The Gravity Group

The Gravity Group

The Cú Chulainn Coaster in Tayto Park, Ireland - manufactured by The Gravity Group
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	July 2002 (2002-07)
Founder	Former Custom Coasters International employees
Headquarters	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Roller coasters, roller coaster trains
Divisions	Gravitykraft Corporation, Gravity Works, LLC
Website	www.thegravitygroup.com

The Gravity Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an American-based roller coaster design firm. The firm was founded in July 2002 out of the engineering team of the famed but now defunct Custom Coasters International. The core group of designers and engineers at The Gravity Group have backgrounds in civil, structural and mechanical engineering. Their experience comes from work on over 40 different wooden roller coasters around the world. The first coaster designed under the name of "The Gravity Group" is called Hades and opened at Mount Olympus Theme Park in 2005. The Gravity Group also designed The Voyage at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, which opened in May 2006 and is the second longest wooden roller coaster in the world. These first two accomplishments of the team have been received with great success by both the industry and coaster enthusiasts alike.

The Gravity Group designed the Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer in Erie Pennsylvania, which was opened at the start of the 2008 season. In 2009 the Fireball was opened at Happy Valley in China, becoming China's first wooden roller coaster. In 2011 Quassy Amusement Park opened Wooden Warrior, the company's sixth wooden roller coaster. The Gravity Group was also involved in the rebuilding of Libertyland's Zippin Pippin at Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

In 2008, members of The Gravity Group announced the development of their own wooden coaster trains called Timberliners. They are being produced by Gravitykraft Corporation, a sister company to The Gravity Group. The Gravity Group promotes their trains as the only wooden coaster trains capable of steering through curves, resulting in a more comfortable and maintenance friendly ride. Timberliners were planned to debut on The Voyage at Holiday World for the 2010 season, but after four years of delays, Holiday World officially cancelled the project on August 16, 2013. However, in 2011, the Timberliners appeared on Wooden Warrior at Quassy Amusement Park in Connecticut and on Twister at Gröna Lund in Sweden, and in 2013 were added to Hades as part of its transformation to Hades 360.

List of roller coasters

As of 2018, The Gravity Group has built 26 roller coasters around the world.^[1]

Name	Model	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
Hades 360 Formerly Hades	Steel Support Structure	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	United States	2005	Operating	[2]
The Voyage	Steel Support Structure	Holiday World	United States	2006	Operating	[3]
Boardwalk Bullet	Wood Support Structure	Kemah Boardwalk	United States	2007	Operating	[4]
Ravine Flyer II	Steel Support Structure	Waldameer	United States	2008	Operating	[5]
Wooden Coaster - Fireball	Wood Support Structure	Happy Valley Shanghai	China	2009	Operating	[6]
Wooden Warrior	Wood Support Structure	Quassy Amusement Park	United States	2011	Operating	[7]
Twister	Steel Support Structure	Gröna Lund	Sweden	2011	Operating	[8]
Zippin Pippin	Wood Support Structure	Bay Beach Amusement Park	United States	2011	Operating	[9]
Dauling Dragon	Wood Support Structure	Happy Valley Wuhan	China	2012	Operating	[10]
Fjord Flying Dragon	Wood Support Structure	Happy Valley Tianjin	China	2013	Operating	[11]
Roar-o-Saurus	Wood Support Structure	Story Land	United States	2014	Operating	[12]
Time Travel	Wood Support Structure	Hot Go Park	China	2014	Operating	[13]
Cú Chulainn	Wood Support Structure	Tayto Park	Ireland	2015	Operating	[14]
Switchback	Steel Support Structure	ZDT'S Amusement Center	United States	2015	Operating	[15]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Jinan	China	2015	Operating	[16]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou	China	2015	Operating	[17]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Wuhu	China	2015	Operating	[18]
Timber	Wood Support Structure	Walibi Rhône-Alpes	France	2016	Operating	[19]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Ningbo	China	2016	Operating	[20]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou	China	2016	Operating	[21]
Mine Blower	Steel Support Structure	Fun Spot America Kissimmee	United States	2017	Operating	[22]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Oriental Heritage Xiamen	China	2017	Operating	[23]
Oscar's Wacky Taxi	Steel Support Structure	Sesame Place	United States	2018	Operating	[24]
Wood Express	Steel Support Structure	Parc Saint Paul	France	2018	Operating	[25]
Jungle Trailblazer	Wood Support Structure	Fantawild Asian Legends	China	2018	Operating	[26]
Kentucky Flyer	Steel Support Structure	Kentucky Kingdom	United States	2019	Under construction	[27]

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External links

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