The Voyage (roller coaster)

Infobox roller coaster
name = The Voyage

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location = Holiday World
section=Thanksgiving
type = Wood
manufacturer = The Gravity Group
designer = Mike Graham, Korey Kiepert, Larry Bill, Chad Miller, Will Koch
model =
track = Out and Back
status = Open
opened = May 6, 2006
height = 163
drop = 154
angle = 66
second drop = 107 feet
third drop = 100 feet
length = 6442
speed = 67.4
inversions =
average speed = 41.9 mph
duration = 2:45
capacity = 1,200
cost = US$ 6,500,000
rcdb_number = 3231

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.

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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

Upgrades

*For the 2007 season, about 1,120 feet of track was replaced for preventative maintenance. [http://www.holidayworld.com/holiblog/2006/11/and-for-this-we-give-thanks.html]

References

External links

* [http://holidayworld.com/voyage.html The Voyage at the Holiday World Official Website]
* [http://www.holidayworld.com/holiblog/2006/11/and-for-this-we-give-thanks.html The HoliBlog - "...and for this we give thanks"]
* [http://www.coasterfanatics.com/sec_features/feature_voyagereview.asp Review of the Voyage] at CoasterFanatics.Com