GCI Intern Website

[DragsterForce]

I am currently interning at Great Coasters International. Evan, the other intern, and myself have created this Blog website to give everyone some insight into working at GCI as well as seeing progress on the trains for GCI's new rides. Check it out.

 

http://www.greatcoastersinterns.com/index.php

Edited August 16, 2012 by robbalvey

[ParkTrips]

Hey, that's cool! Something I have never seen before, I will try to check back in from time to time.

 

I know Mr Gray was very excited to have you guys join the company, good luck with the busy winter! I hope you enjoy your experience

[deano]

Very cool, it's great that GCI offer the chance for up 'n' comers like yourself to make it big in the coaster industry, i must say that i'm pretty jealous.

 

Good luck.

[CoryPa77]

Hey, go Cards!

 

I'm a Speed Grad (M.E.) also from '03 and '04... I'm glad to see the coaster design tradition is continuing out of there!

[okinawaboy11]

Awesome! I think that would be possibly the best internship ever.

 

Just a quick suggestion...get some Millennium Flyer's over to Roar at SFA. They are in desperate need of them.

 

Otherwise. Have fun and keep us updated!

[Evan1127]

This is Evan...

 

Just thought I'd say hello and that, yes, it is a pretty damn cool internship. We'll keep the blog and photos pretty well updated.

[robbalvey]

LOL! What a great idea! Looks like you guys are having fun. Good luck with the internship.

 

--Robb "I getta get our Activision interns to start a site!" Alvey

[BDG]

Cool, looks like a great place to work.

 

Don't mess anything up for Toverland !

[coasterCrAzY505]

Awesome! I am a huge fan of GCII coasters (Thunderhead, Lightening Racer comes to mind). Just a quick question, how long is your internship at GCII

[Reon]

Thanks for putting up that site. I've been persuing a career in design myself, and thats deffinately a good first person source.

 

How did you guys land the internship? I remember e-mailing the good people at GCI last summer about interning, but I never got anything back...

[bgwfreak]

Voted coolest intern job ever.

 

Have fun guys and I look forward to you leaking some info to us.

[Jayjay719]

I agree thats pretty darn interesting! Good luck and I look forward keeping up with the blogs!

[crazyrider06]

Damn, i would love to be interning to learn more in depth about the graphic designing and engineering of the coasters. Enjoy yourselves im sure you will have an awesome time

[DragsterForce]

Awesome! I am a huge fan of GCII coasters (Thunderhead, Lightening Racer comes to mind). Just a quick question, how long is your internship at GCII

 

The internship for me lasts until the beginning of May, but Evan is there until the beginning of June.

[Evan1127]

End of June, actually

[Evan1127]

Big day today. I posted about it in our blog and I believe Adam did, too (though, as of now, it hasn't been 'approved' yet).

www.greatcoastersinterns.com

 

Photos in the next few days.

 

Just letting everyone know...

[Dailey Enterprizes]

Cool stuff, y'know back in middle school I used to dream about going to Penn State and working with GCI. Haha, well that's why it was a dream, I'm in Titusville trying to earn my credits so I can transfer to Pitt Main and pursue my career from there. Goodluck with the intern btw...

[thecoasterkid]

This is awesome! I'm working at a steel company right now in Mississauga, and right from day one I began to wonder what we could manufacture for coasters. Seeing you guys actually get to build the trains is that much more interesting to me because of it!

 

I definitely know where you're coming from when you say that seeing the finished product will be exciting to you, because I love seeing how all the parts that we make get put together and fabricated into a final product.

 

I'm going to be starting in sales in the near future, at which point I'll go on a hunt for any sort of coaster manufacturing (we would be most apt to make the cross ties for steel coasters...think Arrow or Vekoma) that we could potentially get into.

[DragsterForce]

Everyone should check out the site for photos from Eastcoaster and big news pertaining to the 2 mystery millenium flyers we are building (check out Evan's new blog post.

[CP_RULES]

Great to hear Wildcat is getting Millennium Flyers, Ive always thought those PTCs looked a little out of place on it.

[Ccron10]

I have a question. I am aiming to go to Penn State for architecture and my main goal is to become an amusement ride designer, so what classes would I need to take(yes, I know I need to take physics.)?

 

It seems like your job is a lot of fun.

-Chris

[KrazyT]

Just a quick suggestion...get some Millennium Flyer's over to Roar at SFA. They are in desperate need of them.

 

 

I think they should send some for Gwazi as well!

[turbolaaf]

Just a quick suggestion...get some Millennium Flyer's over to Roar at SFA. They are in desperate need of them.

 

 

I think they should send some for Gwazi as well!

 

And i think you should read my press meeting with the GCI and Clair Haines during the toverland press meeting about troy.

There is something interesting to read

[Satoshi]

i'm so surprised about GCI intern website has a kind of blog thing and

looks like it says lots of GCI's update such as the latest woodie infos

or the construction going so it's really going to let me have fun.

[Gav]

I have a question. I am aiming to go to Penn State for architecture and my main goal is to become an amusement ride designer, so what classes would I need to take(yes, I know I need to take physics.)?

 

It seems like your job is a lot of fun.

-Chris

 

You would want to be doing some sort of engineering course as Archi wont really help you. Civil engineering seems to be the way to go.