The Forgotten World of Chinese Coasters
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- Chinese roller coasters aren’t talked about nearly enough. There’s some world-class rides there, some of the best attractions on the planet. Their amusement industry is constantly growing, and I’m excited to see where this country progresses in terms of its theme parks and roller coasters.
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What an impressive documentary-style video from a relatively small and unknown channel. Hope this gets you some deserved recognition.
You put my photos at 35:20 and 49:08 to good use! My hobby is gathering photos for rcdb of coasters in China currently without photos and also "discovering" Chinese coasters not currently on rcdb. Thank you for this extensive overview and for giving me ideas for more parks I need to visit on my next coaster road trip!
Thank you so much for gathering those pictures!
I heard from other enthusiasts in China that coasters in China are very underrated. I also heard that operations are horrible and can take up to 15 minutes for a dispatch, I also heard that the maintenance is not nearly as good as other parts of the world such as Japan or the States so coasters can be really rough. Since I travel to Asia a lot, I may take a trip to Shanghai and Hong Kong once all the drama there clears up.
(spoiler) Make sure to give Hair Raiser a shot! It has two impressive ejector airtime moments at the cost of the most rattling on the ride if you ride the back.
@@Railstar_YT Yeah definitely.
I've been to Ocean Park in Hong Kong and Hong Kong Disneyland and rode the coasters there. They seemed to be well kept and had smooth rides and acceptable operations. One of them had a VR component so I give them some leeway dealing with fitting all those screens to peoples heads. I really enjoyed the Big Grizzly Mine Train at HK Disney. This was in 2018 so not exactly recent.
@@overbeb I was talking about mainland
The drama ain’t clearing up
Amazing video! I 100% agree China has quite the coaster collection and has some seriously overlooked coasters, I will say one major project you missed is the Nickelodeon Universe opening inside the Mall Of China in Chongqing.
True, I didn’t go over that or any other parks under construction.
yes
@@Coaster_Critic The park delays a lot. We don't know that this coaster can be built eventually.
Glad you made this, I've wanted a video like this forever. It feels like nobody talks about them
I also obsess over RCDB data and was aware of all of this, but youtube definitely needs more content about the Chinese parks and coasters. Hopefully this will encourage the creation of more such content, and better yet if it's from actual trips there with ride reviews.
By the way, they also have some really appealing flat rides around too, especially at the Happy Valley and Sunac chains, if I recall correctly.
Bravo on this video. I’m impressed with all the information and research you did. I’m a coaster enthusiast that travels the world for roller coasters and I actually learned a bit I did not know. I knew all the roller coasters in the video but I learned a lot about the individual parks and chains. Well done and I look forward to seeing more from your channel
I suggest a follow up video with specific travel suggestions... Like a Shanghai area, Hong Kong and Bejing. Covid has limited China travel so and update on travel restrictions. Note, Theme Park Worldwide had a great trip in 2018. Disneyland Shainghai and Universal Beijing should attract more people in the coming years... great video, thanks!
I don’t think it’d be a good idea for me to make a video on that because I haven’t been to China myself. Anything I would put in that would basically be a compilation of research that anyone planning a trip there could do for themselves. Thanks for the suggestion though!
My favorite part is that Jinma, despite being a knockoff, beat both Intamin AND Dynamic Attractions to the Motion Turntable punch with their "Snow Mountain Coaster"! Finally something they did right!
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts opened 3 years before that coaster.
As someone who understands just how much RCDB research you had to do to compile this video, holy shit. This is outstanding. I straight up took notes.
I was going to do this myself, but it seems you're more qualified for it: making a playlist of all of these essential coasters' POVs so that we can watch them all together, perhaps following your rankings, even going beyond top 25.
This is the first channel I've seen that goes truly in-depth about Chinese coasters, and getting a curated playlist of what's in China through you could get some serious numbers to blow up your channel. I want to see them, but when 7 rides from my favorite manufacturer are called "Jungle Trailblazer" or whatever, it gets so confusing.
On another note, I really hope that the majority of these coasters don't become permanently inaccessible for tourists as a result of the government becoming more and more, well... insane.
Do you know about that weird issue where every Chinese coaster legally has a strict shelf life and expires after like 20 years, literally having its operational license permanently rescinded? That could be a video topic as well. Apparently it's a gimmick to induce parks to spend more money on more shit, and could directly be correlated with why most parks have so few coasters and why so many of them are neglected.
Thank you so much, and no, I didn’t know about that!
I love this kind of videos. Plase keep this kind of content going on! Quality is on point! Shoutout from Brazil
Thank you so much! There’ll be lots more to come.
Went to Glorious Orient last week in Ningbo, very well themed. Its also located next to the Oriental Heritage park in Ningbo, the entrances right next to each other. The dispatches on Fighter Jet were terrible, they had two trains but only loaded one at a time, waited until that train finished the layout, and only then would load the next 8 riders, but the park is very well themed
Awesome video - you’ve done a lot of great research. I’d love to do some of these coasters one day.
Watched the entire thing before bed. Loved the effort put into it, great video!
Thanks for making a video about this! Im always amazed when I find out about a crazy chinese coaster that I havent heard about even though they have already been opened for years.
I understand the importance of China in the amusement industry. China's market is more competitive since there are over a billion people there and many, MANY provinces. Several manufacturers depend on the Chinese market for sizable income, which leads to bigger attractions here in the west. By comparison, the western market can only expand so fast with a fraction of China's population and local building restrictions (China has more open space and officials can sadly evict people from their homes to build a new theme park, as was the case for Shanghai Disneyland).
The reason China's rides are rarely covered is that it is extremely difficult for many western enthusiasts to visit their parks and take footage. There is also a lack of rider testimonies since not many Americans can afford to take Trips to China. And as for me, I don't want to spend thousands of dollars to visit a Chinese park only to find out their rides are not operating. I also wouldn't know how to navigate the country and am unable to speak, read, or understand Chinese.
China is a country where services like Google and TH-cam are banned, so there isn't a lot of usable footage except from Roller Coaster Dream (who I will say has been very helpful in allowing me to use his footage; he's awesome). For this reason, the coasters there are often overlooked even though they are of high quality.
I completely agree!
I grew up in China, but I don't really live there since 2016 and haven't been back since 2020. So the below are just my personal opinion/observations.
You hit the nail on the head with the coaster density in China. If you filter out all the knockoffs, every major park pretty much has only 1 or 2 coasters worth riding. How much the major coasters are spread out makes a coaster trip in China a huge ordeal.
IMO China has a lot of A-tier coasters but very few S-tiers. What I mean by that is we have a lot of solid good coasters on the level of Fahrenheit, Diamondback or Cheetah Hunt, but very few elite coasters like Fury, Iron Gwazi or Hyperion that are worth travelling internationally for. In fact I think there is only a handful of coasters in China that are "world-class", but hey we have 8 wing coasters and 10+ new gen Vekomas!!
On that topic, I really don't like Chinese parks' tendency to keep adding the same attractions across the industry. It used to be B&M wings and GG woodies, and now it's new gen Vekomas. Parks in general are less willing to take risks and get attractions that are new to the country. And in the future it might get even worse as the domestic brands figure out how to knock off things beyond early Vekoma SLCs and loopers 🤣
Finally, ooh the operations. I think Chimelong is the only chain in China that tries to run their coasters at the same standard as the western parks. Other parks (especially OCT and Sunac from my experience) commonly run 1 train on busy days and don't really care about the long lines.
Thanks so much!
Such a valuable video for our community. Thanks so much. I can't even imagine how much work this took to create. Amazing job!
Appreciate it!
Wow I didn’t realize how small the channel was for how well made the video is. Very well made video
Thank you!
I appreciate the presentation of your opinions, brutally honest when a feature/attraction is a pile of steaming turds, contrasted with stoic appreciation when the opposite is the topic at hand. Too many opinions seem sponsored, coaxed out with an incentive package or other sellout swag that I wouldn't be above producing a series of 'favorable' reviews to get my hands on, especially if it involved getting to tour the European parks for free/while being paid. I'll likely have to do this or similar to ever even get to see some of the parks here in the States, yada yada. Thanks for the no-frills content. Subbed and liked!
Big population yes, lots of brand-new coasters all over China, it's a miracle place for them. It's wondrous to see many complete, opening soon even. But there's always another, even better coaster just down the road, the coaster that's all the rage, when will it open? And there's the problem.
this effort definitely deserves a sub :)
Thank you!
12:45 DIZZY LOVE AND WHIRLING PASSION WOOOOO
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There are also tons of knockoffs as well though.
I just found you love the channel and subscribed.
Ive been a coaster enthusiast for a while and just recently discovered dueling dragons. It shocked me and I thought how didn’t I know about this sooner!
Thank you for your research. I'm glad to see someone showing the Chinese coaster some Love
Coming back to finish this later but I’ve been waiting for a video like this!
This actually a niche subject I’ve been curious about so I was happy to find this in my recommended vids. Think I’m gonna subscribe, hope your channel grows and gets the attention it deserves!
I’ve noticed with other niches that the English internet tends to really ignore things in Asia.
13:09 🤣🤣🤣🤣😬😬😬😬 LORD SAVE THE RIDERS!! I’m and shocked!
Also, if you're going to the PRC for theme parks I would recommend using an agent because of the way things can close randomly (well, because of things that aren't obvious to non-Chinese speakers) there so you can reschedule
There is one of the Fireball wooden coasters that I think looks fantastic
I'm always so impressed by the massive theming elements at Chinese parks. I hope to visit some of them some day, especially Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.
That was very fascinating. Tyvm. N Happy New Year 2u.
When driving safely
very safely
I visited China in the mid 90's. We went to dizzyland. Rode dark starry mountain,took pictures with rikki mouse.
I think the middle east is another area of the world that isn't talked about by coaster enthusiasts. They have alot of unique and obscure launch coasters and woodies
Definitely, I might make a video on that sometime.
Isn’t the only woodie Bombay Express? And I don’t think it’s even open yet…
@@SunshineStateCoasters just checked and yeah it turns out there aren't any woodies currently open in the middle east
Would love to visit China
It just sucks it is so hard to find information.. since it is hard to know if everything is operating/open
46:47 it’s actually just matugani/kanonen with a lift…
I really want to ride a Chinese screaming squirrel coaster
It has to have the famous b&m rattle lol.
Just to let you know, as we all know Hong-Kong became a separate country from china, meaning hair raiser could be considered not chinese
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I heard somewhere that those 2 SBNO B&M`s Where going to be repossessed and re-located or torn down by B&M as they hadn't been paid for. B&M tends to be quite serious about this kind of stuff. Wouldn't be surprised if Energylandia where to pick one up if they got relocated.
That sounds interesting!
So impressive
35:54 that dragon is so badass
32:45 It’s been built now! MasaneMiyaPA posted a video of its test
indeed
You've also got cool coaster concept that where fully built but are unlikely to operate such as a RoboCoaster G3 built at a Wanda park, Dynamic Attractions Duel Power knock-off at Visionland (But should have opened before the real thing) and the Vekoma Dive Pretzel concept.
Yup, I forgot to mention those
I feel like the roller coaster there look amazing, but I don’t get as excited thinking about riding them because they are literally in china!
I dont think the lack of discussion comes down to much more than a simple language barrier and as you mentioned the Chinese are basically on a different internet
i could fall asleep to this video. not because it's boring or badly made, but because im tired
i advise sleeping
Loving the bringing China to the spotlight, and especially by the (usually) safe driving China expert (until you see a red light, in which case you drive highly insanely)
i stop at all red lights
@@Coaster_Critic not European ones
all red lights, especially ones in germany
@@Coaster_Critic apart from temporary ones in Germany though
especially temporary ones in germany
This is a great doc.
I will definitely wanna go to China in the future.
In like 10 years when there is better infrastructures in China with all the new coasters, it will be surely be a great trip.
There is no quarantine in China for international flights any more but when you come back to EU - hmmmm I don't know.
@@candice1989fx weird, I looked at the restrictions a few days ago - China had pretty strict restrictions but most of the EU didn't have any
@@candice1989fx You have to test but I don't think there is any enforced quarantine in the EU or US. It's basically "please quarantine we can't do anything to stop you not complying"
@@Abexx China just dropped everything. The Xi has caved to the protestors he knows the jig is up
Great comprehensive overview of the coaster industry renaissance lost some speed near your description of the woodies
Well the problem with China is an authoritarian state. Conducting a genocide tends to lower your travel destination status.
I agree; in no way do I condone what they are doing there.
Weren’t most of the Gravity Groups in China constructed by Martin & Vleminckx for some reason?
yep
source: literally trust me bro😂😂 jk awesome vid!!!
What website shows you how many roller coasters at every park
RCDB
drive safely!
ruben!
Great video! What happened at 18:15 lol
I found a video of it stalling there lol
I dont know why but i instantly thought about the rainbow six siege map lol :). great job on the vid tho !
Nice Video but btw blue fire has been cloned 14 times
As of now, there are 8 clones of Blue Fire.
19:42 scared the fuck out of me
you scare the fuck out of me
@@Coaster_Critic :O
What would you say the best overall parks are in China? Will be there in February for a couple weeks
To be honest, I don't know since there's so many of them that seem similar and, of course, I've never been there. If I had to pick a few, I'd say the Sunac parks as well as Chimelong Ocean Kingdom (probably the best one) and the Disney/Universal parks.
@@Coaster_Critic, appreciate the response, thank you! I know these China videos must take you loads of time
Drive Safely!
emo!
What do you think the top 5 Parks are in China?
I’m not sure, there’s a lot that could be taken into consideration.
He missed like 5 more dive coasters that's in china
No, there’s a few more in Asia like Draken and Diving Machine G5, but those three are the only ones in China.
Can you make the same type of video for Japan?
I definitely think that Japanese coasters are much more well known; there’s lots of videos out there on people who’ve been to parks there.
800+ coasters in the USA and Arizona only has like 3 of them (for now) smh.
Yup, although that Hot Wheels coaster under construction looks pretty good!
The video would have been greatly improved if you showed us at what parks these coasters are located in and where the parks are in the country. Most of us have never been to China and have no context for any of these rides.
For most of them, I did say what park the ride was at, but a continuously updating map might have helped instead of just the one at the end.
Good stuff.
Pls a video of coaster history in VietNam:))) now it start to grow up with good park and coaster. I can help little bit with information:))
I might do a video on that sometime.
32‘17 It is Xi"An.
At Fantasy Valley it is a GCI brand new Hybrid coaster, not a clone.
Dragon Valley's Sky loop is by SBL.
thank you
I'm eating some halls candy, do you want some?
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Damn…guess I have to move to China 😭
It’s so funny to me that China is so secretive that even their roller coasters are considered CLASSIFIED 😂
I wouldn’t exactly say classified
I wonder... are you on the spectrum? The way you speak is familiar, actually calming, factual and concise. Thanks for this video!
no
Great content, but you sound like you’re falling asleep… 🥴
i might have been sleep-recording
CHINA
china indeed
39:53 "The usual Haunted Mansion"
WTH... Did you just call Mystic Manor an "usual Haunted Mansion". For shame...
I’m aware that lots of people are impressed with this ride, but it doesn’t look that special in my opinion. It’s probably something that needs to be seen to be appreciated, and I probably should have given it more attention in this video.
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