Photo TR: Another Holiwood Nights + Rumblefest TR

This weekend Holiday World held a little event called Holiwood Nights. Since I had heard how amazing their woodies are at night and I had been aching to take a spin on the Voyage, I convinced my mom and neighbor to join me on the 16-hour trek out there.

While it was tiring just getting there, from my first ride, I knew it was worth it. I first engaged in the blasphemy that is stopping at Raven and Legend before the Voyage, but I didn't see much point in walking right past them.

As far as the ERT went, the lines were much shorter than I expected with my average waits being 20-30 mins for Voyage, and 1-2 train waits for Raven and Legend. As far as the rides went, Voyage is a great ride that really comes into its own during night rides. With the only light on it being one on the brake run, much of the ride is in pitch black. The brakes under that light seemed to only be there for show during ERT as the train didn't even slow down through them. All of this made it one of the most intense rides I've ever been on.

Raven and Legend were both running great for ERT as well. The Legend seemed dull during the day but became very intense at night. It was the only ride where by the end of it, no riders still had their hands up. On Saturday night, we got about 5 straight rides taking up the second to back car of Raven.

By the end of the two nights, however, I was spent. I lost my contacts Saturday night due to allergies. I had bruises on my legs from Voyage's lapbars. I was sunburned from the morning water park ERT. I was exhausted.

On to the photos!

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject:

After Holiwood Nights, we were exhausted so we slept in the morning after before making the trip down to Beech Bend for Rumblefest. There was quite a turn out for the park's first event (480 people when they expected 200.) Despite the crowds, none of the waits were horrible and there was enough food. (I got food at least.)

It was a nice smaller park, and like many small parks, had some cool flat rides. The SCAT 2 was probably the most intense spinning ride I've ever been on. It's the cheapest alternative to a face lift.

The reason I was there, the Kentucky Rumbler, was a surprisingly good coaster. The ride is in a different league as the Voyage. It has really comfy trains and rides very smooth. Despite that, it is still fairly intense and delivers a hearty amount of airtime. Unlike most woodies, however, the ride is by far the best in the front of the train.

The coolest part of the event was that the guys from GCII were ther operating the ride. My mom asked them a ton of questions while I just listened to their answers. It was really great to hear about their rides from them directly. They also brought along headlights for the ride which although they didn't light up a ton, created a cool effect. As they were designed to do, the headlights light up a small section of track in front of the train and make you focus on a point much closer than you normally would making the ride seem faster and more intense.

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject:

Excellent trip report...With all of these popping up, I'm starting to line up a trip for late-July...I'd like to get some night rides, but I'd say shorter lines are more the priority, so we'll probably go on a weekday...

Love the fantastic photos, though. Particularly nice one of the dirt path in the woods, Taiko Wink

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

LOL THATS MY FRIEND ZACH!!!! He's riding with my other friend Ernie in the second row, I think I followed the train after that one. Good Photo TR, look for mine soon!

Colin"Who made it in ONE shot on this one!"C

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject:

Beautiful photos! Taiko Wink

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