Timberliner Testing resumes on the Voyage

Oh, no, does that mean we have to wait four to six years for his daughter to get big enough? :)

At this point, even if Gravitykraft were to declare the trains fit for operation, I wouldn't expect Holiday World to put them into service, just because of the hassle and expense of getting the State to +approve them for only a couple of days of operation...instead I would expect it to be more of a positive "go for 2011" perhaps with a few post-season rides offered to an extremely select group of people (hint: the sort of people who don't normally use tickets for park admission...) before the snow flies.

Just an opinion, mind you. You may recall that back in May I also explained why they couldn't run a Raven train on the Voyage...roughly 24 hours after Holiday World announced that they would be doing exactly that. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI5hkbjGdGw

:)

^ I agree

I'll second it.

Thirded!

Quatro :) :) :) :)

Acoustic Viscosity said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI5hkbjGdGw

Tried about a half-dozen times to post that last night, kept getting all kinds of wonky code posted...awesomeness!

I just hope Voyage doesn't become a big pile of suck. Can't wait to test them out next year!

Tekwardo said: I just hope Voyage doesn't become a big pile of suck.

That's amazing! Mrs. Koch said the exact same thing yesterday!

:) Paula

I would LOVE to hear her say that on tape. ;)

I think the only way Voyage could become dull would be to let B&M reprofile the ride. :)

I dunno. I've heard from many people that have the same tastes in coasters as myself how amazing Wildcat was before they put in single bench trains, and I know how boring it was last summer when I rode it.

I like GCI coasters with and without the MILF trains, EK and TH are in my top 10.

I'm just slightly bothered by change when it comes to Voyage because it's so amazing. I'm hoping that the ride is still amazing. But once amazing coasters have become great big piles of suck before, so.

Ms. Koch knows whats up.

:)

Yeah, Wildcat used to be amazing. I liked it better than LR.

On the other hand, this isn't a case of a ride being reprofiled. They're only different trains, and if necessary this is a change that could be reversed relatively easily. I'm not worried.

I wasn't aware that Wildcat was reprofiled in any way?

I was one who never found Wildcat amazing. I liked it, but it was far too rough to be amazing. Haven't ridden since the Flyers replaced the PTCs, however.

I thought Wildcat was kick-ass its first few seasons. It degraded quickly after that. I wonder how much of that had to do with how the PTC's tracked and beat up the ride. It's better with the Flyers, but still not anything compared to its original form.

Keep in mind they brought it to a full stop at the midcourse.

I still don't like the look of those restraints! Can't wait to try it though!