Thoughts on the voyage.

This is the craziest ride I have ever been on. Period. After my first ride, I was speachless. There were no words to describe it. I have only had that happen on one other ride (Top Thrill Dragster)
I think the front of the ride offers a more out of control experience than the back. I had a night ride in row 2, and from the turn around until the brakes, I thought something had to have been wrong with the ride. I didn't think there was ANY way that a ride could feel THAT out of control.
I know Will thought that the second 90 was a little slow. However, I think that is my favorite of the three, simply because you have a moment to contenplate being at 90 degrees.
Finally, the first 3/4 of the ride felt very smooth, however, the ride felt like it was vibrating a bit more near the end.

Edit: Fixed a typo *** Edited 5/31/2006 1:15:37 AM UTC by 0g***

The Voyage can be marathoned but only by "the tough ones." I know someone who rode the voyage more than 60 times in one day and he isn't no spring chicken...Media day I could only ride it 17 times that was 7 in the morning by which I needed a break after the first two rides and the remainder later that evening...During HN I managed 6 rides and I found myself to be ready for many more...

Voyage is to wooden coasters what X is to steel coasters, unparallelled. Unthinkible and unbeleivible!

Voyage is one of those rides that will be everyone's number for a long long time.

I agree SkyRider. It's an awesome wooden coaster. Definetly on my top 5 coasters I've ever been on.

I think Supes SFNE is much more deserving to be compared with Voyage than X. ;)

^ Well, how about we settle in on Supes' RIDE, but X's layout... ;)

What HAPPENED to me just then? :)

No Gator. Try again. ;)

People think bady of X and say it is to intense.

But they're wrong. ;)

And just to get both sides of the argument - anyone have an opinion on Voyage other than "God, Himself couldn't create a better coaster"?

ApolloAndy: not as re-rideable as some other "Legends". But that's the only real complaint I've heard about it, and that's only come from about 10% of enthusiasts. Amazing ride.

I just loved sitting there watching every enthusiast, no matter what they were used to, where they were from, what they had conquered before, come off the Voyage ramp with that same look. That "just walked down a dark new york street with loads of cash hanging out of my pockets and payed for it" look. Even the great Dave Althoff look like he had been beaten up by Holidog somewhere back in those woods.

rc-madness:
"I'm usually prepared for a coaster to start with a bang then mellow out towards the end. Voyage starts with a bang and ends with an explosion."
I couldn't have put it better myself. I'm gonna have to remember that one

My funny Voyage observation during two nights of ERT: Virtually no one was riding hands-up. And anyone who got a night ride knows exactly why ;)

Back on to those wretched lap bars... I was talking to an old friend and saying how great it would be if the Voyage had the old buzz bars. He said it probably wouldn't be safe. He's probably right!

But something kind of in-between would be great. If my bar came down all the way, my legs (and between em) would be so squished together. Also, that new seat divider doesn't feel too good.

I was bringing my arms down (haha) at one point and my elbow hit that gold trim on the side of the train. Hard. I had 3 lines of blood dripping from my elbow. That hurt. Think about how Coney's sides have all that huge padding going over the tops of the seats.

Whining aside... that thing is out of control. I still don't think I have completely absorbed that thing. I was sick (literally) and very worn out, I only rode it about 20 times. I'm thinking about making that trek down there again at the end of the summer.

The only thing I can compare it to would be Texas Giant when it first opened - times 3. Also, a couple brakeless rides on the Steel Phantom when it first opened... just the pure speed, it's almost like fast motion. But the Voyage is like everything thrown into one. It's all intense... I can't imagine riding that without having known the layout like the back of my hand. See, I get less suprises since I'm a coaster geek (like lots of us!)

Is there a patriot pov video out there yet or rider reviews? Can someone give me a quick link or something to go on. This is not a very good place to ask this question but it mine as-well be the voyage topic block.

I can't even describe Voyage without getting banned from this site. ;-)

Let's just say I was beyond satisfied. ;-)

It was INTENSE, but not rough. I had to take breaks after two rides just to catch my breath and realize WTF I just experienced. Each and every ride were different. The night rides were beyond BLISS. Since I wear contacts I had to wear my shades, even in the dark.

I am HAPPY! I thought I had died and gone to heaven during those nightime rides. It felt I had gone to heaven (or hell) or had just experienced a crazy horror movie. During the nightime rides I was expecting a crazy psycho killer (or a rabid animal) to attack me.

The coaster is.........(censored)

Sweet!

Will, you are a sick, SICK puppy! I love it! You are the bomb! Thank you SO much!

-Tina

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Mamoosh said:
Virtually no one was riding hands-up.

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I did. Both during the day and at night; I guess I am masochistic that way. I could only do that a few times though. Just had to see what it was like.

My girlfriend tried to ride with her hands up. She didn't know which way we were going though once we got in the woods, and I got smacked in the face. After that, she kept her hands down.

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ApolloAndy said:
And just to get both sides of the argument - anyone have an opinion on Voyage other than "God, Himself couldn't create a better coaster"?

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I've read a few. A couple of notable ones on that-site-we-dare-not-say-its-name but the point is, yes, they are out there.

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B&M Guy said:
I just loved sitting there watching every enthusiast, no matter what they were used to, where they were from, what they had conquered before, come off the Voyage ramp with that same look. That "just walked down a dark new york street with loads of cash hanging out of my pockets and payed for it" look. Even the great Dave Althoff look like he had been beaten up by Holidog somewhere back in those woods.

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Just for clarification...
1) Whaddya mean, "great"? :)

2) Honestly, the *station* was kicking my ass harder than the ride was. Going down stairs really hurt, going down ramps (such as the exit ramp, or every @#$! midway in that park) hurt even more, and the excessive heat and humidity made everything worse. A word of advice: Don't ever bruise your thigh muscle. It's not fun.

I don't know that I would want to marathon on the Voyage. But then, the lift hill and the first three drops would be quite a bit of a break before things really start to get wild. The real insanity is the last few seconds, where the train comes out of the queue-house tunnel into...no, not into the final brakes as you would expect, but into yet another tunnel series. Pure genius. Pure insanity, too.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I rode hands-up a few times on Friday....day! By the time nighttime ERT hit, my bruises (thighs and ribs) were already demanding that I hold onto the grab bar...

I tried riding hands-up a little more after that, but once I hit one of the trains' sides with a rib, or the lapbar with a thigh, I went back to a *defensive* riding posture...

Tina hit it squarely on the head (in one of her G-rated moments): "Will, you are a sick, SICK puppy! I love it! You are the bomb! Thank you SO much!"

I still find Legend more intense....The Voyage just keeps it's intensity for entire 2/3 minute ride. Not many coasters can boast that.