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Both the monorail and the Gyrosphere look kind of like they are from Intamin... That explained something

^ I think Wanda will keep their major coaster "clean" give that their boss is the richest people in China, he definitely can afford a "cheap" B&M. This looks like a mixture of Gatekeeper and Parrot Coaster to me.

Wanda Wuxi is building the tallest, fastest wing coaster with the most complicated layout and the best theming... I don't know how they can say their wing coaster has the best theming and the most complicated layout though... The train is blue and themed to Chinese eagle(I'm pretty sure 99.9% of the Chinese population don't know there's something called Chinese eagle) Source

Thank you for this update, Colossus' pre-lift section looks so weird and awesome! Have they installed any new track pieces lately? The fire's location kind of stopped them from installing the first drop. Maybe they'll install the track in reverse from brake run?

I just never get the "B&M makes the smoothest coasters in the world" hype, maybe this should be left in the 90's. None of the B&M coaster I've ridden really gets to the "smoothest coaster in the world" level.

I'm very excited about this movie, wonder if they found KumbaK to build the park given that all the facilities are so unreliable.

While im not a fan of the layout after the Zero G Roll, the first drop in the back is in my top 5 favorite first drops. If Gatekeeper is as good as this one, Wing Coasters might receive a better reputation.

Hair Raiser's rattle is unbearable! Roughest steel coaster I've ever been on, and I've been on SFStL Ninja!

Here are two photos of the Golden a Horse mine train at Happy Valley Tianjin. Photos from RCD Construction!

^ Visit China if you get the chance. It's not as bad as people described. But maybe I'm just not interested in going to all those "People Parks" for credit whoring. Living in Canton doesn't give you much chance to see the horrible smog. We are planning to visit Zhangjiajie next year, thanks for the TR! Now I know what to expect.

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This train already look a much better than Thunderbolt's train. At least the seat isn't plastic. I think it's more like an extended Dare Devil Dive train.

Different coaster trains work well on different layouts. PTC works well on those without crazy twists, Millennium Flyer and Timerliners work great on twisty ones, Intamin and RMC trains work well on their own designs etc. For truly horrible coasters, replacing 3 bench PTC won't help unless you retrack, modify the rough spots or even redesign the structure... It isn't the fault of three bench PTC, it's the track work and train selection. SoB would still be rough with the best engineered train in the world.

^ Same here! Only Interstellar and Outlaw Run impressed me more than that. Did you do the dolphin patting zoo?

Too many great ideas are stored in his mind, if he doesn't wear a hat, his brightness would make him shine like the sun. (What am I saying?) Hope he doesn't throw all his great ideas too fast, that way he can surprise the world for a long long time.

^ It's not rough, it throws you around a lot. It's a strange feeling for steel coaster. Even the final helix throws you around. Can't say I like such experience but it's quite unique. The bouncing issue is no where near the B&M jackhammer, frequency is much lower and it feels like the train is doing very small jumping. If RMC is doing launch woodie in the future, I would expect a Bullet Coaster with more even lateral, stronger airtime and no trim. Bullet Coaster somehow feels like a wooden coaster TBH.

Thank you for the great pictures, the park looks so beautiful!

Thanks for sharing your research! It's exciting that Vietnam has a lot of new parks coming soon.

Finally part 2 is coming! Sorry for the delay everyone. Visiting Happy Valley Shenzhen is also a last minute decision, when my cousins and I found out there's a Michelin ranked restaurant in Shenzhen, we booked a table for lunch. Happy Valley Shenzhen was planned for the afternoon and night. But thanks to the horrible traffic on the highway, we had to push the plan to 8:30 PM and visit Happy Valley earlier. A lot of people here have been to Happy Valley Shenzhen so I would skip some negative reviews about the park operation. I visited the park since 1998 when no roller coaster was there yet, I remember screaming to my mom when she was riding the S&S Space Shot because I was afraid the car would derail at the top. The park brought my family from Meisho rides to amusement rides with higher quality. I still have the picture of us riding the Vekoma mine train from more than ten years ago... The place is full of memory and it will always stand at a special spot in my heart. BUT there is a reason why I haven't been back to the park for 5 years and never rode an amazing GCI even though it's only 1.5 hours drive from home! You think SFMM has horrible operation? Try any OCT park! Last time I visited the park, they were dispatching the SLC every 20 minutes and the line was 4.5 hours long! Before entering the entrance(only two out of 10 lanes were opened while 200 people were entering the park), we were expecting the worst operation we've ever seen but the park really brought our expectation to the new low. Bullet Coaster was the main reason we visited the park, it's been so long since I rode a good launch coaster an my cousins haven't experienced the power of an air compress launch before. We waited 1.5 hours for our front row ride with one train operation(of course), slow safety check, assigning seat, weird exit policy and that weird exercise they do. Bullet Coaster review: This is a wild ride! The launch was incredible, currently my second favorite launch after that of TTD. Elements gives a lot of strong laterals and throws you around even more than the quick transitions on Powder Keg. There aren't much airtime besides the first drop and the twisted airtime hill. Wave Turn doesn't provide the Outlaw Run level of intense airtime but only floating sideways is awesome enough to make it my favorite element of the whole ride. I don't know if OCT maintained the ride properly but the train jerks around A LOT! Not sure if it's designed like that but after a while it gets pretty hard to enjoy the ride when your elbow is constantly hitting the rider next to you. Plus, the train bounces up and down, not as bad as those B&M rattle but definitely noticeable. I wonder why they don't use the bogies that push the upstop wheels towards the track (what are they called?) Bullet Coaster is a very fun coaster that has some very intense moments like the launch, first drop at the back row and strong positive G at the bottom of the first drop. I ranked it my 14th steel coaster. After two rides on Bullet Coaster, we went to the SLC Shenlin. You know what to expect from an SLC so no review needed. Shout out to Happy Valley for making an effort to dispatch the train every 10 minutes instead of 20 Mine train is my first non-kiddie coaster, we ride it once for the childhood memory. It is a smooth ride, but Golden Horse's mine train at Happy Valley Tianjin is much smoother. Then we did some credit whoring on the Golden Horse spinner and the Wacky worm knock-off, did the shooting Santa dark ride and the bouncy kiddie ride. Shooting Santa dark ride is pure awesomeness! We left the park at around 6:20 PM for Lei Garden which is the famous restaurant. They only got Michelin 1 star but it is already one of the best Chinese food I've ever had. Price was sky high but definitely worths a try. Enjoy the pictures! Entrance Fountain! Souvenir shop! Plaza! Top hat! Now let's pick up some memory. A bit of theming. More twisted airtime hill! This hill looks very sexy. Oh no this is never a good thing. A super steep first drop with very nice airtime in the back. People that are afraid of walking! Twisted airtime hill! Track! Now it's time for some Vekoma spine readjustment. Thank god there's a building for the queue line! It was 95 degrees outside when it's Snowvember in US. Actually looks pretty nice for Happy Valley park's standard. People in line for Bullet Coaster. More track! (This kind of description is getting silly) Long line! Final helix! Some theming inside of the station. A great first drop. Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch. Let's get physical! My favorite coaster element. It's been so long! I miss Outlaw Run! A mask in the river. Creepy. Can you tell it's in a queue line? More flags, more fun, slower operation. Finally here comes a train. Powder Keg! This park gave me too many Silver Dollar City flash backs that I wanted to cry. The theming is nicely done. Lift! Empty queue line is always a good thing especially when they are running one train. I see you! I took like 100 pictures of it because I can't wait another 10 years to catch another train. Wheeeee Huge turnaround with funky lateral force. The little hill after this turnaround gives some nice floater air. Splash battle! Looks great but I don't feel like getting wet. Train! Another train that I was lucky to spot thanks to the huge noise the launch makes. See? Very nicely done. But the tall buildings behind kinda ruins it. Airtime in the tunnel! Very wise! Sally managed to put their name here. Shooting Santa dark ride is a hilarious concept. Now let's do some credit whoring. Their most famous dish. Roast pork. The skin is super crunchy yet juicy. This is a classic. Now some desert. It tastes so good! This is rib+orange+Ginger and some other delicious things. Now we are here, Lei Garden. It's at Shenzhen's MIXC. There's a Ding Tai Fung in the mall as well. But what a true credit whore would do is... Thumbs up on the front row! My cousins are too ashamed to do this with me. The famous weird souvenir. Thank for bringing us a better life! Here comes the happy riders! Flash back to 2002, we had a lot of fun on this ride. I look bored but I was actually having a blast. Thank you Vekoma!

Really glad you liked this park, I was worried that my TR earlier this year makes it look like I'm exaggerating about it being one of the best theme parks and I like it better than Disneyland. Back row Polar Explorer experience is not like a typical water coaster, it's more like they are pouring water into the boat!

Volcano. Someone please take my turn.

Yes, your turn!

Just got back from Interstellar. I have to study hard to understand everything they've mentioned!!!

I think Iron Rattler train is all cool and awesome but this one is just creepy...

More pictures from Wanda!!!