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congrats the question is will you be doing it again? I (strangely for a coaster nut) have a horrible fear of heights. anyone whos seen me ride apocholyspe at Drayton Manor will know i mummble gibberish on way up :S

Hey all just had time to get the next lot up. the following is a small booklet i got from Senyo about Yokohama Cosmoworld. home of Vanish and from what i hear a pretty cool log flume. I have some more cosmoworld stuff to come at a later date too. Cheers front cover The surrounding area looks pretty amazing too. Park map. Signature Shot

Hello all. With the recent trend of showing off the random stuff you have in the recesses of your cupboards i thought i would dig up some of the more random pieces i have lying around. To start with I have scanned in a small brochure from a company called "Senyo". They have made a few of the rides you guys have visited during your trips including Vanish and Delphis. Theres a fair bit of writing in the images too but it explains the companies involvement in various projects. Anyhow I shall let the pictures talk for themselves. a few more of their rides. a few of more of their rides. the top right one should look familier The birthplace of Fujin Rajin 2 on the left and a picture of another japanese exposition. im not sure if this is the one that spawned expoland? Some proper old Japanese coasters the wheel i guess is the one that Vanish now wraps around? The now shut Kobe Portopialand in its hippy days Senyo are responsible for the nutjob shuttle loops such as the one at Mitsui Greenland Senyo seem to of done alot of work with Meisho on rides such as the one at Seoul Land and maybe the Thunderbolt at Dreamworld? This is the recently "in the news" Expoland A quick bit about their involvement in Festival Gate and Delphis the front cover

I too have a love hate relationship with this ride. I hate that i love it.... maybe im a sadist or something I remember first riding it on a CF trip there with about 40 other entusiasts and no one told me about the 2nd half. i was completely lulled into a false sence of security by the first half and the sloooow lifts Then all hell broke lose and it all goes a little blurry. its just something you have to experience.

If this is the one i think it i have a picture of it in an old meisho catalog. unfortunatly i dont have it here It ran at an expo and i seem to remember it had a light blue track (very pale) and green supports. I'll see if i can get the picture next time i head home.

They are not quite clones. the first 2/3 of the rides are identical but DR is slightly different after brake run and the final section into the station is taken at speed its hard to find pictures of the bit after the brakes but in this one of DR you can see the ride drops and then rises before banking off screen http://www.werft72.de/jan/desertrace20070214_2.jpg and on this one of RITA you can see that the ride just coasts round the corner after the final breaks http://gallery.towersalmanac.com/displayimage.php?album=85&pos=2

http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/005/731/43/N000/000/000/www1.jpg this picture shows the top really well but not the bottom bit really

from that angle the drop looks the wrong way round almost. as the pull out of the drop looks much tighter than the uhhh (Pull in?) at the top of the drop

New update for today http://www.themepark21.com/t-express/ looks like the lifthill has topped out also the official site has gone up here http://www.everland.com/htm/texpress/index.html

Has anone else noticed that this isnt all theyre getting in 2008? Theyre getting a Mack Water Coaster and a Mack Super Splash http://www.rcdb.com/id4123.htm http://www.rcdb.com/id4122.htm China really is pouring cash into its amusement industry

only 3 of those towers? http://www.massey.ac.nz/~tameyer/photos/europe/SAVE0052.jpg Efteling has one too

thats actually Intamins Pipeline (spiral) coaster. used to be in Koreas Sky Plaza before that. It runs entirely on friction wheels

that photo isnt of it running. its taken by a guy standing on the track. i thought that when i first saw it too.

I love the "Double Coaster" advert. im assuming the reference of Interama SA is refering to Vertigorama at what is now Parque de la Ciudad in Argentina. Not a great reference as the ride never opened and has sat rusting ever since it was built

/\/\ I believe when the Toy Kingdom shuttle loop opened it was the tallest ride in the world for a while. At least thats what ive read on a couple of japanese sites. Also Shane ill be interested to see what Meishio stuff you have. looks like you have older versions of the brouchures i have so i'll upload some later if they are different will be nice to compare

Not a massive update today but a few close ups and work continues on the 2nd and 3rd hills as well as what looks like a new ice rink for 2008 http://blog.naver.com/fl0621/80045362240

Note: I do apologise for the fragmented nature of this post. I am editing as i research the coaster so i post as i find. http://www.thefirst.cn/73/2007-11-23/152334.htm This is the latest news update in China. unfortunatly the picture doesnt show alot. but someone with a mind better suited to the fishbowl effect might be able to figure it out. Also found this pic from this blog http://hi.baidu.com/mycehn/blog/item/d52ff68b0abd1dd0fc1f1019.html (however its pretty big so had to (url] it http://hiphotos.baidu.com/mycehn/pic/item/60cd427ad96ef1e12f73b3d9.jpg and there are a few more on this forum http://blog.gdin.net/html/66/13066-4554.html http://blufiles.storage.msn.com/y1pfG65b2hBDNV1uiBjywl_PrSuHbtm2Y-8LcM7s-_e3i0NWQOMyWsmiS2e7kQliC7hSkcNeAr_vnE Theres one here too http://cn.bbs.yahoo.com/message/read_-bWlkbGlmZQ==_706838.html one more pic of what appears to be the final helix http://news.163.com/07/1123/07/3TVF33HM0001125G.html

http://blog.naver.com/fl0621/80044920039 Hey all another new update. it includes a nice graphic of the ride about halfway down which clears up a few bits of confusion i had about the first half of the ride.

Heya. Im monitering the chinese news sites for news but nothing yet. they do have an official web site up now though http://www.chimelongparadise.com/cz/index.html Not much to report on there. mostly pics and a video of Shiekra

Further construction on the link below most of the balder like section is done but no work on the first section http://blog.naver.com/fl0621/80044518017

just a quick update. did some searching in chinese and came up with this http://www.chimelong.com/SubCompany/?s=2&t=11&Id=757 not much more but construction progresses Edit: and a slightly more recent one http://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/news/2007/10-28/1061461.shtml

By the way... what are dippin dots???

Howdy all Just came across this interesting new ride for 2008 at Beijing Shijingshan amusement park home of the worlds best imitation SLC and the recent Disney character scandal. http://rcdb.com/ig2906.htm looks like one of those old Caripro suspended rides... but with bigger drops. http://rcdb.com/ig4022.htm Is it me or does it remind u of a cross between Vertigo in Belgium and something from RCT? even better this is one of 2 coasters for next year with a new sitdown planned http://rcdb.com/id4028.htm

Note: Edited after post below Heres some construction pics from the other day. most footers and some structure are in around the bottom turnarounds source: http://blog.naver.com/fl0621/80038482795 (Never did figure how to link to specific pages on that site )

Well that makes me feel slightly better about missing TM last year However i do wonder is White Canyon the worst so far?