Trip Report: Holiwood Nights – Holiday World
Santa Claus, IN
June 4-5, 2021

“Toto, we aren’t in Kansas anymore”

Ever since 1999, every season that I could, barring an absence in 2004-2005 when we weren’t exactly welcome, and in later years when my own life priorities got shifted where I couldn’t make it, I have attended some roller coaster enthusiast event at
Holiday World. In fact, I just remembered we may have been invited in fall of 2005 for a construction tour of Voyage. Even the COVID19 pandemic did not stop this tradition, it merely postponed it until August. What started out as an event celebrating
one ride “Stark Raven Mad”, has blossomed into Holiwood Nights. Over the years, Holiwood Nights has evolved from a generic Hollywood theme to making “Not fooling anybody” themes that come as close to they can to the actual movies without
actually using the movie name. This year’s theme, for example was the Wizard of AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHS” (Yes, 75 H;’ for 75 years the park has been open) As such, it should come as no
surprise that a contingent of us including Dave, April, Tony and myself made our way to the park.

“We’re off to see the wizard”

So, the morning plan revolved entirely around the fact our rental cabin would be available to us at 3pm Central. Back tracking 5 hours of travel time from Columbus, take an hour for lunch, deduct an hour for the time change, meant a 10AM departure for
the Columbus contingent. Well, that didn’t exactly happen, I think the hot air balloon left Columbus around 11:30 getting to my net of the woods around 1:20. I had all my stuff already staged outside, so a quick load in of my cargo into the trunk of
the hot air balloon and we were on a short trip “It’s not too far, especially in the car” to a local sit down, yet rapid Mexican place for lunch.

“We get up at 12 and start to work at 1, take an hour for lunch, and then at 2 we’re done, Jolly Good Fun!”

After lunch, I’d like to say we were all smiles and making time, except for we weren’t. We had the congestion and slowdown getting out of Cincinnati due to the Brent Spence bridge being closed southbound, leading to another delay going from 275 to
75, yet another delay on 75. By the time we hit Carrolton (site of the horrific Kings Island School Bus tragedy) , we were in need of a comfort stop. Just as well as Waze was suggesting we abandon 71 and take 42 down to Louisville. We did take that
comfort stop, AL81 and Starburst were acquired and some time on 42 and Waze was shunting us back to 71. I don’t know what it was thinking because, to be quite frank, we were having rolling shutdowns all the way to the state line. Things seemed to
improve greatly when we finally hit Indiana. What all this meant is instead of a 3pm arrival, we rolled in closer to 5:30 or 6 wondering what took so long.

Last year, we stayed at Lake Rudolph, the campground next to the park. Plusses for the campground were that it was literally right next door to the park, and when we put 6 in one cabin, it made for some very budget friendly accommodation. That, and
parts of the cabin were nice, like having a kitchen, which is nice because there is exactly 1 late night dining option within a 30 mile radius of the park, and with post COVID hours, even that is in doubt, breakfast places don’t fare much better. The
wrap around deck was also pleasant. The downsides were the campground was huge, and the street layout confusing, the WiFI left much to be desired, and even through a park map suggested we’d be close to the pool and the overflow parking for our third
vehicle, mean Mr. Topography didn’t cooperate on that one. And I haven’t even addressed the interior of last year’s cabin yet. While I don’t feel fully qualified to whine, as I didn’t suffer the true horrors of that cabin I did get to
experience the single tiny bathroom for 6 people (tiny in all three dimensions). Now last year’s cabin, while skinned inside and out to appear to be a rustic wood cabin, was most decidedly a single wide trailer. You put 6 adults, 5 of which are
generously sized into a single wide. Yeah. As I said I don’t feel fully qualified as I played the “I snore so loud, I get noise complaints from factories, airports and train yards” card and they isolated me in the lower level bedroom, i.e. the
only bedroom with a door they could close. They didn’t expect it to be a pocket door with a wide gap at the base, so I don’t how well that snoring mitigation worked. The other 5 wound up in the loft. MY bedroom was sunk about 2 -3 feet, which meant
the upper level bedroom could be sunk 2 or 3 feet so it had reasonable headroom after you contorted your way into it. We put 1 person in that bedroom. The other 4 were in the loft area. What we did not expect is the loft area would have a ceiling
height of about 4’ Forget standing, forget walking, your crawling up there. The stairs are almost a ladder. The accommodation, 4 mattresses, 3 of which were literally just a mattress on the floor, the last was on a wooden stand, which we realized was
to allow for the bathroom underneath it. I took one walk up there last year, and I don’t get claustrophobia often, but that did it. Sorry guys! I don’t want to know what kind of contortions were needed to navigate that space at night. There were
other inconveniences like only being issued one key , gravel parking , and let’s just say an incident that I don’t feel qualified to speak about that if the cabin hadn’t run us off, the incident has burnt the lot so to speak for the campground.
So, this year, the words campground and cabin came up again. When looking at options I think even seeing the word LOFT caused some kind of PTSD reaction. Phrases like “Mattresses not on floor” and “Full sized ceilings”, were more soothing.

So with much fanfare, we pulled into the Lincoln Pines Lakefront Resort. We had a fifth, a second April that somehow made better time than us, coming all the way from Cleveland, then again if you were in Cleveland , you’d be in a rush to get out of
there as well. With some prior arrangement, the resort agreed to give April H the keys, and so the place was ready to receive us when we arrived. April H had already gone on to the park, so we pulled into the resort, and I think unlike the massive
Lake Rudolph they have 30 units total, most of which circle the lake, the others circle the pool and rec center. Yes, similar to a campground this is resort with all kinds of recreational activities available. We had Cabin 17, which owing to the layout
is just two doors from the main drive, with the front year facing the basketball and shuffle board courts, and the back porch opening out onto the lake. Just off the road 2 paved parking spots with a paved walkway to the porch. In addition to a name,
each cabin has a theme, we had the Surveyors Cabin, its name is right on its front, and the interior art details that park of Lincolns life. The only thing missing is Dave’s former car, had he still had it we would have had a Lincoln Town Car at our
Lincoln Cabin.

So a nice front yard, chairs on the porch. Let’s go inside. Ah the air conditioning works, and there is a nice size ceiling fan. The main room, like many cabins, is open concept. The front half features two futons and a chair or two, a couple tables
and a television. They even included some coffee table books about Lincoln. About halfway back a countertop bar divides the room in half. The back half features a spacious kitchen. The only negative is last year our cramped cabin managed to have a
dishwasher, which this one did not. Across from the kitchen counter is a nice size dining room table. A sliding glass door leads to the back porch with a porch swing, and table and chairs. From there you can step out into the shard back yard which
circles the lake. They even give you a bucket of fish food to feed the fish, and there is a nice bridge over the lake. It really is a very nice relaxing setup. Also out back is the outhouse, just kidding, is the utility shed which has grill implements,
and cleaning equipment and extra supplies for the cabin.

Back in the cabin, you can see this one too has aloft but its decorative in nature, and was decorated with some art. About in the center of the wall on the dining room table sits an alcove, which has a nice vanity area. Straight back is a generously
sized bathroom with full sized tub and space you can actually work in. Also off the alcove to the side is a bedroom, setup like most hotel bedrooms with two double (or queen) beds, dresser and television. Also the bed linens for the great room futons.
But wait this is supposed to be a two bedroom, two bathroom unit. We close the front door, and the door we thought would be a coat closet is actually the master bedroom. This one has one king, television, dresser, and its own full bathroom, We also
only have 5 in the cabin this year, so 5 people, two bathrooms, and we split the cabin up by social bubble. The Cleveland bubble went in the front bedroom, the Columbus bubble went in the back bedroom, which let Sir Snores A Lot (sorry that was last
year’s theme) to a great room futon, Hey I was the only guy that had a good room last year, I’ll take my turn on the sofa. Doing some mathematical gymnastics – while the cabin was a bit more than last year, we were also splitting the bill fewer
ways – all told it was probably about 90 a night more, okay 75 a night more because we paid for bed linens to be furnished this year, last year we had to bring all our own. But look at how much nicer the cabin and its surrounds were compared to last
year..

Ok, now we have the cabin, we are moved into the cabin, bunk assignments have been made, now its time to go to….. The grocery store!
While we packed a lot of food in the hot air balloon, and apparently a very special food item shifted in the overhead bins during flight, there are some things like frozen foods, dairy etc, that you don’t want to take in a hot car. That’s where
Holiday Foods comes into play. Here is where we can get those perishable items, the items we forgot, the items we swore we could not live without and wound up tossing out, etc. For the most part the store is pretty reasonable, but it does have a couple
small town quirks, One is that it is not a supermarket, it doesn’t have every brand, or every variant sold. For some items, they have one or two choices. It’s a distinction we had to remind some people, that no, we din’t ignore your requests, we
did our best to fulfill your request with the closest items we could find given the selection. Dave and I drew grocery store duty. Also, noted was that given the large number of local campground and cabin rentals, the grocery does carry a fairly large
number of “Convenience” sized items, you know like the quart of milk because you only need one days worth, or just for your cereal or coffee. Those are the items the store has marked up to tourist pricing. But where we truly thought “We aren’t
in Kansas anymore” We pull out cart up to register, unload, pay, and there is no-where for the cart to go. Instead we continue down a narrow exit and the cashier pulls our cart behind the counter where, I kid you not, staff members not only bag your
groceries, they take them out and load them into your car for you! Outside the store has a sign about “Friendly Service All The Way To Your car!” Apparently that is more than just a pretty PR slogan.

We run the groceries back to the car, a few odds and ends, and finally, it’s the time you have been waiting for, it’s time to head to….Holiday World!!!!! Just leave our resort, turn left and head for that watertower straight ahead.

For a while, the park has encouraged people to use the new Legend lot, which is actually across the street from the park, accessible via a tunnel under the road. The Raven lot is still available, but don’t tell that to all the signs directing you into
the park. In a cunning move, we noted no dedicated left turn lane, just to further discourage parking in Raven. We did anyway, and since this isn’t our first rodeo we watched the outgoing cars to avoid getting stuck in a dead end row. Next comes a
time honored ritual, passed down through the ages. It’s a bit more complex now that the park has decided it needs front gate security. We head a relatively short walk up the park entry plaza and veer to the far right to go through security. (Trams to
the left, walkway from parking, then the exit, then the security entrance far right). We swiftly make our way through the empty waiting area for security and discover the park has gone with these new fangled detectors. Visibly, they look like nothing
more than what you might see as an anti theft barrier at the shopping mall. No need to slow down, you just continue to walk through them at a normal walking pace while a guard watches a monitor. No telling how this works, but I hear its AI and all
kinds of computerized goodness. What it really means, is while we had some annoyances, security would not be one of them.

Speaking of annoyances, we discovered the entry plaza wide socially distanced queue maze to enter the park is much condensed and in fact was not being used, the line backed up to the daily admission ticket cages, where I was shocked to learn one day is
now $60, I looked at my own early bird ticket, and found it to be marked $63. So for $3 I am getting night before ERT and food, glorious food. Also since the pandemic mitigation is mostly over, they felt comfortable opening more registration windows
this year, as they didn’t leave every other window closed. Lastly, everybody had registrations purchased directly from the park, especially for the event, so that whole variable was taken out. In short a much faster check in.
Now that time honored tradition. In your registration kit are some items you will need tonight – the Friday admission ticket, the event wristband (it’s a ruby red wristband), and lanyard (nametag and event schedule). And some things you don’t –
Saturdays ticket, the program, and the event-Shirt if you elected that option. So now, it’s time to haul all the stuff you don’t need back to the car. Then haul yourself back up to the gate, go through security again, and finally, at 7:30 we enter
the park. Some are interested in water park ERT, but Dave and I are more interested in getting a light snack to hold us over. Which is also in the water park. I may know the rides park like the palm of my hand, but the water park is not my area of
expertise, so we make a couple false turns, and after what seems like a 5 mile hike, we find what the park calls light hors devors. The first thing I am proud to see, self service is back. Lets see what we can snack on. Oh mini hamburgers, Chicken
Bites, Curly Fries (tornado fries, yes each item had a themed nametag), then the stuff you would expect – fruit tray, relish tray, cheeseboard. All the buffet lines (and there were several) funnel into one desert station that had yellow brick road
Krispy Treats (rice crispy treats meet yellow food coloring) and a giant sheet cake with chocolate brains, hearts and shields (brains, hearts, courage). Knowing now what I didn’t know then, and how they setup Saturday, I wonder if adding the desert
station to the water park pool party was a last minute change up.

SO, we had more than our fill of light snack, and all through our snack my spidey senses tell me I haven’t heard or seen much of Voyage running. We already knew Thunderbird was closed this weekend for unknown intensive repairs. So much so that the
behind the scenes tour was moved from Voyage/Thunderbird to Legend/Raven, and the park has effectively closed off everything in the Thanksgiving section beyond the Mayflower. (I’m guessing they figure nobody is going to make that trek just for Crow’s
Nest.), and the park already promised event goers that if Thunderbird does not open Saturday, they will activate their Sun Shine Guarantee on our Saturday tickets meaning we can use them again for yet another visit this season.

So, let’s check this out, we make our way to the back exit of the waterpark to find it closed and locked. I can recall in past years this was the only way out water park ERT. I don’t mind the park decided to close this gate, but I do fault the park
in not placing signage, say in the pool party area stating that exit was not available. Talk about going a long way out of our way. We would find out we had gone even further out of our way when we did finally find the front of the water park, and
headed into Thanksgiving. It was then we found Voyage, dark and lifeless. Not only is it closed, they are making no effort in getting it open. I think I took a small cry. We did gather ourselves up, used both halves of the Oasis building, and
salvaged our walk to Thanksgiving with rides on Turkey Whirl (bad car with Tilt but no Whirl), Mayflower (where every row was open, but they did install shields in the seat queue area), and Gobbler Getaway, Since the park dropped all its mask
requirements, Dave was able to actually ride Gobbler Getaway this year. I was not prepared for how many times I would be riding Gobbler this year. I think I know every bit of that ride now. The observant will note that in the preshow, while Grandma
still has a mask, she is no longer wearing it.
After riding the open rides in Thanksgiving, we learn that the rest of the group was at the pizza party. SO what if we just had Burgers and chicken tenders and cake, and all that. You’re at a coaster event, its time to gorge on food until you are
sick. We did take it easy on the pizza party, only two slices each, oh and breadsticks, and marinara sauce, and cookies, and Over the Rainbow Fudge) Forget the usual fudge samples these were unusual flavors in wild rainbow colors. The park had
acquired a lot of traffic marking tape that they used last year to mark off social distancing markers, and areas where you were to not stand. They used whatever tape they had left to make “Yellow Brick Road” leading to the buffets, and the Picnic
Grove was renamed the Poppy Fields.

At about the same time as we were stuffing our faces with pizza pie, the parks social media team was doing something I’m sure they didn’t plan on for the event, but was absolutely the right move. You get hundreds of enthusiasts for anything all in
one place, and you have an incubator (Poor chicks, this old incubators gone bad) to create the worst gossip you can’t imagine. What the park did was, in a very calm and measured tone, took to social media to not only announce that Voyage would NOT be
open tonight (yeah, we kinda figured that out) but to very open and transparently state exactly why, leaving nothing for the rumor mill. (As the park put it a rider boarded Voayge, rode the ride, and upon return to the station was unconscious in their
seat. Park first aid took immediate response, and deferred to the nearest hospital for further treatment” Out of respect for the situation, Voyage will not open tonight” The park next didn’t turn off comments, but they did moderate comments. So
genuine questions and comments could get through, but rumors, gossip and the like were shunted. The next follow up is that there was no follow up, but the rides status for Saturday was in doubt. Well, that will put a damper on your mood. Some prayers
were said for the person, and we continued with the evening,

Upon leaving the Poppy Fields, were I must take pause to bring up a very important safety issue in my mind. Holiday Worlds picninc grove is essentially two or three level affair, you can get from level to level on the hillside grove by way of long windy
ramps, or a stairway that runs along the front edge f the grove. It’s this area I have problems with, there is way too little if any lighting in this area, which makes it in my mind a serious safety hazard. I found myself taking some of the really
long ramps to avoid it at times and at other times I noted people were pulling out their phones and turning on their torches to see the stairs. I’ve been in dark haunted houses that make the stairs a safer experience than this. Rant over. Oh, the
grove exit directly from the top level to the midway, closed off. The park had a way to make the dark stairway a non issue, they chose to make the safe path unavailable. OK, now rant over.

Okay, back to happiness and rides and all that. Well, we figured no use in going to Thanksgiving, so it looks like its Legend for us. Down the stairs, and yikes. It wasn’t as bad as it could have been but part of that queue maze was in use. Some
time later we were getting into the second row of Legend. Gone are skipped seats, gone are seat assigners, gone is the stand behind this line, which on Legend meant you were cramming everybody together against the back wall in a case of COVIDiocy, yes
queue lane shields were added, but that’s really not offensive. What surely wasn’t offensive was the action packed Legend ride we had. Air, laterals, you name it.. Maybe it was offensive, as in the Legend was on Offense and the riders were on
Defense.

We see the clock, and there is another time honored tradition, finishing the night on Raven whenever possible. We pass through the wrought iron gates of Raven and yikes, the queue maze is half full and the porch queue is in use. Technically the park
was closed by the time we reached the top of the stairs, and looking out the window had a bit of line to digest, and then get the Zen ride winners their ride. It was also about this time the park had four of six cars destined to go out empty with a 20-
30 minute wait. NO, not due to COVID, all seats are open and available, seat rows have shields for your protection. It’s the everybody wants to ride in the prime seats, which led to an announcement I don’t think I have ever heard at a Holiwood
Nights “This train is not leaving until ALL rows are filled” paraphrasing of course, the true announcement was a heart felt plea, we know everybody wants to ride in the front and back seats, but if we let all of you do that, we will be here until
sunup. (Slight exaggeration maybe, but you get their point). It’s also not unprecedented as the same scene takes place at parks all over at night. Everybody wants the last ride, or the last seat on the last ride. It’s common at some point for parks
to count the remaining riders in line, and say “We are only running X more trains tonight, if you are not on one of them, you will not get to ride” Its just I don’t recall that happening at past events, I do recall getting numerous rides in middle
train seats in past years while waiting for the long lines at the front and back seats to work their way through. Thinking, hey I got 5 or 6 rides without leaving my seat, just because I chose a middle seat.

But that ends night one, a night that I’ve heard referred to as Stark Raven Mad 2021, owing to the lack of the newer rides. I must also give credit where credit is due, the park had already said they would open more rides for ERT due to Thunderbird
being closed. (I think they added Mayflower and kept the other rides open longer, due to Voyage closing, they also opened up Scarecrow Scrambler and Frightfull Falls, in other words, get every ride in Haloween and Thanksigivng you can open going!)

We exit the park, head to our close parking space, and ah that is a neat lighting package Dave has added to his trunk. Makes this part of the night easier. It’s a short drive back to the cabin. Lake, Beer, conversation, snacks. Oh and showers.
Let me get that futon setup, check social media, yada yada. But can’t stay up too late, I’m working first shift tomorrow!

Day 2 – Saturday June 5!

“Coasting For Kids!!!” - (insert plug for Give Kids The World Viliage Here>)
For the second year in a row, I have participated in Coasting For Kids. Coasting for Kids is one of the fundraisers for Give Kids The World Villiage. (GKTW) What is GKTW – To put it simply you know Make a Wish and other similar minded organizations
that take terminally ill children and grant them their one last wish. Well, a very common wish is to see Mickey Mouse, go to Walt Disney World, etc. GKTW is the premir partner resort for that in Orlando, Build from the ground up as a special needs
resort, its clientele is exclusively (spare some special events) Make a Wish families. They stay in Villas that are built to accommodate any need a child could have for their illness, and in fact the children’s bedroom is the master suite and the
parents are put in the secondary bedroom. Food? Included, they can either ruse the villa kitchen and prepare their own meals, or there is a food hall run by Boston Market (and one other well known chain. The meals are included and served to the family
to give the parents a week off as well. The resort features camp like activities all day, feature a full range of recreational activities, including an amusement midway with custom made rides built so they can be ridden without transferring out of a
wheelchair. There are nightly parties that celebrate all the major holidays of a year during the childs week. And, yes there are day trips to the theme parks. Mostly volunteer help, and they don’t charge the families a dime for anything. The bill for
the average family with all the amenities and on site medical services and all that comes out $6,000 per family, again none of which they pay, instead its corporate sponsorships, in kind gifts, and yes gifts from the community, which is where Coasting
for Kids comes into play. It connects coaster enthusiasts with GKTW and gives us a fun way to give them money so that we can give a child that has a hard life the chance to do what we love to do. It’s been said Disney and Universal sometimes send
characters to GKTW and sometimes donate park surplus to help decorate the park. Disney and Universals design teams have helped build some of the resorts features, and may be the only time you will see Disney and Universal designers on the same team
working side by side on a project. I could go on and on. One of their time honored traditions is Ice Cream for Breakfast. The story goes a resort leader was looking for a quiet spot to get something done in the morning, they ducked into the closed ice
cream parlor (hey its 7 in the morning!) A child saw light on in the ice cream parlor, knocked on the door and asked if they were open. The leader taking the “Never say No to a child” mentality to heart said of course we are open, thinking I’ll
make them a sundae, and when they leave turn the lights off, and that will be that. You know where this is going, soon one family became a line of families, and from then on the ice cream parlor is the first thing open in the morning and last thing to
close.

So much to say, just like the founders story, The founder started out running an ordinary hotel in the Orlando area. As a hotel operator, they were asked to donate some rooms to the cause for Make A Wish. They got involved and learned of how many
families got turned away and never got their wish fulfilled. due to lack of room at the Inn, so to speak. Said we have to do better, we must do better, thus came GKTW. Okay, I’ll give you time for the tissue break, then I will resume this TR.

So, I set an alarm for 7am, yes during vacation. I was up before the alarm clock knew what hit it, got washed up, dressed, yada yada. Then proceeded to cook myself some biscuits with sausage, Egg and Cheese, and take those and a beverage out to the
back porch for a lakeside breakfast. I was then reminded that park opens at 8 doesn’t mean we have to be there at 8, particularly when the opening welcome isn’t until 8:45 and rides aren’t until 9.

So around 8:30 I catch a Lyft to the park. (Ok, I rode with cabin mate April H, but the vehicle is marked as a Lyft) We park again, in a nice close parking spot in Raven, breeze through security and up to the check in table, Check in was very easy,
they check your name, make sure you have met the minimum pledge to GKTW, and give you swag in the form of an even t-shirt (please wear this today), souvenir wristband, VIP lanyard (not event specific, no clue if it really did anything), a gift card (our
catered lunch has been replaced with a $15 gift card), and depending on which Olympic Events you are wishing to participate in, the proper materials. I declined the Ride Every Ride In the Park challenge – not only riding every ride, but in the
fastest time, as it included every ride in the water park, and every ride in the main park that isn’t child restricted. (Yes, and get operator to initial it) As I knew for sure I would not fit on 2 rides, possibly as many as 4 rides (not knowing at
the time Thunderbird) was close, I DQed myself from that one.
Problem was I wasn’t keen on the Olympics Option either. But I figured I would fit in better with it. First event – Marksmanship – Gobbler Getaway hi scores, then came the Water Luge – Cheetah Chase rides for speed. Nope, the weight limit for
that one makes it very hard to find a partner, and you can’t ride alone. Then there was the Marathon, who could log the most miles riding coasters. (The rounded allotments were that Raven was ½ mile, Legend was ¾ mile, and Voyage was 1.25 miles, oh
an Howler was 0.05 miles) I looked at my ride log at the end of the night and said “Yeah, right!”, and the fourth was Knowledge, - Holiday World Trivia in Kringles Banquet Hall. I’ll keep that one in mind, spending time in an air conditioned
building may not be a bad idea.

Park entry was fast as usual, using our HWN ticket and presenting the CFK lanyard. Regular day guests had already started arriving and were asked to step aside so the VIP guests may enter. We gatherd around the fountain as instructed. Small talk was
had. We were the asked to move near path to Halloween. Opening Speeches, including a note on how nice it was to see everybody smile as this was the first maskless CFK since COVID started, prize winners for highest individual and team fund raiser,
instructions for the day and the event, group photo, and then, “This morning’s ERT will be on Legend”

So I spent ERT hour riding Legend, and as expected the line never got out of the station. 90 or so people total can be accommodated in both trains, the seat queues, and a group walking around. And that’s before all those just mingling on the midway.

At around 9:45 I headed for my Marksmanship appointment at Gobbler Getaway, and found that even with Voyage closed they did have the Turkey Twirl, Gobbler and maybe even the ship open. I took a ride on Gobbler, no scorekeeper, then I heard them say the
contest had begun. Back in line (Okay walk right on to the ride) where I turned in a 1,590 and the scorekeeper was present. They had someone posted where you parked just before unload (and the power goes out to the car) noting scores. She said at the
time I had the number 2 score and took down my information. Never heard back, so I suspect that score didn’t hold up. I followed that up with a Turkey Twirl ride that was much better than last night.
I dashed back up to Legend to get in right before park opening. I probably should have dashed all the way to Raven, as by the time I got to Raven it was a full queue house.


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