I’m fairly confused by this. It seems like a bigger undertaking than the other Stanzas, but the group size is smaller, the time frame seems shorter, and the prompt seems more challenging. My absence till now can be chalked up to many things: being confused on the structure of then Stanza, lack of ideas, and overall busyness over the last two days in my life. I’ll try to help from here on out.
@Evilgidgit , you're good...you're VERY good at this!Okay, so here the priorities:
-Plus the existing for holiday lands (Christmas, Halloween, 4th of July, and Thanksgiving) with better immersive theming, include a more educational motif to the lands (especially the latter two), and make the attractions not so generic. Overhaul the lands if necessary.
-Build a hotel.
-Make sure whatever changes/additions made fit within our imaginary budget.
-Crush the badguys.
-Apply kung fu when needed!
This might also want to be acknowledged: http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/holiday-world-announces-details-of-55.html
Below are some quickfire ideas on what to do with the four lands.
CHRISTMAS
-Overhaul the whole thing and include the theming expansion as conceptualised above. All the buildings shall become old school Swiss architecture, and feel Christmas-y all the time, now set within Santa's village/grotto, with fairy lights everywhere, an enormous Christmas tree in the centre, permanent magically unmelting snow on the rooftops.
-A Santa's Workshop tour - a dark ride through the workshop showing how the elves make toys.
-Reindeer and sleigh-themed kiddie coaster, creating the feeling of flying (think Casey Jr.)
-Petting zoo with reindeer.
-A Jack Frost-themed walkthrough within an actual manmade ice cave (inspired by an attraction I saw at a museum in Iceland), guests offered thermal jackets and hats to wear whilst in this attraction.
-Ice rink.
HALLOWEEN
-Appears to celebrate classic American horror literature, which could be expanded on a bit more.
-The land should become a lot more creepier, or at least feels like it invokes Halloween. Jack o'lanterns and Halloween decorations everywhere, have a Halloween candy/costume shop, turn the land into a 19th century spook town full of playful spooks.
-Houses two of the park's wooden rollercoasters - Legend and Raven, based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Raven in-name only. Add some more theming to them. Raven can be seen as the personification of madness and torment that the titular bird from Edgar Allen Poe's sttory itself brings. Not sure what could be done with Legend since it is so huge, but the area around it could take inspiration from the actual Sleepy Hollow, and have a statue of the Headless Horseman on display.
-A small museum/exhibit to Poe and Washington Irving.
-Scarecrow Scrambler is re-themed, now based around a legend of a nightmarish scarecrow that stands in the middle of the field. It comes to life and causes the scrambler (posed as harvesting tools) to whizz out of control.
-Hallow Swings gets a Gothic makeover to look like guests are being swung out by great bats.
-Frightful Falls would either remain the same, or be re-themed around H.P. Lovecraft's creations like Cthulhu.
-Introduce the Frightful Friends, a group of spooky but playful permanent trick o' treaters who are actually monsters - Patch the Pumpkin Kid, Wilhemina the Witch, and Boo the Ghost Dog. An entire line-up could be made and created as marketable mascots.
FOURTH OF JULY
-Celebrate American patriotism a little more and have the land be a permanent 4th of July party.
-Remove the Lewis and Clark trail as when did America's greatest travellers ever use cars? Instead, the Raging Rapids would be re-themed based around the trailer Lewis and Clark followed, incorporating elements from Native American mythology.
-Introduce an animatronic musical show similar to America Sings/The American Adventure, telling the history of America through comical musical numbers.
(May need some help with ideas).
THANKSGIVING
-Build an actual replica of the Mayflower, but use forced perspective.
-Turn this land into a bonafide Pilgrim's town where all the cast members dress as early pilgrims.
-Add in a walkthrough attraction related to the mystery of the disappearing Roanoke colony.
-Legends of America - some sort of forest ride based around mythological figures in US history like Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and the Wendigo.
Yes correct
I think this looks good - focus the write-up on Phase I, with any additional ideas that anyone wants briefly mentioned as a phase 2, but not the main aspect of the $250 Million.
Let me know what you want drawn. I’ll try and get that done tomorrow.HOLIDAY WORLD AND SPLASHIN' SAFARI OVERVIEW
Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari has stood in Santa Claus, Indiana since 1946, celebrating the wonderful festivities of Christmas, Halloween, the Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving. Home to two of the largest wooden rollercoasters in the world, and a funtastic water park, Holiday World has drawn crowds and families for decades. Now, partnering with Americana Entertainment Group, Holiday World is about to undergo an expansion and growth that will transform it into a vacation resort that will bring new tourism and economic growth to the county. In an ambitious move, Americana has partnered with Holiday World, but also Hersheypark, Silver Dollar City, and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, each to receive a $250 million budget to use to grow into resort-sized tourist destinations.
Holiday World is to undergo a three phase refurbishment and expansion plan over the next ten years, beginning in 2019. By the end of the third phase, the park will become a resort, complete with a 200-room hotel, new attractions in all of the park’s lands, as well as three new lands, two for Holiday World, and one for Splashin’ Safari.
Phase One begins in 2019, and is expected to be completed in 2022. The Holiday Hotel, a lavish 200-room hotel built in an Idaho Mountain-style architecture, will begin construction in 2020, and be completed by 2021. The hotel would be split between four wings, each room themed after Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving, with more pricier suites on the top floor. It also comes with a several dining areas, a shopping area, swimming pool, spa, arcade, and children’s play area. The hotel will be built across from the park in the western section of the Legend Lot, with the car park redirected to loop around the new hotel grounds.
Christmas will undergo the largest changes, with a brand new expansion south of the park, opposite Legend Lot in unused farmland. This new area, based around Santa’s workshop, will open with the hotel’s completion. Beforehand, the existing land shall undergo mass refurbishment. Santa’s Merry Marketplace will bring some Christmas magic to the park’s signature land, revitalising the area as Santa’s village, made up of snowy Swiss architecture, fairy lights decorate every rooftop and tree, and a grand Christmas tree stands in the middle of the marketplace. The interior of the marketplace, replacing Ms. Kringle’s Café, will house a carvery, a coffee shop, dual bakery and candy shop, and an ice cream parlour.
To reach the new expansion across the busy road, an underpass would be built for guests to easily access the new attractions, hotel, and car parks.
The southern expansion will be built throughout 2020 and open in 2021 alongside the Holiday Hotel. Santa’s Grotto shares the same Swiss theming as the marketplace, home to the workshop where the toys are made, the reindeers’ stables, and the enchanting sight of Mount Skelter dominating the skyline, which, with its snow covered hills and twinkling jewels makes it resemble a giant Christmas tree.
Santa’s Workshop is a fun-filled dark ride through the world famous toy workshop, where Santa’s many elves are busy building, painting, and creating the toys ready for Christmas Eve. However, while Busybody, the “Grand Management Elf”, attempts to deliver a perfect tour, the rest of the elves are a little distracted and end up causing wacky mayhem throughout the workshop, but are able to pull things together in time for a visit from Santa Claus.
A new rollercoaster shall arrive at the park, though not as huge and magnificent as the others, but smaller and suitable for children. Rudolph’s Flight is a steel family coaster based around the story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, doubling as a dark ride too. The sleigh-shaped carts, pulled by reindeer, travel through stables and pass scenes inspired by the poem, before taking flight outside, guided by Rudolph’s shiny nose – an experience that is even more delightful when riding at night, his nose illuminating the track.
In one corner sits the reindeer’s stables, actually the Reindeer Petting Zoo, a small quiet area where live reindeer and other animals live. The Christmas Carousel stands in the middle of the area, shining bright with golden, silver, and red lights, as horses, reindeer, and polar bears dance and bob to orchestral versions of classic Christmas carols.
Mount Skelter is two attractions in one. The ground floor houses a magnificent manmade ice cave, a small labyrinth of freezing tunnels, with thermal clothes offered to guests. The upper level houses the mountain’s unique helter skelter, guests climbing up to the peak, offered a spectacular view of the countryside. They then jump onboard toboggans and speed back down the mountain.
The other lands also gain refurbishments throughout Phase One, as well as new attractions. Halloween lacks a real sense of thematic celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, so would undergo a transformation to present a more fun, kooky, spooky environment. Jack o’lanterns and Halloween decorations cover the new creepy trees, and Dutch-style buildings in the land. Scarecrow Scrambler is given a more thorough re-theming, now based around a creepy living scarecrow in the middle of a field, who animates and swings the scramblers around. Elements from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow would be installed around the Legend coaster, whilst the Raven coaster would receive a story related to Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, depicting the coaster as the madness and torment that the titular raven brought about.
Fourth of July sees the closure of the Lewis and Clark Trail, as the theming does not match with the children’s car attraction. Instead, Raging Rapids shall become home to Lewis and Clark, undergoing a slight re-theming to accommodate the renowned explorers. Built on the former spot of Lewis and Clark Trail is a building resembling Liberty Hall, actually a theatre, that houses Birds of A Feather: Tales of the Brave – an animatronic theatre show, mixing music and comedy. George the Eagle, mascot of the land, gathers his fine feathered friends to recreate the events of the American Revolution, played for comic effect. Patriotic themes are sung as the most recognised moments of the Revolution occur, celebrating the deeds of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, and Betsy Ross.
Thanksgiving receives a major overhaul, now resembling a pilgrim village, whilst emphasizing the importance of family, good food, and friendship that Thanksgiving is known for. The Mayflower Viking Ship is removed, and replaced by a replica of the actual Mayflower, serving as an exploratory play area and museum. Forced perspective will be used to depict the vessel. A new dark ride, The Legends of America, takes guests through a foggy forest, encountering legendary heroes and monsters from American folklore like Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Bigfoot, and the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke colony.
Splashin’ Safari would not receive any expansions or new attractions until later phases, but all facilities would undergo refurbishments.
Beyond Phase One, new additions and changes would be created in Phase Two and Phase Three. Two new lands, based on April Fools Day and Valentine’s Day would be built to the north of Thanksgiving. April Fools Day would be a prankster’s paradise, depicted as a zany, nonsensical but fun circus location, whilst Valentine’s Day would promote chocolate and romance, headlined by a fanciful tunnel of love called Cupid’s Lovely Swans. Splashin’ Safari would gain a pirate-themed land in Phase Three, Kraken Bay, though the pirates aren’t exactly human, but rather a quirky crew of marine life, led by Captain Kraken himself.
HOLIDAY WORLD AND SPLASHIN' SAFARI OVERVIEW
Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari has stood in Santa Claus, Indiana since 1946, celebrating the wonderful festivities of Christmas, Halloween, the Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving. Home to two of the largest wooden rollercoasters in the world, and a funtastic water park, Holiday World has drawn crowds and families for decades. Now, partnering with Americana Entertainment Group, Holiday World is about to undergo an expansion and growth that will transform it into a vacation resort that will bring new tourism and economic growth to the county. In an ambitious move, Americana has partnered with Holiday World, but also Hersheypark, Silver Dollar City, and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, each to receive a $250 million budget to use to grow into resort-sized tourist destinations.
Holiday World is to undergo a three phase refurbishment and expansion plan over the next ten years, beginning in 2019. By the end of the third phase, the park will become a resort, complete with a 200-room hotel, new attractions in all of the park’s lands, as well as three new lands, two for Holiday World, and one for Splashin’ Safari.
Phase One begins in 2019, and is expected to be completed in 2022. The Holiday Hotel, a lavish 200-room hotel built in an Idaho Mountain-style architecture, will begin construction in 2020, and be completed by 2021. The hotel would be split between four wings, each room themed after Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving, with more pricier suites on the top floor. It also comes with a several dining areas, a shopping area, swimming pool, spa, arcade, and children’s play area. The hotel will be built across from the park in the western section of the Legend Lot, with the car park redirected to loop around the new hotel grounds.
Christmas will undergo the largest changes, with a brand new expansion south of the park, opposite Legend Lot in unused farmland. This new area, based around Santa’s workshop, will open with the hotel’s completion. Beforehand, the existing land shall undergo mass refurbishment. Santa’s Merry Marketplace will bring some Christmas magic to the park’s signature land, revitalising the area as Santa’s village, made up of snowy Swiss architecture, fairy lights decorate every rooftop and tree, and a grand Christmas tree stands in the middle of the marketplace. The interior of the marketplace, replacing Ms. Kringle’s Café, will house a carvery, a coffee shop, dual bakery and candy shop, and an ice cream parlour.
To reach the new expansion across the busy road, an underpass would be built for guests to easily access the new attractions, hotel, and car parks.
The southern expansion will be built throughout 2020 and open in 2021 alongside the Holiday Hotel. Santa’s Grotto shares the same Swiss theming as the marketplace, home to the workshop where the toys are made, the reindeers’ stables, and the enchanting sight of Mount Skelter dominating the skyline, which, with its snow covered hills and twinkling jewels makes it resemble a giant Christmas tree.
Santa’s Workshop is a fun-filled dark ride through the world famous toy workshop, where Santa’s many elves are busy building, painting, and creating the toys ready for Christmas Eve. However, while Busybody, the “Grand Management Elf”, attempts to deliver a perfect tour, the rest of the elves are a little distracted and end up causing wacky mayhem throughout the workshop, but are able to pull things together in time for a visit from Santa Claus.
A new rollercoaster shall arrive at the park, though not as huge and magnificent as the others, but smaller and suitable for children. Rudolph’s Flight is a steel family coaster based around the story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, doubling as a dark ride too. The sleigh-shaped carts, pulled by reindeer, travel through stables and pass scenes inspired by the poem, before taking flight outside, guided by Rudolph’s shiny nose – an experience that is even more delightful when riding at night, his nose illuminating the track.
In one corner sits the reindeer’s stables, actually the Reindeer Petting Zoo, a small quiet area where live reindeer and other animals live. The Christmas Carousel stands in the middle of the area, shining bright with golden, silver, and red lights, as horses, reindeer, and polar bears dance and bob to orchestral versions of classic Christmas carols.
Mount Skelter is two attractions in one. The ground floor houses a magnificent manmade ice cave, a small labyrinth of freezing tunnels, with thermal clothes offered to guests. The upper level houses the mountain’s unique helter skelter, guests climbing up to the peak, offered a spectacular view of the countryside. They then jump onboard toboggans and speed back down the mountain.
The other lands also gain refurbishments throughout Phase One, as well as new attractions. Halloween lacks a real sense of thematic celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, so would undergo a transformation to present a more fun, kooky, spooky environment. Jack o’lanterns and Halloween decorations cover the new creepy trees, and Dutch-style buildings in the land. Scarecrow Scrambler is given a more thorough re-theming, now based around a creepy living scarecrow in the middle of a field, who animates and swings the scramblers around. Elements from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow would be installed around the Legend coaster, whilst the Raven coaster would receive a story related to Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, depicting the coaster as the madness and torment that the titular raven brought about.
Fourth of July sees the closure of the Lewis and Clark Trail, as the theming does not match with the children’s car attraction. Instead, Raging Rapids shall become home to Lewis and Clark, undergoing a slight re-theming to accommodate the renowned explorers. Built on the former spot of Lewis and Clark Trail is a building resembling Liberty Hall, actually a theatre, that houses Birds of A Feather: Tales of the Brave – an animatronic theatre show, mixing music and comedy. George the Eagle, mascot of the land, gathers his fine feathered friends to recreate the events of the American Revolution, played for comic effect. Patriotic themes are sung as the most recognised moments of the Revolution occur, celebrating the deeds of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, and Betsy Ross.
Thanksgiving receives a major overhaul, now resembling a pilgrim village, whilst emphasizing the importance of family, good food, and friendship that Thanksgiving is known for. The Mayflower Viking Ship is removed, and replaced by a replica of the actual Mayflower, serving as an exploratory play area and museum. Forced perspective will be used to depict the vessel. A new dark ride, The Legends of America, takes guests through a foggy forest, encountering legendary heroes and monsters from American folklore like Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Bigfoot, and the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke colony.
Splashin’ Safari would not receive any expansions or new attractions until later phases, but all facilities would undergo refurbishments.
Beyond Phase One, new additions and changes would be created in Phase Two and Phase Three. Two new lands, based on April Fools Day and Valentine’s Day would be built to the north of Thanksgiving. April Fools Day would be a prankster’s paradise, depicted as a zany, nonsensical but fun circus location, whilst Valentine’s Day would promote chocolate and romance, headlined by a fanciful tunnel of love called Cupid’s Lovely Swans. Splashin’ Safari would gain a pirate-themed land in Phase Three, Kraken Bay, though the pirates aren’t exactly human, but rather a quirky crew of marine life, led by Captain Kraken himself.
@Brer Oswald what do you mean, "drawn"? If you mean like a map or floorplan, a map of the park showing the enhancements for each Holiday, the location and rough layout of the hotel, etc. would be a terrific addition to the presentation. @Evilgidgit , the work you did was incredible!
Custom artwork. We normally do that in Stanzas.