The Voyage will be featured this evening (Wednesday, September 2) on The Travel Channel.  They are airing a series called “Extreme Terror Rides.”  Tonight’s show is part two of three.  Hades will be featured in part three.  The show airs tonight at 8PM EST. We’re not sure about the “terror” part of the title.  We [...]

So it’s been a while since we testing the Timberliner prototype train on the Raven at Holiday World, but we haven’t forgotten about getting some video uploaded. As with any testing, one hopes that the results are what was predicted.  We had very high expectations and predictions and… the Timberliner train delivered! Watch them now [...]

Testing our trains at Holiday World a few weeks back gave us the chance to step away from our desks and get dirty.  We think that being “hands on” is important for engineers. Designing something better from the comfort of an office is one thing.  Having to work on what you designed is the true [...]

Thanks for listening to the Gravitycast Podcast.  We’ve published three episodes so far and are getting ready to record our next show soon.  Our next couple of shows are going to look back on specific rides and give some background behind their design – sort of like a FUN FLASHBACK show. We’re going to start [...]

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 [...]