The Voyage (roller coaster)
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| Holiday World & Splashin' Safari | |
| Park section | Thanksgiving |
| Coordinates | 38°07′17″N 86°54′41″W / 38.1213°N 86.9115°WCoordinates: 38°07′17″N 86°54′41″W / 38.1213°N 86.9115°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | May 6, 2006 |
| Cost | US$6,500,000 |
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| Type | Wood |
| Manufacturer | The Gravity Group |
| Designer | Mike Graham, Korey Kiepert, Larry Bill, Chad Miller, Will Koch |
| Track layout | Out and Back |
| Lift/launch system | Chain Lift Hill |
| Height | 163 ft (50 m) |
| Drop | 154 ft (47 m) |
| Length | 6,442 ft (1,964 m) |
| Speed | 67.4 mph (108.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:45 |
| Max vertical angle | 66° |
| Capacity | 1200 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. |
 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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The Voyage at RCDB Pictures of The Voyage at RCDB |
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The Voyage is a wooden roller coaster located at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana. It opened to the public on May 6, 2006. Designed and built by The Gravity Group with the help of designers Mike Graham, Korey Kiepert, Larry Bill, Chad Miller, and former park President Will Koch, the roller coaster is themed to the famous voyage of the Mayflower by Pilgrims to North America in 1620.
The Voyage holds the record for most air-time on a wooden roller coaster at 24.3 seconds. It is also ranked sixth overall in height and second in length (behind only The Beast at Kings Island). In 2006, it won a Golden Ticket Award for "Best New Ride" from Amusement Today magazine, which also ranked The Voyage as the "Best Wooden Roller Coaster" from 2007 through 2011.
To celebrate Holiday World's sixtieth anniversary, park President Will Koch made plans for a new holiday that was to be added to the park. The new holiday, Thanksgiving, would also feature a wooden roller coaster, The Voyage, as its anchor attraction. Koch contacted The Gravity Group (Custom Coasters International, the designers of The Raven and The Legend, went bankrupt in 2002. Larry Bill, one of the designers, went on to help form The Gravity Group) and began to form plans for the new roller coaster. As with the development of The Legend, Koch wanted the input of roller coaster enthusiasts from around the world. The Gravity Group, through Will Koch, used this enthusiast input to design the one-of-a-kind ride. Park President Will Koch provided so much input, he was actually listed as one of the designers of the ride. During the construction of The Voyage, producers from the National Geographic Channel's "SuperCoasters" and the Discovery Channel's "Building the Biggest: Coasters" visited the park to document the progress.
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