This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Holiday World, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the park as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index Page.
Official Park Website
Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy!
--Robb
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2005
June 13th, 2005 - New Thanksgiving Section and the world's top "air-time" wooden coaster "The Voyage" announced!(See Below)
September 15th, 2005 - Holiday World blogs about Gobbler Getaway
September 22nd, 2005 -Voyage Construction Pictures
October 28th, 2005 -Awesome, up-close Voyage Construction Pictures
2006
January 6th, 2006 - Holiday World announced a new enthusiast event: HoliWood Nights
January 20th, 2006 -Voyage Lift Hill Pics from Holiblog!
April 6th, 2006 -Voyage construction pics from Gravity Group, including the turnaround!
April 19th, 2006 -The Voyage is testing!
May 23rd, 2006 - Consumer's Digest names Holiday World "Top Value"
September 6th, 2006 - Holiday World announces 2007 additions: Turkey Whirl, Thanksgiving Cafe and waterpark bowl attraction
November 6th, 2006 - Holiday World records highest attendance in a year
2007
July 5th, 2007 - Woman drowns in wave pool
September 20th, 2007 - Kima Bay announced
2008
Aug. 26th, 2008-World's Tallest Water Ride "Pilgrim's Plunge" coming to Holiday World
2009
April 6th, 2009 - Pilgrim's Plunge starts testing
Mar. 13th, 2009 - Pilgrim's Plunge is completely up!
Mar. 31st, 2009 - Pilgrim's Plunge construction pics, including the station.
April 30th, 2009 - Santa takes the plunge at the Pilgrim's Plunge media day!
2010
June 13th, 2010 - Holiday World's President Will Koch passes away
June 22nd, 2010 - Dan Koch, Will Koch's brother steps in as park president
July 1st, 2010 - Holiday World launches a free iOS App & mobile site
August 6th, 2010 - National news show names Wildebeest "Top Coaster"
October 12th, 2010 - Record attendance, Will Koch in hall of fame & more!
November 4th, 2010 - Video of Timberliner Trains taking 1st human riders!
2011
February 13th, 2011 - Koch family donates $25,000 to Lincoln Amphitheatre
March 3rd, 2011 - Vote for Wildebeest as 2010's best new water park ride!
April 11th, 2011 - Burt the Conqueror coming to Holiday World!
April 27th, 2011 - Jay Cutler to raise funds for diabetes research
June 12th, 2011 - Holiday World mourns the loss of long-time employee
July 1st, 2011 - Holiday World to be featured on Bert the Conqueror
August 3rd, 2011 - 'Mammoth' water coaster surpasses Wildebeest at HW
September 28th, 2011 - Mini Star Flyer for 2012 (replaces Paul Revere's Midnight Ride)
2012
January 9th, 2012 - A 'Mammoth Monday,' Mammoth construction update!
January 14th, 2012 - Voyage offseason track work & Timberliner update
February 7th, 2012 - Historic church being moved to Santa Claus Park
March 19th, 2012 - Timberliners won't be installed on Voyage until 2013
April 3rd, 2012 - Holiday World to host "Rock the World" Christian Music Fest
April 16th, 2012 - Mammoth to be featured on new Travel Channel show
May 11th, 2012 - 'Super Fan Family' contest winners revealed
June 28th, 2012 - 4th of July fireworks cancelled due to dry weather
July 15th, 2012 - The Voyage featured on Insane Coaster Wars show
July 25th, 2012 - Holiday World named "Top Value Park" in Consumer Digest
September 11th, 2012 - Holiday World receives Golden Ticket Award honors
October 23rd, 2012 - New for 2013 Rides/Slides Announced!
November 4th, 2012 - Park named "Best Amusement Park for Merrymakers"
November 15th, 2012 - Details for 2013 Holliwood Nights released
2013
January 8th, 2013 - Matt Eckert named Park President and CEO
March 28th, 2013 - Park ranks 2nd only to Disney according to FamilyFun
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Original Post:
Please visit:
http://www.holidayworld.com/new2006.html
For more up to date information
Your family will want to gather together for a feast of fun next season!
The world's top "air-time" wooden coaster will be the main course at Holiday World's new Thanksgiving section in 2006!
"The Voyage is going to be an air-time machine, with riders experiencing a feeling of weightlessness for a total of 24.2 seconds," says Will Koch, the parks' president. "We're taking the traditional out-and-back layout to the extreme, with the steepest drop on any wooden coaster in the nation. The Voyage will be 1.2 miles long, placing it among the planet's top three longest and fastest wooden coasters."
A feast of "floater" air-time, The Voyage will feature three drops of over 100 feet, with the first drop's angle of descent a steep 66 degrees. The top speed of the three-train coaster will be 67.4 miles per hour.
"We've carved out five underground tunnels for The Voyage‹which is a world record," says Koch. "And some of those tunnels will be wide enough that we'll roar through them twice, creating a total of eight 'underground moments,' one of which will include a 'triple-down' feature."
The Voyage will also have two sections of extreme, 90-degree banking.
And the rest... is gravy.
Other new attractions planned for 2006 include Bahari River, an action river for Splashin' Safari. The Thanksgiving section in Holiday World will be stuffed full of family fun, including a turkey-chase-themed interactive "dark ride," another new ride, large restaurant, shop, games and more.
The Voyage will set sail on May 6, 2006, on the opening day of Holiday World & Splashin' Safari's 60th Anniversary Season.
THE VOYAGE Roller Coaster Fact Sheet
DESCRIPTION: The Voyage, which opens May 6, 2006, is Holiday World's third wooden roller coaster. Located in the new Thanksgiving section, it is 1.2 miles long and provides a record 24.2 seconds of "air time." This steel-structure wooden coaster takes a twist on the standard out-and-back layout, adding a terrain-coaster adventure in the "back" half of the ride.
FEATURES: The Voyage includes a record five underground tunnels (some are double, creating eight "underground moments"), a series of dramatic drops (including a 66-degree angle of descent on the first drop), two 90-degree banked turns, and multiple track crossovers. The Voyage includes extreme air-time, extreme banking, and extreme speed.
TRACK LENGTH: 6,442 feet (1.2 miles), third longest wooden coaster in the world.
RIDE HEIGHT: The maximum height difference on The Voyage is 173 feet.
DROPS/ANGLES: The most dramatic drops on The Voyage measure 154 feet (66-degree angle of descent, the steepest drop on a U.S. wooden coaster), 107 feet (51-degree angle), and 100 feet (50.5-degree angle). The lift hill measures 163 feet.
EXTREME AIR-TIME: The Voyage provides the most air-time of any wooden coaster: 24.2 seconds (anything less than +.25 vertical G's, average front/middle/back seats).
EXTREME BANKING: The Voyage includes two 90-degree banked turns.
SPEED: The Voyage's maximum speed is 67.4 mph. Average speed is 41.9 mph.
RIDE TIME: 2 minutes, 45 seconds (station to station).
RIDE SIMULATION: www.holidayworld.com/voyage_video.html
TUNNELS: A record five underground tunnels, including eight "underground moments" and a "triple down" feature in one of the return-run tunnels.
TRAINS: Three 28-passenger PTC trains (seven cars per train, four riders per car).
LUMBER: Southern Yellow Pine; estimated board feet: 320,000.
STEEL: 750 tons, estimated.
CAPACITY/HEIGHT LIMIT: 1,200 Guests per hour. Riders must be at least 48 inches tall.
INVESTMENT: $6.5 million, the largest ride project in Holiday World's 60-year history.
RIDE DESIGNER: The Gravity Group, Cincinnati, Ohio.
You can download a video of the ride here:
http://www.holidayworld.com/voyage_video.html
Images from the Holiday Worldwebsite:
The New Thanksgiving Section
The "Airtime Chart"
Figure 8 out in the woods!
The "Return"
