The Voyage (roller coaster):
| The Voyage |
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| Location |
Holiday World |
| Park section |
Thanksgiving |
| Type |
Wood |
| Status |
Open |
| Opened |
May 6, 2006 |
| Manufacturer |
The Gravity Group |
| Designer |
Mike Graham, Korey Kiepert, Larry Bill, Chad Miller, Will Koch |
| Track layout |
Out and Back |
| Height |
163 ft (50 m) |
| Drop |
154 ft (47 m) |
| Length |
6,442 ft (1,964 m) |
| Max speed |
67.4 mph (108.5 km/h) |
| Duration |
2:45 |
| Max vertical angle |
66° |
| Capacity |
1,200 riders per hour |
| Cost |
US$ 6,500,000 |
The Voyage at RCDB
Pictures of The Voyage at RCDB |
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The Voyage is a hybrid wooden roller coaster which opened in May 2006 at Holiday World, an amusement park located in Santa Claus, Indiana, USA. A wooden hybrid consists of a steel structure with wood track. The Voyage has a lift hill of 163 feet, followed by drops of 154 feet, 107 feet and 100 feet. It travels underground through tunnels five times. It is the third longest wooden coaster in the world at 6,442 feet and fourth fastest at 67.4 mph. In addition, The Voyage has the most air time of any wooden roller coaster in the world with 24.2 seconds and features three 90-degree banked turns and a first drop that is a steep 66 degrees. The Voyage is also the sixth tallest wooden roller coaster. In 2006, The Voyage won the Golden Ticket Award from Amusement Today magazine as the Best New Ride. In 2007, The Voyage was awarded the Golden Ticket Award for Best Wooden Coaster. It retained the title in 2008.
[edit] Rankings
| NAPHA Survey: Favorite Wood Roller Coaster[3] |
| Year |
2006 |
2007 |
| Ranking |
2
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1 (tie)
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] Ride vehicles
- Manufacturer: Philadelphia Toboggan Company
- Trains: Three trains; 7 cars per train; 4 seats per car; Total 28 passengers per train
- Design: Individual ratcheting lap bars and seat belts
[edit] Upgrades
- For the 2007 season, about 1,120 feet of track was replaced for preventative maintenance.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Golden Ticket Awards - Top 25 Steel/Wooden Roller Coasters
- ^ Amusement Today
- ^ Surveys - National Amusement Park Historical Association
[edit] External links
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