottages looked pretty old, maybe they tore some of those down.

[RCBoilermaker14Which came first the turtle or the donkey?]

Just saw some bad news on Screamscape:

I’m not sure what is going on at Indiana Beach, but from the sound of the rumors going around, nothing good is going to come out of this. According to one source, the park laid off most of the maintenance staff this past week, along with several park directors.
As far as the protest movement page, the latest quote about the status of things posted there the other day reports that the meeting between the owner and staff never took place and now seems like it never will. It was also reported here that “the power to the park and campgrounds has been shut off. In addition to that they recently laid off most of their maintenance staff, people they absolutely needed to have working on fix the park for next year. Just today they laid off the Directors of Operations and another Director, two of the last people actually trying to make positive changes and work for the beach and the employees. At this point, there looks to be absolutely NO focus on readying the park for another season.”
With everyone done up to this point I have to wonder if Indiana Beach will be ready to open at all for 2012.

I really hope IB is able to open next year, but this has me worried.

This is not good,hopefully the problems get resloved,but please don`t turn it into a post-apocalyptic amusement park like SFNO.

[larrygatorObsessive Overlord of the TPR Park Index]

^There is no reason to believe the park will not open in 2012.

Just saw some bad news on Screamscape:

I’m not sure what is going on at Indiana Beach, but from the sound of the rumors going around, nothing good is going to come out of this. According to one source, the park laid off most of the maintenance staff this past week, along with several park directors.
As far as the protest movement page, the latest quote about the status of things posted there the other day reports that the meeting between the owner and staff never took place and now seems like it never will. It was also reported here that “the power to the park and campgrounds has been shut off. In addition to that they recently laid off most of their maintenance staff, people they absolutely needed to have working on fix the park for next year. Just today they laid off the Directors of Operations and another Director, two of the last people actually trying to make positive changes and work for the beach and the employees. At this point, there looks to be absolutely NO focus on readying the park for another season.”
With everyone done up to this point I have to wonder if Indiana Beach will be ready to open at all for 2012.

I really hope IB is able to open next year, but this has me worried.

This is not good,hopefully the problems get resloved,but please don`t turn it into a post-apocalyptic amusement park like SFNO.

You are responding to a post that is over four months old, and is now out of date. Please pay attention next time.

[RCBoilermaker14Which came first the turtle or the donkey?]

^Sorry,I`ll make sure it doesn`t happen again.

[australianalexA village is missing its IDIOT!]

PS, If anyone wants Steel Hawg, Just have someone throw hammers at you. It'll be less painful and more gloat-worthy.

Steel Hawg is painful? Thats interesting, Green Lantern here in Australia is very comfortable. Is it because of the old over the shoulder restraints the other El Loco's have?

[blade1Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!]

PS, If anyone wants Steel Hawg, Just have someone throw hammers at you. It'll be less painful and more gloat-worthy.

Steel Hawg is painful? Thats interesting, Green Lantern here in Australia is very comfortable. Is it because of the old over the shoulder restraints the other El Loco's have?

I found find Steel Hawg a bit uncomfortable, but not painful when I rode it.

[traincrossinWisconsin Dells Fanatic]

Looks like Rocky Mountain Coasters is working on the Cornball Express and other changes are being made around the park like the Water Swings moving back to their original location.

In regards to the track work - stay tuned. IB Crow is waiting for a delivery from Rocky Mountain.

Link

Also, the Falling Star will be operational. It will be placed next to the Music Express.

Link

I had no idea that RMC was doing any work on Cornball Express.

[cal1br3ttoWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

Yay for an operating Falling Star! The old school magic carpet rides seem to be dying out, and that was one of the best. Also glad they're reinstating the Water Swings, as they had promised last season. For some reason I was looking that up a few weeks ago and had been disappointed to see that it hadn't happened yet at that time.