Park Thoughts » Wooden Coaster http://parkthoughts.com An Amusement Industry Blog giving opinions and reviews along with updates, news and rumors from Amusement Parks, Theme Parks, and Water Parks from around the world. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:24:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 GCI Terrain Coaster for China http://parkthoughts.com/2010/02/16/new-gci-terrain-coaster-for-china/ http://parkthoughts.com/2010/02/16/new-gci-terrain-coaster-for-china/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:46:57 +0000 Justice http://parkthoughts.com/?p=4038

China seems to get all the fun stuff, first a new 4D Coaster, and now a huge GCI terrain coaster.  Yes, GCI made the big reveal today after playing mind games with the coaster enthusiast world.  Opening this season at Knight Valley in Shenzen, China will be an incredibly huge, terrain following wooden coaster.  Topping off at about 147 feet and reaching speeds just shy of 62 mph, the unnamed wooden coaster will easily be on the biggest creations that company has ever pumped out.   The track extends over 4,100 feet and the biggest drop will be a 131 foot plummet towards the earth below.  The new Chinese giant will be Great Coasters International largest creation to date.  While, the mammoth is the largest, it will of course feature some of the company’s signature elements: the station fly-by, the twisting layout, and the airtime inducing hills.  One of the best parts about this ride, is similar to Prowler, another GCI creation that opened in 2009, the coaster will be in a dense forest, meaning riders will have no idea which way the track twist next.

I have to say I am becoming quite jealous of China.  Are you?  Leave a comment with your Park Thoguhts below!

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The HoliBlog recently teamed up with the great guys at Gravity Group to show off some of the features of the upcoming Timberliner trains ...

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Last night I saw the firs airing of the sequel to the popular Extreme Terror rides on the travel channel. It was easy to tell that I was underwhelmed.

Clearly, Travel Channel did not spend nearly as much money as they did in the ...

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Its official, California’s Great America, quietly broke the news on its event page that they will be adding Planet Snoopy in 2010.  Opening in March, I assume opening day, the entire Nickelodean Central and Hanna-Barbera area will be transformed or Snoopyfied into ...

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