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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Fireball undergoes some retracking.
Posted by on June 27, 2012
This is a few weeks old but the Gravity Groups excellent Fireball at Happy Valley in Shanghai is undergoing some retracking at the moment. Having ridden the ride a few months ago It was certainly in need of some TLC. It’s a brilliant ride but was a little rough around the edges at some points. It’s good to see OCT taking care of it’s rides though.
Source: Chinese Forums
Fantawild Adventure Construction
Posted by on June 24, 2012
The latest Fantawild park being built in Zhengzhou, China has started to take shape with a number of new rides and coasters gracing the skyline. Of most interest to enthusiasts will be the Maurer Sky Loop and a new Vekoma Boomerang. Construction can be seen below.
Source: zzpiaowu
OCT Releases Art Work For Happy Valley Tianjin.
Posted by on June 22, 2012
OCT have released some new concept art for the The latest Happy Valley park in Tianjin, China. The park looks a little different to the other four Happy Valley parks currently operating and features several large undercover areas. The Parks coaster line-up currently includes a Gravity Group wooden coaster and an S&S El Loco. although I wouldn’t be surprised to see couple more pop up it doesn’t look like this park will feature the selection of B&M’s and Intamins we have seen popping up at Happy Valleys recent efforts.
Source: JWB.com.cn
Langzhong Panda Paradis builds new motorbike coaster.
Posted by on June 17, 2012
As China’s theme park buisness expands more and more new coasters are popping up, and a fair few of them appear to be Chinese knock offs of rides we’ve already seen in other parts of the world.
This latest ride being built at Langzhong Panda Paradis (There is actually no “e” at the end of Paradis) looks suspiciously like the Vekoma Motorbike coasters seen at Toverland and Chimelong Paradise. However this time the ride is built by serial coaster copiers Beijing Jiuhua Amusement Rides.
The ride was due to open on June 1st but for now a construction shot is shown below.
Source: Chinese Forums
Intamin Topside Impulse Cars
Posted by on June 1, 2012
These are some old shots but ones that I haven’t seen around on the western sites out there. Triumph Kingdom is a park I have covered a lot over the year and one of the main new rides will be an Intamin Topside Impulse with wing rider style seats. The ride is apparently already fully built but photos are proving to be illusive. Perhaps we will see more at the IAAPA Asian Expo next week. Until then these renderings will have to do.
Source: CINCE
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