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Park News - (1/18/12) The local news has some news about Indiana Beach and what the owner, Bob Moser, spoke about regarding the park to the local Chamber of Commerce. Moser stated that they are committed to running Indiana Beach and that the park is not for sale.
    This season they plan on offering lower priced season passes for local residents, free parking and plans to reopen a carp feeding area. He also answered a few questions about the lacking operational schedule of the park’s attractions, late bill payments and more. Give it a read to keep up on the latest promises… and lets see how things shape up for the 2012 season and hope for the best, or at least to have all the rides running all season long.
    Of course, keep on scroll down to read the scathing comments back by locals, and you really get a sense of how angry the local market is about the new ownership and how things have gone steadily downhill since the Spackmans sold off IB. For Moser to right the sinking ship, he’s going to have to fix IB, and return it to the happy park environment it once was… and a happy environment starts with a happy staff. Happy employees help make happy guests.
    (11/7/11) I’m not sure what is going on at Indiana Beach, but from the sound of the rumors going around, nothing good is going to come out of this. According to one source, the park laid off most of the maintenance staff this past week, along with several park directors.
    As far as the protest movement page, the latest quote about the status of things posted there the other day reports that the meeting between the owner and staff never took place and now seems like it never will. It was also reported here that “the power to the park and campgrounds has been shut off. In addition to that they recently laid off most of their maintenance staff, people they absolutely needed to have working on fix the park for next year. Just today they laid off the Directors of Operations and another Director, two of the last people actually trying to make positive changes and work for the beach and the employees. At this point, there looks to be absolutely NO focus on readying the park for another season.”
    With everyone done up to this point I have to wonder if Indiana Beach will be ready to open at all for 2012.
    (9/15/11) Indiana Beach has been full of many unpleasant surprises this summer it seems… and finally decided to actually end their 2011 season a week earlier than planned. That’s right… rather than try to make any money during the park’s last weekend of the season, they announced this week (and updated their website) to show that the park is now already closed for the 2011 season. If you missed out last weekend… it’s too late now. Lets hope 2012 brings in more positive changes to the park.
    (8/26/11) There has been quite a bit of fuss over at Indiana Beach over the past week or so. For starters, a number of former staff from the theme park had begun to protest the park, as well as make claims about possible unsafe conditions in the park from the way the new management has been treating the rides. They claim that Morgan RV Resorts “can not or will not get the parts” needed to keep all the rides open and running safely. Many of the park’s coasters were closed for half the season because they were not given the budget to pay for the parts needed to repair them. The park is also understaffed and has been forced to rotate the operation of rides through the park because they are unable to staff them all at once. You can also watch a video report about it below.
    A rather detailed statement from the protesting employees (and former employees) of Indiana Beach has been included below, word for word for everyone to read.

”The past four years have been tough on the workers of Indiana Beach.  We have faced many hardships, the biggest being that we have had to watch our Family Park turn into something else entirely.  We had to sit by while our longtime loyal customers have been tossed aside.   The local businesses and communities have been forgotten.  It has been like watching an intruder ransack our home from the inside out.  Most of us have tried to work on the inside to keep the park true to the Indiana Beach we used to love, but our voices have never been heeded, and we are done being mistreated.
             This last year has been the worst yet.  In attempts to increase profits to pay for their “multi-million dollar expansion” they have forgone even common decency.  Loyal employees are fired on a whim.  Corporate’s “trusted” are allowed, even encouraged, to drink in uniform, when the rest of us would be terminated on the spot.  Employees are fired or suspended for calling in sick.  The owner of the park continually calls us all “liars and thieves” on conference calls that can be heard throughout the office as he shouts at and berates the only managers that stand on our side.  When a guest comes up with a complaint, we are not even allowed to give refunds or compensation for their problems; we have been left as dart boards for the guest’s ire.  Rides are ordered to be rotated to save “budget” and we employees are left to try to explain this to children and families on vacation.
             If all this wasn’t bad enough, safety and proper procedure have taken a backseat to the deadlines that corporate has set on us.  Rides are continuously closed, or many times forced to be open using rigged components because the company will not or cannot pay for the parts that will allow maintenance to fix them properly.  Employees have continually pointed out safety concerns that are brushed aside.  The accommodations are also in disrepair because of the company’s unwillingness, or inability, to spend money.  Our guests are forced to stay in rooms with collapsing ceilings, moldy walls, bug infestations, faulty appliances and broken air conditioning—guests who have been simply told to “deal with it.”  During the rush to get Adventure Point open, safety standards have been disregarded outright.  The new Zip lines are being run outside of Standard Operating Procedures.  The Air Jumper attraction, which was being forced to open despite safety concerns, nearly crippled an employee on its opening night.    The employee went without even an apology or expression of concern from management.
For these reasons we stand united.  We will no longer sit idle as the Indiana Beach we remember wastes away.
The Indiana Beach Employees”

    The best news may be yet to come, as apparently the owner himself has taken notice of what is going on and has announced that he will fly out to meet with the group about the problems and how to better the park. Meanwhile a state inspector has also been alerted by the stories and has begun an inspection of the park’s attractions. You can read up on the latest news at the official Facebook Protest page.
    (6/6/11) From the sound of the reports coming in, things are not going well over at Indiana Beach this season. According to one trip report, a reader went into the park only to find that Steel Hawg, Superstition Mountain and Cornball Express were all closed. Of course the relocated swings were running… but they’ve just lost their charm now that they are no longer located over the water. Meanwhile, for whatever reason, construction on the new ropes course addition got off to a very late start, and appears to have quite a bit of work left to do on it.

2012 - Nothing is known at this point in time...