The FireBall at Happy Valley in Sheshan, Songjiang, Shanghai is coming along nicely.  The new photos we received from M&V show much progress since the last update.
The construction crew from Martin & Vleminckx set the last bent (cross-section frame) in the far turnaround which connects the second drop to the climb up into the turnaround.
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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Before my trip to China this past September, I found it difficult to visualize a park-to-be being built in a suburb of Shanghai, China.  There were so many unknowns… the culture, the land, the people.  Even after the trip, I still find myself scanning the area on Google Earth trying to make more sense of [...]