2012 Best Attraction Tournament: Best Roller Coaster Final - The Voyage vs. Incredible Hulk Coaster
It's time to award the title of Best Roller Coaster to one of our two finalists in the 2012 Theme Park Insider Tournament
You've voted Holiday World's The Voyage and Universal Orlando's Incredible Hulk Coaster to this point. Now, it's time to decide which one will be crowned champion.
The Voyage - at Holiday World
Incredible Hulk Coaster - at Universal's Islands of Adventure
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Next up: Universal Orlando's Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey and Disney's Haunted Mansion complete the Tournament in the battle for the Best Theme Park Ride crown.
You know how everyone raves about the first ten seconds of The Hulk? Well, The Voyage is like that for the entire ride.
I've only been on the Hulk, but I've always enjoyed wooden coasters over the steel coasters. The Hulk is excellent, but probably not the best coaster I've ever been on. I respect the opinions of our coaster experts, Mike & Jim, regarding the merits of Voyage.And it's always nice to have one of the regional amusement parks vie for a champion. Therefore, my vote goes to Voyage.
I know the Orlando bias makes it futile, but Voyage is a much better ride than Hulk, and deserves to win. It's that simple. Everyone talks about the intensity of Hulk's launch. Multiply that intensity by 5 (longer ride)and you've got Voyage. Hulk, to me, runs out of gas quickly after the launch. Voyage keeps a full tank all the way through...the last third is even better than the first! Vote for Voyage. Tell 'em Mike sent ya.
First I never been to the vojage and second the hulk is my favorite rollercoaster ever so my vote goes to the hulk
Right now the Hulk is winning 75% to 25%, and that is just WRONG. I've experienced both. The Hulk is pretty much like every launch looping coaster out there, while the Voyage is one the best coasters ever built. I assume it's getting all the votes because more people have been on it. This needs to change!
The Orlando rides usually win these contest???
Go Hulk go! I can't vote for a ride I have not ridden, nor can I vote for a ride that beat my beloved Montu, so go Hulk! It helps that I really like the ride. :D
Voyage is the winner in the coaster bracket...period. Hulk shouldn't have even gotten this far. As far as a contest between these two...there is none. I can't think of any advantage that Hulk has over Voyage...not one.
I agree, no contest THe Voyage got my vote.
I'm actually going to vote for the ride I've never been on :-) I absolutely love the Hulk, but Voyage looks amazing and, from what so many people here have said, is most likely to give the best overall experience. I hope I get a chance to ride it one day.
The Voyage is a Gold Ticket winner and the #1 Wood coaster in the world.
I'm voting Hulk, not because I'm a "Universal Fanboy" as I think Manta is a superior overall coaster but was vanguished by Hulk's opening 10 seconds.
I have been on both several times and I think it comes down to a preference between steel and wooden coasters. The Hulk has a very smooth ride and as everyone says, the first 10 seconds are quite possibly the best on any coaster. The Voyage has an ok first drop but quickly turns into a machine designed to turn your vertebrae into baby powder. There are Holiday World employees whose only job is to scour underneath the ride to collect the teeth and fillings that have fallen out during the day. Occasionally they find a head that was previously attached to some unfortunate rider's body.
Yay, Melanie! Way to think!
The beast is the best wooden coaster I've been on...so i can't vote for voyage. Loved hulk...but i could list a handful of better coasters...i voted for hulk...in homage to THE BEAST!
Hulk is a little intense for me but I hate wooden coasters. Easy choice for me.
True, Texas Giant is better, but the Beast is the lamest wooden coaster ever. I've never been more disappointed with a ride than I have been with the Beast.
Brandon, are you sure you're talking about Holiday World's The Voyage? It is definitely a beast when it comes to intensity, but I never felt it was rough like some woodies. Regardless, the love it is getting this off season should correct any minor issues...
I can't add to what has already been said but I can second two things James Rao said: Voyage is intense from start to finish and any roughness anyone has experienced will be gone this year. You can count on the TLC Holiday World is giving it.
Ok I have ridden both and the Voyage was the roughest roller coaster I have ever been on ( and I have been on a whole lot) My back hurt after riding this. I thought it was fun but so rough. My boys said that Shivering Timbers and Mean Streak were smooth compared to this one.
I'll bet you rode the Raven train. The Raven train on the Voyage was the most extreme coaster ride I've ever had. The other trains are much smoother, IMHO.
Ok, I've been to Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, IL), Holiday World (Santa Claus, IN), Cedar Point (Sandusky, OH) and Kings Island (Mason, OH). I love all the coasters each one have built and ran. So here's my two cents:
I haven't been on Incredible Hulk, but I hear that it is just a standard B&M with a launch. I have been on Voyage, and it is one of my top five wood coasters. Had to go with Voyage because there are few other woodies (excluding El Toro) that can match its level of intensity, while it sounds like almost every B&M sitdown and floorless will give a similar ride to Incredible Hulk (excluding the launch).
Kevin, FYI..Chang is now a New Jersey resident in the Witness Protection Program under the guise of a certain green-masked superhero.
@Kevin: Allow me to retort, good sir.
I've been on both rollercoasters and must say my vote goes to The Voyage, one of the most intense and thrilling coasters I've ever been on. It just doesn't let up!
I'm all for a TPI trip to Holiday World. I'll just wear a helmet with a HANS device when I ride The Voyage to keep my head from separating from my spine.
Where's the fun in that? ;)
Once again, it's status quo for me. Haven't been on either. But I've heard that Voyage has gotten quite rough over the last several years, so I voted for Hulk. I'm glad HW is giving Voyage some TLC, but that really shouldn't matter in this contest anymore than the "new" Spidey should. You can't vote on what you think the future will bring - ya gotta go with what brought ya to the dance.
People complain about Hulk's roughness as well, and yet Universal has no plans to do anything about it! At least Holiday World is taking action. Moreover, I am not convinced The Voyage is all that rough. I still think folks are confusing pain with intensity, something that ends ten seconds into the Hulk but continues for the entire course on the Voyage!
Each ride is tops in their respective categories of wood and steel, but the Voyage is the absolute best coaster regardless of category.
Just say no to the big green headache machine!
I've ridden both a Hulk is a incredible ride for the first half. Truth is, It lames out major for the last quarter of the ride.
Holiday world is awesome!
@Kevin - I just want to straighten out some inaccuracies in your post.
No formal announcement, but this battle is over, and the best coaster won. Kudos to Holiday World for supporting the Voyage and its fans. And kudos to all those who passionately participated in this process. Great job everyone!
Brandon (and an anonymous poster), THANK YOU for expressing my feelings about The Voyage! I rode it once in its opening season and immediately got one of the worst headaches of my entire life! (And so did all three of my riding companions.)
Front, back, middle, all are great. Again, if you did have issues, try again this season because CCI did a lot of work in the off season to make the Voyage even better.
Rip Ride Rockit has the loop which is not an inversion and the 90 degree lift, the first of thier kind by my understanding. The conveyor loading sysytem keeps the line moving constantly.
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