February 2009
Looking Back... February 2009
12 February 2009 - 5:20pm
New HoliHeadquarters?
An executive clubhouse, perhaps?
Corporate condo?
Nope ... it's the loading station (aka queue building) for Pilgrims Plunge.
12 February 2009 - 3:40pm
An early Valentine's gift
How many people receive emails from their boss with this message: Ain't they pretty?
And this attached:
Those big blue tanks are the filters for Pilgrims Plunge.
And Will is happy.
Who needs chocolates and flowers when there are ... filters?
According to GM Mike (who is also happy), these tanks contain 90% sand and 10% gravel and will filter the water used at Pilgrims Plunge.
And for this ... (wait for it) ... we give t'anks.
10 February 2009 - 10:39am
A fair day, indeed
When it's standing-room-only at a Holiday World Job Fair...
...a few clever folks find a place to perch outside.
It was amazing to have such unseasonably warm temps over the weekend. In past years, we've battled plenty of ice and snow at Job Fairs.
Here are a few familiar, friendly faces to greet the new and returning applicants. Mrs. Koch and Joe have done this a few times over the years, so they know the drill.
After filling our their job applications in the Holiday Theater, this group is walked over to Kringle's Kafe.
No, not for pizza. Not today.
But someday soon, a number of these folks may be creating pizza for park guests.
Craig explains it's not all fun and games in his department.
Well, actually, it is ... and Games has some cool new prizes this year. We'll post a photo tour of the warehouse in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, there are two more Job Fairs this week.
9 February 2009 - 4:23pm
Back to reality
Did I ever tell you about the reality show we had the opportunity to be on?
Seriously, we had a call from a producer several years ago.
They had already created one of the very first reality shows (which is still quite popular) and they were ready to strike gold again.
The premise was to work a show around a family where there is something substantial to inherit.
You know, like a theme park.
The contestants would be family members who would hole up in a big house somewhere and stop at nothing to win the prize. It took, of course, a series of phone calls and emails to get all those details. But that first call, oh my, was pretty exciting.
Following each call, we floated gently from Cloud 9 to Cloud 8 to Cloud 7 and so on.
We thudded to the ground when they told us the show would not be filmed at the park.
Rats! I'd envisioned Will and his siblings walking the coaster tracks, frying endless funnel cakes, and, of course, scrubbing toilets.
Apparently, I should keep my day job. The producers already had the brilliant show concept all figured out. Even the name: The Will. How perfect! Just like The Donald. "Our" show would be The Will. (Although they were thinking along the lines of "...being of sound mind and body," not my boss's name.) So, we took a deep breath and said, "Sorry...no."
When it came down to Will and his family having to be off-site for weeks and weeks during the time the park would be open, reality set in.
"The Will" went into production after they found a rancher to play along. The show was cancelled after the first episode.
Guess we made the right Will call.
8 February 2009 - 8:11pm
They're ba-a-a-ck
The Legend trains are back from their winter getaway in Pennsylvania.
See the rest of Lisa's photos on our Facebook page.
