Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Santa Claus, Indiana
Golden Ticket Awards July 31, 2001 Page One
For the last few years the trade
publication Amusement Today
has been polling enthusiasts about what coasters and parks they like
as well as many other categories. This year they decided to hold
the announcements at Holiday World as Holiday World won several Golden
Ticket awards the previous year. Here is the editor of Amusement
Today Gary Slade announcing some of the winners.
As Holiday World is one of the best
parks around Mrs. Koch accepts the Golden Ticket award for Friendliest
Park Staff.
The second Golden Ticket Mrs. Koch
accepted is something she personally works on around the park and that
is Cleanest Park. I've been to parks all around the country and
I have never seen the head of a park going out and personally cleaning
up the park when it was needed. In my humble opinion Mrs. Koch
is an inspiration and is a joy to all around her. If you doubt
me just go to Holiday World some time and run into her and you'll be
blown away by what a wonderful person she is.
In addition to the awards that Holiday
World won Paramount's Kings Island Jeffrey Siebert came to accept the
Golden Ticket for the best Children's Area with their whole Nickelodeon
Fun Zone area that takes up a quarter of the park. As a parent
I can defiantly say that their children's area rocks.