Archive for January 2009:

Podcast #3 – Happy Chinese New Year!

We have posted a new podcast.  This episode talks about the IAAPA Expo, Timberliner trains, and gives an update on the construction of the wood coaster in China.  Think of this episode as our little gift to you, just in time for the Chinese New Year.
While many in China are celebrating the Year of the [...]

 

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Top Secret

A favorite question that people often ask us is, “What new rides are you working on?” We often smile and just tell them that we can’t say.  It’s top secret.
Our lips are sealed.
We don’t publish anything until a park releases information.  We put together a lot of proposals and ride concepts.  Some proposals turn into [...]

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Ch-ch-ch-changes (how a ride design changes over time)

Often a ride ends up different than the rendering.  Why would they be different?  The answer is somewhat simple: the renderings are typically produced at the end of the conceptual design stage.  However, the reasons are more nebulous.  The rendering is often created after a couple of design iterations when we feel the design portrays [...]

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Twisty Turny

Here are a few new construction photos from the other side of the world showing progress on the midsection of the Fireball at Happy Valley in Shanghai.

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It’s hard to picture where these photos are taken, so here’s a rendering of the area.  The turnaround drop in the first photo can be seen on the right [...]

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