Archive for October 2008:

Costume Coasters

Here’s a photo from our archives.  It was taken back in 2001 for a Halloween party at our previous place of employment.  Everyone in the picture now works at The Gravity Group.  Can you guess who’s who and what each person is supposed to be dressed up as?

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Share This, Subscribe That

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could find out when Gravitycast has been updated before even going here?  There is indeed a way, and how about we go on an educational side-trip to find out how?
It turns out most sites nowadays already have that ability, and it’s not some super funky web-osmosis!  This process begins [...]

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Do you need a lift?

I can almost close my eyes and imagine the rest of the ride all complete. Seeing the lift hill rise up from nothing is sort of like watching a roller coaster being born. In this case, the engineers are like the men in the delivery room standing and watching (we’ve done our part already) and [...]

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They Want My Job

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of spending time with some students from Ohio State University.  These OSU students formed the Theme Park Engineering Group.  It is a college club for people interested in theme parks and rides.
They were visiting Kings Island to go on a construction tour of Diamondback – the “new for 2009″ [...]

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That Thing About Fridays…

Fridays are special at The Gravity Group. Nobody guessed the true reason why they are special when we put our teaser up a few weeks back. Friday is our day of celebrating the roller coaster through what we call “Coaster Shirt Friday.” It is our fun (and mandatory) way of honoring thy coasters. Here are [...]

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