• Ground breaks on Zippin Pippin! http://bit.ly/cPGQyg It looks like we'll be able to watch the progress on http://www.zippinpippin.org. #TGG #
• New Quassy foundation photos! http://bit.ly/c5BxFw #TGG #

Quassy Amusement Park’s new wooden roller coaster, scheduled to debut in 2011, will feature a state-of-the-art Timberliner train of cars from Gravitykraft Corp., the sister company to The Gravity Group – designers of the Quassy ride. Park officials made the announcement today.
“This new generation of coaster cars is an ideal fit for our ride,” said park President Eric Anderson. “We saw the prototype last year at our annual trade show in Las Vegas and it immediately grabbed our attention.”
The Timberliner train constructed for Quassy will be the first Gravitykraft unit to be installed on a new ride in the United States.

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• Photos are being added nearly daily to our Facebook (and Quassy's) page showing the progress of the wooden coaster @quassyamusement #
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• Today is our 8-year anniversary! Thank you to all of our clients over the past 8 years for allowing us to do something we love. #
• @BBSpeed26 Here's a correct speed video (although squished from the widescreen original): http://bit.ly/ajqGrF #TGG #
• @BBSpeed26 Here's a correct speed video (although squished from the widescreen original): http://bit.ly/ajqGrF #
• Gravity Group coming to Europe. http://tinyurl.com/32bds7q #

A new Gravity Group woodie is coming to Gröna Lund in downtown Stockholm, Sweden for 2011.  This retro styled and named wooden roller coaster, dubbed Twister, intertwines with a number coasters and rides and anchors the park’s boardwalk area. Akin to our crazy coaster designs at Indiana Beach that intertwine with other coasters and flat rides, this compact thriller will leave riders giddy and in wonder of what they just experienced.

Here are some thoughts from Korey…

Gröna Lund is a beautiful park located in the heart of Stockholm, Sweden.  Like most urban parks, there isn’t much room for new attractions.  So you need to be very creative with each ride installation.  The park has a history of intertwining rides together.  A few years back they wove a Wild Mouse coaster in with their existing Jetline coaster.  And so the idea of building a wooden coaster in and around other attractions in the park was expected.  We worked closely with the park on every aspect of the design of the ride.  It has been a challenge and a pleasure to create a wooden coaster design that fits into the available space.  I think this ride will surprise many people.

A full description of the ride can be found on Gröna Lund’s website.

A view of Twister redefining the park's skyline (Image courtesy of Gröna Lund)

The boardwalk entrance to Twister (Image courtesy of Gröna Lund)

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