IndyGuy4KI

Yes it is very nice on the admission. I was up there recently. Here is the Trip Report Link.

We are 1.5 hours from IB. The closest park, but I agree as well 1/2 hour more and I can ride DB!

This was posted to twitter a few hours ago.... HolidayWorldJust turned in my list of ideas for naming the new ... thing ... for 2010. We meet tomorrow to make a decision. Then the fun begins. #HW #fb

I see your point, but for someone who lives 4.5 hours away from CP, and 3 hours from HW I would like to see some more variety from a local (Indiana) park, although KI is more local than HW for me. Indiana Beach has more variety of coasters, but not as good of quality in my opinion. Plus IB is a little land locked unless they moved their parking lot somewhere else and built in their current parking lot. They did take up some of their parking when they built Steel Hawg.

It would be interesting to see if they would look B&M up for a steelie. What would even a small B&M (floorless/invert) cost these days? 8 mil? 10? I would love to see a B&M there as much as anyone, but when the time came to do a cost/benefit analysis I've always been curious to see how the numbers would lay out. We can always hold out hope, though! Yeah, I see what you are saying, but I am sure B&M could design a compact steelie that would not be to bad price wise. I would not see them going with a floorless/invert in their first steelie though.

In light of the woodie poll, and seeing HW beating KI, I am wondering if you think they should go steel next or continue adding to their wood collection? List your thoughts and preferred manufacturer for the park! I would like to see them build a steel coaster by B&M.

The only thing I have bought this year was the CF VIP jacket at RWW. I try to stay out of the shops as much as possible.

I am glad to see someone put Cornball Express before Raven. I also feel the same. I was not all that impressed with Raven although I did vote for HW, for Voyage and Legend beats SOB and racer in my book.

Hearse for Giga I presume! I voted for Advil roughness. If you are not willing to take a little pain and discomfort then you might as well stay over in Nick-U.

Enjoyed the pics. Thanks for sharing.

I think they are the same price at my local Meijer in Indy. (See screen name.)

I thought it has been a little weak since its repair. I still really enjoy the ride.

Enjoyed reading your TR as always. Glad you had fun in the heat. You did not mention sunscreen this time. I am guessing you had that covered?

Voyage seemed to cool me off pretty well.. so I just HAD to keep riding it. Sounds like the perfect excuse to marathon the ride to me!!

Never let anyone change who you are! I noticed that about HW as well when I was there, they are on top of their game when it comes to their attire rules!

Glad you girls had fun!! I know you don't slown down at a park Angie, but be careful in that heat!

I can answer this one for ya. It's Apostolic/Pentecostal. I wear skirts only, and yeah most of the time..they are ankle length. I wear longer lengths when I'm there with the kids and know I'm not going to be riding much of anything that requires the middle seatbelt. On days I know I'm going to be riding Delirium, Drop Tower, DB, Slingshot, etc., I wear a skirt that is just past my knees. Decent enough for rides and my religious beliefs. Oh and a funny tidbit of info regarding ankle length..it's not required we wear them that long..basically as long as the knee is covered, you are ok...but most of the time, they are worn that long because well..... we haven't shaved that day or didn't have time to. And you can thank me for that mental image next time you see one dragging the ground heheh Now there is a good answer to my question. I did not think about the religious reasons, but you do have an alterative when you want to ride those rides that requires a different attire! Going back to the skirts, I was refering to ones you see that are painted on and wearing high heels like they were heading to the club, not an amusment park. That is not pratical (At least I would not think so.) I was not refering to a loose fitting skirt to keep cool and being consious when entering a ride while wearing one. Please accept my appoligies if my previous post offended anyone.

I want to know what is up with a woman, girl sometimes, wearing a short dress or skirt with high heels to KI. I seem to see at least one each time I go. I take it they are not walking very far and not ridding many rides? I also don't get the longer skirts either. If you have a jean skirt down to your ankles how do you get on some of those rides? Example: DB, Delirium, Invertigo, DT. Indyguy wondering, for he never seems these people getting on one of these rides. Could that be my answer? EDIT: Post 500!

Going with the Batman movie names, I think The Dark Beast would work well!

I don't think you can be an enthusiast and not love the Voyage. That goes for those that are more steel coaster fans. I am not partial either way, if it is a coaster I will ride it!!!

Glad you had a good time! I hope to make it back to the island soon!

That is wierd for you would think KD would have the Virginia market?

My father and I went to Monticello Indiana to put my seadoo and my Father-in-Laws seadoo on the water for some fun on Lake Shafer and afternoon fun at Indiana Beach. We left Indy around 7am and headed to Danville IN (20 miles west if Indy) to get the seadoos at my father-in-laws house. He has the double trailer for the wave runners, but one is mine and the other is his. My dad has never ridden a wave runner or a jet ski before so it was a real treat for him. We were a little worried about the weather, but the forecast was rain early and then clear up. We took 39 over to I-65. We stopped at the Flying–J to fill up my truck and seadoos. We ate at the little restaurant in the truck stop. Breakfast buffet for $6.99. Food was really good. (I did not take any pics this time for I had on my swim suit and my camera phone was in truck.) When we left there it was raining. We make it up to Lake Shaffer around 9:30. It was still raining pretty good. Indiana Beach has a camp ground with a boat ramp, but never used it without camping for it is free for campers. The other boat dock (that I know about) is at Lake Shaffer boat rental and marina and is $20.00 to launch. We pulled into the camp ground and asked how much it would be to lunch and it was only $10.00. My plan originally was to launch at the marina and rent a life vest from them for my dad, but since we decided to launch at IB campground we had to buy one. At this point it is still raining hard. We went back to the local Wal*Mart and he got a nice one for $40.00. Still a little expensive, but being so close to a lake and legally can’t go without it, that was not bad. After we got out of Wal*Mart we headed back to the IB campground. It had stopped raining, but it was only 67 degrees outside so it was a little chilly to be getting on the water. By the time we paid and got to the boat ramp it was starting to clear up and warm up little. I think it may have hit 70 degrees at that point. Got my dad oriented on how to drive, turn and all the gauges we headed out towards the main part of the lake. Lake Shaffer is really a river that has been dammed for flood control. So it is long, but fairly skinny. There are 2 “big” parts to the lake, one part being by the dam and the other on the other side of IB boardwalk. The rest of the lake is narrower. We played out on the water for about an hour and a half and we needed to go to the rest room. We docked at IB, for they have a place to dock so you can come eat if on the lake. We used the facilities and started walking back towards the seadoos. Some couple stopped us and asked when the ski show is going to start. Since we were in swim trunks and life jackets they thought were part of the ski show they have at IB. We told them we did not know and that we had just stopped in for a few minutes. We then headed back out towards the dam area and played for a while. There were not really any boats on the lake so there were no good wakes to jump with the seadoos. There were a few pontoons, but they don’t make very big wakes like a ski boat or cabin cruiser would. We made our own wakes and waves to jump, but we had fun none the less. We had been on the lake for little over 2 hours and I was getting tired for I was really playing hard on mine and even threw myself off of it once. I knew my dad was getting tired as well for a first timer it is more tiring from being nervous about ridding it. For those who have never ridden a seadoo they are only something you can do in moderation. Really 30 minutes at a time is ideal, but when you drive that far to put them in the water you want to play as long as you can. After pulling the seadoos out of the water we pulled into the IB parking lot and headed toward the boardwalk. Park admission is free this year so you can go walk on the boardwalk all you want. We were really getting hungry so we headed to the Sky Room Restaurant. I ordered a Philly cheese steak and my dad got a tenderloin. It took 23 minutes to get our food. Not sure what was up with that? The Sky room restaurant sits above the boardwalk at one end of the park so we were watching the people walk by and talking about our seadoo ride, so the wait was okay. Food was good once we got it. The park was not crowded so we went and got our wristbands for a POP (pay one price) as they call it. The wristband comes with bar codes now and you have to scan your arm each time you go up to a ride. I did not like that. Especially when they placed the wristband on your right arm and the scanners were placed in a way that was awkward to get you arm in to scan. Some were placed so it would have been fine if the band was on your left arm. Most rides were walk on for the park was not busy. The beach only had probably 20 people in there and the water park was not busy either. We first went to Hoosier Hurricane. We had a good ride on it, but seemed shorter than the last time I rode. It is not as good as any coaster at HW, but it is still IB’s first wooden coaster. We then headed over to Cornball Express. I wanted to ride it very much for as you may have read in my last TR about HW I though CE was better than the Raven. I wanted to make the comparison. I had a fun ride on CE, but was then torn between Raven and CE… I still cannot decide totally, but almost leaning more toward the Raven. It is a real toss up for me. I then went and rode Tig’rr a compact steel coaster. This was the first time I had ridden it with actually seat belts. Ride was sort of scary before with no restraints. I wanted to ride Steel Hogg for it was down the last time I made it up there last year. My dad did not want to ride it. He is not a steel coaster fan, he likes wooden coaster exclusively. The first drop is amazing with the inversion in. I wish it had a little more speed though. It sure files up the lift though. I would say it is as fast at DB’s lift. The cork screw is good as well. Did not care for the ½ a loop though. It almost stops as it inverts you to make the loop. It is still a fun little coaster. We then wanted to hit Dodg-em the bumper cars. Their cars are really old and are twice as fast at KI’s bumper cars. We had a lot of fun on those. We then hit The Den of Lost Thieves. This is their SCATHC. We enjoyed this ride, even though I got beat by my dad with my score! We then went and rode Galaxi another compact steel coaster, we then hit Falling Star which was fun. We then rode the sky ride back to the other side of the park. We went and rode Double Shoot. We then went and made our second trip around the park. We rode Hoosier Hurricane again, still a good ride but nothing spectacular. Went back and rode Cornball Express, my favorite coaster there! I went and rode Steel Hogg again and did enjoy it, but again fun but nothing spectacular in my book. We then hit Sea Dragon and rode the Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain. This thing just jerks you around and really is not fun at all for just for a few small drops. My dad did not like this one at all even though it is a woodie. We were getting tired and were getting ready to leave. I hit paratrooper (Umbrella’s) on the way out. We headed back towards Danville to drop off the Seadoos at my father-in-laws house and then drop off my dad at his. I got home around 7pm that evening, we had a good time. Some things to compare IB vs HW since I hit both places in the same week. For me IB is more special since I spent more time up there as a kid. IB is more compact and does not have much room for expansion unless it builds further in the lake where HW looks like they have plenty of room for expansion. I like the free admission to IB and then paying for rides if you wish, but do not like the new wristband scanning at each ride. IB may have more coasters that HW, but HW has more quality coasters. There are water recreations at IB if you have a boat. Don’t know of a lake at HW. HW could use a steel coaster for IB has 3 up on them. HW employees are friendlier and seem to be more proud of their park. Free drinks at HW not at IB. Rides seem to be better maintained at HW than IB. HW is much cleaner than IB Over all I think HW is the better park. Thanks for reading!

I think The Vortex is good, it is minor pain, but the inversions get my sinuses aggravated for I have allergies and it gives me a sinus headache. I ride it anyway, I love the first drop most of all on Vortex. I think SOB gives more pain no question, but it is a different pain. Vortex I think jerks you around more left to right, but SOB is constant vibrating up and down. I hope that makes sense. I can see where some people like or dislike one more than the other.

I enjoyed your report, thanks for sharing!