Volume 3, No. 9. May 9, 2003
New Arrivals
It’s
a tower & swing!
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, announces
the arrival of HallowSwings and Liberty Launch, May 3, 2003. Measurements
for HallowSwings: 45 feet tall (14 meters); Measurements for Liberty Launch:
80 feet tall (24 meters), 12 riders. Delivered by S&S Power and Zamperla.
Holiday World AND Splashin’ Safari are getting new capital improvements
this year, the first time both parks have received new rides in the same season.
The prototype Proslide Zinga going into the waterpark earned top billing
for Holiday World’s marketing efforts, so the park will wait until Splashin’
Safari opens May 17 to stage a ribbon-cutting ceremony and media event. Consequently,
the two new rides that debuted with Holiday World’s season opener Saturday
received little hoopla.
They did receive much notice, however, said Paula Werne, the park’s director
of public relations. On a sunny, mid-70s (20s Celsius) opening day, Liberty
Launch, the S&S Double Shot located in the park’s Fourth of July
themed section, stood high on an elevation of the park in full view of the surrounding
community and visible from the front gate, serving as an orienteering landmark
for the people who sprinted into the park when the gates opened. “Some
of these people have been counting the days to its opening,” Werne said.
“I know because I get the mail off the web site and get a lot of E-mails
about it.”
The Zamperla HallowSwings in the Halloween area got its share of attention
on opening day, too. “Every time I walked by it was full,” Werne said.
Zamperla applied the haunt theming to the flying carousel per the park’s
instructions. “We didn’t want a scary, terrifying Halloween, we wanted
it more trick-or-treat kind of fun,” Werne said. “So the skulls are
smiling.”
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