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  1. Agree with you there. I don't care much for Firehawk (not a fan of hanging on straps and I had a very bad experience the first time I rode it) so I have only ridden it a few times. Aren't butterflies a great/awful feeling the first time you get on a ride for the first time?
  2. Great report! I am looking forward to going to this park soon! My parents say we went there when I was really little. They put me on a ride (don't know the name- they said you hung down from it) and that I cried the entire time. Let's hope I don't do that the next time I go!
  3. I don't know if I found "the" bug section but I found several candies made out of bugs. Here are a few pictures of Jungle Jim's that we snapped. Jungle Jim's Slideshow
  4. Day One We topped off our five day coaster trip with a stop at King's Island. We had three objectives on this outing- process our season passes, ride Invertigo, and ride Diamondback. We arrived the last weekend the Gold Pass special was going on. The line was wrapped around the season pass building, but there were twenty open lines inside processing passes and it didn't take it very long. Once inside, we headed immediatly back to Diamondback. Stopping at the restroom in Nick U, I discovered there were new hand driers that you slipped your hands into and by the time you pulled them back, they're dry. I was so impressed, I trooped outta the bathroom and told Nathan he had to check them out! He was impressed as well. Diamondback looks very impressive. We were surprised to see the wait was less than fifteen minutes. A ride op was assigning seats and we got the back row! The seats are ultra comfy and should be able to hold a pretty large individual. In no time at all, we were on our way! Two words captured Diamondback for us- smooth and silent. Looking out and not having anything underneath you was unique. While not what I would call a scary ride, it was very enjoyable. After a break to reunite ourselves with our favorite blue icecream, we headed over to The Beast. There were a couple of girl ride ops there and they were singing songs for the kids and kept referring to The Beast as a journey to the Goodie Goodie Gumdrop Forest. I looked at Nathan and made the comment about what were they thinking- The Beast is supposed to be scary! When we got on for our ride, I understood. The absolute worst Beast ride ever. Trimmed so hard it was a miracle we didn't have to get out and push the train ourselves to finish the ride. It shook, it jarred, it did everything except jump up and down on the track (Granted it may have done that. I was so annoyed I quit paying attention and just wanted the ride over.) Let me stress, The Beast was one of our favorites. I don't know what happened (Maybe Voyage?) We hit up Racer (red side) and took a spin on Adventure Express. With Invertigo not running, we took a swing through the shops and bought a Diamondback magnet and headed back to the hotel for some Donotos Pizza and some much-needed sleep. Day Two We slept in a little and headed over to the park. We were happy to note Invertigo was running. I had been too big a coward in the past to ride it, so we both were just getting around to it. The line was relatively short. We had an ugly encounter with a linecutter and that soured things a bit. After about a three car wait, it was our turn. We grabbed a middle seat and were ready to boomerang. While short, it was a fun little ride that was smooth and (most importantly to me) not scary. Not a must-ride every time we go to the park, but re-ridable. We took another ride on Diamondback and it was just as much fun as the day before. The views are spectacular and Diamondback lends itself to getting bird's eye views of the park. with nothing much striking our fancy, we headed for the highlight of the trip for Nathan. We cruised up to Jungle Jim's. For those not in the know, Jungle Jims is a six acre grocery store about twenty minutes from King's Island. Any type of food imaginable, they have it. Some things, we're still not sure what it is. The place is just as much a tourist attraction as it is a grocery store. Candy racks are bumper cars originally from Coney Island. A singing Campbell's soup can guards the canned section. Animatronic critters are everywhere. And for us King's Island people, the Lion Country Safari monorail is in residence and is supposed to be completed later this year. We grabbed a bite at the sub shop there. They use Boar's Head brand products. Two big sub sandwiches and two drinks cost less than six dollars! After that, we spent the next five hours exploring the store. They give maps out at the front door and that helps some, but you tend to use landmarks to muddle your way around. It was a blast even though we both nearly screamed out loud at the refrigerator case of hog heads. With all our treasures safely packed away, we headed home. One great trip!
  5. Here are the pictures from the cave interior. It is everyone on the tour. Lost World Interior Slideshow
  6. While it wasn't a thrill a minute, we had a great time. I like to check out the parks as a whole, not just to get credits or "must ride every ride." It's a mini vacation for me and I sometimes like just sitting and watching the world move around me knowing that I can jump back in at any time. Thanks everyone for the nice compliments.
  7. I just got back from Holiday World. Check out my trip report on this site for a very in depth description of the park and the rides. You will have a very good time!
  8. Nice trip report with lots of information. My first ride on Diamondback was in the back, I don't think I sat in my seat hardly at all for the whole ride. I'm glad you had a good time!
  9. I'm with giga and Terpy. I would like to be able to buy apples, bananas, etc. I like to eat fruits and veggies and it is near impossible to find in parks. I love Subway, but I would like one step past that healthy-food wise.
  10. Day Two We had to get up early to get to Holiday World at our designated time. For those who are thinking of staying at the Comfort In in Ferdinand, the hotel is in the Eastern Time Zone while the park is on Central Time even though they are seven miles away from each other. Out poor cell phones kept switching back and forth as we traveled between the two zones. We arrived at the park ready for breakfast and some water fun. Mrs. Kock personally walked us back to Spashin' Safari. We were greeted with tables of breakfast goodness that included muffins, fresh fruit, juice, milk, and coffee. I'm not a fan of heavy breakfast food, so this was perfect. We ate and people watched then headed over to claim some chairs at the wave pool. We headed up to one of the sunscreen stations and then wandered over to the lazy river. Will had said the water temperature was 81 degrees. Fibber! Great talent that I am, I managed to get in my tube without getting anything but my feet wet. We took a few laps around (I could have stayed there all day, but Nathan wanted to hit up some of the other attractions). We headed back over to the wavepool. I stretched out to catch some rays while Nathan tested the water. His verdict- lots of fun and the waves aren't so violent they will knock you down. I failed to mention that when we drove in that morning, there were trucks parked around Pilgrim's Plunge. Goobers that we are, we cheered in the car because the part had arrived (thanks to Will's incredible journey to fetch it). As I was sunning myself, I heard some screams and looked up to see Pilgrim's Plunge drop. Naturally, we had to head that way. The walk over to Pilgrim's Plunge, you realize that thing is TALL. I felt like I was being herded due to the insanely high concrete walls. When we made it to the station, there was about a 20 minute wait for the ride. I noticed that ride lockers at Holiday World are free. After dropping off my sunglasses, we got in line. There is a ride op there helping assign seats to balance the ride. Watch your footing because the boat doesn't stop unleass needed; You catch it on the fly. We hopped in and pulled down our lap bars. The ride out to the lift is really fast. You pull up to the elevator and the boat is guided onto the lift. There is a dual elevator. While one is going up, the other comes down. That explains why the supports on the ride bend out (to allow enough room for the elevators to pass each other). We rode up the lift and before we knew it, we were ready. The drop is alot of fun, however, the water was COLD! Our group yelled more from the shock of the cold water hitting us than being scared. Overall, fun water ride best saved for those hot days. At that point, we had about an hour and a half until the photo walk backs. We changed clothes and carried out stuff out to the car. Then, it was time for lunch. We had been teased by the smells coming from Plymouth rock for a day and a half so we headed there. Who can turn down Thanksgiving dinner and your choice of all the trimmings? Nathan got a turkey leg while I had the turkey. He asked for an ear of corn as a side and instread of a cobbette like we were expected, he got a whole ear that tasted like it had just come from the garden. All in all, it was filling, tasty, and less than $20. At that point, we headed over to the entrance of Splashin' Safari for our first Photo Walkback of Raven and Legend. That was a definite high point. We were allowed ample time to snap all the picture we want. It was really interesting to see the ride from angles most other park guest don't. While we stayed on the path, we were still able to get really close as the trains roared by. From there, we walked over to Plymouth Rock and got ready for our Photo Walkback of Voyage. Even more opportunities to snap some really good pictures. I was walking next to this really tall skinny guy. I was half listening to his conversation and he was talking with another person about how Voyage was designed and some of the different elements. It turns out, he was Korey from the Gravity Group who had designed the ride. We ended up in the middle of a cluster of people gathered around Korey. Paula walked over and wanted to know what the bottleneck was all about. When she saw Korey, she laughed and called him a troublemaker. We all headed back out, snapping our last photos along the way. There was about two hours left before the evening activities cimmenced. I challenged Nathan to another round at Gobbler Getaway. I made sure we got a front row seat that time. Final score- 1200 for me and 320 for Nathan! We then grabbed another ride on Voyage and hopped back on the Turkey Whirl. We wandered around and snapped a few more photos and bought some postcards to take home. We dropped those off at the car and picked up a sweater for me and a rain slicker for Nathan because the sky was looking a little ominous. Another ride on Raven and Legend followed. We headed over to the picnic grove and checked out the items in the silent auction. The smell of supper proved all powerful so we headed up to see what dinner had in store. More veggies, hamburgers, fried chicken, baked beans, mac and cheese, BBQ sandwiches, cookies and brownies were the order of the day. I usually don't eat fried chicken, but Holiday World's rivaled my granny's "tickled chicken!" At that point, it was dark and started to rain. Paula came on the microphone and told us that Will was standing on the bridge being a weather spotter and said it looked like it would blow over us. Guess what- rain, hail, thunder, and lightning soon surrounded us. Not just rain, a downpour. We all hung out in the building and waited for it to blow over. To take our minds off it, we had a life auction. The first was half an hour each with two of the guys from Gravity Group.They are so good natured and seemed to be having a ball even though this event was technically a work outing for them. Two Holiday World director's chairs were auctioned off. Then, they auctioned off a Holiday World Flag from the 2008 season. The capstone of the event was an original rendering of Legend. This was when the big money came to play as there are only two in existence (and Korey has the other). Bids increased by $50, then $100 and topped off at $500. I didn't mention this earlier, but all proceeds from the auctions went to the Christmas World Museum. After the auction, the weather had died down. People had their phones out checking the radar. I had my fingers crossed that they wouldn't cancel the ERT. At 10PM, a gentleman in the room stood up and said Paula had just tweeted that they were test running the coasters. You couldn't hear for the cheers! Everyone stood up getting ready to head out. When we were given the ok to go, Nathan and I took off for Voyage. We got on the second car of the day. As people have read, that was a ride experience to top all others. The coaster felt alive as it raced through the woods. Instead of slowing down, it felt like it kept going faster. As it kept getting darker, the ride became more intense. We had been watching the sky for some time. Lightning could be seen in the distance. It was slowly coming closer, but the ride-ops didn't stop the ride so we just kept riding. As we crested the first lift hill, lightning streaked across the sky just as we dropped. Amazing. We kept riding. We were treated to a light show like none other. The absolute best moment was back in the woods diving through the tunnels. A blast of lightning flashed as we dove into the first tunnel. We came up and just as we started into the next tunnel, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. It was breathtaking. Best ride experience EVER. We stopped our marathon of Voyage at ten rides. We took another lap on Legend and finished out our night with four rides on Voyage. Holiwood Nights was an awesome experience. Great park, great people, and great coasters. I can't fault anything. Can't wait to do it again next year. Thanks for reading these huge posts everyone. Now, time for some pictures! Holiday World Slideshow
  11. Day One As part of our five day trip, Nathan and I headed to Holiday World for Holliwood Nights. Since we had never been to the park before, we opted to take in both days with the optional Friday day ticket. First off, the theming in this place rocks! There are sections for the following holidays: Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving. Songs appropriate for each holiday are played in that section. All the shops, restaurants, rides and games are themed to those holidays. I was in heaven! After walking around and taking some pictures, we headed to Voyage. Wow- just wow. Fast, so many elements crammed into one ride, I felt like I didn't know which way was up! When we rolled iback into the station, I had to catch my breath. It felt like I had ran the track beside the train. Turkey whirl is possibly the cutest Tilt-a-Whirl I have ever seen. Each on is shaped like a Turkey. I just had to ride. Those things can really spin. My favorite is #5. There was a group of kids in the car in front of us and I heard one of them yell, "Faster Turkey, faster!" That became a catch phrase each time we rode it from then of. Next was Gobbler Getaway which is a shoot-em-up dark ride. The object is to hit targets and find runaway turkeys. There is a cute preshow that explains the object of the game. Each car has two rows and we had the misfortune to be in the backrow of ours. Long story short, the folks in the front got all the targets, I got 120 and Nathan had 30. We walked over to the Fourth of July section and rode Revoltion. This is a famous spin and puke kinda ride. I love them while Nathan tends to turn green. You know we had to ride it, right? My tummy flip flopped the entire long ride cycle as we were raised and lowered. When the ride stopped, I staggered coming out of my spot. It took a little time to get my "land legs" back. However, watching everyone else walk down the stairs, I realized I wasn't the only one. After that, we wandered around the park for awhile and rode the Freedom Train. It is the only ride still operating when Christmas World (the original name for the park) opened in 1946. The train is tiny and they have enclosed cars as well as open air cars. You ride a circle around the top of the hill passing statues of nursery rhymes. The ride op says each nursery rhyme as you pass by it. We then wandered over into Holidog's Fun Town to check out what the little kids had to play with. There was a really neat foundtain that we watched for a time. Jungle Gyms swings and slides were also plentiful. Tucked in the back was the kiddie coaster Howler. Here was my opportunity to embarass Nathan for the trip! This is like Roller Skater at SFKK but Holidog's face smiles and waves from the front car and his tail wags on the back car. We each got a car and off we went. We cruised around twice as the ride op grinned to see two adults hamming it up on the kid's coaster. The song "Who Let the Dogs Out" playing over the speakers was priceless. We had lunch at The Alamo which serves Mexican food. Nathan had an order of hard shell tacos and I had the nachos. It was more food than we could eat. Not only was it inexpensive, but it tasted really good! Can I also take this chance here to say that the Pepsi Oasis is one of the best ideas for a theme Park? All the pop, Gatorade, and lemonade a person can drink. Brilliant concept! The Dive Show was getting ready to start and we hurried over to watch it. For people visiting the park, this is a must see. Combining fun and acrobatics is a winning recipe and had me laughing and clapping the entire time. When we arrived that morning, Raven and Legend weren't open. As we were watching the Dive Show, we noticed that Raven was running. After the divers took their bows, we hurried up to get in line. Here is a simple concept for theme parks- make the que line narrow and that cuts down on linejumping! This ride is a blast. We rode it in the back seat. Fast, cool turn over Lake Rudolph and the neat sound of hearing the upstop wheels spinning when we screeched to a stop at the end. Most fun! We walked over to the Scrambler and took a spin on it then decided to do a little shopping. We went up to the glassblowing shop. There is a lady there making glass ornaments and barometers. You can walk up to her and nothing separates you but a plate of glass. She explained what she was doing and that she was making an old fashioned barometer shaped like a swan. Basically, when it rains, colored water goes up into the neck of the swan. We decided we wanted to have them make a decoration with our names on it. The saleslady was wonderful and helped us pick out the right colors and ornament to decorate it. Best of all, we stood and watched it made right in front of us. The whole process took an hour (allowing enough time for the paint to dry). We took the chance to eat a piece of fudge and browse through the toy museum there. Something to note here is that there is a mailbox in the glassblowing shop. Make sure to buy a postcard, write a note, and drop it in. All the letters collected in the box will be mailed on December 15th. We wrote a cheesy postcard to ourselves. By the time Christmas rolls around, we will have forgotten about it and it will be a nice surprise. After driopping off our treasure in the car, we headed over to ride the spider. While not as awesome as the one at Camden Park, it was alot of fun. We took another lap on Voyage and the Turkey Whirl as well. Since it was getting close to the evening program to start, we walked over to Pilgrim's Plunge and snapped some pictures before heading over to the picnic grove. We were welcomed by Paula, Mrs. Koch and Will Koch. They thanked each of us for coming out and gave us a rundown on the event ahead of us. With a smile, Will told us that Legend, which had been down all day, had been fixed thanks to a hardworking crew and it was making some test runs. We broke into a round of applause. He then began to explain what was going on with Pilgrim's Plunge as it had been down as well. A machine that had to do with the lift elevators had malfunctioned. The part had to be sent to Switzerland to be fixed and was on it's way back via UPS. He laughed and said he had been checking the UPS site all day and that it had made it's way to a UPS stop in Indiana, but when he called, the man on the phone said it wasn't there yet. However, he promised that when the truck rolled in at five in the morning, he would go out and check the shipments. If the part was there, Will would jump in the car and go get it so the part could be installed and the ride ready to roll when the ride opened in the morning. At that point, the park had been cleared and we were given the go ahead and begin the evening session of ERT. Naturally, we headed over to Legend and give it a whirl before it got dark. Fun ride. Rougher than Raven, but the twisting through the woods was great and the sound effects provided some good atmosphere. With tummies rumbling, we headed up to Kringle's Cafe for supper. We were treated to some yummy pizza, veggie with dip, chips, and fudge. Before I knew it, my loaded plate was empty and we were ready to ride again. Since it was close, we headed back over and took another three rides on Raven. We hopped over and took another spin on Legend as well. We then headed over for a night ride on Voyage. I love me some nighttime coaster rides and Voyage did not dissapoint. We stayed up near the front and did three rides on it. It was getting a little late, and we made our way back towards the front of the park. We grabbed another ride on Legend and ended the evening with five rides on Raven (and we didn't have to give up our seat once). That is the end of day one. I will type up day two in the morning and post pictures as well as a YouTube Link for Pilgrim's Plunge that we took. Thanks for reading!!
  12. When we were there, the Penguin's water ride was closed, but there were some trucks parked around it and it looked like they had been working back in there a little, even though there was no water in the chute.
  13. The blood isn't real. The place is a haunted attraction in October. And yeah, it was super creepy when I spotted it going down the first hallway! Our guide worked there for seven years. Just looking at those pictures, would you believe the place was open until 1994? Our guide, Mark, also told us that the place was so clean you could eat off the floor, had beautiful grounds, and the rehabilitation area had state of the art equipment. He said when he came back, he was shocked at how quickly the place degraded. He said it looked like it had been abandoned for fifty years, not for the ten it really was.
  14. Before the tour, they gave us a two-page handout of the disorders that patients who were admitted to the hospital could have been diagnosed with. They ranged from such things as divorce, hysteria, homicide, swallowing weird objects etc. Some made me grin, but they were real problems for those people. As the hospital got bigger, more buildings were added and the main building itself was expanded. An entire building was dedicated to tuberculosis, another building was a hospital ward, the third floor was for violent patients, and the fourth floor was a halfway house type of thing where patients could come and go or get ready to be discharged from the asylum. They said that the floor space in the buildings was more than nine acres!
  15. On May 28th, Nathan and I headed out on our second big trip of the year. Five days of nothing but coasters and having fun! Be warned, this trip report is long and includes details about the parks and experiences- not just the rides. Our first stop was Kentucky Kingdom. This was the first time we had visited a Six Flags park. To be honest, I was not sure what to expect. I had read horror stories about how terrible the park was and that it should be avoided at all costs. To say the least, we went in with low expectations Happily, we were surprised with what we found. Our first stop was to process our season passes as we planned to check out Six Flags over Georgia in June. In less then two minutes, we had our passes processed and were on our way into the park. The park is really pretty! There are lots of flowers and trees throughout. I had flashbacks to King's Dominion in some places. The smoke trees were in full bloom (or whatever they do) and were breathtaking. We spent some time just walking around and taking in the scenery. In addition, it was really clean. I didn't see very much litter on the ground. One thing that I really found interesting was all the posters and advertisement for green technology in the park. Compact Fluorescent bulbs (the curly energy efficient ones) were in the light sockets. Trash containers to recycle pop bottles were plentiful. Newer driers were installed and hand towels were not available to cut down on trash and waste. Signs pointed out where recycled materials were used (and there were more than a few). Walking through the park, we stopped at the Secret of the Lost Temple which is a 4-D movie theater. This was a new show for the year. It wasn't in 3-D and the storyline was a little corny, but cute enough to take kids to and neat for adults to watch a time or two. We then headed over to Chang- the B and M standup coaster. The coaster was a walk on and pretty good. The head “cushion” were comfortable and I didn't experience any head banging while Nathan had a couple incidents. The ride was smooth and definitely re-ridable. T2 was next. I admit, I have a history of hating inverted coasters. They scare me and I habitually refuse to ride them. This year, I promised myself I would step outside my comfort zone and ride them. Like Chang, it was a walk on. This ride is fast! We flew threw the five inversions in no time. While I won't say it's my favorite, the ride is smooth and not violent. This would be a good coaster for people like me who are nervous about riding this type of coaster and need baby steps to work up to more intense coasters. From there, we walked around to Thunder Run- a large wooden coaster in the back of the park. This was a fun ride. We rode in the very front, second row, and in the middle. Not too rough, but enough to let you know you were still on a wooden coaster. I wacked my ear on Nathan's shoulder (but not as bad as I did on KD's Hurler when I was certain I had lost it!). Cresting the first hill, we could look over and see the Twisted Twins hanging out in the back. I have my fingers crossed that they will be running sometime in the future. Roller Skater was one of those rides Nathan said was a grin and bear it as it was a "kiddie coaster." I thought it looked adorable because you set in big roller skates. We each got our own skate and took off. There was a little girl in the front seat who turned around to tell me how fun the ride was and that she was riding it over and over. She went on to show me how she could ride it with no hands. An enthusiast from the get go! While the ride overall was pretty tame, there was a good drop on the first hill that made my tummy bouce unexpectedly. When we hopped off (and waved goodbye to our little friend) Nathan declared that while that was a kid's coaster, it has "a little spice." We crossed the road and headed back to the other side of the park. Road Runner Express was the next coaster and is a wild mouse. It is decorated to look like the desert southwest. I really liked the imprints in the concrete. This ride had a small wait. We got a car to ourselves and were on our way. It was a typical wild mouse with turns that felt like you were on two wheels as you zoomed around the track. Fun, but nothing I would wait for. The final coaster to hit up that day was Greezed Lightning. It is a Shuttle Loop Coaster that shoots forward through a loop and then goes backward through the loop and up an incline before coming to a stop again in the station. This coaster was alot of fun. The launch, while not Dragster, was fun. The backwards route flipped my stomach more than once. While it is more than 30 years old, it is still fun! After that, we took a break and browsed through the gift shops. The prices were pretty steep. We bought a magnet for $6.00. Then, we went out to the car and grabbed the camera. We rode the Giant Wheel and snapped some pictures and walked around the park taking pictures of rides and all the flowers and trees. To show how nice the employees were, I was snapping some photos of the carousel. The gentleman running it opened the gate for me and told me to go on in and take as many pictures as I wanted. That was really nice and I got some close up shots that would have been obstructed with the bars otherwise. This is a nice park for a day or an afternoon- depending on what your interest is. We enjoyed talking to the employees and people watching. The Looney Toons characters were plentiful and spent alot of time entertaining the guests. Thanks for reading our report. Here is a slideshow of our photos. Kentucky Kingdom Slideshow
  16. A joke we still have is this: we were getting on the Viking ship and the skies were cloudy with a few sprinkles. Right as the ride cycle begins, it POURS! The ride op says "Enjoy your water ride!" (As she stood in her covered area) We didn't care we were getting soaked as we were laughing too hard.
  17. Voted for FOF. Agree with the earlier post about right at the beginning and the corkscrew at the end. Still gets my heart going!
  18. The pictures are not being my friend tonight. Here is the link: Asylum Slideshow Thanks for Looking!!
  19. On Memorial Day, Nathan and I headed up to Weston and visited the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. We had talked about it in the psych rotation of my nursing class. I searched for information about it when I got home and found out that the place, while closed, gives tours that tell the history of the place. And yes, there are ghost stories too! The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, constructed between 1858 and 1881, is the largest hand-cut stone masonry building in North America, and is purportedly the second largest in the world, next to the Kremlin. It was designed by the renowned architect Richard Andrews following the Kirkbride plan, which called for long rambling wings arranged in a staggered formation, assuring that each of the connecting structures received an abundance of therapeutic sunlight and fresh air. The original hospital, designed to house 250 souls, was open to patients in 1864 and reached its peak in the 1950's with 2,400 patients in overcrowded and generally poor conditions. Changes in the treatment of mental illness and the physical deterioration of the facility forced its closure in 1994 inflicting a devastating effect on the local economy, from which it has yet to recover. They offer tours of just the first floor and tours of all four floors of the main building. Our tour took almost two hours and we were told that we had not seen a third of the facility. The place was equal parts fascinating and creepy as all get out. The sun was shining as we started the tour. Then, it began to get cloudy, then it began to thunder until we had a full out storm on our hands!! For braver people, they offer ghost tours where people can stay the night and look for ghosts. The four floor tour costs $30, but the money they get goes back into helping restore sections of the building so that more of it can be open to tours and preserve the intact parts. It may not be the best choice for real young ones (there were a couple in our group and ended up hanging onto their mom due to being scared), but I thought it was such a neat thing to see. Our guide was a person that worked at the hospital for several years up until it closed in 1994. The building sat empty for about ten years and suffered much vandalism and decay from being abandoned. Pictures to follow.
  20. I was told the pics weren't uploading right. I followed the directions, but whatever! Here is a link: Cave Slideshow
  21. Very abbreviated. It stated how there were inherent liabilities when caving and that we will end up getting scrapes and bruises and that the place would not be held liable for any injuries incurred as we entered into an activity that we knew was dangerous.
  22. Yeah- I admit that I got scared more than once on that trip. Lots of stepping over places or clinging to the side of a wall that was a long way down. I am still waiting on getting the guide's pictures back. I will go ahead and post some of the photos of the museum in a few minutes.
  23. On Sunday, there was a girl referring to The Beast ride as "A Journey through the Goody Goody Gum Drop Forest." She kept going in that speil and asked each returning car how they liked their trip to Gum Drop Land. The kids loved it. Me- not so much.
  24. Chad (didn't catch last name) was there also. Part of the event consisted of a live auction and both guys auctioned off 30 minutes of their time for a personal meeting. All proceeds went to the Christmas Museum. I thought that was really nice! Korey brought his laptop and all types of goodies for the winning person to look through. I can't remember how much each went for, but over $200 for Korey and something similar for Chad.
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