There was an article today in the Cincinnati Enquirer`s Business section about Cincinnati based The Gravity Group. Designers of Hades and the Voyage, this firm encompases four engineers from the defunct Custom Coasters International. Read the full article here.

What's the ride in NJ opening this week?

Nevermind, found it on themeparkinsider, El Torro

No doubt SF

The link doesn't seem to work anymore but this raises an interesting question- Given its closeness to the park, will Gravity Group ever work with Kings Island in the future? If so, would it be a new coaster or a rehab of a current one?

Holy topic bump!  This post is from eleven and a half years ago.  

I do not think that we will see anything from The Gravity Group at Kings Island any time soon.  Especially with us getting a GCI in 2017.

Gravity Group retracked and rebuilt the first drop on Kings Dominion's Rebel Yell last off season.

Blondy, just pointing things out.

GG can make a great coaster. (See Voyage) Even being in their back yard, CF does not seem to pay to much attention to them. At least not what we have seen.

Maybe one day, Coney will get a GG coaster!

11 hours ago, chugh43 said:

Maybe one day, Coney will get a GG coaster!

That would be my dream come true...

12 hours ago, chugh43 said:

Maybe one day, Coney will get a GG coaster!

Island or Mall

or Maul?

I think he was referring to Coney Island.  That would be amazing if that did end up happening.  I don`t foresee that happening anytime soon though, however.  We can keep hoping though.

18 minutes ago, CoastersRZ said:

I think he was referring to Coney Island.  That would be amazing if that did end up happening.  I don`t foresee that happening anytime soon though, however.  We can keep hoping though.

I always thought a ride like this would be a good Coney Island fit

 

6 hours ago, rhyano said:

That would be my dream come true...

 

5 hours ago, SonofBaconator said:

Island or Mall

or Maul?

Island....everyone knows our next coaster is a Giga because it was in the snow! Duh! 

I tried to look up the link in the OP on the Wayback Machine, but got a response saying that "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine", probably because the Enquirer has blocked the Internet Archive bot from crawling its site. Searching for ("gravity group" site:cincinnati.com) on Google returns zero results.

That Explorer Adventure concept art looks like a fun layout, but Timber seems pretty slow.

 

On 1/16/2018 at 9:02 PM, IndyGuy4KI said:

GG can make a great coaster. (See Voyage) Even being in their back yard, CF does not seem to pay to much attention to them. At least not what we have seen.

I love both companies equally so I'm trying to see the benefit of working with GCI over GG. Better prices? More flexible? 

Any ideas?

I've always imagined that maintenance costs played a big part in that.

Kentucky Rumbler is the worst maintained GCI of the ones I've ridden*. There are 12 cars to a train on that ride; when I rode a few years ago, maybe half of them had all of their ornamental pieces still attached. I wouldn't accuse that ride of being rough. It opened in 2006.

Meanwhile, Voyage frequently has extensive retracking (or even redesigning of supports, like in 2012) that the park actively promotes alongside any additions or renovations to the park. Steve Gorman has said at enthusiast events that Ravine Flyer II has two layers of steel on the insides of the track to try to keep it firm and resistant to damage (which causes roughness.) Boardwalk Bullet is probably second to only Son of Beast in terms of how rough it can be. All opened the same year as Kentucky Rumbler or later.

I love both companies, but I get the impression that one costs more longer-term.

*Not including the ones that originally operated with PTC trains. Those ones are in a class of terribleness all on their own. I'm just talking about the ones that have always operated with Millennium Flyers.

@TombRaiderFTW That's interesting to think about. In terms of product, I always considered GCI more compact where GG is more spread out.

Speaking of old GCIs, I'm curious if we'll see a RMC Gwazi