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Industry => Industry News => Topic started by: GADVwow on October 04, 2009, 10:24:26 AM

Title: HoliWood Nights OR CoasterMania but not both or at least not all of both
Post by: GADVwow on October 04, 2009, 10:24:26 AM

http://www.holidayworld.com/visit/official-holiwood-nights-page (http://www.holidayworld.com/visit/official-holiwood-nights-page)

Yes, they are setting it for the longtime date of CoasterMania.

Normally, parks avoid setting events like this at the same time as another long time coaster event is scheduled. This time, no. Unless Holiday World knows something Cedar Fair ain't told yet...

Title: Re: HoliWood Nights OR CoasterMania but not both or at least not all of both
Post by: AV Matt on October 04, 2009, 11:18:01 AM

HoliWood Nights by a long shot.

Title: Re: HoliWood Nights OR CoasterMania but not both or at least not all of both
Post by: GADVwow on October 04, 2009, 11:20:38 AM

That is not really the question.  The question is will both events really be at the same time?  If so, why?  What's the motive here?

Title: Re: HoliWood Nights OR CoasterMania but not both or at least not all of both
Post by: AV Matt on October 04, 2009, 12:35:43 PM

There probably isn't any motive, but just what HW was able to schedule.

Title: Re: HoliWood Nights OR CoasterMania but not both or at least not all of both
Post by: B-mac on October 04, 2009, 06:35:01 PM

they probably are gonna see which one brings up a bigger crowd.

Title: Re: HoliWood Nights OR CoasterMania but not both or at least not all of both
Post by: GADVwow on October 04, 2009, 07:18:21 PM

Paula Werne aka RavenMaven, of Holiday World PR, has made the following statement on rec.roller-coaster on USENET:

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As I'm sure you can imagine, it's a complicated schedule ... no matter
when we hold HWN, someone will be upset and there will always be other
events held at the same time.

As I understand it, CM is the first Friday of June. Sometimes this
falls on the weekend following Memorial Day and other times it's two
weekends after the holiday. So for us to hold HWN on the first weekend
after MD, we'll overlap with CM three out of every six years. If we'd
push later than those two weekends, then we're up against the ACE Con.
After that, our park's closing hours are later, so ERT would end up
going past midnight, which we'd rather not do.

Earlier in the season is tough because we hold breakfast ERT in
Splashin' Safari ... and May can be iffy regarding temps (especially
overnight, which affects water temp). And, frankly, Memorial Day
Weekend is hard on our staff, as there are many local graduations and
such.

So it's a little bit of everything that brought us to choose the first
weekend following Memorial Day for HoliWood Nights. Hope you can make
it!

Thanks,  Paula

Holiday World PR