DVR alert!!  Holiday World and Splashin' Safari will be showcased on national television tonight. The theme park is going to be featured in Great American Country's show All-American Amusement Parks.

 

All-American Amusement Parks is hosted by J.D. Scott, one of the “Scott brothers” featured on several HGTV shows.

J.D. recently visited Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari and brought along a family of park fans from Lexington, Kentucky.  Here's how the visit came to be.

From the official press release:

J.D. Scott, Santa and friends at Holiday World“When the producers asked us to post on our Facebook page that they were looking for a ‘super-fan with a deep connection to the park,’ they were amazed to immediately receive many hundreds of emails,” says park president Matt Eckert. “Ultimately, they selected Gwen Lehmkuhler – who worked here seasonally as a teenage back in the 1990s – and two of her children to introduce Holiday World to J.D. Scott and the viewing audience.”

While at Holiday World, Scott and the Lehmkuhlers visited with Santa Claus and then rode Mammoth, the world’s longest water coaster, plus HallowSwings and The Voyage wooden roller coaster. Scott, who’d spent his summer visiting dozens of amusement parks for his show, declared The Voyage to be his favorite wooden roller coaster.

Great American Country satellite and cable TV channel is available in more than 62 million U.S. households. The “Themed Parks” episode of All-American Amusement Parks will premiere this Thursday at 8pm ET (7pm CT) and will air again on Friday at midnight plus Saturday at 4:30pm ET. (Find complete schedule here.)

A huge congratulations to our friends at Holiday World!!  The park is currently closed for the season but expects to gain even more national attention when it reopens on April 25.  That's when the park will unveil Thunderbird, the nation’s first launched wing coaster.

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