The Voyage roller coaster's station and lift hill
154 ft first drop Station flybystill picking up speed on the return

Holiday World, Santa Claus, Indiana

Voyage

6,442ftNo. 4 longest of 398 US coastersVoyageLegend 4,042 ftThunderbird 3,035 ft2:45ride time67mphtop speed
POV
Ride it: back row POV
Back row
What riders love
  • This is the only coaster I can think of that I struggle to keep my arms up the whole way given the sheer length of the ride.
  • The ride just goes on forever and ever.
  • At this point you truly begin wondering if this ride will ever end.
  • The hill after the first drop I swear the coaster comes off the tracks for a bit at the top.
  • The third drop on the triple down caught me off guard on EVERY SINGLE ONE of my 9 rides, providing some absurd ejector airtime.
  • It's extremely long, FAST, and every little hill sends you flying out of your seat.
  • The spaghetti bowl section is pure madness, with tight 90° turns and rapid bunny hills that yield intense ejector airtime and negative G-forces.
  • The underground triple down after the midcourse brakes is ABSOLUTE INSANITY!
  • My legs were wobbly at the end…wow
Voyage Watch Performance Should I ride it? Where to sit Specifications Reviews Planning History

Watch POVs and more

Voyage front seat on-ride 4K POV @60fps Holiday World

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The Voyage Back Row (HD POV) Holiday World

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The Voyage between the rails on-ride POV @60fps Holiday World

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The Voyage at Holiday World (Cinematic Off-Ride)

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The Most Insane Coaster Experience You Can Have??? \ The Voyage @ Holiday World Ride Review

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The Voyage at Holiday World Review: World’s Best Wood Roller Coaster?

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The Voyage at Holiday World Review World's Best Wooden Roller Coaster

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Behind-The-Scenes: Voyage - Holiday World 4K Cine

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[4K] Voyage at Holiday World & Splashin Safari

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Holiday World

It had the airtime, pace and length but the problem for me was that it had a little bit of rattle so with that the rating for me is a 9.8/10

Maxan Nguyen

There’s some nice floater air on the next hill, a bit less on the next hill then you drop into the first of many tunnels.

Coaster Critic

I loved the first two drops partly because of the airtime that made it painless.

Evy Curtis

As with many wooden rollercoasters, it throws riders around a lot: considering the massive amounts of airtime this isn’t surprising.

Theme Park James

While there are tons and tons of airtime moments, almost all of them are incredibly weak and some moments didn’t even give any airtime.

Inverted Thrills

The first drop and airtime hill are incredibly smooth; Gravity Group & Holiday World have done an excellent job with the constant retracking.

George Simpson

Voyage is truly an engineering marvel and its insane that this ride even exists, and it gets retracked so often that it never really gets rough.

Ethan Owen

The Voyage didn’t let up through the entire ride - it was fast, it rattled you (as all good wooden coasters should), and left me guessing the entire ride.

Coaster101

The roughness must be just at my threshold or the mile long adventure is fun enough to balance out the intensity.

Coaster Critic

When it has warmed up Voyage is a constant barrage of intense, aggressive elements with many airtime moments scattered throughout the course.

Luca Boucher

It’s a relentless marathon of thrills from beginning to end that’s been consistently rated among the top wooden roller coasters in World.

Coaster Critic

Your body is subjected to the wrath of the train as it careens underground, down steep drops and through 90-degree banked turns.

Coaster101

I rode it in the front and then back mostly keeping my hands up, but it was actually a bit too aggressive and kinda hurt how it yanks you around.

Ryan Armstrong

The turnaround section in the woods is good but the way out to that and back is just rather tame and boring.

Ben Bryan

Perfect terrain usage by the Gravity Group allowing for one of the longest ride durations out there ALSO paired with completely relentless pacing.

Jorbunz

The speed through the turns in the woods and the numerous underground sections was amazing, and it left me disoriented.

Coaster101

I knew what to expect going in, but the return run still blew me away with how it just continues to pick up speed all the way through the station flyby.

Duncan G.

I don’t know how to explain it but the ride just feels so much faster at night.

Nick

The mid-course brake run is not appreciated, the forces have a bit more to desired, and it doesn’t stand out in terms of smoothness.

Zach S.

The line was pretty short while I was there and I wish I had gotten more than two rides, but I didn’t have a ton of time at the park and I wanted to do everything.

Duncan G.

Because it wasn’t a big demand, it was long waits for a short line.

Sutton A.

On the Voyage, that means really slow dispatches.

Coaster Bros

Should I ride it?

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Where to sit

Front of trainBack of train

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Car 1, the front: 5 of 8 riders who named a rowBack row: 3 riders

Riders who said why they pick the front: 2 because it rides smoother.

Specifications

159 ftHeight
159 Voyage 140 Thunderbird 99 Legend 80 Raven
154 ftFirst drop
154 Voyage 130 Thunderbird 113 Legend 85 Raven
67 mphTop speed
Voyage67 Thunderbird60 Legend59 Raven48 067 mph
66°Drop angle
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Rider favouriteLong rideStrong airtimeIntenseFeels fastGreat layoutFloaty airtime

Criticised for

Rough or rattlyToo intense for some

I think Voyage might be the best wooden coaster I’ve ever ridden.

Sean Reardon, Captain Coaster review

An obscene ride when it first opened - brilliant setting, and the out-and-back elements are a lot of fun.

Dave Scott, Captain Coaster review

I found it to be a bit overrated because first off the seat itself is uncomfortable, you are CRAMPED when you sit in for the voyage.

Eric Clash, Captain Coaster review

lets be real its the voyage its perfect literally a hyper coaster in a wooden coaster but the crazy low to the ground spegettibowl and the 90 degree banking.

Chase Burns, Captain Coaster review

I’ve got to the give the overall edge to the Voyage here, just because it made me rethink everything I had ever thought about wooden coasters.

Coaster101, published review

I loved the first two drops partly because of the airtime that made it painless.

Evy Curtis, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Voyage at Holiday World
Sjh123 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Voyage at Holiday World
DD Lover, CC0
Thunderbird Orange Bolliger and Mabillard Wing Coaster with Hybrid Wood Coaster, Voyage, manufactured by Gravity Group
Josh Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0
Voyage at Holiday World
DD Lover, CC0
One of The Voyage's three 90 degree banked turns
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari., Public domain
Voyage at Holiday World
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. OParalyzerx at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Voyage at Holiday World
Mike Witte, CC BY 3.0
Voyage at Holiday World
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Voyage at Holiday World
Emily.511, CC BY-SA 4.0

9 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

May 6, 2006Opened

, designed by The Gravity Group, LLC.

$6.5 millionTo build

Past incidents

  1. June 2021On June 4, 2021, a 47-year-old woman was found unresponsive when the train she was riding in returned to the station.

Golden Ticket Awards, top wood coaster: ranked in 20 polls, 2006 to 2026

2nd2006, its first poll
1st2007, its best placing
1st2026, most recent
0incidents blamed on the ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Holiday World guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, coastercritic.com, themeparkjames.co.uk, coaster101.com, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. OParalyzerx at en.wikipedia (Public domain), Sjh123 at English Wikipedia (Public domain), DD Lover (CC0), Josh Brown (CC BY-SA 4.0), Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. (Public domain), Mike Witte (CC BY 3.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Emily.511 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Blake Stoudt, rider review on Captain Coaster: “An endurance test to be sure, seeming like it…”; Nick Vilagi, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is the only coaster I can think of…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride just goes on forever and ever.”; Jorbunz, rider review on Captain Coaster: “At this point you truly begin wondering if this…”; Clayton, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The airtime is amazing, I was out of my…”; Chris Grable, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The hill after the first drop I swear the…”; Kw6sTheater, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The third drop on the triple down caught me…”; Rollertoaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's extremely long, FAST, and every little hill sends…”; Forester F., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's the most intense wooden coaster I've honestly ever…”; Stormin Norman, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The spaghetti bowl section is pure madness, with tight…”; Christian Ortiz, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The underground triple down after the midcourse brakes is…”; Chris Grable, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My legs were wobbly at the end…wow”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: coastercrutchfield's back row POV, The Voyage Back Row (HD POV) Holiday World (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.