The Angry Darren Mullins

On May 17, 2014, I was in Zhuhai for a performance. I decided to go over to Paotaishan Park because I knew it had a few rides. Most of the rides were closed this day due to a few showers earlier. By the time I got to the park, it was sunny, but most of the rides remained closed. There is a small powered coaster here. I didn't get to ride it because it was closed. I will go back though when I visit Ocean Kingdom. Paotaishan Park is abotu a 20 minute walk from Zhuhai train station where you can catch a bus to go to Ocean Kingdom. In all Paotaishan Park is a small oasis in the city of Zhuhai. It is nothing speacial, but it is a nice little park that I will visit again. I have now found 236 coasters before RCDB or ACE could find them. Here is the entrance to Paotaishan Park. The carousel here is very small. Bumper cars are here. The pirate ship was closed because it had rained earlier. The wave swinger was also closed this day because of the morning rain. There is a small powered coaster here. The coaster was closed today. Here is the coaster's station. Too bad the coaster was closed today.

Today I went to the Shenzhen Waterlands Resort. It is located north of the Shenzhen airport. I heard about this park three years ago and found it on Google Maps. I knew it had rides, but the image on Google Maps did not show a coaster. A couple of weeks ago, I passed this park on the bus and saw where they had added a spinning mouse coaster. I alerted Duane at RCDB and told him about the park. The coaster here is one of 235 coasters I have found before ACE or RCDB could find them. The coaster is called Spinning Coaster and is like about 50 others I have ridden here in China. I rode this one and it became my 864th coaster. There is also a log flume and four other rides here. The rides are not included in the admission to the park. There are two water activity areas that are fun. I took a lot of photos of these. Shenzhen Waterlands Resort is an Eco tourism park. It is very big and has a lot of beautiful scenery. Although the rides are mostly basic rides(and there are only six of them), visitors can enjoy boats on the lake (extra charge), shows (included in the admission price) and the water play areas (included in the admission price). Guests can even stay in a hotel within the park. I had a great time and would recommend this park to any enthusiast visiting southern China. Sure the coaster is not much, but the park is beautiful and is a lot of fun. Today I will visit Shenzhen Waterlands Resort. These frogs greet visitors just inside the park. This is one of the many lakes inside the park. This served as the games area for the park. You can practice your archery skills here. Chinese Lanterns on display. Up next we have the water activities. Here are some more water activities. I do not see these in the states. The water activities were probably the most popular part of the park. This was so busy that I didn't even bother to wait. You can become a human hamster on this activity. Here is yet another water activity. There is a zip line attraction here. This is the park's largest lake. You can enjoy boat rides here. Here is just some random scenery in the park. Here are some more boat rides for visitors to enjoy. Guest can enjoy bumper boats. Is it a coaster? It has a chain lift. It is a log flume. This little area was nice to walk through. This is one of many bridges in the park. This little shelter is over the water and is a good place to rest. The Chinese love their wave swingers. This is a very popular ride here. I have been on so many of these. One more can't hurt. This became my 864th coaster today.

Today I went to Dongguan to visit two parks. When the bus arrived in Wanjiang, it arrived right behind Amazing World at the New South China Mall. I have been here three other times and decided I would go to Amazing World again after I visited two other parks that were nearby. The first park I went to today was Daojiao Children's Paradise. I saw this park from the bus on my way home from my last visit to Amazing World. I learned recently that it has a kiddie coaster hidden among the trees. The coaster has not carried passengers in a while, so I didn't get to ride it. It also rained most of the day, so there were not rides for me until later in the afternoon. Daojiao Children's Paradise is a gem of a park. There is a huge Ferris Wheel and outside the entrance is a very nice restaurant. I got some beef and noodles for lunch. The park opened about seven years ago and still is a nice park. It is less than 10 minutes away from Amazing World. If and when they fix the coaster here, the park can be an add on to a trip to Amazing World. I learned of the coaster here (recently) before RCDB or ACE found it. After leaving Daojiao Children's Paradise, I went to Dongguan People's Park. It started to rain hard. People's Park has about a dozen or so rides, including a mouse coaster. The mouse coaster here is similar, but slightly different from others I have ridden. I waited about two hours for the rain to stop before I could ride it. Dongguan People's Park turned 100 years old last year. When I got back to the bus station(I used the airport bus to take me back home because I live near the airport), I went to Amazing World for a bit. In all I had a fun day despite it pissing the rain most of the time(the forecast called for clear skies) and the fact that it started to rain five minutes after I arrived at the first park. I hope Daojiao Children's Paradise will fix the little coaster there so I can get the credit.I would also love to spend a couple of hours there on a non rainy day and enjoy this cute little park. I have now ridden 863 coasters, visited 387 different parks and found 235 coasters before ACE or RCDB could find them. I have arrived in Daojiao town in Dongguan at Daojiao Children's Paradise. This castle serves as a backdrop for a stage. The carousel posed nicely for this shot. The Ferris Wheel is the biggest ride here. I love the moon cars-they are arguably a coaster. A small Outer Space Flying Car coaster is here. It does not appear to have operated in a while. Next stop is Dongguan People's Park, which opened in 1913. There are many lakes in this park. Here is one of them. This is the outside of the walk through haunted house. These are so basic inside, but from the outside, they look great. The pirate ship here looks neat. This ride can be found in every Chinese park it seems. A mouse coaster is here. This a sign with instructions on how to ride the mouse. I can read it, but I do not want to bother with telling the details. This mouse is similar, but slightly different from other coasters I have ridden. Here is a look at the mouse. Here is an onride shot of the mouse. I had to wait until the rain stopped to ride this coaster. I stopped in at Amazing World for a short time as it was right by the bus terminal.

It seems the park is getting a new logo that represents its values on customer service and efficient park operations. New Fuji Q Logo

I have been to many parks in Japan and due to the comments I have read on here, Fuji Q is not one of the parks I have visited. Perhaps I should bite the bullet this summer and go. Sometimes things suck in such epic proportions that we have to see them to understand how bad they suck. For that reason, TPR must keep Fuji Q on all of the Japan tours.

I went to Zhongshan on March 1, 2014 to visit Tianhe Springs amusement park. This is a small park that was recently built as part of a resort complex. The rides here are basic Chinese fare. Most parks are like this-unless you visit someplace like Chimelong, Fantawild or Happy Valley. There are two coasters here. Jungle Flying Squirrel is a mouse coaster that is of a design all too familiar with me. It is a good thing I like this design. There is a powered coaster called Dragon. It is just like the Dragon at Haiyue Lake Park in Dongguan. Come to this of it, the Jungle Flying Squirrel is like the mouse at Haiyue Lake in Dongguan. There are other rides there. The park only opened within the past two years. One ride is under construction and there is more construction going on. The park had a nice little crowd. As of my visit to this park, I have now ridden 862 roller coasters and I have visited 384 different amusement parks. I have a arrived at Tianhe Springs. From the looks of the carousel, the park has a lot of new on it. A new ride is being built. I wonder what it will be. Maybe this picture on one of the park's ticket booths holds a clue as to what the new ride will be. I know the new ride is not a wave swinger. The park already has one. The park also has a Viking, so it is not one of those. The Jungle Flying Squirrel serves as the park's mouse coaster. I see these all over China. This is such a common sight for me here in China. It is a good thing I like these. I see this so often. Here is the mouse in action. A powered coaster called Dragon is here. The Dragon is perhaps the most popular ride here because I saw many people taking rides on it. It is like the Dragon at Haiyue Lake in Dongguan. It is a fun little powered coaster. Although it was a cheesy walk through attraction, the haunted house has a nice entrance.

It does seem redundant to have a giant frisbee and a giant swinging ship side by side, but there is a park in Incheon that has three swing ships side by side by side and a there are two parks in Jechjeon, South Korea that exist next to each other by a lake. Each park has eight rides. Seven of the rides in one park can be find in the park next to it. At last one of those parks has an ice slide in it (that exists on the roof of a building).

The Crazy Mouse will operate again when the rides open.

@Looty: Children's Grand Park has it's own station on the Seoul Metro. You can also go to Achasan station, which puts you at the rear entrance to Children's Grand Park and is actually closer to the rides.

It is the same model as the one at Fun Spot. Vekoma is known for cloning the family coasters. It only makes sense. Most families will not know there are 50 others just like it(I know there are not 50 of these models yet, but give it time).

I was in South Korea recently for a vacation. I stopped by Children's Grand Park to get photos of the new suspended coaster under construction there. The amusement park area of Children's Grand Park is under renovation and is supposed to reopen in April, but it appears they have a lot of work to do and there are still many rides they have to build before that time. I wonder if they will open a partially completed rides area and complete the other rides later. The 88 Train looping coaster has been removed to make room for the new coaster. The big Ferris wheel has also been removed along with many other rides. Some of the rides remain like the Crazy Mouse and the break dance ride. Most of the rides will be new additions. I have included a photo of the new park map for those of you who want to know what the park will look like and for those of you who have visited before and want to see how much the park will be changed. Despite the fact that many rides have been removed for the renovation, the Crazy Mouse is still here. Here is Korea's newest coaster. It replaces the 88 Train, which provided me with many rides-some fun, some painful when I lived near Seoul. It should provide many years of entertainment to families in Korea. Here is what the amusement area of Children's Grand Park will look like when it is completed.

I was thinking of Japanese parks when I saw the little house at Zhongshan park. When parks started to be built in China, they built a lot of stuff that was made in Japan. Now the Chinese are building their own stuff. The looping coaster at Nanta park is not pleasant at all once it hits the loop. Yes. Chinese parks are very different parks parks in America. As are Korean parks and and Japanese parks. One thing I do with parks over here would have would be the scrambler. The parks here have built knock off trabants and knock off tilt-a-whirls, but they have not gotten around to building a knockoff scrambler. With that being said, parks here do have the Tagoda Disco rides, which due to their nature, could never operate in Sue Happy America.

On January 31, 2014, I went to southern Hunan province to visit two parks in Chenzhou and had plans to visit a third park in nearby Shaoguan. I managed to visit all three parks and find three coasters to add to the RCDB. Nanta Park: Nanta Park is in Chenzhou and is a large park. There are two coasters here. Roller Coaster has one loop and is like other coasters I have ridden and is a bit rough. The second coaster is a mouse coaster that has a unique layout from what I am used to. It is a fun little ride. There are many other rides here at Nanta Park. Beihu Park: Beihu Park is also in Chenzhou and is five minutes away from Nanta Park. This park used to have a lot of rides. Most have been removed. There is a Ferris Wheel that is rusted and is SBNO, bumper cars(still open) and a mouse coaster(still open). I rode the mouse coaster. It felt like it was falling apart. I am guessing the coaster, bumper cars and the Ferris Wheel will all be removed in the next year or so. The bumper cars and coaster attracted a crowd, but it was a holiday in China(Chinese New Year). I am not sure how many people ride these rides at other times. My guess is if the rides were always busy, most of the rides would not have been removed. Zhongshan Park: Zhongshan Park is in Shaoguan. I stopped in Shaoguan to visit this park on the way home. There is a family coaster here that is pretty good for such a small ride. There are also many family rides in this park too. I rode the coaster(two circuits), took some photos very quickly around the park and then left to catch my train back home. It was my first coaster outing of 2014. I added four credits to my track record and I am now at 860 coasters. I have visited 383 parks and with the three coasters I found today(only Nanta's Roller Coaster was on RCDB), I have now found 231 roller coasters before ACE or RCDB could find them. I am in Chenzhou to visit Nanta Park. A flume and a carousel are both here. This ride reminds me of a Wisdom Tornado, but the seats are in carriages and they do not spin. The Music Express ride is themes as a dragon. The Ferris Wheel overlooks the park. This nice little gazebo exists in Nanta Park. The teacups ride has a Transformers theme. A looping coaster called Roller Coaster is here. Here is a closer view of Roller Coaster. The cars on Roller Coaster only seat 2 people. Nanta Park's mouse coaster was different from other mouse coasters I have ridden. You can tell this mouse has a different layout. The cars look about the same as on other such coasters in China. Here is the section of track right as the mouse leaves the lift. Beihu Park is close to Nanta Park-just a five minute bus ride away. This rusted, SBNO Ferris Wheel greeted me inside of Beihu Park. Beihu means north lake. This is the lake that gives the park its name. A rusty, but still operating mouse coaster is at Beihu Park. This is a standard mouse design here in China. I have been on so many of them Here is an on ride shot. This is my third and final park for the day. Zhongshan Park in Shaoguan. This is Dr. Sun Yatsen. He is the one that Zhongshan Park is named after. This little house may have been a walk through, but it is no longer open. This merry go round is in Zhongshan Park. A small Fruit Worm coaster is here. Here is one view of the coaster. Up the lift.... Action as on the fruit worm can deliver. Here is part of the layout of the coaster. Here is an on ride shot to finish out the TR.

Here are a few parks: 1. Camden Park-the perfect place to for a relocated 23 year old boomerang 2. Everland (something good has to come to make up for the loss of Eagle's Fortress) 3. Jungle Jack's-also good for a relocated 23 year old boomerang 4. Coney Island (Ohio)-also good for a 23 year old relocated boomerang

I did ride Swing Dance and it is great fun. Unfortunately, I do not have any photos of it in action as I was the only person in the park at the time. It is one of the best flat rides I have ridden. If you visit South Korea, make sure you check this place out either going to or from Pyeongwha Land. Swing Dance is the only one of its type I have seen. You can see a picture of Swing Dance in action on the park's website here: http://honeyland.co.kr/facility/f2.php Notice that it is how I described it.

This TR is a bit over due. I went to South Korea back in August of last year and visited two small parks north of Seoul. One park is Pyeongwha Land. It is very close to the DMZ and North Korea. There is a wacky worm here that wasn't open the day I visited it. I rode it on previous visits. Pyeongwha is Korean for peace. This would make the park's English name Peace Land. There is a train on display that was bombed during the Korean war. Most the of the rides here are for families, but the park makes a pleasant day out if you are in Korea and want to learn more about the Korean war and get a credit while doing so. There is even a store selling North Korean made goods. About halfway between Seoul and the DMZ is a place called Honey Land. I learned of this park several years ago, but never visited until last August due to it not having a coaster. My reason for visiting the park was that I found out about a ride the park has called Swing Dance. This ride could best be described as the result of a Trabant and a Quasar having unprotected sex. It looks like a Trabant from a distance, yet the seats swing out as the ride spins. The ride does lift up and tilt like a Trabant does, but the seats swing out while the ride is spinning. It is a lot of fun. I was the only person at Honey Land besides the employees. Honey Land is a very well-kept park and looks very nice. Swing Dance is worth the stop either going to or from Pyeongwha Land. Both parks can be done on the same day and are about 30 minutes away from each other. Honey Land is for rides. Pyeongwha Land will give coaster enthusiasts a credit and allow people to learn more about the Korean war as well as allow people to shop for North Korean souvinirs. Both parks are very clean and well-kept. I have arrived at Pyeongwha Land. Here is the park's carousel. There is a wacky worm here called Lightning Train. The English Name is not spelled right on the sign. It is just a typical wacky worm ride. It is closed for today, but I had ridden it before. Here are the tea cups. I like the little pavilions they have build for the rides here. The Music Express is fun. The Wave Swinger is one of the newer rides here. Here are more rides. This pond has been remodeled. It used to be in the shape of the Korean peninsula. This train was bombed during the war. It is a North Korean train. My second park of the day is Honey Land. Here is a map of Honey Land. Here is the carousel at Honey Land. The baloon ride is one of about a dozen rides here. Koreans love their pirate ships. Here is some of the scenery at Honey Land. Here is more scenery inside Honey Land. This is also inside Honey Land. Honey Land provides a touch of Disney in South Korea. You can get a good idea of Honey Land's theming by this photo of the restrooms. This is Swing Dance. It looks like a Trabant, but the seats swing out like on a Quasar. The ride also tilts like a Trabant.

Robb has now been "Bronied".

I guess I am a brony. I love this: My Little Pony Forever!

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/abandoned-santa-claus-land-slideshow/ This park was founded in 1938 and, according to the article, was planned to rival Disneyland (which opened nearly 20 years later) at one point. Drive by this place today and you could easily miss it. Theme parks have been around longer than most of us. You can see pics by clicking on the link.

I ventured over into Huizhou today to visit Shiwan Park.I found this park on Google Maps a while back and knew it had a kiddie coaster,so I alerted Duane at RCDB. Turns out the coaster here is powered coaster. Shiwan Park is located in northwest Huizhou, right across the river from Dongguan. The park is free to enter and has various facilities. There is a stage for live performances, a lake, a pagoda, a Buddah statue and an amusement park. It was late in the afternoon when I got there and as it was cloudy, it was a bit dark, so I didn't get to photograph the whole park like I wanted. I rode the powered coaster and took photos of what I could before the darkness set in. It had been rainy this afternoon before I got to the park and I wondered if anything there would be open. All of the rides were available. There are only six rides here. One is a walk through haunted house. The outside of the building looks very neat. I tried to get a good photo of it, but I had to take my photo at an angle due to the placement of the bumper cars. Shiwan Park became my 377th park today. It is a nice, but faded park. It is a nice spot for the locals to enjoy. Many enthusiasts will never get to or would even want to visit this place, but since I live in the region, I just had to go. I am in Huizhou today and I have arrived at Shiwan Park. This old stage is in the park. It could use a paint job. This Buddah display exists inside the park. This little inflatable attraction is inside the park and looks new compared to other facilities here. Here is the merry go round. The Chinese love their wave swingers. This haunted house is a walk through attraction. I couldn't get a better picture because the bumper cars block the front of the attraction. A powered dragon coaster is here. It is a pretty common powered coaster. Despite it being a rainy afternoon, I was able to get a spin on the dragon.

The first ride is not a roll-o-plane. It is more similar to a Zamperla roto shake. It was closed and hasn't operated in some time. in regards to upkeep on the rides, the mouse cars have been replaced, but other than the mouse, the rides could use some refurbishment.

Today I went to Dongguan to visit Chiling Entertainment Park. I found this park sometime ago and knew it had a powered coaster. I was not going to go all the way there for a single powered coaster. It wasn't until recently that I saw on Google maps that the park also has a jungle mouse coaster. That made it more likely that I would go. I found this park before ACE and RCDB found it. I got to the park and went in. It is very small, but very nice. This park is all amusement park. They have a lake with boats, the mouse, powered coaster, bumper cars and other rides. Although it is a bit faded, it is a nice little park to spend part of an afternoon in. I was greeted by two young ladies in the park named Emmy and Lily. Their family runs the park. Their mom was the one in charge of selling tickets. They showed me around. Emmy wanted to practice her English. On the bumper cars, Emmy drove like a fiend. I didn't know that a child could drive a bumper car the way she did. It was great fun. The employees were all very friendly. The paratrooper seemed to make some bad noises. Maybe the noises were caused by a lack of grease, but it was a bit scary to hear them as they were not normal noises. It sound liked something was breaking on the ride. The jungle mouse coaster was partly built over the lake. It is a standard design that I have experienced in many other parks in China. In all, Chiling Entertainment Park is a bit faded,but very nice little local park. It is a few miles from Shuilianshan Park, which has a large looping coaster, so visitors to Dongguan can hit both parks on the same day. There is a bus from the Nancheng bus terminal to both parks. I have now ridden 855 coasters and I have discovered 222 coasters before ACE or RCDB could find them. I have arrived at Chiling Entertainment Park. Let's go in. I would, unexpectedly, have these two young ladies as my guides. They are Emmy and Lily. Their parents run the rides and take the money. Actually, their mom takes the money. This ride no longer operates. This is a walk through attraction. This lake provides a place for a nice boat ride. I did not notice the employee sleeping when I took this photo. Bumper cars are here. Emmy (one of my guides for the park) drives like a fiend. Here is the park's merry go round. It is not like any other such ride I have seen. I rode this paratrooper. It made strange noises. I kept having visions of that swing ride collapsing on You Tube. This did not feel or sound normal. There is a powered kiddie coaster here. It is a typical dragon coaster. Here is an on ride shot of the dragon. A swinging ship is here. They are so common in parks across Asia. A mouse coaster is here. These are the original cars for the mouse. I didn't know Chinese mouse coasters had cars like this. They look to be in decent shape, despite being a bit old. Here is another look at the mouse. This photo of the moon cars ride will finish the TR.

I went to Dongguan to visit Yinxian and Resort and Liuhua Park on November 30. I went to Yinxian Resort first. I had been here three years ago when I discovered they had an odd looping coaster. The park has since added a mouse coaster called Crazy Mouse or Jungle Flying Squirrel as it's Chinese name translates. I went back to add the mouse to my track record. It became coaster #852 for me. This is a busy park. It is the biggest amusement park in all of Dongguan. If Theme Park Review has not been here, they should go the next time they are in China. Changping Tielu Park is close by and both parks can be done in half a day if you start early. Yinxian Resort gets quite busy on the weekends. After visiting Yinxian Resort, I went to nearby Liuhua Park. I found this park recently and knew they had at least a few rides, including a powered coaster. As it turns out, the park has only had four rides-a powered coaster, bumper cars, paratrooper and boats on the lake. All of the rides closed sometime ago. The powered coaster is overgrown. The coaster's train sits in the bumper car building with bumper cars, boats and paratrooper seats. Liuhua park is a faded places. There is a big tower on top of the hill, but the rides will never operate there again. I am now up to having visited 375 parks and I have found 217 coasters before RCDB or ACE could find them. I have arrived at Yinxian Resort-I was here three years ago. They make an effort to make the park look beautiful. This roller coaster was here three years ago when I visited. The outside of this walk through attraction looks like a long golden dragon. A new mouse coaster is has been added since my last visit. It's English name is Crazy Mouse. The cars even look mice. My second park of the day is Liuhua park. A powered coaster is here, but it has not operated in quite a while. Weeds are overtaking the track. This was inside the station. The earth takes everything back. The coaster's train sits in the bumper car building with bumper cars and paratrooper seats. That will finish the TR.

If I have to go based on the original poster, then I would say Rollo Coaster at Idlewild. With that being said, most coasters are more than 75 feet tall due to the elevation of the land. The woodies in Denver are more than a mile tall.

Perhaps I should nominate Wood Coaster at Knight Valley for this honor. The drop is greater than 75 feet, but the ride is never that far off the ground due to the terrain.