sscamatt Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 After hitting up Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in the morning, we made the little over an hour drive to Holiday World. Home to 3 world class wooden roller coasters: Voyage, Legend and Raven. We got to the park around 2:30 and bad weather awaited us. Voyage pokes into the sky: Holiday World has a "This place is really really nice" kinda feel: The no-smoking signs are like advertisements to the people who are non-smokers and reminders for those who do smoke. Out of all the parks I've been to that are smoke free, there was less smoking outside of the smoking areas here than anywhere else: The park map homes are just like those you see near the grocery store with the "buy a car" pamphlets in them. They are even themed to the section they are in!: There is a wide selection of Pepsi products available for free, including coffee at the food places. The free Pepsi stands out in the park have 12oz cups and the ones attached to food stands have larger cups (20oz I believe): Everything was closed due to the weather so we figured we would hang out for Voyage to open. When the coasters close due to lightning at Holiday World, maintenance must walk the entire track before it re-opens. This is a somewhat lengthy process: We ate at the Plymouth Rock Cafe while we waited for the weather to pass. It was like a homecooked thanksgiving meal, very different than your standard amusement park fare. The umbrella's outside are made of metal, and they keep the rain out, We ate outside while it was raining and it wasn't a problem. Voyage finally opened and we rode with a 10 minute wait. This coaster is amazing, the only problem I had with it is that the trim was on pretty hard halfway through the ride and it slowed the second half down a bit. Next up was The Legend: Next up was Raven, this coaster is a lot of fun and I will rank it somewhere in my top 10 Wooden: Next we hit up Splashin' Safari. This park is hands down the best waterpark included with admission. They have almost every type of water attraction. The new bowl is pretty awesome. Gobbler Getaway was next, you don't shoot the turkeys, you "call" them because it is a family park. Sally did a nice job with this ride and it is rather long: The old lady pets the cat in line and its kinda freaky: We went back to The Voyage for a night ride. We got on with almost no line. The first half of the ride was just like normal and then we hit the trim brakes, this time was different. The trim brakes did not engage and I knew something was up. The second half of the ride was amazing! When we got back to the brake run outside the station we were awaited with an employee who informed us that the ride computer had faulted and that it would be a little bit before we would be brought back in. At this time we were dry and then it started pouring and everyone on the the train on the brake run got soaked. It was well worth it because we had just had an amazing ride on Voyage. If the trim was always off, this ride would easily be my #1 wood coaster, unfortunately this isn't normal operation. The Voyage Gift Shop is really nice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vffreak07 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Nice PTR. How was KK compared to HW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscamatt Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Well in shear number of rides, Kentucky Kingdom has more, but the rides they have aren't anything special. Holiday World on the other hand has 3 awesome woodies, great guest service, and free soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Great TR and pics. HW is on my list for next year as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 The Park looks like a lovely place to visit, have to try it out someday. I knew the Voyage would not stay "brakeless" for long, esp after some parts have been re-tracked already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 as for that trim brake, it is needed because without it it is a safety hazard because you go as fast as you do in the first half on the second half with it on. With it off, it would be crazy. Plus it being after a rain (did it rain?) it would even be more crazy fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 ^ & ^^ There is ABSOLUTELY no trim brake on Voyage. There is a block brake at the mid-course but it only engages if there is a block violation or like the OP stated "There is a problem". The train just naturally slows down in that section. It may feel like a brake (and it can) but it is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcHg5265 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 ^ & ^^ There is ABSOLUTELY no trim brake on Voyage. There is a block brake at the mid-course but it only engages if there is a block violation or like the OP stated "There is a problem". The train just naturally slows down in that section. It may feel like a brake (and it can) but it is not. The brakes where on in the block section two out of three times we rode. You can hear and feel them holding the back of the train as you enter the next drop. The only time it was off was when the computer faulted, and that made for a great ride. There was no block brake violation because there were two trains and you could see the other train pull into the station before you went over the lift hill. From what i saw, they now use the block to slow down the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 ^ Well if they are then it really goes against everything that Will has stated in the past. When the ride opened, Paula (The parks PR manager) was quick to correct people who thought it was "trimming" the ride. She even sent me this note after a member of my site reviewed it on media day. One correction, if you don't mind … we do not have the safety brakesengaged. The slowdown is natural (ask Mr. Newton), and that clacking sound is the train running over the anti-rollback steel. If they are slowing down the train for the second half, then I am pretty disappointed. it was running fine without it when I was there not even two weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willski Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 ^Yeah, Ted is right. They absolutely do not slow the ride down with the MCBR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Please, please, please tell me they are not trimming. I remember Paula stating there was not a trim on MCBR, only a safety block. I tend to trust Ted in this situation, as he was just there two weeks ago and I know him. That second half is absolutely NUTS and would really, really suck if they were slowing it down...Although the change would be understood. It just wouldn't be happily accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I don't think they are trimming, i always thought it was a brake at mid course to slow it down because it is crazy fast still int he second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcHg5265 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 ^Yeah, Ted is right. They absolutely do not slow the ride down with the MCBR. I rode it this week and it did. You could see the brakes close and open. When did you last ride it? If it didn't do it then, i can tell you it is doing it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enalin7 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I was there this past weekend and the brake run did not slow us down any of the times we rode it. It was exactly the same as it has always been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willski Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 ^Yeah, Ted is right. They absolutely do not slow the ride down with the MCBR. I rode it this week and it did. You could see the brakes close and open. When did you last ride it? If it didn't do it then, i can tell you it is doing it now. June 3rd and this coming Saturday. I seriously doubt they would turn it on, as the Koch's have always been against trimming or otherwise slowing any of their coasters. They run them as they should be, which is great (hence the lack of trims on Raven and Legend). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 FYI: The trimming is true, rode it today and they basically slow it quite a bit on the block. It was confirmed they started trimming last week. Bummer. Still an awesome ride though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I felt that the trims definitely neutered one spot that used to have solid airtime. Yeah, the train does eventually pick back up to full steam. But I only got one ride in today. Stupid thing kept breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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