This is a couple days late, but Quassy Amusement Park has revealed that their upcoming Gravity Group family wooden coaster will be named ‘Wooden Warrior.’
MIDDLEBURY, Conn. – The heritage of Quassy Amusement Park was apparently on the minds of park management when the group was recently presented with a long list of potential names for its new wooden roller coaster. “Quassy today officially announced that the name of the new marquee ride will be the “Wooden Warrior.” The name was selected from dozens of submissions from regional schools. “We asked our team to pick their top three selections from the list,” said Quassy President Eric Anderson of the voting.
“The ‘Wooden Warrior’ collected five votes, three of which were indicated as the first choice.” Surprisingly, two classes from two separate schools nominated the “Wooden Warrior.” The winning classrooms are: Mrs. Barbara Minutillo’s fourth grade, Middlebury Elementary School, Middlebury, Conn.; and Miss Lauren Zafrin’s fifth grade, R.M.T. Johnson Elementary School, Bethel, Conn. More Than 90 Submissions In late August the park asked regional elementary and middle school classrooms to submit their favorite title in a contest to name the new ride. More than 90 submissions were received by the park and a ballot was created listing only the suggested names with no school identification. “By not listing the schools on our ballot – only the coaster names – we had a very non-biased process,” noted George Frantzis II, a Quassy co-owner. “The name we selected speaks highly of the heritage of the park as Quassapaug is Native American for ‘Greatest Pond.’ The coaster’s name reflects our passion about this property’s heritage and our tradition.” “The students will be so surprised when I tell them,” said Mrs. Minutillo. Both classes were notified Monday morning that their name was chosen. “We had around 20 names on the board when we started,” she added. “It was a very Democratic process to get it down to the name we submitted to Quassy.”
The Bethel students went through a similar process. “We had around 25 names and boiled it down to 10,” Miss Zafrin said. “The kids then voted and ‘Wooden Warrior’ won.” Honors The two classrooms will be invited to the park next spring to ride the coaster once it is completed. Quassy also plans on visiting the Middlebury and Bethel schools for a ceremony to honor the winning students. With the official name of the coaster selected, the park’s artist is currently designing a “Wooden Warrior” logo to be used on the front of the coaster train as well as related promotional materials and souvenirs. Construction of new ride began in early August with much of the concrete footings work already completed. Wooden framework for the mammoth ride has also been fabricated at the park and will be hoisted into place within the next few weeks. Tracking and other work to complete the “Wooden Warrior” is expected to take several months with construction crews working throughout the fall and winter to get the ride finished.
The 1,250-foot ride was designed by The Gravity Group of Cincinnati, Ohio. The train selected by Quassy for the coaster will be a 12-passenger Timberliner provided by Gravitykraft Corp., the sister company to The Gravity Group – designers of the Quassy ride. The coaster project is being funded by TD Bank. Last year Quassy opened a new ticket booth designed to look like the trolley station which serviced the property in the early 1900s. The new roller coaster loading station will also be themed from the “trolley park” era. About The Park Quassy Amusement Park, founded in 1908, features more than two-dozen rides and attractions, beach, waterpark, redemption arcade, restaurant and games. The park added the “Free Fall ‘N’” family drop tower for the 2010 season as the first phase of a multi-year improvement plan. The wooden roller coaster is the second phase with expansion of the waterpark expected in the next few years. In order to add on to the popular “Saturation Station” water area, the park has sold its “Mad Mouse” roller coaster, which will dismantled within the next few weeks. The steel coaster has been a staple at the park since 1983.”
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