Holiday World Takes the Plunge

For 2009, Indiana's Holiday World will debut the world's tallest water ride, Pilgrims Plunge. The shoot-the-chutes attraction will take 10-passenger boats up a 135-foot hill using an elevator lift and drop them 131 feet at a 45-degree angle. The boats will reach a top speed of 50 mph and will create a cascade of water 90 feet wide and 45 feet tall. Pilgrims Plunge will shatter the previous record-holder, Perilous Plunge at California's Knott's Berry Farm, a shoot-the-chutes ride that features a 115-foot drop. Pilgrims Plunge will be accessible via both Holiday World's Thanksgiving land and its Splashin' Safari water park.

• Holiday World Overview
• The Voyage- Overview of the wooden coaster at Holiday World