The Voyage (roller coaster)

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The Voyage

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

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 eight 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. The Voyage is also the sixth tallest wooden roller coaster. In 2006, The Voyage won the Best New Ride Award at the Golden Ticket Awards. In 2007, The Voyage was awarded the title of Best Wooden Coaster at the same ceremony.

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[edit] Rankings

Golden Ticket Awards: Top Wooden Roller Coasters[1][2]
Year 2006 2007
Ranking
2
1
Mitch Hawker's Internet Poll: Best Wooden-Tracked Roller Coaster
Year 2006 2007
Ranking
1
1
NAPHA Survey: Favorite Wood Roller Coaster[3]
Year 2006 2007
Ranking
2
1 (tie)

[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

  1. ^ Golden Ticket Awards - Top 25 Steel/Wooden Roller Coasters
  2. ^ Amusement Today
  3. ^ Surveys - National Amusement Park Historical Association

[edit] External links

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