Great Coasters International, Inc. 2627 State Route 890 Sunbury, Pennsylvania 17801 USA T: +1 (570)-286-9330 E:
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www.greatcoasters.com
Great Coasters International G
reat Coasters International Inc. (GCI) is a renowned roller coaster manufacturing company recognized
for its exceptional wooden roller coasters. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA, GCI has established a strong reputation for designing, building, and providing maintenance services for world-class wooden coasters worldwide. GCI’s mission is focused on creating thrilling and immersive coaster experiences while emphasising the preservation and enhancement of natural surroundings. Our company thrives on delivering intense, smooth, and dynamic rides that push the boundaries of wooden coaster technology. GCI’s roller coasters feature stunning elements such as banked turns, airtime hills, inversions, and steep drops. Our wooden coasters often incorporate unique features like terrain integration, allowing the rides to perfectly blend in with their natural environment.
This commitment to preserving the
surrounding landscape is central to GCI’s design philosophy. The company’s commitment to quality is evident in the attention to detail and craftsmanship found in every coaster we produce. GCI meticulously constructs each ride, utilising premium-grade lumber and steel connections to ensure the highest level of safety and durability. GCI has an extensive portfolio of successful
projects worldwide, partnering with amusement parks and entertainment destinations to deliver unforgettable coaster experiences. Some of our notable creations include Mystic Timbers at Kings Island, Thunderhead at Dollywood, and Gold Striker at California’s Great America. In addition to designing and building roller
coasters, GCI also offers maintenance and refurbishment services. GCI works closely with park operators to ensure the longevity and smooth operation of their coasters, providing ongoing support and expertise. Great Coasters International Inc. continues
to push the boundaries of wooden coaster engineering, delivering thrilling experiences.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: • Highest quality wooden coaster known worldwide
• Can make it hybrid with our steel track (Titan Track)
• Can replace wood structure with steel structure, have done this in certain locations where the weather is extremely hot and dry or hot and humid.
• Titan Track (steel track) can be used to replace wooden track that needs constant maintenance on it. Helps with maintenance time spent on re-tracking or somehow fixing
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wooden track as well as labor and materials cost.
• Not only do we build new coasters, but we also do a lot of refurbishments on other wooden coasters.
• GCI coaster trains- • Mini-illennium Flyers are our kiddie trains
• Millennium Flyers are our first trains we released, found on most of our coasters and other coasters that are not ours.
• Infinity Flyers are our newest trains, can be found on our coasters Zambezi Zinger and soon Colossus at Six Flags Qiddya.
Key Projects: • Six Flags Qiddya new coaster; Colossus, steel structure wooden track.
• Just refurbished Wodan at Europa and Joris en de Draak at Efteling with Titan Track.
• OCT Xiangyang: building a new coaster; Mad Racers (name of coaster). FIRST EVER wood and steel hybrid coaster in China. GCI’s first in Asia for sure. The hybrid of wood and steel structure makes a superior layout of the ride that has never been experienced before, and guarantees strong visual appeal, high-thrills, and non-stop fun. The ride is located in “the Kunlun Fantasy Land” of the park. KunLun is the most important sacred mountain in Chinese mythology. Above the snow line is a glacier that does not melt all year round. The glacier area reaches more than 3,000 square kilometers. It is one of the large glacier areas in China.
• Looping Group’s Mer de Sable, we’re building a wooden coaster there called Wild Buffalo and set to open in spring of 2025.
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