Photo TR: Taiwan

[technfxrickWhat would donkeys be like on the moon?]

Martin,

This looks great, glad you guys had a good time.

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

Yeah, Gravity Max was down. And Fancy Balls too, can you believe it? It was a bummer when I saw Gravity Max on the website maintenance list before our trip. Ironically, I saw that the Farglory Ocean credit would be up during the same websurfing session, this after seeing it scheduled for maintenance during our trip when I checked several weeks earlier. Half the problem is trying to read the maintenance schedules, if you can find them. The Chinese characters don't exactly translate to the same name as in RCDB so you're not sure which ride they're talking about. Take Gravity Max. The Chinese characters are: 搶救地心 and that translates into "Rescue Center of the Earth" in Google Translate! Fortunately there was a picture in that case, but others were more challenging.

Well, that Farglory credit (the characters for which - 小藍鯨歷險記 - translate to Xiaolan Jing Adventures, not Wally Whale's Deep Sea Adventure) required an extra flight, so I guess it all evens out. Like I said, we'll be back. And another very unique Vekoma was up and running (albeit briefly), and that's in a coming update.

Great stuff! I love how many places have a licensing agreement with Disney How was the food at the parks?

For some reason, we were having big breakfasts and big dinners and just didn't eat much in the parks themselves. Some of it was nasty, as in, this society eats parts of the chicken that you and I might normally throw away (remember Mr. Chicken from the TPR China trip in '08?). We didn't see that specifically, but things like bones in a breaded chicken patty, yuck. Tea and coffee houses in the parks, however, had amazing desserts, and we did have another really nice dinner besides DinTaiFung (see Day One) that I'll report on. But overall we didn't sample a lot of park food.

I love the 'Death' guy!!! Did he have any souvenirs?!?!

Unfortunately no, but I do have a daytime shot in the next update. You're right, he is very merchandisable.

Thanks for following, everyone.

[MrSum1_55I just swallowed a whole donkey!]

Is this TR complete? Did you make a trip to Janfusun Fancyworld where they have the dive machine and the floorless coaster?

[ScottBrownProctoligist of Scooby Doo]

Great Trip report... You've gone to all the parks I didn't do when I was there. Are you going to Janfusun Fancyworld Or Discovery World ?

Gravity max @ discovery world is awesome, I'm shocked they only made the one !

Im not all that shocked it just seems like it would be a very problematic ride

[SoCalCoastersYoung and Stupid! I blame my parents.]

Great TR from another one of those parks that are rarely seen! The theming looked quite decent as well!

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

Is this TR complete? Did you make a trip to Janfusun Fancyworld where they have the dive machine and the floorless coaster?

You may have noticed from reading the report that we just checked in to the Janfusun Prince Hotel and visited the "Night Park".

Work on Day 4 begins tonight.

Great TR from another one of those parks that are rarely seen! The theming looked quite decent as well!

Thanks for checking it out!

Im not all that shocked it just seems like it would be a very problematic ride

The complex Vekomas seem to have a lot of issues. RichardB said it was down on two tries.

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

I love these little boat rides. We've seen these only in Europe and Asia. Anyone know who makes this model?

There is one at Gilroy Gardens (aka, Bonfante Gardens) in Gilroy, CA called Rainbow Garden. I believe it was built by Chance Morgan, but I do not have any idea about the make of the one you posted a photo of. It could very well be Chance. If you haven't been to the park before, I strongly suggest you check it out.

Dang, I totally loved Gilroy Gardens! But we somehow missed the boat ride! We may have done CGA, GG, and SCBB in one day. Checking...yep, May 3rd, 2008. We're waiting for something big/new to show up one of at the NorthernCal parks and we'll head out there again.

[NoxegonI'm a culture ho]

The complex Vekomas seem to have a lot of issues. RichardB said it was down on two tries.

Erm, no I didn't. It was down on my first visit due to Typhoon Sinlaku (reasonable) but would have been operational otherwise.

The ride I've missed twice is Screaming Condor at Leofoo Village.

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

The complex Vekomas seem to have a lot of issues. RichardB said it was down on two tries.

Erm, no I didn't. It was down on my first visit due to Typhoon Sinlaku (reasonable) but would have been operational otherwise.

The ride I've missed twice is Screaming Condor at Leofoo Village.

Whoops, got my coasters mixed up. Sorry RB.

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

And I'm sorry I was snide in my response, MrSum1_55. Long day.