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Holiday World has something new coming... But what exactly is it?

https://www.14news.com/2026/06/11/holiday-world-teasing-huge-announcement-weve-been-keeping-secret/

#HolidayWorld #AmusementParks

The coaster wheel project is complete (for now)!

The wheel is out of the vinegar and got another good scrub with soap and water before getting dried and oiled a little bit.

Any rust that's visible is flash rust- which formed after treatment while it was still a little wet with water. Pretty hard to avoid any rust.

I'm super, duper, incredibly happy with how it turned out. Even the rust on the grease port has been cleared. Most of the iron oxide (the black dust) was removed in the vinegar soak and with a soapy scrub.

The very last thing I plan to do is to give it a little bit of a polish. But here it is, all cleaned up!

I do wish the smooth coating was more intact but this is the wheel I have to work with unless someone at Holiday World reads this and wants to send me a new one! ;)

If I ever get around to trying to polish this thing up I will definitely share pics of it. Until then, that's it for this restoration. It was a lot of fun and I'm super happy with it. Thanks for coming along with me!I do wish the smooth coating was more intact but this is the wheel I have to work with unless someone at Holiday World reads this and wants to send me a new one! ;)

If I ever get around to trying to polish this thing up I will definitely share pics of it. Until then, that's it for this restoration. It was a lot of fun and I'm super happy with it. Thanks for coming along with me!

#RollerCoasters #HolidayWorld #Restoration

Here's the wheel this morning after an overnight in the tank. It got a scrub with the kitchen brush, dried up, and oiled a little. It's still going to go back in the tank later, but damn, I'm happy with the progress.

You can see some of the smooth coating (teflon?) on the road surface of the wheel is still intact. This is why I didn't want to sandblast or brush it. I wanted to preserve as much of that as possible.

#RollerCoasters #HolidayWorld #ThemeParks

Next up for the electrolysis tank: This roller coaster upstop wheel from Holiday World's The Raven that I won at a charity auction.

My mom decided I didn't want it anymore (???) and threw it in the drainage ditch across from her house (!!!) where I had to fish it out all rusted.

#RollerCoasters #HolidayWorld #RustRemoval

Kurztrip in den Süden, der Kälte entfliehen. Und dabei noch ein paar tolle Fotos machen. Wie heute das #Riesenrad von #Holidayworld in #Maspalomas, #GranCanaria

I don't use Reddit much anymore but I do lurk to watch the hilarity of certain things.... This comment nails today's #RollerCoaster announcements.

#CedarPoint took an amazing ride, made it worse (but still probably decent) and then completely destroyed everything by maybe the worst name in history, Top Thrill 2

On the other hand #HolidayWorld likely crushed a major coaster park with a family coaster announcement.

I, for one, welcome our new independent park overlords.

#AmusementParks