Amusement Today just published an update on the family-sized Quassy Amusement Park wooden coaster. [Links to the Article: Amusement Today, Quassy Website] The following renderings were Included in the article: (click all images for larger versions) For a refresher, here is the previously posted rendering and layout for the coaster for which young hesistant riders [...]

Here are some photos of the dummy-filled train taken during the testing of the wooden coaster last week in Shanghai.  Hopefully Chad and Larry will get some of their photos posted a little later this week.  When they were over there, they took video too!  We’ll just have to wait and see. These photos are [...]

The first wooden roller coaster in China has now had its first runs and first riders!  Congratulations to the teams at The Gravity Group and Martin & Vleminckx for this spectacular work of art. Chad said, “Rode it. awesome. smooth. WAY FUN!”  He went on saying it was fantastic with tons of airtime particularly on [...]

[I tried publishing this back in March, but had some problems with the feed/itunes.  With Larry and Chad currently in China and just days away from testing the ride, I thought I would try posting it again.] Chad and I recently got back from a trip to Shanghai to check out the work on the [...]

The brand-new ride at Happy Valley in Shanghai is about to start testing.  The structure, track, track steel, trains, … everything’s done!  Chad and Larry will soon be on-site to assist with the testing.  Here are some beautiful shots from the M&V crew. A little refresher stats on this twisted wonder wouldn’t hurt. 108 feet [...]