Author Topic: Voyage To Get New Trains--Timberliners (Read 19039 times)

AV Matt · « **Reply #75 on:** May 20, 2010, 08:00:06 PM »

No worries about one train operation. If the Timberliners aren't ready by then. we'll get to ride TWO PTC's! Voyage will soon be sporting a "new" RED train! See the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lpc8L77qkA#noexternalembed&feature=player_embedded#

HW is taking one of The Raven trains and modifying it to run on The Voyage. To make the controls work right, both trains need to be the same length, so the 7th car of The Voyage's PTC train will be removed and they'll be running two 6-car trains, one red, one blue.

Ogolo · « **Reply #76 on:** May 20, 2010, 08:31:20 PM »

Nice that HW is so good at keeping fans informed.
Also love that he gets into the technical issues!

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #77 on:** May 20, 2010, 08:32:43 PM »

Wow great thinking on Holiday World's part (or if it was a gravity group idea).

AV Matt · « **Reply #78 on:** May 20, 2010, 08:34:02 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Td5csHUgo#noexternalembed&feature=player_embedded

Ogolo · « **Reply #79 on:** May 20, 2010, 08:44:50 PM »

I hear the main delay is that the Stide gum ad wraps have not arrived for the new Voyage Timberliner trains. Once they arrive they will be good to go.

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #80 on:** May 20, 2010, 09:08:12 PM »

Wow it sure sounds like a woodie

AV Matt · « **Reply #81 on:** May 20, 2010, 09:35:43 PM »

Ahh I get it now... For those that didn't notice, there are only 13 rows of seats (supposed to be 14). They removed the front seat for testing. The first car hold two rows while the rest of the cars are all one row each.

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #82 on:** May 21, 2010, 05:50:13 PM »

Red and Blue Voyage trains running today

AV Matt · « **Reply #83 on:** May 21, 2010, 06:46:07 PM »

I saw six cars crest the lift on the webcam. Couldn't tell which color. I am ready for a red train ride on Voyage!

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #84 on:** May 21, 2010, 07:26:24 PM »

Same, according to the Holiday World twitter from today they are running both trains.

nitrorox1414 · « **Reply #85 on:** May 21, 2010, 08:21:22 PM »

so ther putting RAvens trains on it temparaly? im kind of confused

AV Matt · « **Reply #86 on:** May 22, 2010, 01:29:18 AM »

There is one red Raven PTC train (6 cars) and one original blue Voyage PTC train (reduced from 7 cars to 6 cars) currently operating on the Voyage. Voyage originally had THREE blue PTC trains, but two of them were sold to Darien Lake. HW kept the third train. Raven doesn't benefit much in gained capacity by running two trains as it's a short ride, but it makes a huge difference on the very, very long Voyage which can run three trains (but rarely did).

dkny6363 · « **Reply #87 on:** May 22, 2010, 11:05:56 AM »

Prediction... 2 PTC on Friday night ERT.... and SURPRISE! 2 Timberliners on Saturday night ERT.... Pipe Dream?? Maybe/More than likely. That would be best case scenario though.

Wrong thread but 13 days!

AV Matt · « **Reply #88 on:** May 23, 2010, 12:03:06 AM »

I was thinking the same thing, Canada Dude. How awesome would that be?

AV Matt · « **Reply #89 on:** May 23, 2010, 12:08:19 AM »

Millennium Force 44 · « **Reply #90 on:** May 23, 2010, 12:58:24 PM »

OMG CANNOT WAIT. I was thinking the same thing dkny. That would be an amazing surprise.

AV Matt · « **Reply #91 on:** May 23, 2010, 10:32:02 PM »

I know someone who rode it this weekend. He said it seemed more rambunctious than he remembered. So I wouldn't worry about the shorter trains hurting the experience. He's even more hard core about violent wood coasters than I am.

Steve · « **Reply #92 on:** May 23, 2010, 10:43:07 PM »

Quote from: AV Matt on May 23, 2010, 10:32:02 PM

I know someone who rode it this weekend. He said it seemed more rambunctious than he remembered. So I wouldn't worry about the shorter trains hurting the experience. He's even more hard core about violent wood coasters than I am.

I didn't know those people existed

AV Matt · « **Reply #93 on:** May 23, 2010, 10:59:15 PM »

They live! Be afraid. Be VERY afraid!

GADVwow · « **Reply #94 on:** May 24, 2010, 04:52:54 PM »

And here I thought I was very quiet about my ride experience last weekend.

GADVwow, huge fan of violent coasters...

GADVwow · « **Reply #95 on:** August 16, 2010, 10:13:39 PM »

Timberliner testing has reportedly resumed...

B-mac · « **Reply #96 on:** August 17, 2010, 01:31:34 PM »

I heard about that while I was in Cedar Point. One of the ride ops said they would be testing the trains before the park opened on certain days.

I personally don't care when they finally use the new trains full-time, I'm not going there anytime soon, they can take as much time as they want.

GADVwow · « **Reply #97 on:** August 17, 2010, 06:18:06 PM »

Ride op information from Cedar Point?

Sigh.

Someone should tell that ride op that Holiday World is now open weekends only....lots of time for testing...

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