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Holiday World Giving New Life to Legend Coaster for 70th Season

Santa Claus, IN, USA (April 21, 2016) — With the start of Holiday World’s new season on Saturday, park guests will recognize both “something old” and “something new” during their visit.

Holiday World's 70th Birthday Season“With last year’s addition of Thunderbird, the nation’s only launched wing coaster, we took a huge leap forward,” says park president Matt Eckert. “This year, we want to take time to celebrate our history as well, by displaying our first ride and enhancing one of our classic wooden coasters.”

Here is a list of “what’s new” for this season:

**New 70th Birthday Plaza, to showcase the park’s seven decades with nostalgic photos, maps, and brochures

**The return of the park’s first ride, The Freedom Train, on display in the 70th Birthday Plaza

**A huge Memories Mosaic, with 7,000 crowdsourced photos taken at the park during its 70 years

**Continuing the park’s birthday theme, new menu items: Birthday Cake Fudge, Birthday Sundae, Birthday Confetti Cake Flurry, and Birthday Cake Ice Cream Dip

**The Legend “reborn,” with more than $2 million in track improvements to the wooden roller coaster, plus the addition of a new “double-down” feature to further enhance the ride experience (opening May 7)

**In Splashin’ Safari, the water park’s filters now utilize sand featuring an anti-microbial coating; this is the nation’s first large-scale rollout of Mystic Blue Sand (Splashin’ Safari opens May 12)

**New boats for Mammoth water coaster, with added legroom

**Dole Whip soft serve and floats add a new gluten-free, non-dairy, fat-free treat

**The park’s free sunscreen will now be 40 SPF protection, with aloe

**The park’s free soft drinks selection will include Big Red, in addition to Pepsi products, Gatorade, pink lemonade, iced tea, coffee and water

**New Peanut Butter Burgers plus Kettle Corn and more gluten-free desserts

**Holiday World Podcast, with biweekly news and musings from two fourth-generation owners, the park’s president, plus guests

Holiday World begins its 70th season on April 23; Splashin’ Safari’s opening day is May 12. For more information, visit HolidayWorld.com.

Joe Kleiman
Joe Kleimanhttp://wwww.themedreality.com
Raised in San Diego on theme parks, zoos, and IMAX films, InPark's Senior Correspondent Joe Kleiman would expand his childhood loves into two decades as a projectionist and theater director within the giant screen industry. In addition to his work in commercial and museum operations, Joe has volunteered his time to animal husbandry at leading facilities in California and Texas and has played a leading management role for a number of performing arts companies. Joe previously served as News Editor and has remained a contributing author to InPark Magazine since 2011. HIs writing has also appeared in Sound & Communications, LF Examiner, Jim Hill Media, The Planetarian, Behind the Thrills, and MiceChat His blog, ThemedReality.com takes an unconventional look at the attractions industry. Follow on twitter @ThemesRenewed Joe lives in Sacramento, California with his wife, dog, and a ghost.

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