Photo TR: Parque Espana / Nagashima Spaland...Missed credits

[rollermonkeyMy That's A Big Drink!]

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Well, here's the pictures from last Friday:

[pkdcoasterAll I want is a chainlift!]

Dragon Mountain has a doble chain lift also
http://www.rcdb.com/ig185.htm?picture=2

What is with these parks in the far east. Everyone of them I have seen pics of is just Dead!, no one there (except Nagashima and Fuji-Q Highland)
How can these places afford these coasters let alone stay in buisness?

Wow those Guide wheels on SD2000 are HUGE! (were they always that big?)
I knew the running wheels were larger but I had no idea about the other wheels, they look like wings.

Were they only running one train on SD2000?

And again thank you VERY much for going and taking those great videos and Pictures.

JEFF

[wrebbitI saw, went and conquered Steel Dragon 2000. It's still crap!]

Darn SD2K looks soo beautifull. Why does it have to be on the other side of the world

Anyway, thanks alot for the pics Chris! Pyrenees sure looks like a good coaster, although I really hate those colours. The helix through the loop is really cool and it also seems quite forceful. Those last close-to-the-ground moments also seem cool.

SD2K is everything I expected to see: tall, huge trains, cheap station and sign . It just is complete to me!

Chris, you're now my #1 on TPR

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Wow those Guide wheels on SD2000 are HUGE! (were they always that big?)
I knew the running wheels were larger but I had no idea about the other wheels, they look like wings.

Yes, here's a pic of the old trains

[PKI JizzManJizzy jizz jizz jizz jizz]

Nice Photo TR! It's awesome to see SD2K running again! Lol wow it does look like a church! And those drops look like they are 3 Lift hill drops! How good was SD2K? Is it a top 10 steel? Pyraneese looks like a good invert too, nice inverions and helixes and some B&M airtime! LMAO that place you stayed in or that little hole you stayed in looks like a giant dog cage. How much would it cost to stay in there (in USD)? Nice pics!

[rollermonkeyMy That's A Big Drink!]

Thanks for the reminder about Dragon Maountain. I've been on it, but either I didn't notice the double chain, or I didn't remember it.

Remember, Robb, Elissa, and Don all came to Japan during off season. I also stay out of parks on Sundays when possible. This leads to an illusion that these parks are all always dead.

On my trip to Universal Studios Japan, I went during Golden Week, one of the biggest holiday periods in Japan. Spiderman and Jurassic Parc both had 3+ hour lines. (The only open single rider line was on Spidey: Walkon! Whootah!) I waited more than an hour for my credit on Snoopy's Great Race.

Also, nearly all of these parks are part of larger companies.
Examples: Yomiuriland is owned by the same newspaper company that owns the Giants Baseball team. Tobu Zoo and Seibu Yuenchi are both owned by railroad companies. I believe this is true for the majority of the parks over here, I just don't know who owns a lot of them.

2800 yen is about 25 bucks US.

Out of 600+ coasters, I tentatively have SD2K penciled in my top twenty.

[ElecterikPermanent Tourist]

Possibly not along the lines that you were thinking...but Pteranodon Flyers has two chains on its lift, as well; They're just side-by-side. (This redundancy of chains acts as an anti-rollback.)

[rollermonkeyMy That's A Big Drink!]

^ Now that you mention that, there are a couple shuttle loops here in Japa with side-by-side chains. Atomic Coaster at Mitsui Greenland (Arao) and the one at Nihon Monkey Park.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

Those cubicles look like giant pet carriers.

Thanks for the report. Chris. I'm planning to take TPR's Japan tour next year--Steel Dragon looks like another good reason to go.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!

Did you ride the boat ride at Parque Espana? Did you do the escalator? Did you do anything but Pyrenees!?!?!?

[rollermonkeyMy That's A Big Drink!]

Elissa, this was my second trip to Parque Espana (PE) and Nagashima Spaland. (NSL)

The first time at PE, I did everything BUT Pyrenees, which was down due to an apparent lift motor breakdown. I stayed at the on site hotel and it was broken both days. So, I have been on the weird Pirates and Pan ripoffs and done the 'Magic Escalator Ride.'

The first time to NSL, I also did Suzuka Circuit that day, but that's a very small park. I did all the coasters but SD2K, and I even rode several flats before returning home.

As I had thunderstorms in the forecast for Nagoya last Friday and only one chance to check out Pyrenees and / or SD2K, I rushed through both parks. I arrived at PE before opning and I got 7 laps on Pyrenees and one on Matador: The Bullfight Coaster. Then I made max speed for Nagashima Spaland and got 4 laps on SD2K before they closed the line. In the last 15 minutes before closing, I snuck on the second side of the mouse and grabbed the last train of the day on Looping Star.

Believe me, Elissa, I would NEVER have done these parks this way if I hadn't been to both previously! I'm not THAT big of a whore!