TR: Chinese New Year In Shanghai (Part 1)

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

I left Hong Kong on the afternoon of February 4th to go to Shanghai. I took the overnight sleeper train and woke up this morning in Shanghai. My first port of call was to check into my motel and then go to some parks. The first park I visited was Zhongshan Park, which is home to a wacky worm called Big Worm Inertia Train. This was a typical wacky worm, but I wanted to ride it to add it to my track record.

 

I took the subway a few stops to People's Park and rode the Gliding Dragon, which is a powered coaster. People's Park is a small city park that has some amusement rides. I took a few pictures and then left.

 

My next stop was the Oriental Pearl Tower to ride Space Switchback. Space Switchback is a Vekoma junior coaster that has a first drop right out of the station. This ride is short, but it is fun. The coaster is located in the sphere 90 meters up in the tower. Converting meters to feet, I have determined that this coaster needs less than five more feet in height added to it to make it a giga coaster. Being 90 meters up in the tower, one could argue that the tower is supporting the track.

I took the elevator to the top level of the tower to see how impressive Shanghai was. I just loved looking down at the street 1000 feet below. You can actually see through the floor on the observation deck.

 

My last place to visit was Century Park. This park is home to a spinning mouse coaster. I got a good ride and the car spun like crazy when it hit the brakes. There are a few basic rides here and that is it. After Century Park, I went back to my hotel and called it a day.

Here is Shanghai's Zhongshan Park

Boats in Zhongshan Park

Here is the Big Worm Inertia Train

Here is the Gliding Dragon at People's Park

People's Park also had this Carousel

This appears to be a new ride at People's Park

Here is another one of the rides in People's Park

Here is the Oriental Pearl Tower. There is a roller coaster in the bottom sphere, but I didn't take any photos of the coaster as it was too dark inside.

Here is the ticket booth at Century Park

Here is the Rotating Pulley at People's Park. I have ridden several of these spinning coasters.

Here is another shot of the Rotating Pulley.