World Fairytale Land Construction (Hainan, China)

This parks been known about for ages and has already but has only just gone vertical.

World Fairytale Land is part of the giant (and i mean giant) Ocean Flower Island project on the Island of Hainan in China.

The whole project is a giant Dubai Palms style development in the shape of a lotus flower.

Construction on the project over all is well underway as these (now fairly old) pics show.

The park itself looks pretty extensive in the concept art

And we have some close up if some what fanciful artwork as well.

The highlight of the park will undoubtedly be the Vekoma Firestorm

This ride is one of two known installations of the Firestorm model. the second one is going to Vietnam at Vinpearl Thu Thiem.

However this is the first one we have actual construction pictures of as they put up their first supports this week.

And then the Top hat has gone up (note the green is just protective wrapping)

Followed by the first inversion

The ride has some pretty intense if inaccurate concept art.

Currently the only other confirmed coaster for the park is China's first S&S Free Spin coaster like Arashi and the recent Joker rides at Six Flags.

I expect there to actually be fairly decent coverage of this park as the whole project seems to be getting quite a bit of attention but the park is currently due to open in 2020 so it will be quite some time until it sees its first guests.

Pretty demented-looking (this is a good thing) Vekoma! Glad to see this is coming to fruition.

Wow! That top hat is MUCH more narrow than I was expecting. Should provide for some amazing airtime!

Omg this looks amazing! I'm just now noticing the inversion exiting this top-hat

A nice little update showing some pretty good progress. Most of this ride will be covered in rock work themeing as well.

double post. but the ride is now complete.

The "Totem Poles" I see in one of the art concepts, makes me wonder if there's a section devoted to either

Canada, or the Northwest U.S.A.? Nice if they did that, one way or the other.

Given how great of a reception the Bermuda Blitz model (Lech Coaster) got, I can't wait to see how this one compares.

Have mercy, another great-looking coaster; this ain't your grandpa's Vekoma. Next time you face a challenge & the odds aren't looking good, remember that Vekoma has become a top manufacturer of hotly-anticipated coasters; anything's possible! I'm liking everything about this layout and can't wait to see more construction progress.

Wow this ride looks great! I really wish we see one of these in the US in the near future so I can stop ragging on Vekoma as much.