brock_boehm Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 The strangest to me were always the "Dragon in Snowfield" and "Golden Wings in Snowfield". Asian parks in general come up with some pretty crazy names!
3Mutts Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 There is already another thread: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=490
RCT3luvr Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 ^but that forum is the WORST ride name forum.... This forum isnt really about the worst ride names, its about the strangest ones... We dont necessarily hate the ride names... Does that make any sense?
BDG Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Vicky The Ride is named after Vicky The Viking, a character who first appeared in German-Japanese cartoons in the 70s and has been property of Studio 100 for quite some time now. They recently made a couple pretty successful live-action movies with him. Â Â Now some will notice the above images say "Wickie" instead of "Vicky". The original name is Wickie, but PlopsaCoo is located in a French-speaking region, where the character is known as Vicky.
fraroc Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 How about Dog Fart Coaster or Fuwa-Fuwa Osora No-Dai Bouken?
scbt Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 I always found some of the names of Chinese coasters rather amusing such as Loop Screw Coaster
larrygator Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) (Forgive me if there's already a thread for this. I searched for something like it on Google and TPR and didn't find anything on this site.) Â You didn't search very hard! I merged your thread into an existing one. Edited August 18, 2012 by larrygator
texcoaster Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 Top Thrill Dragster, Kingda Ka, and Volcano: The Blast Coaster are all kinda weird. Hurler and Montezooma's Revenge are based on unpleasant body functions. But the oddest one is "Sky Princess" on a decent woodie at Dutch Wonderland. Really. But hey, they named the steelie "Joust" for no apparent reason, too.
texcoaster Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 Oh, and Magnum XL-200 sounds like a condom brand. They should have a Trojan coaster next to it.
Lone Wanderer Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 Oh, and Magnum XL-200 sounds like a condom brand. They should have a Trojan coaster next to it. Â You should see some of the early teaser commercials...
gisco Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 "Happy Racing Boat" it is a mouse in a chinese park.
andyuk200523 Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 I am genuinely surprised no one has mentioned this one... Â The original full name of Submission at Alton Towers, who knew they were right all along... Â Submission: Hang In There
3Mutts Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 I thought French Revolution was an odd name for a Vekoma Looper.
JonnyRCT3 Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Intimidator 305. Very little effort there.....it's more like statign the obvious. It's right up there with 10 Inversion roller coaster. Â They might as well call TTD the: 120mphStrataCoaster
3Mutts Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Boogie-Woogie Space Coaster is very odd. Also 3 of Victory Kingdoms coasters have very generic names (Spinning Coaster, Suspended Looping Coaster, and U Shaped Roller Coaster).
thrillrideseeker Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Maybe its just me but "Dragster H2O" ... Like really?? I am not feeling that... They couldn't come up with something better?? ~Matt
RCF Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Maybe its just me but "Dragster H2O" ... Like really?? I am not feeling that... They couldn't come up with something better??~Matt  It was voted for by the GP. What do you expect?
julioot Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 I allways thought Joris & de draak (or George and the dragon) to be a pretty weird name. I think most people would love to ride a dragon. Riding a George... I don't know.. Feels like I want to get to know him a little better first.
cfc Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 China provides quite the bumper crop of bizarre coaster names. One that caught my eye is "Revolving Pulley" for a standard Golden Horse Spinning Coaster. And let's not forget "Sky Scrapper," or the B&M Flying Coaster of Many Names, at World Joyland and Hidden Anaconda for the Skyloop at Happy Valley Wuhan.
ThanksforRiding Posted August 22, 2013 Posted August 22, 2013 Down Time at Lake Compounce is not only a little funny but also the ride runs just fine most of the time.
shivtim Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 A lot of them are probably just odd/bad translations, but there sure are some weird coaster names in China. A few of my weirdest favorites: Hidden Anaconda, Dizzy Love & Whirling Passion, Happy Racing Boat, Lovely Fruit Worm Pulley, U-Shaped Roller Coaster, Bat Diving Speedy Car, Big Worm Inertia Train, King of Kings, Bull Fight in the Sky, Coulourfull Four Ring Coaster, Suspended Looping Coaster over Water, Crazy Jungle Squirrel, Golden-Dragon Tackle, High Altitude Rolling Sliding Coaster, Pig Bug Coaster, and Super Speed Cool-Cool Bear.
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