Photo TR: Two Beijing Parks (8/21/2015)

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

I went to two parks in Beijing today.

 

Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park-I first visited this place almost six years ago. Many rides here no longer work. The place is so faded that I do not see it lasting much longer. With that being said, a new mouse coaster was just build. It hasn't opened yet. Space Trip is my favorite coaster here and sadly, it is closed for good now. There are four coasters that are SBNO and Crazy Mouse is not ready to open. That means that only 4 out of 9 coasters are in operation. The Shenzhou Coaster is no longer carrying larger guests. There is so much padding on the restraints that most guests can't fit in the ride. This is the first time that I could not get the restrain to go all the way down. This is not a problem on other SLCs. I only rode Atomic Coaster (#941) and found it to be enjoyable as it was made in Japan and is better than a lot of Chinese made coasters.

 

Grand Canal Forest Park

 

This is a new park. There are two coasters here. The loop and corkscrew Flying Roller Coaster (#943 for me) is Chinese made and is more rough than the Atomic Coaster at Shijingshan. Spinning Pulley (#942) is another spinning coaster. The Chinese love these.

 

I have now ridden 943 coasters and have visited 460 different amusement parks.

I started to day at Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park.

This is a landmark here.

The inverted coaster and carousel peacefully co-exist here.

Space Trip is closed. It is my favorite ride here.

Spinning Batman is also closed.

The Crazy Mouse has not opened yet.

The Ferris wheel is closed.

Atomic Coaster is open.

Up next was Grand Canal Forest Park.

There is a nice lake in this park.

These are very common over here.

This will be my second loopscrew of the day.

This action shot will close out the TR.

[robbalvey]

I heard the shuttle loop at Shijingshan is also closed now, too?

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

Yes. the shuttle loop is closed and weeds are covering it. The Space Trip coaster is closed. Jurassic Adventure is closed. Spinning Batmen is closed. Crazy Mouse is not open yet. The SLC has so much padding on the restraints that it is unridable for most people as the restraint will not close. I had ridden a copy of this SLC in Dalian at Discoveryland. It is a small loss not to get the credit. I would almost rather be on the wrong side of a prison shower gang rape than to ride one of these things. Although this park has easy access, you could probably give it a skip on your next tour of parks in China.

[robbalvey]

The park was not in good shape the first time we visited in 2008, and it was even worse in 2012. Really does sound like it's on it's very last legs. Weird that they were installing a new ride, though...

[SharkTums]

Are we sure that ride is 'new' and it's not like a refurbed version of the old crazy mouse that was in that same spot!?!?!

 

And I can't believe this park is getting even crappier! Hard to imagine!

[The Angry Darren Mullins]

RCDB lists the Crazy Mouse as new, but it could just be the same one that was there when I visited in 2009. Yes. It is getting crappier. The park is owned by the government. I was just shocked at the amount of rides that are no longer in service.