Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
Santa Claus, Indiana
May 26, 2011
Page Five






Bond, Travis and Todd had a fun run on Wildebeest.  Don't worry I'll spare you any photos of me on it...no one, well except my wife wants to see that.



Let's see, I named my site Negative-G so of course I love getting shot up and down on Liberty Launch with all of it's negative g's.



I heard from a few people that The Legend was a bit rough this year but I didn't find it bad at all.  Other than the dip before the helix (which has been a problem for years) it was running smooth and fast. 



Notice those really dark clouds behind The Legend?  That's one of the reasons Holiday World was empty as the forecast was scattered thunderstorms and temperatures in the sixties for the day.  A big line of thunderstorms were on the way so we headed up the hill to ride it out in Kringle's. 

Some of us made it up to the shelter and well most of us had to hop on the Raven for one more ride before the storm hit.  Well the storm did hit...right as we crested the lift hill.  It went from a drizzle to a torrential downpour in seconds and while hitting rain drops at fifty miles an hour was painful The Raven rewarded us with some of the fastest and most intense rides I have ever had in my more than 1,300 laps on it.   



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