IndyGuy4KI Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Recap: Shafer Swings become Water Swings once again over the water Rocky Mountain is retracking Cornball Express Shafer Queen's paddle wheel is getting some new paint and repair Falling Star moved to where the Shafer Swings were located the last few seasons Penthouse Suites, Beech House Inn, and Boardwalk Motels (40+ rooms) are being renovated Roof Garden Lounge is getting a face lift Campground facilities are getting some sort of updates as well! Lot's of exciting things going on at IB this year! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CDBig1nNly4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 #6 makes me the happiest. but i shall miss its old look if it changes too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Wow, quite a few updates to a park that had almost seemed to be getting slightly neglected the past few seasons. I am excited to see how much better Cornball Express is probablly going to be this year after being retracked by Rocky Mountain, than it was many years ago when I made a visit to the park. Overall, I think this is a good move for the park and now I'll be adding this to my list of parks to visit for 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Has it been stated whether the CE retrack is with topper track or traditional wooden track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupremoSteveo Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Looks like they really want to improve the park. I may have to make a trip this season. Think I'll probably enjoy the water swings the most out of all that haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Has it been stated whether the CE retrack is with topper track or traditional wooden track? By the looks of the video, I think its being retracked with traditional wooden track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 thats wonderful anytime improvements, additions happen, and not closures! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Shafer Swings becoming Water Swings again is one of their better ideas. Moving them off the water made a LOT of people very upset. I never got to ride them over the water because of the restraints, but after losing a significant amount of weight I fit in yoyos again so I can't wait to ride them. Also looking forward to a re-tracked Cornball. It wasn't bad on my last visit in 2010 but I'd heard it was neglected over the past two season and was getting to be in bad shape. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I still have yet to make it out to Indiana Beach. (I`ve been kept busy with three jobs and studying for my ARE exams, which I just found out yesterday I passed my first one, the structures exam). It is on my list of things to do. It seems like a nice little park. Glad to see them investing in the park. Its always great to see smaller parks investing in themselves. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Maybe we need a KIC meetup there this season. I would have thought Hoosier Hurricane would need retracked before CE, but maybe they have kept it up better than CE? I rank CE above Raven, so I can not wait to see how it runs this season! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stashua123 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 This makes me want to visit it for the first time this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 This makes me want to visit it for the first time this year. the place is great, its got a very laid~back atmosphere with the feeling of a permanent carnival & a boardwalk. don't be in a hurry though as they don't rush anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Would love to do Indiana Beach how far is that from say Holiday world or Indy, could you do both in two days Anyone try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 You can easily do both in two days. It's a fur piece between the two, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 here be a link to the distance question of hw~ib. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=Untalulti+Dr&hl=en&sll=40.786902,-86.772069&sspn=0.002205,0.005284&geocode=FWqlRQIdG8XR-g%3BFY5bbgIdKvbT-g&t=h&mra=ls&z=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Would love to do Indiana Beach how far is that from say Holiday world or Indy, could you do both in two days Anyone try? I can be to IB from the west side of Indy in about 1.5 hrs. HW is 3 hrs away from the west side. KI is exactly 2 hrs away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Water swings structure going in at original location! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151384812387199&set=a.337714677198.150905.337613147198&type=1&theater Looks like they have totally removed the waterfall affect from that platform. Who knows when they did that. One think I liked when they added the water swings! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 i dont remember ever seeing the waterfall features in the original location. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 That was when the water swings were first installed. It has been a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 i never made it out to the park till 2010 though...or was it 2009; anyway i musta not payed attention when it was still there before the initial move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 In response to whether you can do IB and HW in two days - yes. It's not ideal, but I've done IB, SFGAm and HW over a span of 3 days. We stayed at a campground near IB, so we did IB on day one, Great America on day 2, and then left early in the AM from the campground to go to HW for day 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotag Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 In response to whether you can do IB and HW in two days - yes. It's not ideal, but I've done IB, SFGAm and HW over a span of 3 days. We stayed at a campground near IB, so we did IB on day one, Great America on day 2, and then left early in the AM from the campground to go to HW for day 3. that sounds like the "IDEAL" thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 In response to whether you can do IB and HW in two days - yes. It's not ideal, but I've done IB, SFGAm and HW over a span of 3 days. We stayed at a campground near IB, so we did IB on day one, Great America on day 2, and then left early in the AM from the campground to go to HW for day 3. that sounds like the "IDEAL" thing to do. In case there are some who do not get the reference, IB started out as Ideal Beach in 1926. To grow the park it was renamed in 1950 to Indiana Beach! http://www.indianabeach.com/pages/indianabeach_history 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Well, I. B. Crow. There's more than corn in Indiana. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare-to-fly Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 That was when the water swings were first installed. It has been a long time. Not that long. It was still there on my first trip to Indiana Beach in 2007 or 2008 - can't remember which for sure. Edit: My first trip was in 2007. Here, though is a picture from 2008 with the waterfall effect still working. (As long as the link works.) http://www.negative-g.com/indiana-beach/2008/indiana-beach-amusement-park-2008-16.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 That was when the water swings were first installed. It has been a long time. Not that long. It was still there on my first trip to Indiana Beach in 2007 or 2008 - can't remember which for sure. Edit: My first trip was in 2007. Here, though is a picture from 2008 with the waterfall effect still working. (As long as the link works.) http://www.negative-g.com/indiana-beach/2008/indiana-beach-amusement-park-2008-16.htm Cool! Maybe it was removed when they moved the swings. Not sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare-to-fly Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I noticed that it seemed to be off in most years after that. It's almost like someone forgot to turn it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I've only been to IB twice - once in 2009 and once in 2010. The waterfall was not working on either trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I've only been to IB twice - once in 2009 and once in 2010. The waterfall was not working on either trip. I emaied Sherry Vogel, the PR manager at IB, and she said she asked the maintenance crew and they expect that element to be operational this season! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 IB posted some pics on FB of kiddie boats and cars being repainted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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