robbalvey Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) Videos: Day 1 - Nara Dreamland Day 2 - Bon Bon Land Day 3 - Farup Sommerland Day 4 - Beech Bend Park Day 5 - Manhattan Express Day 6 - Lotte World Day 7 - PortAventura Day 8 - Parque Espana Part 1 Day 9 - Parque Espana Part 2 Day 10 - Halloween Horror Nights 2006 Day 11 - Happy Valley Shenzhen Day 12 - Nasu Highland Resort Day 13 - 7 Parks in 1 Day! Day 14 - Coney Island, New York Day 15 - Blackpool Pleasure Beach Day 16 - Opening Segment! Day 17 - Closing Segment! Day 18 - Disneyland Paris Day 19 - Cedar Point Day 21 - Tokyo Disneyland Resort! Day 22 - Robb & Elissa's Walt Disney World Wedding! Day 23 - Robb & Elissa's Walt Disney World Honeymoon! Day 24 - Christmas in Miami! Day 25 - Merry Christmas! Go open your present! ------------------------------------------------ Hey everyone! For the entire month of December we will be posting a TPR video EVERY DAY between now and Christmas Eve! Some of the videos will be classics you may have been watching for years, some of them will be BRAND NEW, never before seen! And some of you may be seeing even the older videos for the first time! Either way, we hope you enjoy them have a GREAT holiday season! Let's start out with this classic from Nara Dreamland...the "knock off Disneyland" in Japan. While this park was absoultely terrible (sans Aska, the wooden roller coaster) it was probably one of the more unique and "interesting" parks in the world. It closed its doors in 2006 and from what I've been told the park is still standing, litterally like an abandoned ghost town. Creepy! Enjoy the video! [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=naradreamland_3[/coastertube] Edited June 22, 2020 by robbalvey
BelizeIt Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 That Nara Dreamland video is classic. This would have been a great park to have seen in person. But at least it will live on forever on TPR.
noyzz Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 The woodie looked pretty good? What was the creepy looking building? Some kind of haunted house?
robbalvey Posted December 1, 2009 Author Posted December 1, 2009 ^ I think it was some kind of walk through attraction that was closed the day we were there. --Robb
ginzo Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 The Nara Dreamland video is one of my favorite TPR videos.
Crazy4Coasters! Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 WOW!!! You weren't playing around saying it was "Disney Knockoff"... Sheezzz!
matteocrepaldi Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Nice! Aska looks like a nice ride. Too bad it's closed.
Groteslurf Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 The swastika building is very .... euh unique ?
BudtheWeiser Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Yup google maps confirms its still there maps.google.com/?t=k&om=1&ll=34.699769,135.823422&spn=0.007656,0.013497 and found this on another site pics taken after the closure always looks sad to see coasters abandoned even if they were rubbish. Abandoned pics
Ccron10 Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 That Nara Dreamland video is classic. Agreed. Too bad most of the park is probably sitting vacant and rotting away (same for Aska).
packfanlv Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 The Nara Dreamland video was what first brought me to TPR!! As for Nara Dreamland, my only wish was that it stayed open long enough for me to see it, but my visit to Japan last year was too late! Oh well.
atem122 Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Ahhhhh I love that video, I think the Nara Dreamland PTR was the first one I ever read on TPR (my older brother showed it to me). Robb, have you ever uploaded the POV of the Matterhorn knockoff? It has always interested me.
CoasterPrince Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Did he just lift up his restraint while the coaster was in motion?!? Aska looks smooth and keeps a good pace for a woodie. Isn't it a S&S?
moinab Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 The Nara Dreamland video was what first brought me to TPR!! Me too! Ah, sweet memories!
CoasterDude211 Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 Awesome segment! Really enjoy the Expedition segments and seeing how TPR can make any park fun! More parks should invest in "Build Your Own Theming" to cater to the more artistic children.
robbalvey Posted December 2, 2009 Author Posted December 2, 2009 Robb, have you ever uploaded the POV of the Matterhorn knockoff? It has always interested me. I've never uploaded it, but it is on Roller Coasters in the RAW Volume 3!
atem122 Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 ^Ahhh you cheeky self promoting jerk! JK haha, I'll have to look into that.
bobpuppet Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 The Nara Dreamland is great. Like several others have said I too first found TPR looking for info on Nara Dreamland. I was very disappointed that it had closed before the 2007 Japan trip.
gisco Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 I think some Japanese guy came to California, took a bunch of pictures of Disneyland. Went home and tried to recreate it on a budget. It was pretty creepy how many things were taken from Disney. The monorail, autopia, jungle cruise, main street, castle etc. Then with all that rubbish they had Aska, a kick-ass wooden coaster. The best woodie in Asia at that time.
thrillerman1 Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 Wow what a cool idea for a great Christmas present. Thanks Robb and Elissa! By the way Nara was a really fun video!
tedten Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 This is fantastic! I can't wait to see the new video each day! So excited for this thread! Thank you!
robbalvey Posted December 2, 2009 Author Posted December 2, 2009 Bon Bon Land! This might be one of our most popular videos ever! This park is so bizarre...so strange...so fun! I have to say though I was a bit dissapointed by our visit this year. All the "Do it yourself" rides were taken out and they downplayed the cow boobs character. The rest of the park is still intact and I feel that every theme park fan to go here at some point in thier lives! [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=bonbonland_ce_war9[/coastertube]
the ghost Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 On the second day of Chrstmas TPR gave to me...COWS WITH BOOBS! Bonbon land loos pretty damn awesome in every way.
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