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Legend - Holiday World (Santa Claus, Indiana, USA)

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Roller Coaster: Legend
Amusement Park: Holiday World (Santa Claus, Indiana, USA)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Wood - Sit Down
Status: Operating since 5/6/2000
Builder: Custom Coasters International, Inc.
Designer: Dennis McNulty, Larry Bill
Track layout: Terrain
Maps: Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite)
Cost: $3,000,000 USD
Capacity: 800 riders per hour
 
Length: 4,042 ft 
Height: 99 ft 
Drop: 113 ft 
Inversions: 0 
Speed: 59 mph 
Duration: 2:00 
Elements: 99 ft tall Lift Hill with a 113 ft drop
Hill with a 77 ft drop
Hill with a 64 ft drop
Helix
 
 
Trains: 2 trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in or taller to ride.
Built by: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.
 
Theme: Based on the Legend of Sleepy Hollow -- riders race through the woods as if chased by the relentless Headless Horseman.
Facts: Four tunnels with one going underground.  The 77' drop is a unique spiral drop where the radius increases during the drop to create a constant lateral force.
  The Legend opened with a single Gerstlauer train that was replaced by two PTC trains in 2002.
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