Airtime&Gravity Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Another Happy Valley(OCT) park is being built in China, and it will be home to the country's first wooden coaster. As of now, it is set to open in 2009. The recipient of the country's first wooden coaster is Overseas Chinese Town, a new park being constructed in Sheshan, Songjiang, Shanghai. The coaster will be situated on an island near the park's main entrance. As guest pass through the front gate, the ride's structure will appear as a bamboo curtain. The as-yet-unnamed coaster is a combination Out & Back and Twister style with a dogleg footprint. Sporting ten track crossovers and two road crossovers, it will stand 108.25 feet tall with a first drop of 103.5 feet. It will feature 3,819 feet of twisted track and reach a top speed of 56 mph. Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters will provide the rolling stock, which will consist of two six-car trains seating four riders per car. The ride was sold by G. Martin & A. Vleminckx Amusement, Ltd. and will be sourced in Canada and the U.S. The fabrication and installation supervision will be handled by Martin & Vleminckx. The project is a turnkey delivery excluding foundations and installation labor. With engineering of the coaster sub-contracted to The Gravity Group of Cincinnati, Ohio, the ride will be designed and fabricated according to ASTM standards and delivered from America. http://www.amusementtoday.com/ Martin & Vleminckx / The Gravity Group new 2009 Woodie at Happy Valley Shanghai
downunder Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 That looks like one sexy coaster, shame it's in China.
kraken613 Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Why are all these other Countries getting awsome woodies this year and not us!
coasterlover04 Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Why are all these other Countries getting awsome woodies this year and not us! Well then, put up the money and build one!
Wes Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Cool layout, but one has to wonder with the "Gravity Group/Martin & Vleminckxckckxkxx/Park That Has Never Had A Wood Coaster In A Country That Has Never Had A Wood Coaster" combination in terms of maintenance issues.
gisco Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Cool, Shanghai is on my radar for 2009! China sure is going nuts lately building coasters and parks.
Homer Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Man, the Far East has surely been in a roller coaster renaissance of sorts. Just surprising that no wooden coasters have been built yet in China. As for the wooden coaster, interesting layout and looks quite fun.
SharkTums Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Yeah, finally Shanghai is getting some real coasters! We are NOT doing Shanghai on this years TPR China trip, we're saving it for the future! Hopefully by 2009 this will be open, and the Vekoma thing will be working properly!
LcHg5265 Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 With the declining U.S. dollar, don't be surprised to see more and more rides from american companies all over the world.
Meteornotes Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 ^^Should "Vekoma" and "working properly" really appear in the same sentence?!? This coaster looks interesting, but I wonder (like Wes) about maintenance issues. Might be a good idea to ride it in the first year of operation... dt
DerekRx Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 ^^Should "Vekoma" and "working properly" really appear in the same sentence?!? This coaster looks interesting, but I wonder (like Wes) about maintenance issues. Might be a good idea to ride it in the first year of operation... dt Yeah, because we all know how good the last V&M built Gravity Group woodie built ran in it's first season.
sam06pr Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 Well hopefully they will know how to maintain it well. Looks like its going to be one good coaster
Gutterflower Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Not much info yet but im working on it Looks like Fireball is up already. Hopefully ill have more soon source: http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2008-09-23/071414486145s.shtml
robbalvey Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 ^ Great! Keep posting what you find! --Robb
Gutterflower Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Ive come to the conclusion that that's a rendering rather than a pic. because i cant find anything else at all. the ones in the Chengdu thread are real though. promise
robbalvey Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 ^ Yes, I've just head from our friends at Gravity Group. That pic is a rendering, but vertical construction on the woodie has begun. --Robb
Gutterflower Posted September 29, 2008 Posted September 29, 2008 Cheers for that robb. I'll look again in a few weeks. see if anything turns up http://rcdb.com/id4224.htm However this is news to me. Dive Machine for the same park
sam06pr Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Cheers for that robb.I'll look again in a few weeks. see if anything turns up http://rcdb.com/id4224.htm However this is news to me. Dive Machine for the same park hmm maybe that's where the mystery track at the B&M plant in Ohio
Gutterflower Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 http://www.parkworld-online.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1020/China_s_first_woodie.html not much of an update but at least its going Did another quick search of the chinese blogs yesterday with no success.
robbalvey Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 Just got in some construction photos of this new Martin & A. Vleminckx / The Gravity Group woodie going up at Happy Valley Shanghai in China! Enjoy.... Photos from Chuck Bingham of Martin&vleminckx
monkeyoverlord71 Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 Awesome, I love seeing coasters getting built.
thrillerman1 Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 <3 I love watching construction of new coasters. Thanks for sharing the pics Robb!
DenDen Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 Interesting "footers" on this one, I don't think I've ever seen footer grids like that before. Any other coasters have this?
Mozart67 Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 The lift hill support structure still blows me away. Have seen woodies in recent years with that similar geometric design. Just very cool. Thanks for the pictures!
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