Photo TR: Two Days In Xiamen (Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, 2014)

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

I went to Xiamen in Fujian province last weekend for two days. I was fortunate enough to visit four parks there.

 

Haiwan Park: This park is by the sea. There is a small collection of rides here that includes a mouse coaster. It is a pleasant little park.

 

Dream World: It was dark when I visited, so I didn't get many good photos. There are two coasters here. Soaring In The Sky is a double loop and Corkscrew coaster like the one I rode at Yingze Park in Taiyuan back in 2011. This one required riders to wear neck braces-yes, neck braces. It was painful going through the corkscrew element. The motorbike launch coaster was closed. Dream World is a very nice park and there is a nice beach behind the park. In the evenings, the admission is only 80 RMB (about $13 USD) after 6pm.

 

Zhongshan Park: This park has a small collection of rides, including a kiddie coaster with a custom layout. It is not on RCDB yet.

 

Huli Park: This is a somewhat faded park in the north of Xiamen island. There are two areas of rides. The kiddie rides, including the kiddie coaster are open. The adult rides are closed, except for the alpine slide. Some parts of Huli Park are very nice and other parts are very faded.

 

I have now ridden 878 coasters and found 246 coasters before ACE or RCDB could find them. I have also visited 405 parks.

I have arrived at Haiwan Park to being my exploration of parks in Xiamen.

There are a few rides here.

Here is one of the rides that entertains families visiting the park.

A mouse coaster is here.

A quick stop at Dream World allowed me to ride the looping coaster there. Too bad it was at night and the photos I took were not any good.

The next morning, I went to Zhongshan Park.

This is right inside the entrance.

This is a very typical scene in Chinese parks.

There is a custom designed powered coaster at Zhongshan Park.

A carousel is one of the few other rides here.

This lovely little Y Bridge is in Zhongshan Park.

Here is another shot of Zhongshan's Golden Dragon.

My last park of the trip was Huli Park.

This small carousel is at Huli Park.

A small coaster called Golden Dragon Pulley is here.

Here is part of the coaster's layout.

An alpine slide is here. I count these as coasters. This is my version of the Jeff Johnson credit.

It even has a lift.

A SBNO flume ride is at Huli Park.

The bumper cars are also SBNO.

A Chinese Tilt A Whirl is also SBNO.

Forget the money...show me the titties. With that, the TR has come to an end.