Indiana theme park reveals plans, rendering of ‘gravy-themed’ curler coaster

(WEHT) – An amusement park within the Midwest has introduced plans for a brand new curler coaster that includes components designed to take riders “back in time to Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma’s house.”

The “gravy-themed” journey, known as Good Gravy, is scheduled to open in 2024 on the Holiday World theme park in Santa Claus, Indiana.

Once open, the journey will be a part of Holiday World’s different holiday-themed sights unfold throughout the park’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and Fourth of July sections.

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Matt Eckert, the president and CEO of Holiday World and its Splashin’ Safari water park, mentioned it was exhausting to maintain particulars of the brand new coaster below wraps.

“After a while it gets really hard to keep a secret,” mentioned Eckert. “I didn’t even tell my kids, I didn’t tell my wife.”

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Thrill-seekers who journey the Good Gravy coaster will begin within the station, which is adorned within the fashion of “grandma’s house,” in keeping with a press launch from Holiday World. They’ll then be seated within the journey’s automobiles — that are modeled after gravy boats — earlier than launching down the observe previous a 20-foot whisk, an 18-foot rolling pin, and thru an outsized can of cranberry sauce.

(Holiday World)

“We really felt like this was something that fit a gap that we just didn’t have,” says Eckert. “We have a lot of smaller rides, like up at Christmas for the smaller kids, we have fun town, the Holidog area we have the Howler. We needed kind of a coaster that was in-between, so kind of a step up between the Howler and the Raven.”

Younger youngsters not but prepared for the “Gravy” practice will even have the ability to play in a brand new “Stuffing Springs” playground adjoining to the coaster.

Good Gravy, and the Holiday World theme park itself, will open to visitors at the beginning of the 2024 season on May 4 and May 5 (for season passholders) earlier than opening to the general public the next week.

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