Gutterflower Posted June 30, 2015 Author Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Hey guys Tons more news as the Fantawild Dreamland in Zhengzhou gets ready to open. First up some official footage of the new wooden coaster seen above "Jungle Trailblazer" Some new construction shots of the ride too Source And also some new shots of the new Vekoma family suspended found at the park (Not even a knock off) Source Edited July 20, 2015 by Gutterflower
Gutterflower Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 Just been doing some hunting on the Chinese side of the internet and found these The pictures below show another new Martin & Vleminckx Rides LLC wooden coaster being built at the new Fantawild Cultural Heritage Park in Ningbo. According to the parks press release the ride will be 995m (3265ft) long, 90km/h (56mph) and feature a corkscrew inversion. The ride will also have at least one 90degree banked section but unsure what form that will come in yet. The best news though is that it seems to be yet another custom layout making it the 5th Fantawild wooden coaster with a different layout.
viking86 Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 They sure are busy, with 4 wooden coasters opening in China this year. It's not often you see coaster manufacturers build this many major rollercoasters at the same time. Will be interesting to see the layout, I like that they all have different layouts.
Gutterflower Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 They sure are busy, with 4 wooden coasters opening in China this year. It's not often you see coaster manufacturers build this many major rollercoasters at the same time. Will be interesting to see the layout, I like that they all have different layouts. This is actually the 5th this year so they are even busier. The ones at Jinan and Zhengzhou are already open and Zhuzhou and Wuhu should open soon. So far with the exception of the Zhuzhou one which is a clone of Fjord Dragon at Happy Valley Tianjin (Which incidentally is a brilliant ride) they are unique They have confirmed at least five more too, heading to Fuzhou, Shunde, Xiamen, Chongqing and Xian Although no parks were announced yet. Basically Gravity Group and MVR are dominating the market out there.
Gutterflower Posted July 17, 2015 Author Posted July 17, 2015 Two new things. First up is an excellent new official video of the Wuhu video Also the new Ningbo ride seen a few posts ago is actually a clone of the already operating Jinan Ride. A shame its a clone but at least they are cloning an amazing ride.
DoinItForTheFame Posted July 18, 2015 Posted July 18, 2015 Two new things. First up is an excellent new official video of the Wuhu video Looks like an awesome coaster. It also has a pretty decent ride time compared to some of the coasters that have been coming out lately! Now if only Cedar Point could get rid of Mean Streak, and put in a clone of this ride!!!
Gutterflower Posted August 24, 2015 Author Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) M&V's latest creation is now running at Fantawild Dreamland in Zhengzhou. The third Jungle Trailblazer to open this is the only one of the 3 currently operating JT rides not to invert. Edited August 24, 2015 by robbalvey
robbalvey Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 ^ I used our version since it fixes some of the "air quality" a little bit!
rcjp Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 Looks great! The "reverse" high-five" is quite interesting.
Gutterflower Posted August 25, 2015 Author Posted August 25, 2015 Thanks Robb. I've already heard some really good things about this ride. Also have an update on the Ningbo Heritage Park M&V coaster. Construction is on going. Certainly a clone of the Jinan ride.
rcjp Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 Ok I totally lost count of all these woodies going to China
Gutterflower Posted August 25, 2015 Author Posted August 25, 2015 Ok I totally lost count of all these woodies going to China Understandable Here's a quick run down of the Fantawild woodies, with a bit of luck it clears it up. (hopefully its cool to post so many videos in a post) Fantawild Jungle Trailblazer - Zhuzhou Built but not yet open. Clone of Flying Fjord Dragon at Happy Valley Tianjin seen here. Jungle Trailblazer - Jinan Opened June Jungle Trailblazer - Zhengzhou Opened July Jungle Trailblazer - Wuhu Opened August Jungle Trailblazer - Ningbo Under construction - Clone of Jinan's Opening 2016 Jungle Trailblazer - Xiamen Under construction - Unknown design - Opening 2016
rcjp Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 ^Thanks. They all look pretty good. Hopefully they'll be properly maintained.
coasterfreak101 Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 ^Yeah, my biggest concern is how fast these things fly through some of those turns. They look awesome, but here's to hoping they ride just as awesome in 5-10 years.
Gutterflower Posted October 27, 2015 Author Posted October 27, 2015 Duane at the RCDB did a tour of the under construction park in Ningbo. http://rcdb.com/12234.htm The Jungle Trailblazer here is a clone of the Jinan ride. Looking very good. The Boomerang is also up.
Paradox Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 That wooden coaster looks great! I hope GG will eventually build things like this over here!
PixelRush Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 The inversion that GCI makes seems to be becoming the normal for them
CoasterMateo Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 It's actually a Gravity Group woodie, not GCI. ^^
StealthFan Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 In my mind how I was going through the pictures thinking "Oh look at the nice Gravity Group woodie. Oh.....boomerang"
Gutterflower Posted April 10, 2016 Author Posted April 10, 2016 The Ningbo Fantawild Cultural Heritage Park is soft opening at the moment ready for grand opening on the 16th.
Nrthwnd Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Wow. Such colour and grandeur of just the buildings! Very impressive. Actually, I am also curious if one of these huge buildings houses a dark ride of some/any kind? Just curious...and hoping. (And maybe a FUN HOUSE, too?)
Gutterflower Posted June 15, 2016 Author Posted June 15, 2016 Yet another MRV woodie is going up in China. This one at Fantawild Cultural Heritage Park in Xiamen due to open later this year. These pictures are the first I've found of the new ride and are from back in March so the ride is probably almost complete by now. Called Jungle Trailblazer (Again) the ride has another custom layout and forgoes the inversions seen on the Wuhu, Jinan and Ningbo rides. Layout of the new ride can be seen at the bottom. The park also has a Vekoma SFC going up on site.
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