Ocean Kingdom in China

[BaMiTsPaT]

Longest wooden coaster in the world AND it looks AWESOME?! I can't wait to see more concept art for this park in the near future! I love what is happening in China.

[cinciDAWGS12]

Wow finally a park is challenging the Beast! But hey 32 years of the title ain't bad at all

[HappyEisentrout]

China is going nuts right now with their parks and it's really making China a destination hot spot for coaster junkies. After watching that video of GCI's new woodie over there, China is my top destination spot right now. China is kind of growing like Dubai is but not being as ridiculously outrageous as Dubai.

[gottastrata33]

China is becomin more & more intriguing everyday it seems! I am a big fan of rock work (when its done correctly) so I hope those "walrus mountains" are part of the real deal.

 

& Ryan, Dubai is just nuts in general for everything they've done or goin to do from indoor ski resorts to rotating skyscrapers!

[Chrisili]

Found a huge model of the whole resort, looks pretty large...

 

source: airtimers.com

[TXman308]

This park is not getting enough attention. If it actually opens with everything it's supposed to, I can see this being one of the best parks in China.

[Gutterflower]

Unfortunately theres not much attention because there is not much going on at the moment. Most of it is just a big mud bath for the time being. There is some construction but most of the pictures online are are of the classic "Chinese Businessmen pointing at things" persuasion

 

HOWEVER There are plenty of those.

 

 

 

In other news I believe this is the one of the hotels being build on the resort site..

[chipcoaster]

If I took a trip to Hong Kong [i'm living in China now] here at the end of April, do you think it's possible to get a good view of the construction site?

[BDG]

Looks like there will be a B&M Wing Coaster as well.

 

http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1183389#p1183389

 

[australianalex]

I'd laugh if the wooden coaster was made by RCCA. Actually no, I'd cry with pain.

I wonder if it'll be a Gravity Group coaster, considering China's been getting a bunch of those (though they're all in the Happy Valley parks I know). I guess we can pretty much guarantee it'll be either an Intamin or a GG.

[KDCOASTERFAN]

Looks like there will be a B&M Wing Coaster as well.

 

http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1183389#p1183389

 

 

This is why we shouldn't get too excited about seeing B&M track at the factory so early...like I pointed out in the other thread I had a feeling the green wingrider was going to an overseas park due to it's early production & shipping schedule.

[la2lvtom]

Wow, this will be a great addition to China. I go to Guangzhou every couple of months and make it a point to hit Chimelong paradise, Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park and I am anxiously looking forward to this park being built. I do enjoy the collection of rides in these 3 parks and this will just make a great addition to my park going experience in China. Chimelong is a nice little park with some fun (but cloned) coasters, HK Disneyland will be a really nice Disney park when the 2 new lands open (already it is a nicer park than Disneyland Paris) and I just went to Ocean Park for the first time and I must say that this is one heck of a nice park, probably in my top 5 parks in the world. I look forward to hitting the Happy Valley parks on future trips and then going to this park when it does finally open.

[Dom497]

Has the wing coaster been announced yet? Wasn't it supposed to be announced at the Asian IAAPA Expo?

[Gutterflower]

 

This image of the revised plan for Ocean Kingdom shows the Wingrider in the back right.... (VERY small image though )

The mack supersplash is front left and the woodie has gone from plans.

 

Source: http://vhcoasters.com

[coasterfreak101]

So the giant wooden roller coaster and the giant ferris wheel have both been scrapped? That's a shame. That piece of concept art does look really great though, this could be a top-notch park!

[_koppen]

Nothing is known of the woodie yet, it may be there or it may not. I'm not trusting anything from Chinese concept art anymore.

 

Also, is this park not supposed to have two water coasters from Mack?

As I said, I don't trust anything conceptual.

 

I have seen B&M Wing track, and Mack Supersplash track on pics, so i trust those two will get built at least.

[SoCalCoasters]

^Unfortunately it looks like the Supersplash is another Chinese knock off...But seeing as the concept art is never accurate you never know...

[Gutterflower]

 

Nope its actually a Mack this time

[_koppen]

Yes, you can see the supports and the stairs for the ride in this pic from previous page.

[SoCalCoasters]

That's a nice surprise....With the marketplace in all industries being infected by these knock off companies, it's nice to see that Ocean Kingdom is going for the real thing....

[grimby]

I beleieve as China continues to grow economically we will see less and less knock offs as the citizens of the People's Republic demand genuine coaster experiences.

[SharkTums]

Why is everyone so surprised that these aren't knockoffs?!?! This park is being built by the Chimelong People which was one of the first big China parks to use real manufacturers.

[The Yeti]

I agree^^ This is friggin Ocean Kingdom we're talking about. This park seems like it will be a big deal!!!

[_koppen]

I beleieve as China continues to grow economically we will see less and less knock offs as the citizens of the People's Republic demand genuine coaster experiences.

 

Most likely not, but you will see an increase in quality from the Chinese manufacturers.

The parks in China don't buy the knock-offs because they save money on them.

Chinese just rather do business with Chinese. Hopefully they will start making B&M clones in the future, instead of the Vekoma and Arrow ones.

[spinning man]

Hopefully they will start making B&M clones in the future, instead of the Vekoma and Arrow ones.