Photo TR: Taiwan

[David Hthe ghost seems to think there is a "Donkey Fairy"]

Deep Sea Adventure at Window on China seems to be a Zamperla Air Race. They debuted the ride last year at Coney's new Luna Park. It was a lot of fun, and had the longest lines in the park when I was there in June. It also didn't have great throughput, which led to the long lines.

On another note, I read this thread with great interest. Thanks for all the info and pics. I've been considering doing a side trip to Taiwan and/or South Korea before or after the TPR China trip, depending on the overall schedule and cost of that trip, and my ability to get reasonable flights (or award flights with miles.)

I'd probably focus more on the 3-4 biggest parks, and do a day of general sightseeing, too.

I'd bet that this TR will get some others interested in doing a similar trip. Unless, of course, Robb and Elissa are already planning something else too.

Also, to Absimilliard, how easy was it to get to the parks without a rental car?

It's probably a bit early to ask this, but are others here theoretically at least interested in a Taiwan side trip?

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

^I rode it, and it was waaaay more enjoyable than the SFMM Deja Vu !!

You're saying that Stunt Fall at Parque Warner Madrid was waaaay more enjoyable than the identical Deja Vu at Magic Mountain?

I'm happy there were no boomerangs, giant, interveted or otherwise, in Taiwan.

[AbsimilliardWhich came first the turtle or the donkey?]

Let's see... I stayed in Taichung for the first part and from there, reached 3 parks: Janfusun, Yamay Resort (Discovery World is part of it) and Formosa Arboriginal Village. Janfusun required a shuttle that left from near the train station and once there, I stayed one night at the onsite hotel, the very nice Prince hotel. Formosa was a shuttle bus that actually left next door from my hotel. Yamay Resort was a short train ride away and from there, a fixed fare cab take you to the park.

I booked the amazing Crowne Plaza E-Da World and there are buses from the high speed train station "Zuoying" near Kaohsiung and it take you to E-Da World.

Windows on China and Leofoo were actually on the same bus line and I took a bus from a subway station to the park. I didn't do Farglory.

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

^^^No doubt public transit and shuttles would have been a cheaper way to go. We paid NT$12,500 for the rental car for 5 days, which worked out to about US$80 per day, not including fuel. Not cheap of course, but not exorbitant either. The only trick was figuring out the Taiwanese GPS, which was doable. The rental car firm gave me a GPS, but I bought one on my own to start mapping out in advance. I'm guessing that if and when we go back (to get the @#$%^ credits we missed), assuming that our financial circumstances have not changed for the worse, we'd do the car rental thing again. But it's a good point to make that Taiwan is still doable even if you're on a budget. The round trip flight to Hualien was only US$100 each and it was just about another US$100 for the "limo service" in Hualien, taking us to the park and then to tour Taroko Gorge, which should not be missed. The biggest chunks of expense are, as usual, airfare and hotel.

Thanks for reading.

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

Deep Sea Adventure at Window on China seems to be a Zamperla Air Race.

I looked at both again and they are similar in some respects, but not the same ride. On Air Race, seats are all forward looking in the direction of the main wheel's rotation and the secondary rotation is clockwise or counter-clockwise around the main wheel's orbit of transit.

On Deep Sea Adventure, half of the seats look inward at the center of the main wheel or outward. The secondary rotation is then in the direction of the main wheel's rotation or in the opposite direction of the main wheel. By contract, Air Race's secondary rotation is "perpendicular" to the main wheel's plane.

I'm not really a technical writer. Did that make any sense?

[NoxegonI'm a culture ho]

You're saying that Stunt Fall at Parque Warner Madrid was waaaay more enjoyable than the identical Deja Vu at Magic Mountain?

I was going to say something about the ride operators making all the difference, but at Parque Warner... probably not!

[READYdotI Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

You're saying that Stunt Fall at Parque Warner Madrid was waaaay more enjoyable than the identical Deja Vu at Magic Mountain?

I was going to say something about the ride operators making all the difference, but at Parque Warner... probably not!

With the crisis going strong in Spain, I suspect that the operators will show more enthusiasm too keep their job these days.

[giscoStarbucks Enthusiast]

Loved the report Martin. One of these days I'll get to Taiwan!

[OldJJmanBorn when stamps were 2 cents]

Great Photo TR Martin!!

Loved the adventure you and Cheryl had!

[BaMiTsPaTBonafide Donkey Expert]

That building in the last photos looks IMMENSE. Also, that Vekoma halfpipe/big air ride looks bizarre but cool! Nice trip report!