CoastersRZ Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 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. 1 Quote
Guest TombraiderTy Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 What's the ride in NJ opening this week? Quote
Guest TombraiderTy Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Nevermind, found it on themeparkinsider, El Torro No doubt SF Quote
SonofBaconator Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 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? 1 Quote
CoastersRZ Posted January 17, 2018 Author Posted January 17, 2018 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. 3 Quote
BlondyRidesOn Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Gravity Group retracked and rebuilt the first drop on Kings Dominion's Rebel Yell last off season. Blondy, just pointing things out. 1 Quote
IndyGuy4KI Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 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. 2 Quote
Creed Bratton Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Maybe one day, Coney will get a GG coaster! 4 Quote
rhyano Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 11 hours ago, chugh43 said: Maybe one day, Coney will get a GG coaster! That would be my dream come true... 1 Quote
SonofBaconator Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 12 hours ago, chugh43 said: Maybe one day, Coney will get a GG coaster! Island or Mall or Maul? 1 Quote
CoastersRZ Posted January 17, 2018 Author Posted January 17, 2018 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. 1 Quote
SonofBaconator Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 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 2 Quote
Creed Bratton Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 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! 3 3 Quote
jcgoble3 Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 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. 1 Quote
MDMC01 Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 That Explorer Adventure concept art looks like a fun layout, but Timber seems pretty slow. 1 Quote
SonofBaconator Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 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? 1 Quote
TombRaiderFTW Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 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. 1 1 Quote
SonofBaconator Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 @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 1 Quote
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