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I've been wondering how long this theme park bubble could last in China. It seems like there have been an unsustainable amount of parks built in the last few years so I did a little research and number crunching. I really didn't grasp the numbers when I started but the fact the population of China is equivalent to the population of North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and all of Western Europe -- combined should have been telling. Well over half that population (691million) now live in cities. Now while I'm certainly no expert in this field I took a rough guess that a city with an urban area population of 400,000 size could easily sustain a small sized park around the level of a Fantawild (2 or 3 coasters and no more than a day out). The numbers are pretty hard to come by for China but I delved into it and there appears to be 160 cities with populations over a million and at least 500 cities with a population higher than 400,000. My list came to 661 with a population over 350,000. Now I'm pretty sure someone could do a better job than me at this but even if my calculations were fairly off we are still looking at a massive number of parks, There are just soooooooo many people. From people I know in China most of the big new parks are busy at weekends if not so much during the week (Except Victory Kindgom... No one goes to Victory kingdom ) and the Fantawilds and Happy Valleys which have good infrastructure in place are doing extremely well. And currently there's only around 20 of these. I'm pretty sure we will be seeing the number of big theme parks going up and up for many more years.

Good spot. I have no idea. The article is here http://www.wanda-cti.com/2014/latest_0527/776.html Clearly mentions Nanchang so I can only assume you are right. Not unheard of but perhaps they downsized it? That thing was massive.

While I also love the GCI's I've ridden Fireball is Gravity Group I'm afraid.

Who wants yet another new park to add to the list? This time with tasty S&S launched ride? Thought so. 2 years ago at this article on coastersandmore mentioned S&S had sold a 4th launched coaster to China due to open in Guangrao in 2014. The first three are all open but the 4th one has been elusive until now. A little sleuthing now shows that this ride will be going to Sun Tzu Culture Park. The park has existed as a garden park with a small selection of rides for a while but the park closed its doors in January this year for a major refurbishment. The official site's park map lists two roller coasters under construction as Mine Coaster and Ejection Coaster as well as mentioning the Ejection ride is being built by a foreign company and will feature a launch and vertical hill. While we have no news on a layout but it shouldn't be too long before we see some construction. Added it to the front page and the official site is here http://www.china-suntzu.com/ and has info on all the rides if you can read Chinese.

This Gravity Group woodie is under way too The ride will have a total track length of 1,200 meters (4000ft) and a maximum speed of 94km/h (58mph) as well as featuring tunnels and at least one 90 degree banked turn. layout below Source: VHCoasters

One of many new woodies in China this is the first of the 4 Gravity Group woodies teased at IAAPA. Slightly dissapointingly it appears to be a clone of the ride at Happy Valley Tianjin. But that ride has got some excellent reviews so It's not all bad. Ride is currently due to open in July i believe along with the rest of the new park (This is the 2nd Fantawild park at this resort) and a Vekoma Boomerang. Source: VHCoasters

According to the Wanda site the Nanchan wooden ride (Viper revealed by GCI at IAAPA) has now begun manufacturing so hopefully we shall see this go up soon. It looks like it could be a top 10.

Not really worth a topic of it's own but the Fantawild Dreamworld in Zhuzhou has it's GG woodie already up I think. This image was taken in November 2013 according to Google Earth Interestingly on footers alone the ride appears similar if not identical to the one recently opened at Happy Valley Tianjin.

One ride is up Another is on its way Source: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2563531050?pn=6 No sign of the Mack yet though.

Wandas latest updates include this image (and google translated snippit) If you look really closely at the image you can see the GCI logo on the video on that projector... no idea whats going on with the actual ride pictured though. Read into it what you will as always with China. Source: http://www.wanda-cti.com/2014/latest_0513/733.html Doesn't sound final and as of yet there's no announced park for Guangzhou so sounds like its one in the pipeline. Wanda do currently have 3 open shopping malls in the province with another 6 under construction (which is insane in itself) so they have plenty of work going on there.

Leofoo is a nice little park quite near to Taipei. It's excellently themed and the quality of rides is pretty good. I managed to do Leofoo and Lihpao land from central Taipei by public transport really easily. And its arguably faster than driving with the traffic and the new bullet trains. Had no problem with any of the coasters being closed either. Gravity Max is well worth the trip for the pure terror.

Added in the new Wanda park in Wuxi (yeah yet another one) which looks like it will be the one receiving the Intamin launched coaster Wanda said they signed a contract for. But this seems to be a bit of a lottery so take your guesses now.

Around 8 years ago the old corkscrew coaster at Libertyland in Memphis was dismantled and shipped off to DelGrosso’s Amusement Park in Pennsylvania. The ride never opened at DelGrosso’s but was instead bought by Gloria’s Fantasy Land in the Philippines and is recently reopened as the oddly named Zimerman Corkscrew Coaster. Below are a couple of pictures during construction, I've not found any of it operating yet but there are trip reports which mention it. it’s always good to see an old ride get a new lease of life somewhere else even if it is an old corkscrew ride. Source: VHCoasters via Skyscraper City (needs login)

Lewa World. There was a model for it which had a EGF clone in it. But when the plans came out it was a Mack mega coaster.

So i just spilt my Tea in my lap when i found this. A while back i found a document detailing Wandas planned coasters for their new parks. One of them for the Hefei park seen above seemed a little strange and the translation came out as this I took this to mean dueling zac spins or similar. Anyway I waited to see what became of it. Today i came across some new artwork for the new Wanda park in Hefei and it shows this... Source: VHCoasters via Wanda Correct me if I'm wrong but those are Tilt Coasters right? Which looking back at that translation makes a lot more sense. Make of it what you will but this could be massively interesting.

Well that explains the beer bottle in this

There was a bit of confusion between 2 parks on here which is mostly my fault. The parks are built by the same people and have the same ride lineup except for the blue fire ride. Euro Park - Qihe - Blue Fire Clone Euro Park - Penglai - No Blue Fire Clone Anyway below are some pictures of the Qihe park with the now open Blue Fire clone which the appear to have called The Battle Of Blue Fire... which is rather excellent This entrance is rather excellent too.

Having just written the China Guide for 2014 I was amazed to find there was no thread for HotGo Park. Under Construction in Fushun. One of the parks that the Gravity Group announced would be getting a new wooden coaster this park is due to open in 2015 and already has an almost completed hotel which looks to have strong disney influence. The hotel on its own is worth a thread. Originally called Fushun Dreamworld the park and hotel was designed by the Goddard Group and they have a load of images on their site. More images can be found at Rhetroactive. The park is also expected to get 3 Vekoma coasters including a launched ride, a suspended family coaster and a mine train. Fushun is already home to the insane 515ft Ring Of Life. And yes you can take a ride to the top. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/06/ring-of-life-515-feet-ring-of-steel-in.html

Latest Update - August 2017. Below is a list of current large scale projects in China. I've only included the larger parks here. There are a number of smaller parks which will just have a couple of Chinese Knock Off clones and I've left them off for now. I have also only included new individual coasters by western manufacturers. If I've missed off a few threads so if anyone has links or suggestions for more then please net me know. Hopefully I can keep this up to date and accurate. Wanda Parks Wanda City Theme Park - Wuxi Yet another new Wanda park. Latest news says park will have a Mack Blue Fire clone and a B&M wing coaster as well as a Zamperla indoor SFX coaster. The Intamin impulse however has been moved to another park following a late redesign. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=66853&p=1811162&hilit=Wuxi#p1811162 Wanda City Theme Park - Guangzhou New park for Wanda. Opening 2018 with a water park and indoor ski slope. Little is known about the ride lineup but press release mentions a multimedia roller coaster whatever that means. an Intamin sitdown/Inverted launched racing coaster is now confirmed. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=66853&start=40 Wanda City Theme Park - Chengdu Newest park of the Wanda bunch. Opening 2019 with a large indoor ski slope and number of coasters including a launched Intamin coaster not too dissimilar to Superman in Australia. A small heavily themed wooden coaster similar to LCOSM also shows up on concept art. Thread: No Thread Yet Wanda City Theme Park - Jinan Recently announced Wanda park. Won't open for ages and very little known but the Wanda Revolution continues Thread: No Thread Yet Wanda City Theme Park - Chongqing Another recently announced Wanda park. Won't open for ages and very little known. Opening in a city that will also have new Happy Valley and Six Flags parks. The parks recent announcements suggest they will get a launched wing coaster design. Thread: No Thread Yet Fantawild Parks Fantawild Silk Road Culture Expo Park - Jiayuguan The second Fantawild park in Jiayuguan with what sounds like a modified cultural Heritage theme. The park already has a Vekoma Boomerang up and complete while there is also a Chinese built SLC under construction. The SLC is a strange choice as the first Fantawild park in the city already has a Chinese SLC just with the Kumali style layout. Thread: No Thread yet Fantawild Shi Te Chinese History and Cultural Heritage Theme Park - Changsha The third Fantawild park near Changsha but this one has been built the other side of the city compared to the previous two. Confirmed to be the first Fantawild park to open a Vekoma Hyper Space Warp coaster (A lift hill version of Formula 1 at Energylandia). The park is already well under construction and due to open 2018. Click here to see more Thread: No Thread yet Fantawild Cultural Heritage Park - Luoyang Announced in October 2015 this park looks to follow a similar layout to the new Oriental Heritage parks with a Wooden coaster and a Vekoma junior suspended. Park design can be seen here Thread: No Thread yet Fantawild Cultural Heritage Park - Handan Another new Oriental Heritage Park yet to start construction but approved and announced for 2018 here Set to include a Boomerang and a wooden coaster too. Thread: No Thread yet Fantawild Park - Anyang New heritage park in Anyang which is almost within spitting distance of the above Handan Park. Construction has started but very little is known. Vekoma junior coaster already on site. Thread: No Thread yet Fantawild Asian Legends - Nanning New park in Nanning. Boomerang and MVR wooden coasters already going up. The woodie is now testing. Thread: No Thread yet Happy Valley/OCT Group Parks Happy Valley - Xi'an Another new Happy Valley, very little known beyond planning approval granted. Thread: No Thread yet Happy Valley - Fuzhou Another new HV. Again little known. Includes Wooden Coaster and at least one western built steel coaster. Thread: No Thread yet Happy Valley - Nanjing Another new HV. Expected to open 2019, B&M Wing Coaster and Intamin multiple launched coaster now confirmed. Thread: No Thread yet Happy Valley - Shunde Another new HV. Expected to open July 2019. Includes Wooden Coaster from Gravity Group and at least one western built steel coaster. Very small and may actually be opened under the Happy Coast brand. Thread: No Thread yet Visonland - Changde Second Visionland project after the first opened this year in Liuzhou. Located on large circular man made island which already has an OCT owned water park on it. Not projected to open until at least 2019. Individual Parks Hotgo Dreamworld - Fushun Phase 2 and second gate for the Hotgo resort this park features a large hotel which looks like a Disney castle. In September 2014 Phase 1 opened with a Gravity Group Woodie and Chinese built invert. Due to open in 2019. Track for B&M wing & Hyper coasters is complete already. A Preston & Barbieri coaster is on site already too. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67889 Six Flags - Hangzhou First of several licensed Six Flags parks planned for China. News article mentions Inverted, Wooden, Launched and Ball coasters and the park is expected to open 2018 Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68322&p=1487187 Six Flags - Chongqing Second licensed Six Flags parks planned for China. Nothing much is known but a 2019 opening and an interesting choice of city. Pitting it against new Wanda and Happy Valley parks. Thread: None yet Huayi Brothers Movie World - Shuzhou A Studios park similar in idea to Universal Studios but themed to Chinese films. The concept art clearly shows a B&M Wing Coaster but as we all know its just concept art. Well under construction and it is believed it will open with another B&M wing coaster similar in design to the ride at Hotgo Park. Red B&M track now on site. Thread: No Thread yet Hainan Flower Island - Hainan Large Dubai Palm style man made island system which will house a theme park and water park as well as hotels, spas and shopping. Island we under construction in March 2014 but there is no update satellite imagery to suggest how far its got now. Opening unknown date but IAAPA 2016 confirmed the park has purchased a Vekoma Firestorm model. The Vekoma Firestorm has now gone vertical and an S&S Free Spin is also on site as of August 2017. Thread: None Yet Polar Ocean World - Shanghai Marine park to the East of Shanghai. Again not much known but a coaster called Steel Dolphin Diving Coaster is confirmed. In December 2017 an Intamin launched coaster started going up. Thread: No Thread yet Colourful Yunnan Happy World - Kunming Another huge new Chinese park. A red B&M wing coaster has started to arrive on site as of July 2017. A Mack Blue Fire Clone/Water Coaster combo is also expected. Heavily themed and in quite a touristy area this could be one of the surprises of 2018. Mack Blue Fire clone now vertical on site. Thread: No Thread yet Global 100 Theme Park - Hainan Huge new media park on the Island of Hainan. Coasters are lite on the ground with only a mine train expected but the highlight is the 2 huge Moser indoor media drop towers. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74858&p=1794687&hilit=Hainan#p1794687 Hainan Ocean Paradise - Hainan Another large project on the island of Hainan. Intamin have announced two coasters for this park. A Farenheit style looping coaster and a Tornado (Bakken) style spinning coaster. The Looper is on site and major construction works at the park are well underway. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=63820&p=1236892&hilit=Hainan#p1236892 Major Individual Coasters Unknown - Happy Valley Beijing Junior coaster and hyper coaster from B&M over the next few years. Junior to open first in new kids land followed by the hyper in 2019. Junior Coaster is now complete. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74800&p=1791188 Completed Projects Wanda City Theme Park - Harbin Large new park including indoor ski center. There is a large custom mine train complete and the Mack launched coaster appears to have been ditched for a Chinese invert also now finished. Park is now complete and opened in spring 2017. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=66853&p=1727648&hilit=Wanda#p1727648 Fantawild Cultural Heritage Park - Xiamen 2nd park at the Xiamen site. An M&V wooden coaster is already on going with a Vekoma Junior Inverted Coaster are both now complete and have tested but opening has been delayed due to damaged caused by two recent typhoons. Opened late but did open in Spring 2017 Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68118&p=1732780&hilit=Xiamen#p1732780 Happy Valley - Chongqing New park announced for 2017. A GCI wooden coaster and B&M Wing Coaster are now complete and the park opened in July 2017 Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72655 Poseidon Kingdom - Harbin Goddard group designed park. Large indoor water park is now open. Even has Dolphins. A second phase with a theme park may or may not happen. Thread: No Thread yet Visionland - Liuzhou New park type from the guys behind Happy Valley that focuses more on Science than a big thrill rides, Due to open in June 2017. Mine train on site already and Intamin Mega Lite has gone vertical as of December 2016. Park has now opened as of August 2017. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68952 Sun Tzu Culture Park - Guangrao Reworking of an existing culture park to include more rides. Phase one is now open but phase two of the park will include a Chinese mine train coaster with 2 lifts and an S&S launched coaster. As of November 2017 the S&S launched coaster is now open. Thread: No Thread yet Desert Race & Flying over the Western Region - Happy Valley Chengdu B&M Dive Machine and GCI Wooden Coaster confirmed for area behind the parks current wild mouse and on unused land. GCI now open. The B&M Dive Coaster is complete and expected to open in December 2017 Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72454 Thunder Chariot - Discoveryland Dalian Zamperla Thunderbolt model similar to ride at Coney Island but with triangular layout. Already completed and now open Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67888&p=1651508#p1651508 Abandoned Projects Great Mall of China - LangFang A delayed project half built on the outskirts of Beijing. The project is being built by the Berjaya Group who also built Malaysias Cosmo World. The park is expected to get a Premier launched coaster and 2 Vekoma rides (A booster bike and Pretzel coaster). It was widely reported the Premier Coaster ended up being shipped to Holiday Park in Germany due to the delay. Park has been refinanced and is due to open some time in 2017. After years of delays park was finally demolished in 2017. Despite photos showing the booster bike and several flat rides actually went vertical. Thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=61624

I can certainly try and make a thread. Might take me an hour or two. Watch this space Edit: Done http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67888

Wanda have released this for the new Intamin coaster at their Nanchang Park. Wanda lists the ride as being the tallest in China which means it has to beat the 250ft of Dinoconda at China Dinosaur park. However RCDB currently lists the ride as 242.8 ft so only time will tell. Source: VH Coasters

I lied. Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is too good for this. Star Wars Christmas Special levels i thing Agreed 100%. Either that or a model similar to the Transport Tycoon Mobile model of paying the full price up front with a limited lite version for free. I'd have easily paid a decent amount for a port of RCT 1 or 2.

RCT4M is worse than Indiana Jones: Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and that's saying something. I'm an optimist at heart but I cant say I hold out much hope for the PC game anymore..

True those doesn't look like the normal Togo restraints, the padding may be something that the park itself have done, pipe insulation and sticky tape is a simple solution when you don't have the proper part to replace it with. The thing that strikes me most though is the similarities to the Arrow Horsecollar instead of the normal Togo one with square corners at the bottom and strange bends in the middle. Also on another note, I doubt that it's a clone by some company, since the only Togo that we know of with that strange trick track at the end is King Kobra and it was in the US so no Chinese company could have copied it. If it's not the late King Kobra with new trains, then the only two known Togo coasters that it could be would be the unknown indoor loopers at the defunct parks: Fantasy Dome Seiro and Fantasy Dome Kishiwada. BTW, how do you know that the ride was built in 2002? We don't that's just its first sighting. Its possible its been there longer its just difficult to tell. Sky Rider at Canadas Wonderland also has the trick track but the point stands. I think its highly unlikely its King Cobra since it was sat in storage at KI for so long. But It is possible its one of the Fantasy Dome rides (I've looked them up before with no luck, Found a video of the non looping one at the other Fantasy Dome but that's it). Also possible its an original installation. I guess we'll never actually know without someone at Togo to ask. Just thought it was an interesting ride though

Someone pointed out that King Kobra at Kings Island closed in 2001. This rides first sighting was 2002. Is there a possibility it's the same ride? just with new cars.