Gutterflower Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) New for 2017 Happy Valley in Chengdu is expanding with a new Silk Road area of the park. The huge expansion will add two new coasters to the parks lineup. A B&M mini dive machine and a mini coaster. This expansion was announced a while back but there's been little sign of anything beyond land clearing so far. Now the construction fences have gone up and they include new renderings of how the new area will look. Early concept art from last year Shiny new art showing off the layout of the B&M and the GCI in the background. The Dive Machine is an interesting addition seemingly combine the layout style of the larger dive machines but with the track and trains of the mini dive machines. Both rides will certainly compliment the parks already decent line up (Mega Lite anyone?)and the themeing looks pretty good too. Just to note the wild mouse in the images is already at the park, it's just receiving a retheme. Edited June 28, 2017 by Gutterflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoBruz199 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Wow! This looks absolutely great! Heh, just when everyone keeps saying that 2017 is a bad year for coasters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 ^ The thread was titled, 2017 Worst Year for new coasters in U.S. ? The rest of the world, I agree. Doing much better, including HV Chengdu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa07 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 If only most parks had the same money as China to get two 'major' coasters in a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoup Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Wow! This looks absolutely great! Heh, just when everyone keeps saying that 2017 is a bad year for coasters... It's a horrible year in the US. Worldwide there are plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 If only most parks had the same money as China to get two 'major' coasters in a year. Yeah, indeed. Just hope they get treated properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 ^Ha, no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 ^Well...... that's what I feared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 The GCi has begun to rise. No sign of the B&M yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanTPM Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 ^Nice to see some vertical construction, this is a very interesting project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 If only most parks had the same money as China to get two 'major' coasters in a year. Yeah, indeed. Just hope they get treated properly. ^Ha, no ^Well...... that's what I feared So even though manufactureres like B&M, GCI, Intamin etc; have certain specifications for maintenance, the parks in China still let them go to s**t?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Maybe China will have to start keeping up maintenance schedules with their new coasters and parks, considering Shanghai Disneyland is now "in their neighbourhood" so-to-speak. Or is this asking too much of China? And the companies involved with all the other parks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 If only most parks had the same money as China to get two 'major' coasters in a year. Yeah, indeed. Just hope they get treated properly. ^Ha, no ^Well...... that's what I feared So even though manufactureres like B&M, GCI, Intamin etc; have certain specifications for maintenance, the parks in China still let them go to s**t?? Not shit. But generally parks are cutting costs as much as possible on maintenance because 70 percent of the amusement parks are losing money in China, 20 percent are barely surviving and the rest are making profit. It honestly depends on the chain, Chimelong is very good at maintenance but they run their rides much more frequently than say Happy Valley. Happy Valley parks would cut costs as much as they possibly can. (Wheels on Shanghai's Mega-Lite are made in China) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 To be fair to Happy Valley they seem to have been alright with their maintenance in my experience. Especially on the wood coasters. Fireball and The Dragons have both had large sections retracked.. None of the rides I've ridden at the Happy Valleys ive been to (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan and Shenzhen) seemed to be poorly maintained. The second time i visited Shanghai Fireball was running even better than the first time. I know the SLC at Beijings Happy Valley had some issues though. Although it sounds like it may have been Vekomas fault. The smaller class of parks are another matter entirely. I saw a mechanic run into the ride area of Shenzhou Coaster in Beijing, collect a small piece of the train and run back to bolt it back on. If you want some nighmares theres a lovely site with a list of failed inspections and reports. http://chinaridesafety.org.cn/tag.php?tag=%E8%BF%87%E5%B1%B1%E8%BD%A6 With a translator it makes for some interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDipper 80 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I happened to be out near the Ohio B&M plant the other day and spotted track for what appears to be Happy Valley's dive machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 The GCI is going up fast. Seems to have a more traditional layout than many recent GCI's too. And below is the plan for the new Silk Road Area of the park. Showing both the new GCI and B&M Dive Machine layouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 [fbvideonew]https://www.facebook.com/VHCoasters/videos/1646457865659605/[/fbvideonew] Short Chinese news report showing the new area with the GCI. no sign of the B&M just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 The parks compact GCI is looking frankly rather excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 It may not be the tallest or longest woodie out there but it sure is a pretty little ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exedeusex Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Love this! Reminds me of some of the old Traver rides from long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordyC Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Thanks for the updates. The ride sure looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Reminds me of Boardwalk Bullet's structure. Really cool looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Just because it's compact doesn't mean it's small. According to GCI's site, it's 111 feet tall and 3,345 feet long. That's right in line with their usual size and in fact slightly larger than a good many of them. http://greatcoasters.com/?p=Chengdu I think this one looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinItForTheFame Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 It may not be the tallest or longest woodie out there. . . Well, you know what they say... It's not the size of the woodie that matters, it's how good the ride is. And this ride looks awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 It may not be the tallest or longest woodie out there. . . Well, you know what they say... It's not the size of the woodie that matters, it's how good the ride is. And this ride looks awesome!! I'm loving both the new GCI's in China this year. Between those two and Mystic GCI are on for a great year. I'm really interested to see how these compare to the recent Gravity Group rides in China as they've been knocking it out of the park recently. Some of the Jungle Trailblazers are exceptional coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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