HOLIDAY WORLD THEME PARK TO HOST VIRTUAL OPENING DAY

 BY GABRIELLE


With its original opening day in early June postponed due to the ongoing global pandemic, Holiday World in Santa Clause, Indiana, is now hosting its opening day digitally.

The online opening day is taking place on Saturday May 2. The theme park’s president Matt Eckert and owner Leah Koch will be kicking off the digital fun day at 9am, which will end with a firework show at 9pm Central Time.

Throughout the day there will be entertainment videos, alongside cooking tutorials based on recipes of food served in the park. There will also be special chats with Eckert, Kock and Lauren Crosby, another owner of Holiday World.

Leah Koch commented on this unique way of opening the theme park: “We may not be able to welcome guests through our gates on May 2 as we had originally planned, but we’re going to celebrate it just the same.

“Opening day is a special day that we count down toward every year. We can’t wait until we can open our gates to guests again, but until then we’re going to celebrate and help our guests bring opening day home,” Koch added.

HOLIDAY WORLD BRINGS FUN TO HOMES THROUGH DIGITAL RESOURCES

BY GABRIELLE

Holiday World Theme Park & Splashin’ Safari Waterpark in Santa Claus, Indiana, have created digital resources designed to bring some fun into homes during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Holidog’s Digital FunTown page boasts a series of features, including printable worksheets, interactive videos, magic and cooking videos, Spotify playlists and a Holiday World podcast.

Leah Kock, the resort’s owner, said: “As soon as schools started closing, we started hearing from parents who just wanted to bring their kids for the summer already.

“Since opening day may be farther away than we’d hoped, we decided we needed to bring a little Holiday World into everyone’s homes.”

Families are encouraged to recreate the rides and attractions at the theme park, as well as inventing new ones and share their creations on social media with the hashtag #HomemadeHoWo. People over the age of 18 who submit video content with the hashtag could be eligible to win tickets to enter Holiday World this summer.

The resort remains closed until further notice due to the outbreak of coronavirus.