IAAPA 2012 - Ask Ride Companies a Question!

[WCD237]

To the Gravity Group:

After the success of your high five element on Dauling Dragon, will we be seeing this element being more often?

[DougMJr]

High Five in the US? Ever? Please!

[traincrossin]

Gravity Group, how hard is it to build a dueling coaster compared to your normal wooden coaster?

[Moose]

Inversions?

[Tanks4me05]

GG: What is your least favorite part of the design process when trying to design and construct a new ride?

[mightypotato]

Gravity Group - With reports of the more intense US coasters, Voyage and Hades becoming quite rough, is there concern for the new Chinese coasters going down this same path given they use the same rolling stock?

[beatle11]

How do you feel about having a new player, Rocky Mountain coasters, in the industry? How much do you feel that will challenge you in the future?

[Hilltopper39]

Here's a question for Gravity Group (or any of the design companies), but how much influence do the parks have in the final design of their coasters? Do they request certain elements or a certain type of ride experiences, or do they pretty much leave it up to your professional experience? For example, a ride like the Voyage, would Holiday World say we want a ride that is 160 feet tall and 6,000 feet long with a ton or airtime, or do they approach you and say here's your plot of land show me what you can do?

 

(I'd be interested to hear the response for this question from other manufactures especially B&M concerning Gatekeeper)

[Mrlittle]

Gravity Group : Any chance Boardwalk Bullet in Kemah will get re-tracked?

[Mrlittle]

Gravity Group : Can you give us a preview to the new Fun and Wow things you have planned according to your facebook status on October 25th?

 

(this is more of a question, if they have not released the information but I am not sure why they would hold anything back at IAAPA)

[KingRCT3]

I can't believe this hasn't been asked yet!!!!

 

Timberliners? Voyage?

 

Exactly what my question was..!

 

Question to Gravity Group : When designing a dueling, do you design one track then the other ; or both at the same time?

[3Mutts]

GG: As we know from your interview with Holiday World in the winter of 2011, you said the new trains for The Voyage would be different from other Timberliners found on your other coasters (Twister at Gröna Lund and Wooden Warrior at Quassy) since we know this, can you explain the differences between these new Timberliners and old Timberliners that the trains will have to be able to withstand the forces of The Voyage.

[RoCo]

Has there been any interest in your "Splinter" concept?

[ahecht]

GG: When you first ride a ride you've designed are there ever parts that surprise you, or is the experience always exactly what you expected?

[ahecht]

GG: Are your rides designed entirely on the computer, or do you begin with paper sketches and layouts?

[oriolat]

Gravity Group - I while ago, when the Timberliners were presented, we saw some renders implying that these trains would allow wooden launched coasters or even wooden shuttle coasters to be built. Can you give a little more insight about this?

[oriolat]

Gravity Group - Would you do a complete renovation (a bit like what Rocky Mountain did with Texas Giant) of a former CCI to make it more Gravity Group-like (as in, awesome and intense!)?

[Voxelmatic]

Gravity Group- Do you think that with modern technology, it would be possible to make a new version of older, more intense coasters?

[XYZ]

Gravity Group - Will any existing GG coasters recieve Timberliners in the near future (not including Voyage)?

[rcdude]

Gravity Group: Are the Timberliner trains compatible with any wooden coaster or only with your designs?

[3Mutts]

GG: Why have the Timberliners only been featured on your coasters and not the ones Martin & Vleminckx helped you guys build?

[Rollercoaster Rider]

Is there a maximum speed/height that your coasters can go? Like a 250ft wooden coaster that goes 100+ mph for example?

[Randomman295]

(GG) Do you plan to make Wooden Warrior a line of family coasters? They really could sell.

[boardwalkbullet91507]

GG- The Boardwalk Bullet at Kemah is a very compact, fun, INTENSE coaster, but what was the hardest part about designing a coaster with so much track in such a tiny space?

[Blue Fire Guy]

GG: This may sound quite insane, but is it possible for you guys to design outside banked curves into your coasters?