The Legend (roller coaster)

The Legend is a wooden roller coaster at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.

The Legend has been consistently ranked among the world's top twenty-five wooden roller coasters at the Golden Ticket Awards, which are presented annually by Amusement Today magazine.

Following the success of The Raven, park President Will Koch began making plans for a second wooden roller coaster.

He posted the initial plans online and asked for input from roller coaster enthusiasts from around the world on things such as design, theme, and name.

After receiving a multitude of emails, Koch determined that "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was by far the most popular theming suggestion.

[2] On December 11, 1999, Holiday World invited media outlets to take a construction tour of The Legend.

At the bottom of the stairs, there is a multitude of queue switchbacks, going all the way back to the beginning of the brake run and the final two turns of the ride.

At the top of the stairs guests enter the station, where more switchbacks must be navigated before continuing on to the loading area of the ride.

On loading side of the station, there are twelve air-powered queue gates, one for each row of the train, as well as the pull handle for the bell.

On the unloading side of the station there are free shelves and lockers that riders may use to hold their belongings for the duration of the ride.

The track features a chain lift hill and three block sections, which allows a maximum of two trains to operate at a time.

The recorded sound of a wolf howling can be heard before the train dives down a sweeping left-hand 113 feet (34 m) drop at almost 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) into a covered tunnel.

[12] In the double helix, the train turns to the right, making two complete circles while passing through two above-ground tunnels and several hills and drops.

The Legend's lift hill and first drop
The Legend's first drop