We have been to Holiday World yearly for the past several years and always have a good time. The lines can get a little long at times and the food costs have been creeping up, but that's amusement parks at large. We will be back again next year.

This is not my first review of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari. It remains a consistent option and a good choice for Midwest families seeking a nice theme/water park. However, I can remember it “being better” when the elder Koch family were onsite. I can remember Mrs. Pat Koch (Original Partner) greeting guests at the front gate! Nevertheless, it’s still a fun packed day for families!

Holiday world has been a family tradition for years but to spend 400 dollars for my small family just to walk through the gate is absolutely ridiculous. It used to be so reasonable, now it’s incredibly hard to find something equivalent to holiday world for cheaper. we haven’t been in a few years because of covid so when we recently went, it came as a huge shock to me when the prices were like this. 70 dollars per person?? Including a five year old who doesn’t even get to enjoy all the rides that the rest of us can? No. Absolutely not. This is not an affordable place but i can say that staff and employees were very nice and polite. Place was clean and food was great but ticket prices…very very disappointing.

The walking was hard because most of it is up hill. The lines were not bad ( we went on a Wednesday) but the steps were so hard and steep. I'm diabetic so my legs don't work as they use to! The staff is very young but very friendly. The food is not that great but not horrible. The prices at the gift shops were not bad but the food prices verses the quality was outrageous! It is free drinks and there is a lot of them so you never go thirsty.

Holiday World is normally one of my favorite part, but my experience on July 3rd was abysmal. I don't think a single Holiday World employee even spoke to me all day. And three different times while waiting in line, we were advised that there was a maintenance issue with the ride and we would have to get out of line and come back later. This resulted in several lost hours during the day. The park just doesn't have the familial feeling it once did. It seems to be stuck in a rut with an obvious decline in friendliness and customer service.

Don't come hear of you want to sit on the shade they charge for a spot in the shade, and fence off any areas you can get out of the sun. Just wrong to charge for shade. Shame on them making money off of your need to get out of the sun without standing in some long line. What a disappointment!!!!!!!

The awful: It's a them park so expect long lines. But the Saturday we went it was absolutely ridiculous. We knew it was really hot and it would be crowded so the bar was really low. It took 45 minutes to even get through the line at the entrance even though we pre-purchased our tickets like most people. We were there all day and got to ride four or five rides each even though my group split up. It seems like they closed things early to keep the lines long. So as the crowds dwindled they closed down drink stations so they were always 10 people in line . They slowly closed down attractions early so if you wanted to try to ride anything there was still a long line. After a while it was really predictable and seems like it had to be on purpose. We finally gave up and it took an hour and 20 minutes to get out of the park because a storm came up and everyone kind of left at once. Not the Park's fault that a storm came up but the parking lot was an absolute free for all. The wonderful: The staff were friendly and helpful if you approached them. We had a full meal at the Thanksgiving Cafe for $20 a person. That might sound like a lot but on the way home we stopped for a fast food and that was $10 a person. And best of all when we woke up this morning we had an email saying our tickets were good for another day. We're hoping to go later in the season and give it another chance. I've been several times through the week and had a great experience. Holiday World needs to seriously consider not overselling the park. They know what to expect in terms of wait times and how many rides might be down for maintenance on any given day. Go ahead and post up front what is closed or to the entrance of each area. And make sure you have some kind of traffic control leaving the park. I would have been willing to pay at least another $20 a person maybe more to actually get to enjoy my day.

The rides are still fun and we went on a beautiful day with short lines. The food and tickets are priced high but still a great park. The sunscreen is actually a good kind and smells great. I was surprised it was 50 spf. Splashing Safari is still my favorite part!

While its fun some rides I feel were to much for even 52 in tall children. Also your not really warned well of how vigorous or extreme some of the rides are when u do come through the line with little kids. Also the power supposedly went out so our last hr was a waste after spending so much money. Then we got the photo package an its a joke. One ride didnt take a photo. Which the ladies running the photo area in the main toy store at the front of the park told us how this happens a lot and the system is faulty which is ridiculous. If you know your photo system sucks then why not replace it or just dont offer it! Or at the very least make it cheaper. $25 for a VERY limited photo package was kinda ridiculous. Then one of the rides thats part of the photo pass we didnt even get to try to get a photo at because of the power issue. But yet all credit machines and other crap worked fine. All they wanted to do was give us a fast pass for the inconvenience. Kinda pointless for families like mine who have limited time off work and live far. 🙄 I would of found it more appropriate to comp our tickets for another day with how crappy the photo pass and ride issues was a convience. Yes I only paid for 2 tickets but another 2 of our tickets were a Girl Scout reward and my child was so upset and disappointed when she worked hard to sell cookies and didnt get her full day.

We have always been fans of HW. We have been there probably 16 of the last 22 years. Rides are awesome. Waterpark is amazing. Roller coasters are so fun. My only knock is the food pricing is getting so high it is terrible for families to try to eat a decent lunch. $7 for a hot dog - too much! $17 for double cheeseburger and fries - too much! Other than this, we will be coming back to HW for many more years!