This post is mainly Holiday World related, but I certainly hope that nothing like this happens to Silver Dollar City in the future! Apparently, the death of a member of the Koch family that owns Holiday world has resulted in a real family spat and problems for the park. I was at Holiday World yesterday, and it appeared to me that things at the park aren't as well maintained as they were in the past.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/mar/26/no-headline---holidayworld/
It was interesting that a couple of them were in the process of reopening Kentucky Kingdom before pulling out last year.
Old news is old and this is only the tip of the real iceberg (the article). It is actually a whole lot more messy