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Hi Guys,

 

it`s been a while since my last trip report on TPR, but I`ve to run our german forum @ www.coasterfriends.de/forum but I`ll never forget the greatest of all message boards and so it`s time now for a review of our great China and Thailand tour (we called it the Thai-Chi Tour) with some parks in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hongkong, Macau, Zhuhei, Shenzhen and last but not least Bangkok, Thailand.

 

We`ve made over 2.000 Photos, but I`ll only upload some 200 to 300 photos in the next days, because I`ve a normal job to do

So don`t be too angry that I need some days!

 

For the german guys on this forum: you can read the whole trip in our forum in german.

 

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Part 1:

Parks of Beijing

 

Part 1.1: Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park

So the pure stats are looking great: 8 coasters, a lot of flat-rides and 2 $ entrance fee (you pay per ride), but the park lacks a lot of atmosphere.

The coaster: Feng Shen, a wild shuttle looper, a lame chinese mine train, an old corkscrew coaster, an inverted coaster (a real copy from vekoma`s SLC), two mouse style coaster (they`re looking really crazy and are kind of interesting), a worm coaster and spinning coaster.

Most of the coasters are from the chinese manufaktur Beijing Shibaolai Amusement Equipement, which is not really well known (and I know the reason why).

 

So the park is not really themed at all, but features a castle in the middle of the park, some kind of spaceship earth building (inside they show a 4D film called "soarin in the sky" wtf?), a dark ride shooter (the targets didn`t really worked at all and the ride took about 10 minutes with a car speed of less than 0,0000005 mph).

 

The layout of the park reminds me a bit of the Nagashima Spa land in Japan, but just the layout (of course without the signature rides).

 

Overall it was not the thing we waited for, but it was okay for a half day tour through the park.

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the photos of the Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park...

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another random photo

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random street photo

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what goes around goes around

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weird flat ride

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the other wild mouse style coaster

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one of the cool wild mouses (with an adventurous feeling to ride these coasters)

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the water ride wasn`t ready for a soaking effect (okay it was freezing cold)

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the corkscrew seems to be rough, but wasn`t

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the spinning coaster was a bit rough, but okay

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there´s the layout of the park

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Yes, you`re right - it was the worm coaster

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you`ve to pay for every ride - but the ticket boxes where kind of nice (themed to every ride) - and now guess what I rode?

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china is famous for copying everything - even this coaster is a 1:1 copy from vekoma`s SLC

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you remember the detail in the middle of the park?

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the lame mine coaster (it just goes round in the fake mountain)

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the spaceship earth imitation with the feature 4D film "soarin in the sky"

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some lame shuttle loop from the chinese manufacture Beijing Shibaolai Amusement Equipment

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the way to our first chinese credit...

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Okay, now for you park lovers the first visit on our trip: Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park

Our visit was end of march, but they prepare for x-mas right now?

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for our first chinese snack we didn`t choose these yummy sticks!

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flying some 10.000 miles and ending in the netherlands???

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welcome to China

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the trip started in cold munich with a flight to Dubai and on to Beijing, China

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Part 1: Parks of Beijing

 

Part 1.2 Happy Valley Beijing

 

Okay, this was the newest park on our tour, the park which was featured around the world last year because of the great theming - and yes this park is deeply themed.

 

This park is managed by the OCT company which also owns the Happy Valley park in Shenzhen (see the upcoming parts for or review) and they`ll open up a Happy Valley in Shanghai.

OCT knows how to build parks, because they try to get some of the biggest international creative heads and some of the well known international ride manufactures.

So the signature coaster is the B&M flyer Crystal Wings, which flies through a massive mountain area (it reminds me a bit of the rocky area @ Disney Seas Mysterious Island). But we were so unlucky, they`ve closed this coaster for the whole week that was the saddest part of our holiday.

The other three coasters are the Vekoma Inverted "Snow Phoenix" (it was smooth!), a spinning coaster by golden horse and last but not least a Vekoma Mine train (a copy of the Walibi belgium mine train), which was highly themed.

Highly theming - yes this park knows how to theme - even an ugly shoot- the-chute or a top spin ride.

Also try the nice walk-through ghost house or the drop tower.

The kiddie ants area is also a real eye popping example of good theming.

 

Overall we can recommend to visit this great looking park - but don`t expect to get entertained the whole day - sadly they need one or two more rides and then this park will become a major league park.

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Yes, we really liked Happy Valley Beijing

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and the best looking shoot-the-chute ever

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a great looking Top Spin

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more theming

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show stage theming

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it is a copy from the mine train @ Walibi Belgium

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Vekomas superb themed mine train

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Vekoma goodness (this one is really smooth for a vekoma)

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with an ants caroussel

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this is the great ants land

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the nice spinning coaster by Golden Horse

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"Oh, I`m a chinese guy and I`m too lazy to go around the park"

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theming

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theming

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the back side of "Crystal Wing"

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the kind of "Mysterious Island" looking part where a 4-D theatre and the B&M flyer is located

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here we go - Happy Valley Beijing - one the best looking parks in Asia

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That park looks absolutely incredible , and some parts look like they are even better than Disney. The flying coaster, mine train land, and water ride are probably some of the best looking rides I have seen. The only thing is that in all the photos I see of the park, it looks really dead, and there just does not seem to be enough people to keep this and the other new parks open.

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That park looks absolutely incredible , and some parts look like they are even better than Disney. The flying coaster, mine train land, and water ride are probably some of the best looking rides I have seen. The only thing is that in all the photos I see of the park, it looks really dead, and there just does not seem to be enough people to keep this and the other new parks open.

 

 

Hi,

 

we`ve visited the park on a real off-season day (midday end of march), and we`ve heard that Happy Valley really gets very crowded in the summer (Beijing has the same weather like New York, cold winter and hot summer).

And the managing company has a lot of money to play!

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Part 1: Parks of Beijing

 

Part 1.3: Beijing Amusement Park

Okay this is the lamest of all the park names, and it was one the lamest parks too.

This park is right in the middle of the city, and our tour book said: it can get very crowded (HAHA - we counted about ten people in the whole park this day).

 

This park is built around a big lake, with some flat-rides around the lake and in the middle on a large island.

The park offers two coaster, Nr.1 is a Togo corkscrew coaster and the other is a strange roller coaster which is not big, high or even fast.

 

There´s also a cart track (you`ve to pay extra) and some older flat-rides.

 

We think the park is a great possibility to get some fun on a nice summer day, doing some boating on the big lake, doing a nice summer stroll or watching your youngsters playing the rides for the kids - but for an cold off-season day this park was nothing more than some credit whoring.

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thanks Beijing Amusement Park for some 90 minutes of fun (kind of...)

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the Togo corkscrew maddness...

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Hey, we know this guy from somewhere

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the older flat-rides...

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Okay, it was boring and so we did some racing...

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the second train is in real good shape :-(

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the strange coaster

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the BA skyline

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a caroussel on a swimming boat?

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this is the layout of this city center park

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Part 1: Parks of Beijing

 

Part 1.4 Chaoyang Park or Sun Park

 

This park is located in one of the biggest city parks of Beijing, kind of central park.

 

We`ve visited the park on a sunday, and it was quiet full.

 

You pay about 50 cent to get in, and than you pay per ride. 4 coasters are in this park, but all are well known if you`ve visited the other beijing Parks before: the strange mine coaster (Shijingshan Park), the spinning coaster (Shijingshan), the old, crazy mouse (Shijingshan) and the corkcrew (guess? - Yes, Shijingshan).

 

There are some more flat-rides, but they are not worth to mention.

 

The funniest thing to see was, how they use their outdoor pools in the spring - see the photos to believe how they use it!

 

This park is more a big playground in the middle of a natural park, but we kind of liked it (maybe we get used to this kind of amusement in china).

Otherwise, it was our first sunny day, and so everything looked a little brighter.

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the Sun park in the middle of the Chaoyang park

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you wanna get married in Las Vegas or Walt Disney - forget it - try Sun Park and than get your dinner on a lovely lake!

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kiddie fun

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park overview

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Oh, I`m so happy to ride this world famous coaster!

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the mine coaster (this one was better than the one @ Shijingshan)

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some Coaster looked bad, but they had a safety tag!

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the Spinning Coaster

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more Jungle Coaster

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the Jungle Coaster

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this is the corkscew

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and this a shooter!

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this is a toilet

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or put the water out of the pool and do something else

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see how to use a pool in spring - treat your child like a hamster

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the chinese love to exercise in parks

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entrance plaza

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Okay, now for a little theme park/ coaster break, I`ll post some random photos from our days in Beijing.

 

it´s now deep in the night here in germany and so I`ll go to bed, but in the next parts I`ll post reports and photos from:

Chime Long Paradise, Guangzhou

Parks of Shenzhen

Pearl Land Zhuhei

Parks of Hongkong

and much, much more

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Tip8:

the Summer Palace is also a great way to escape the city

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Tip7:

letting someone do the work while you sit in the back and relax

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Tip6:

watching the older people doing weird things to stay fresh

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and use one of the longest (4 miles) and most beautiful slides to get down!!!!

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Coasterfriends Tip:

But don`t take the cable car to get to the peak - try the chairs to get up

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Tip5:

Visit the Great Wall of China

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Tip4:

eating some candy fruits on the stick (but be sure not to eat the larvae on the stick!)

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Tip3:

Doing some culture things and visit some temples, like the must-see temple of heaven or the Lama temple

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Tip2:

Eating Beijing Duck (but be prepared how to eat it!)

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Tip1:

Visiting the monuments of power and strength: the Tianmen Square and the Forbidden City

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