They voyaged from New York

For what it's worth, I wanted to follow up on an email promise sent earlier this year thanking the Koch Family for having the guts and the foresight to build what we hoped would be the world's greatest woodie.

Well, we visited your beautiful park (for the second time) this past Sunday, and despite the initial fear that The Voyage might not operate at all that day, by 1:00 pm The Voyage was finally up and running (albeit with 1 train only).

Before I tell you our take on this new ride, I just wanted to mention that we have been all over the world riding coasters (individual count is now over 400) and sightseeing as well. We are not Roller Coaster fanatics in the usual sense in that when we ride a coaster for the first time, we usually ride it only once or twice that day--not the dozens of times that so many enthusiasts feel they have to (?).

We like to think we have a rational attitude toward travel and coasterdom. That is, we pick a place to travel to first, and if there happens to be an amusement park in the immediate area, so much the better.

I have to admit that in this instance, our travel plans WERE motivated by the opening of the Voyage.

That turned out to be a good thing.

Why? Because the Voyage (in my humble opinion) IS the greatest woodie anywhere on the planet, and just might be the greatest coaster ever built of any type, wood or steel.

By now, with all the reviews pouring in about your new creation, I won't bore you with all the details about what element or portion of the ride we enjoyed the most.

Suffice it to say that we reveled in every brilliant moment of your incredibly designed and executed creation. It boggles the mind to think of the huge amount of time, thought and energy that went into the birth of this phenomenal machine.

Many have already expressed the awe they have felt after riding The Voyage, with its relentless speed and its intense turns, drops, and airtime. Let me add my small voice to that chorus of approval.

Thanks for making our long journey to your wonderful park very worthwhile. Keep doing what you've been doing; it's working.
Sincerely, Sheldon L. (and Family) Plainview, N.Y.