Billy Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 sweet geebus!!! the ending section is HUGE! i didnt think it was going to be that big at the end there... i got plan myself a trip out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 OMG, that 90 degree part looks awesome! It looks like I have another coaster on my list for this year!  --Sören Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj snow Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Â Is that an inclinometer stuck to the rail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacking Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Wow! That turn looks insane. Â Holiday World is one of those parks I NEED to hit but just haven't been able to visit yet. Sounds like I'm missing 2 (soon to be 3) great coasters. Â But is it wrong that I'm almost looking foward more to the turkey dark ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 ^Not at all, I am too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Well this is the next big coaster this year that I am really looking foward to. It really does look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 New photos from the Holiblog.  http://www.holidayworld.com/holiblog/2006/02/sweet-sweet-photos.html  That first drop looks pretty swwet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2pids2 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 i just drooled over the 90 degree turns. i also think i wet myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eunuch Provocateur Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Whoa. I forgot about this coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 This coaster looks so cool with it's 3 hills and twister style 2nd half + the world's 1st "Triple Down". Â I'll have to plan a trip to the park someday to ride it and check out the "Airtime" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfloydfanatic Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 ^ CP had a triple down coaster in the 1920s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Welcome to TPR Fanatic. Good taste in music, I see. Â Voyage is looking outrageous, too bad I won't see it for at least a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookbaby Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 OMG... already have my season pass and have already asked for opening day off from work! Anyone else going on opening day!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfloydfanatic Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Does anyone know how many gs the bottom of the first drop is designed to do? It has an early pullout (1/2 the way up) and I was wondering if it has anything to do with the amount of gs that a tighter pullout (like on Wild Thing @ VF for example which pull 3.5 gs) would be too high or it is because it would lose too much energy. I'm sure the designers would have an idea what the expected g forces will be when designing a ride. Hades has a very early pullout too and the forces at the bottom of the big drop going into the tunnel didn't feel like anywhere near 3.5 gs (again using my home park's coaster WT for example again) but than Hades needed the energy to reach the very high turnaround in the parking lot. Â I'm planning to attend the HoliWood event with my roller coaster friend in May! I CAN'T wait to ride The Voyage!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Will the Park have an all-night riding weekend on the 1st weekend the coaster opens..? Â What's your views on the "Triple Down" section ..? Â Anyone living near this park is very lucky indeed to have such a fine coaster near them, i'm over 3,000 miles away. Â I will have to make the plane trip from the UK just to go on this ride. Â Will it beat "The Beast", "The Raven" for nightime rides..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Rider Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I share in the excitement and questions posted recently. Concerning events: check out Holliwoodnights. Concerning the ride: ride it!! Decide for yourself this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 http://www.thegravitygroup.com/voyage/03-06/index.htm  New TGG pictures. Reveals some of the new stuff...like this:  http://www.thegravitygroup.com/voyage/03-06/pages/21.htm   you enter that from the camera view which means that hill he is standing on is...yes - wrongly banked hill. Can be seen here: http://www.thegravitygroup.com/voyage/03-06/pages/17.htm  Look to the far left youll see they inserted a quick opposite banked hill before the 1st 90.   More sexiness- train from left to right: http://www.thegravitygroup.com/voyage/03-06/pages/26.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Oh. Snap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 I've grabbed some of the best pics from the site. Thanks to the guys at Gravity Group for letting us use these!  --Robb The first view most will have of The Voyage - sorry, the construction equipment won't be part of the theming View from the queue A view of the station tunnel Shimmering hills The tunnel before the safety block The drop of the fifth hill (right) and the climb into the safety block (left) The first 90° banking The now standard view of the turnaround - note the two 90° banked sections Into and out of the ground A long way up The second 90° bank area ending with a climb into the safety block area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Menefee Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Thanks for the pics yet again, the whole NCC crew is booking tickets back east tomorrow for an early June Trip and so far it looks like this:  June 3 - Arrive in Louisville, KY at 11 a.m. - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom June 4 - Paramount's Kings Island June 5 - Beech Bend in Bowling Green, KY June 6 - Holiday World & Splashin' Safari June 7 - Holiday World & Splashin' Safari June 8 - Six Flags St. Louis June 9 - Still Undecided June 10 - Leave Louisville, KY and head home  Two days worth of Voyage goodness, and these pictures help make the tug on my wallet all that much easier.  Sweet.....  Sean- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Mmmm, looks like my kind of Thanksgiving Land, heh heh. Â Â Love the way the entrance to it all is being done with the bridge entrance thru the coaster itself. Very nice. Â Themeing should be quite something, hmm? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Going to the opening day too - really looking forward to this (and a trip to BB also) - so question for the locals? Â Is early May shorts and T-shirt weather or does Santa Claus have snow all year round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willski Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Yeesh, I would expect more from the GG, some of those transitions look awful and are going to be really rough at high speeds. The transition out of the first overbank (where it never really unbanks) looks pretty sketchy. The worst is the last turn out of the turnaround, it looks like they were building it and realized, "Hey, we have to make it turn more sharply or else it will go under the outbound track". That abrupt turn is either giong to provide some nice lats or be reall painful (or both). Â Â Other than those 2 transitions, this ride is going to be an airtime BEAST! That triple down looks so awesome, especially since it will be in a tunnel for the entire thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I wonder if some of the odd looking transitions were designed that way on purpose or if we're seeing limit to how accurately you can build all these track contours on site crafting the track by hand. Some of these more complicated track sections (that were most likely precisely designed on a computer) need equally precise manufacture to be realized properly. I hope this turns out to be a great ride, but if it's rough and has problems and El Toro turns out smooth as glass we could be seeing a shift in how wood coasters are built in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I wouldnt worry too much. These people definately seems to know what theyre doing. Â Yngve "what fun is a wooden coaster if it doesn throw you around a bit??" Oestbye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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