Nrthwnd Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 ^ DIBS! (ACTUALLY - I was thinking that THIS TITLE might be a "Good Title" for somebody's upcoming ZOMBIE MOVIE being made right now - and we have already been told a bit about it, when we were on tour, too.....The title can still be....uh... adjusted?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) Ready for another video of a totally CRAZY China coaster? Here ya go.... Edited October 5, 2012 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Is it wrong to say that actually looks fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 ^^ IMhO... One of the most f-ed up coasters on the tour - and most enjoyable! I actually wanted to ride it a couple of more times, if I could have. And it looked great when it's night-lighting came on, in the early evening, before we left the park. And most of the locals stayed away from it, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy T. Koepp Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 That thing looks pretty awesome! How does it ride? Is it more comfortable than the Vekoma Flyers that we are used to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCo Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Yeah, this does look pretty cool. A flyer with a vertical lift is highly appealing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
australianalex Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I'm sure the lift would feel weird. For a few minutes you're going up headfirst as you would on a drop tower before getting tilted onto your stomach... awesomely screwed up lol I wonder why no other park has bothered purchasing one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I would have liked to ridden it a second time to figure out if I just get a bad ride. I think I may be the only one from our group that did not like this coaster, an I REALLY did not like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odene497 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Aside from thinking my sinuses were going to blow up, I thought it was pretty good. I'd like to see a few more of these with different layouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Aside from thinking my sinuses were going to blow up, I thought it was pretty good. I'd like to see a few more of these with different layouts. My thoughts exactly. I liked it...or at least I wanted to like it... I actually felt it might have been slightly "uncomfortable" to be fully enjoyable. But overall, I'd say it was a decent ride, better than I would have expected, and would have liked to have gotten another ride on it, but we were all very fortunate to ride it at all. If it wasn't for me calling in a favour, we probably wouldn't have gotten on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) Understood completely. What you managed to get us on in China was absolutely amazing. We could tell by the way the scary park security wouldn't even let people up the stairs to get to the ticket booths nevermind the entrance that getting to ride this once was due to some amazing work on your part. For a country that doesn't get the concept of ert, you managed to het us a hell of a lot of it including his newfangled contraption. Thank you! It might have been all the Chinese air inflaming my sinuses but for me the "uncomfortableness" was pain and I just couldn't enjoy the ride. Edited October 6, 2012 by Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 ^ I actually get sinus issues on all of the flyers I've ridden so I can imagine it would have been even worse on this one. Not quite sure why that is. Still looks like fun. Thanks for sharing with us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 For a country that doesn't get the concept of ert, you managed to get us a hell of a lot of it including his newfangled contraption. Thank you! I can not imagine any other trips organizer/organization getting us on as many coasters as Robb and Elissa did. For those not on the trip Suzhou Giant Wheel Park was officially closed for the day when we arrived. They were not letting new guests into the park because a private function (park buyout) was about to start. Robb worked very hard ahead of time to make sure park management knew we would be there to even give us this opportunity. Sitting in the front of the bus I heard Robb and Elissa convince the tour guide to go to "at least" half a dozen places the tour guide didn't believe existed. Remember Robb running through the Shanghai Zoo to find a coaster that the tour guide couldn't find? How many times did Robb and Elissa camp outside a closed coaster (sacrificing rides on other coasters) until the coaster opened and then notify the group? How many times did Robb and Elissa convince ride operators to try to fit our larger participants by re-arranging seats after they were initially denied? I'm sure we never would have gotten all three coasters in at China Dinosaur Park in 90 minutes without Robb, especially since Dinoconda had a 3 hour wait. And least we forget the time Robb told out tour guide to wake up a sleeping ticket booth attendant ride operator at one of the public parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 How does the Stingray compare to the Flying Dutchman? I thought the Dutchman was the best take on the flying concept of the existing 3 flyer types in the States (call it the "tallest midget" award), but it doesn't seem likely that any more will be built. A cheaper, smaller, more reliable variant could possibly get some smaller park to bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 How does the Stingray compare to the Flying Dutchman? I thought the Dutchman was the best take on the flying concept of the existing 3 flyer types in the States (call it the "tallest midget" award), but it doesn't seem likely that any more will be built. A cheaper, smaller, more reliable variant could possibly get some smaller park to bite. I'm not a fan of the Flying Dutchman models. Stingray was so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Just caught up with the official TPR China TR. Awesome videos, and really hilarious! That looked like a really fun trip and almost as fun as reading the Japan TR last year. What park was that Vekoma Stingray in btw? I take that the trip is officially over now. How many days was the trip (I take it was split into two portions) and how many parks did TPR visit? Thanks for the TRs as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) ^Stingray is at Suzhou Giant Wheel Park. We rode coaster at 44 different locations. Trip was from September 8th (Day Zero) - September 28th (last park day of Hong Kong Add-on) Beijing Segment September 8th - 12th: Beijing area Septmber 13th - 15th: Chengdu area September 16th - 17th: Wuhan area Shanghai Segment September 18th - 21th: Shanghai area September 22th - 26th: Guangzhou/Shanzhen area ADD-ON September 27th - 28th: Hong Kong We went to the following parks and rode these coasters Beijing Segment Crab Island Children's Amusement Park Green Worm Sliding Car (unnamed on rcdb) Cool Surfing Coaster (listed as Spinning Yacht on rcdb) Crab Island Amusement Park Hanging Roller Coaster Aoyun Fuwa Park (sign at park said Olympic Fuwa Eden) Crazy Mouse (listed as Happy Racing Boat on rcdb) World Park Canyon Adventure Mountain Coaster at Great Wall Shijingshan Atomic Coaster Feng Shen Coaster Jurassic Adventure Mine Coaster Shenzhou Coaster Space Trip Spinning Coaster Worm Coaster Spinning Batman was SBNO Sun Park Fruit Worm Coaster Jungle Mouse Mine Coaster Rainbow Children Coaster Roller Coaster Sliding Dragon (powered) Space Scooter (powered) Spinning Coaster Happy Valley Beijing Crystal Wing Golden Wings in Snowfield Jungle Racing Extreme Rusher - NOT OPEN Harvest Time - NOT OPEN Victory Kingdom Suspended Looping Coaster Spinning Coaster - NOT OPEN Intamin Half-Pipe - UNDER CONSTRUCTION Across Amazon - had no coaster track section Tianjin Youth Center (Children's Palace) Crazy Mouse Sliding Dragon (powered) Langfang Children's Paradise Jungle Mouse (listed as unknown on rcdb) Floraland Dragon Rider Revolving Pulley People's Park (Qingyang, Chengdu) Space Car Xinhua Park Outer Space Flying Car Happy Valley Chengdu Dragon in Clouds Dragon in Snowfield Fly over Mediterranean Mad Rats (opened late in the day, some people already left the park) Happy Valley Wuhan Dauling Dragon Hidden Anaconda Monte Carlo Racetrack OCT Thrust SSC 1000 - Under Construction Magic Express - Under Construction Wuhan Peace Park Guide refered to park as Paradise Park at Heping Park Jungle Flying Squirrel Gliding Dragon (powered) Wuhan Zhongshan Park Flying Mouse Flying Saucer Roller Coaster (guide said name was "High Altitude Roller Coaster" Shanghai Segment Oriental Pearl Tower (Space City) Space Switchback Fisherman Wharf Outer Space Flying Car Pine Forest Flying Mouse Gliding Dragon (powered) Jin Jiang Karst Cave Coaster (powered) Moto Coaster Mountain Peak Roller Coaster Spinning Coaster Chang Feng Park Sliding Dragon (powered) This coaster is not yet listed on coaster-count.com Zhongshan Park (Shanghai) Big Worm Inertia Train Shanghai Zoological Park Sliding Dragon (powered) Gongqing Forest Park Inertia Roller Coaster (Jungle Mouse) Loop and Spiral Coaster Golden Dragon Roller Coaster Peace Park at Heping Park Outer Space Flying Car Luxun Park Gliding Dragon (powered) People's Park Shanghai Gliding Dragon (powered) Century Park Rotating Pulley Happy Valley Shanghai Mega-Lite Diving Coaster Fireball Mine Train Coaster Spinning Coaster LeLe's Chariot Giant Wheel Park of Suzhou Stingray World Joyland Starry Sky Ripper / Skyscrapper Dragon Roaring Heaven Clouds of Fairyland (SkyLoop that opened very briefly) China Dinosaur Park Dinosaur Island Whirling Dinosaur Car Dinoconda Guangzhou Zoological Garden Little Worm Train Forest Flying Mouse Tianhe Park Fruit Worm Coaster Gliding Coaster (powered) Spinning Coaster Xiaofantain Jungle Mouse Amazing World Roller Coaster Speed Mouse Chimelong Paradise 10 Inversion Coaster Dive Coaster Half Pipe Motobike Launch Coaster Young Star Coaster Chuanlord Holiday Manor Jungle Mouse Sliding Dragon (powered) Spinning Surfboat Shenzhou Surfing (this is the coaster with 4 tracks) Universe Coaster (this coaster never opened) Spinning Coaster (this coaster never opened and was in pieces) Knight Valley Wood Coaster Zhongshan Park (Shenzhen) Spinning Coaster Sliding Dragon (powered) Windows on the World Greenland Underground Exploration Happy Valley Shenzhen Baby Coaster Wild Elfin Mine Train Coaster Snow Mountain Flying Dragon Bullet Coaster Add-on Tour Parks Ocean Park Hair Raiser Dragon Wild West Mine Train Arctic Blast (powered) Hong Kong Disneyland Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars RC Racer Space Mountain Edited October 8, 2012 by larrygator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 ^Wow! Thanks for all that info! You basically answered all my questions (at least the coaster/park related ones). Well I guess I do have one still...was it the general consensus the Dualing Dragon (the High Five coaster) was the favorite ride of the trip, or was there another one that stood out on top of the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) ^ I'd say my top five from the trip (in no real particular order) would be: - High Five Woodie - Fireball - World Joyland B&M - Big Grizzly Mountain - Both Mega-Lite's Edited October 8, 2012 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
australianalex Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 - Big Grizzly Mountain Argh, I was hoping you'd say Big Grizzly Mountain was a bad ride. I'm still pretty sore about being in Hong Kong 2 days before it's opening date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 For a country that doesn't get the concept of ert, you managed to get us a hell of a lot of it including his newfangled contraption. Thank you! I can not imagine any other trips organizer/organization getting us on as many coasters as Robb and Elissa did. For those not on the trip Suzhou Giant Wheel Park was officially closed for the day when we arrived. They were not letting new guests into the park because a private function (park buyout) was about to start. Robb worked very hard ahead of time to make sure park management knew we would be there to even give us this opportunity. Sitting in the front of the bus I heard Robb and Elissa convince the tour guide to go to "at least" half a dozen places the tour guide didn't believe existed. Remember Robb running through the Shanghai Zoo to find a coaster that the tour guide couldn't find? How many times did Robb and Elissa camp outside a closed coaster (sacrificing rides on other coasters) until the coaster opened and then notify the group? How many times did Robb and Elissa convince ride operators to try to fit our larger participants by re-arranging seats after they were initially denied? I'm sure we never would have gotten all three coasters in at China Dinosaur Park in 90 minutes without Robb, especially since Dinoconda had a 3 hour wait. And least we forget the time Robb told out tour guide to wake up a sleeping ticket booth attendant ride operator at one of the public parks. Agree completely. All this and more is why TPR trips are so amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Thanks for sharing all that info Larry. I didn't realize that there were that many parks on the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Thanks for sharing all that info Larry. I didn't realize that there were that many parks on the trip. Going in, none of us realized how many bonus parks would be on this trip either. We also passed by two or three parks that were no longer in existence and were denied entrance into a final park because the park had sent personnel home earlier due to bad weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Still even though a couple parks were missed because of not being around, it's still a great reason to show why TPR trips are fantastically amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Any thoughts on the Bullet Caster to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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