Lake Compounce is getting ready to kick off a new season in 2024, which includes a retracking of their classic Wildcat. According to the park this year, its growl is about to become louder than ever. The era of the...
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Gravity Group Restoring Grizzly at Kings Dominion
Kings Dominion is enlisting the help of The Gravity Group to perform track work on Grizzly to make the 40-year-old wooden coaster smoother, faster and more thrilling. Opened in 1982, Grizzly stands 87 feet tall and stretches 3,150 feet in...
Continue reading...Trio of New European Coasters Now Open
Three roller coasters on our list of most anticipated coasters for 2022 outside of the United States have recently opened. Dino Dash – Tayto Park Location: Ashbourne, Meath, Ireland Manufacturer: Vekoma Length: 833.3 feet Height: 38.4 feet Speed: 28.6 mph...
Continue reading...Review: Kentucky Flyer Takes Off at Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Flyer is ready for takeoff at Kentucky Kingdom, and a few members of the Coaster101 team were at the media preview event to take flight on the park’s new-for-2019 wooden coaster. Kentucky Flyer is a Gravity Group-designed wooden coaster...
Continue reading...Watch This Incredible Mine Blower On-Ride Video
The compact, inverting Mine Blower wooden coaster at Fun Spot America in Kissimmee, Florida, is preparing to open, and an incredible on-ride POV video is now available to hold you over until it opens to the public. Watch the Mine...
Continue reading...Gravity Group opens upside-down wooden coasters in China
This may have slipped by most of us coaster fans in the US because it’s mostly happened over seas but The Gravity Group are on a roll right now! They’re scheduled to open an amazing SEVEN coasters this year, not...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Voyage
The A-Z Coaster of the Week is Voyage at Holiday World. Opened in the new Thanksgiving section of Holiday World in 2006, the Voyage is still the second longest wooden roller coaster in the world at 6,442 feet (only behind...
Continue reading...The Gravity Group and The Polar Express?
At first glace you wouldn’t believe that The Gravity Group, the design team responsible for creating a number of spectacular wooden coasters, and the creative minds behind The Polar Express, the 2004 film based on the popular children’s book of the...
Continue reading...Catching up with the Gravity Group
It’s been quite a long time since we last checked in with them but we were able to catch up with Mike Graham of the Gravity Group and discussed a few of their current projects, including the new Timberliner trains....
Continue reading...New Gravity Group Coaster for Grona Lund
2011 is shaping up to be a very busy year for the Gravity Group. Projects announced so far: Zippin Pippin relocation, Quassy family coaster, and a dueling coaster for Happy Valley in China. Today, the Gravity Group announced they will...
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