TPR's 2012 China Trip!

We've ridden about 85 coasters on this trip so far and I feel like 47 of them have been this standard Chinese "Jungle Mouse." There is seriously one of these mouse coasters or a Golden Horse spinning coaster in pretty much EVERY park in China!!!

Enjoy...

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--Robb

[scbtI wrote the book about donkeys!]

These all feels like they were welded together by children

It probably was...

[TPDaveI know EXACTLY where my passport is!]

^^ that looks painfully underbanked!

It's from the RCT2 school of coaster design clearly

[disneyfan1313I love donkeys more than me.]

^ Hah! That was the exact same thing I was going to say. That and the track supports don't quite look big enough... scary!

[TPDaveI know EXACTLY where my passport is!]

^yup! You expect to see that kinda track system for a small coaster at a fair, not a decent size park installation!

[ansleyCan I park my donkey here?]

Re: Fireball Rode it about 15 months ago and thought it was great! Was very fast with great airtime, good layout, and good drops. Definitely a top tier woodie for me. Landed around 5 on my woodie list based soley on 3 daytime rides all towards the back of the train. Would LOVE to ride it during a light night ERT session, would probably jump up a few notches. I hope you all got some rides late in the day!

[la2lvtomThe best thing about TPR is the donkeys.]

Alright, you guys finally made it to Guangzhou... my neck of the woods (my fiance lives in Guangzhou and I am there twice a year). Have a great time at Chimelong Paradise, just curious are you guys planning on going to the top of the Canton T.V. tower to do the rides up there?

[3MuttsDonkeys are my way of life!]

That wild mouse looks like it was designed by a 5 year old in RCT! It almost looks as bad as the first one you rode in Beijing (it would beat it if it was rusty and looked it would fall at any second).

[GutterflowerA zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.]

Awesome glad you guys likes Starry Night Ripper, It's just a notch above any other new B&M I've ridden recently.

Did you guys get to see many of the shows at World Joyland? I thought the Spiderman Style 3D ride and the Big surround thing in the Yellow Dome were both awesome.

^ Yeah, a bunch of us did several different "rides", movies, walk-throughs, etc. the consensus was that while everything looked really nice, other than the B&M there was no real stand-out attraction at the park. The attractions were just knock-off of other things (Soarin', Spider-Man, 4D Movies, etc.) and we're mediocre at best.

I have to say that personally, while the park appeared to be really well themed, I couldn't help but to just think that it's just a poor-mans rip off of IOA based on a set of pictures they saw or something. There were sections of the park that were like completely lifted from IOA, and while it was a really good knock-off, it's still a knock-off and that's what kept me from liking it more. I dunno, I loved the B&M, but I just wasn't overly impressed with the complete package the park had to offer.

On a positive note, At least it's an IOA copy before Harry Potter!