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It was really nice being back home at Holiday World.  After a morning full of Thunderbird and Voyage you've got to take a little break and look around a little bit.



Outside of the addition of Thunderbird the biggest change to Holiday World in the last four years has been the removal of Pilgrim's Plunge (I hated when the name was changed to Giraffica).  It is not completely gone as the trough, station and boats are still there but the funky elevator lift and drop are long gone and have been sold for scrap.  The ride was a maintenance nightmare and with an accident of a similar ride by the same manufacturer at Cedar Point the management at Holiday World wisely decided to scrap it rather than risk an accident.  With as much of the ride as there is still sitting there I think the smart bet would be on a similar ride (although probably not made by Intamin) popping up on this site in the near future.



I am thrilled that a swinging ship finally made it into the Thanksgiving section of Holiday World.  When The Voyage and Thanksgiving section were announced in 2005 one of my first thoughts (after the excitement about The Voyage of course) was "where is the Mayflower themed swinging ship ride".  This is a natural fit here so it is good to see that The Mayflower has finally landed, albeit a little late.



After a fantastic lunch it was time to walk off all of that pulled pork and country fried steak that Holiday World will be serving up at the Smokehouse across from Thunderbird's station.



The first stop on our behind the scenes tour was right underneath a train load of riders with full stomachs from lunch.  As the food was great and the ride even better we had nothing to worry about.



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