The Voyage

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The Voyage
The Voyage
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Location Holiday World
( Santa Claus (Indiana) , USA )
Type Wood - sitting
category Hybrid (steel structure)
Drive type Chain lift hill
Designer The Gravity Group
costs 6.5 million  USD
opening May 6, 2006
length 1963.5 m
height 50 m
Departure 47 m
Max. gradient 66 °
Max. speed 109 km / h
Travel time 2:45 min
capacity 1200 people per hour
Trains 3 trains, 7 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats
elements 50 m high lift hill with a 47 m high descent of 66 °,
hill with a 33 m high descent,
hill with a 30.5 m high descent
Inversions 0
Subject area Thanksgiving

The Voyage in Holiday World ( Santa Claus , Indiana , USA ) is a wooden roller coaster from The Gravity Group that opened on May 6, 2006.

It is a hybrid wooden roller coaster consisting of a steel structure with wooden rails. It has a 50 m high lift hill , followed by slopes with heights of 47 m, 33 m and 30.5 m. The route runs eight times underground through tunnels. At 1963.5 m, it is the third longest wooden roller coaster in the world and the fourth fastest at 109 km / h. In addition, Voyage has the most airtime on a wooden roller coaster worldwide with a duration of 24.2 seconds and offers three 90 ° inclined curves. In 2006 Voyage won the “Best New Ride Award” and in 2007 the “Best Wooden Coaster” award at the “Golden Ticket Awards”.

Trains

The Voyage owns three trains made by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters , each with seven cars. Four people (two rows of two people) can be seated in each car. The passengers must be at least 1.22 m tall to be allowed to ride.

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Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 17 "  N , 86 ° 54 ′ 41.3"  W.