Travel site names Holiday World a top pick for 'wacky' destination | News

SANTA CLAUS, IN (WFIE)- In the middle of winter,
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari are heating up two of the Internet's top
travel websites.

CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg today named Holiday World and the town
of Santa Claus as a top pick for "wacky" family-friendly road-trip
destinations.

Wackiness aside, Greenberg's "The Travel Detective" website calls
the town "one of the friendliest places to visit in the entire country,"
citing Holiday World's free soft drinks, parking and sunscreen.

Meanwhile,
the park's newest water coaster, Mammoth, is in the running to be named "Best
New Water Park Ride" on About.com, one of the nation's top 35 most-visited
websites.

The world's longest water coaster, Mammoth received a number of
industry awards last fall. This is Mammoth's first nomination for a national
awards program open to public voting.

About.com's Readers Choice Awards, which
cover numerous categories, are open for daily voting through March 19. Click here to vote.

Holiday World's 67th season begins May 4 and the premiere of Hyena Falls, four
new in-the-dark water slides, is May 10 on Splashin' Safari's opening day.

For
more information, visit the park's website at HolidayWorld.com.

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