The Angry Darren Mullins Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 June 24, 2017: Xingqinggong, Changle Park and Geming Park in Xian, Shaanxi, China Xingqinggong: This would be the first park I would visit today. It is a nice place, but some of the rides are run down. There is a spinning coaster here (#1063 for me). It is similar to the Golden Horse spinning coasters, but Golden Horse did not make this one. It was very slow and felt like it was falling apart. At more than $4 USD per ride, it was also expensive. Changle Park: This park has a small collection of rides, including coaster that RCDB calls a "mite mouse". I like these. I do not see them as often as other Chinese coasters. This could be a beautiful park, but the lake is dirty. Geming Park: This was my third park today. I almost decided to wait to visit, but I am glad, I went to it today. It was my favorite park of the day. There is a custom designed powered coaster here that is one of the best powered coasters I have ridden. There is another "mite mouse" coaster here too. It was slightly different than the other coasters of this type. I liked both of coasters here. One ride I saw at Geming that was a bit odd was a kiddie ride that resembled a top spin with a small Ferris wheel on each end. I had a great time today and met many friendly people here in Xian. I have now ridden 1066 different coasters and I have visited 531 different parks. I am in Xian and I am about to visit my first park. It is called Xingqinggong. There are a lot of trees here. A large Ferris wheel is here. This Top Spin ride is here. It is not like the ones that keep ejecting rides during the ride. a spinning mouse coaster is here. It has OTSRs. A short walk down the street led me to Changle Park. The lake at Changle park needs to be cleaned up. I love this style of bridge. Here is Changle Park's carousel. A"mite mouse" coaster serves as Changle park's scream machine. I wish these were more common in China. These seem to more common in northern China than in southern China. A short subway ride later and I was at Geming park. This view is right inside the gate. Asians love large Ferris wheels. This is a Top Spin ride for kids with a Ferris wheel on each end. Geming park also has a "mite mouse" coaster. This one is a little bit different compared to the other coasters of this style. This is my favorite "mite mouse" coaster of the dozen or so that I have ridden. This will finish the TR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Great tour of some of those "out of the way" parks, thanks! I noticed that a couple of those "Mite mouse" coasters use part of the original route design from the first Mad Mouses (and later on, Monster Mice). It's hard to describe the element, but after the lift, and one turn, the car then heads towards the front, curves to the left, and then goes into what I called a "tric-trac" set of track, that winds the car back towards the front again, this time curving to the right. That part was cool to see. (And that kids' topspin-ferris wheel mashup was cool, too.) The element is there at the top of the photo. Retro photo at the PNE in Vancouver, Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Angry Darren Mullins Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 I love the mite mouse design. I wish more parks in China had them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I also wish more mouse coasters would keep the original design of the "mouse car" with the front wheels at least two feet from the front. Many mouse coasters I have ridden around the world, do not have this with their ride cars. A few do it about a foot, but not as far back as the original, IMhO. If you look at the photo above, the front wheels are probably directly below where that "mouse" is, added on the side of the car? Could be. I remember it scared the f out of me, every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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