IAAPA 2012 - Ask Ride Companies a Question!

^ Can you explain that a bit more?

I know I am a little late for S&S but Ive been at school all day so I have really wanted to ask this question for a while..

S&S:Do you have any plans to modernize the suspended coaster that Arrow invented? Would it have any chance of having an inversion?

And Proslide: Is there even a remote chance of a waterside that goes completely upside down? Like I know I saw a corkscrew in a ball tower once with no upstops and it made it without falling out.

Proslide: With waterslides, capacity is often a major issue. Have you considered any solutions to low capacity slides, in the way that a rocket design can have multiple tubes on the course at once?

Proslide Q1: What is the steepest an open-flume plummet slide can get before there is a chance of riders falling off?

Proslide Q2: Most of your recent innovations have been for tube slides. Do you have any ideas for new features suitable for body and/or mat slides?

Proslide: most waterparks seem to have a very similar collection of attractions - wave pool, water playground, body slides, raft slide, tornado and a funnel. Is there a need for greater innovation in waterpark rides?

Proslide, what would happen if somebody "accidentally" spilled a lot of Jello mix in the water on a waterslide?

Proslide - Is there a limit on how fast body slides can go before people start becoming injured?

^ Can you explain that a bit more?

It can be read about here: Polin

Basiclly it makes waterslides look just as nice an shiny on the outside as on the inside, plus a lot of other advantages.

Nice and shiny:

Would be really cool to hear what Proslide thinks of this new technology.

Proslide, what would happen if somebody "accidentally" spilled a lot of Jello mix in the water on a waterslide?

That would be so Cool.

Proslide: Have you ever considered elevators as opposed to stairs for waterslides?

To Proslide: Have you ever thought of or are in the process of making funnel and/or bowl slides that use the HydroMAGNETIC technology?

ProSlide- have you ever thought of making your own version of White Waters 'Aqualoop'? Maybe you cool name it H2"Oh hell no!"

ProSlide- We've seen the funnel, we've seen the bowl, can we expect to see something new like a cylinder or a sphere even? Like, how cool would it be to go from side to side in a gigantic long cylinder at high speeds in a clover leaf tube!

Proslide: Is there a way to build your slides as 1-long-slide and not made up of several sections? The transition from slide to slide hurts (At least to me, it does)

Most of the innovation in the industry has been with raft slides, is it harder to innovate on body slides? Do you have any exciting new technologies coming for them?

Hey everyone!

IAAPA starts up next week and this year we're gonna change things up a bit! Normally, we do interviews with all the major ride companies, and to be honest, most of the interviews from year to year are very similar, because they can't really talk about that much coming up, and we already know about what they've already built.

So this year we're gonna give the opportunity for YOU to ask a question! Here's how it's gonna work....

RULES! (Because we need them!)

1. We'll post to this thread a ride company that we are currently gathering questions for.

2. Ask away! As as much as you want, but EACH QUESTION MUST BE IN A SEPARATE POST!

3. Once we've closed the current question period for one ride manufacturer no more questions may be asked of that ride company.

4. We will pick FIVE questions to ask each of the ride companies from the questions submitted to the forum.

5. Those questions will be asked as part of the interview videos we do on the IAAPA show floor.

6. Anyone who deviates from these rules will be disqualified and their questions will be thrown out.

Everyone got it? GOOD! Now....

What question do you want us to ask THE GRAVITY GROUP at IAAPA 2012?

START ASKING QUESTIONS!!!!

(Be sure you've read the rules before you post!)

Gravity Group - We've seen you guys build some crazy and extreme coasters in China over the last few years. Will we be seeing any of that insanity come over to North America in the next little while?

Gravity Group- Will there ever be a coaster by you in the west coast?

You guys have to remember, when you ask questions like "Will there by a ride by you on the west coast" or "Why aren't there ride by you in the US?" those questions can't be answered by the ride companies because they are determined by what the parks want.

It's not up to Gravity Group to just go build a ride in California.

Just trying to help you guys out with what questions to ask...

Gravity Group- What was your inspiration for the Dauling Dragons "High Five" Element?

Gravity Group- What was your inspiration for the Dauling Dragons "High Five" Element, and do you think a ride like that could ever be built in America?

I can answer the second part of your question...Absolutely Not!

Gravity Group- What was your inspiration for the Dauling Dragons "High Five" Element, and do you think a ride like that could ever be built in America?

 

I can answer the second part of your question...Absolutely Not!

Sorry, I'll break it out into separate posts, but Gravity Group- do you think a ride with the High Five element could ever be built in America? (don't listen to Elissa! we want one!)

GG: are you going to build any more coasters in the usa soon.

GG: why do you use steel in your supports?

and

GG: how come you havent made any coasters in big chain amusment parks?

GG: Can you build a coaster at KI its really close to your HQ.

Srry for all these questions.

I can't believe this hasn't been asked yet!!!!

Timberliners? Voyage?

For every ride manufacturer; what is you favorite ride?

I am curious how many will pick a ride of their own, and if not, why?