Hong Kong Disneyland is heating up this summer with Stitch and Friends Summer Hangout. After the very successful event last year, Stitch’s Summer Bash, the 2010 version has been expanded to accomodate a larger variety of characters, mostly Pixar. The event includes new characters out for meet n’ greets in the hub, entertainment offerings in all 4 lands of the park, special menus, limited edition merchandise, and decorations around the park. So far, the event looks really fun for such a small park.
The Summer festivities extend all around the park. On Main Street USA, Stitch has returned for Stitch’s Summer Dance Bash, the very popular show from last year’s event. Also running down Main Street is the splashtacular show, Mickey’s Waterworks Parade. In this show, the parades water pipes spring a leak and water sprays everywhere. Over in Tomorrowland, guests can enjoy the new iCafe, where guests with iPads get a special gift. Also, Buzz Lightyear and his space gals dance along to a DJ in the Tomorrowland Intergalatic Dance Party. Fantasyland has lots of sand sculptures, beach balls, and music at the Fantasyland Play Party. Adventureland’s special attraction is the Adventureland Oasis Party where Turf (Tarzan) and Timon (Lion King) dance to the rhythms of the jungle. At night the stage is used for Jungle Rhtyhms, with flame breathers, and lots of other fire effects.
Although the park is small, small events like these help to keep attendance figures steady in a shaky market. It’s good to see a park that was built simply to small to keep making small additions like this! Not to mention, as soon as this ends, there is a 5th Anniversary Celebration, followed by Halloween, then Christmas. Talk about a packed year for Hong Kong Disneyland!
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China seems to get all the fun stuff, first a new 4D Coaster, and now a huge GCI terrain coaster. Yes, GCI made the big reveal today after playing mind games with the coaster enthusiast world. Opening this season at Knight Valley in Shenzen, China will be an incredibly huge, terrain following wooden coaster. Topping off at about 147 feet and reaching speeds just shy of 62 mph, the unnamed wooden coaster will easily be on the biggest creations that company has ever pumped out. The track extends over 4,100 feet and the biggest drop will be a 131 foot plummet towards the earth below. The new Chinese giant will be Great Coasters International largest creation to date. While, the mammoth is the largest, it will of course feature some of the company’s signature elements: the station fly-by, the twisting layout, and the airtime inducing hills. One of the best parts about this ride, is similar to Prowler, another GCI creation that opened in 2009, the coaster will be in a dense forest, meaning riders will have no idea which way the track twist next.
I have to say I am becoming quite jealous of China. Are you? Leave a comment with your Park Thoguhts below!
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S&S Worldwide has unveiled plans to debut a new 4th Dimension coaster in China. The one of a kind coaster style will open in Changzhou, China as part of the upcoming, Dinosaur Park. This will be only the third time a 4th Dimension coaster has opened up in the world, with the other two being X2 in Six Flags Magic Mountain, and Eejanaika in Fuji-Q Highlands.
The 4th Dimension coaster is a experience that is unmatched by anything in nature. Each train has 2 couplets of seats that extend over the track and hover over the air. When in the upright position, the trains face backwards. However, these vehicles have the ability to rotate 360 degrees vertically, meaning you are in for an awesome experience. As an example, when the car is going straight down, the cars can rotate so your face is pointing directly towards the ground.
I do not know much about Dinosaur Park in China, but considering the fact that they are investing in a S&S Worldwide 4D coaster, the park has clearly been put on the map for many roller coaster enthusiast. We recently did an article that described one of the parks other roller coasters, a Dinosaur themed motor bike. From the looks of it, this park appears to be taking as many unique concepts as possible and putting them in one park.
My thoughts on this? I personally loved X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain and it is by far the most intense, frightening, and extreme coaster experience I have ever had. However, I have met several people who would completely disagree with my opinion and think it is one of the most hurtful rides in the world. It is going to be interesting to see how the Chinese audience responds to this and how it compares to the American and Japanese views.
Another big question is what will the layout of this ride be? Will it clone one of the previous 4th Dimension coaster’s layouts. Or has S&S designed a completely new map for this ride. Considering that X2 and Eejanaika share quite similar layouts, I can tell you that many coaster fans are hoping for something totally unique.
So, what are your thoughts on this! Leave a comment with your Park Thoughts!
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If you don’t know, tomorrow, February 14th, is Chinese New Year. And in Hong Kong Disneyland, the celebration has just begun to honor Disney’s most recognizable tiger, Tigger! The park is filled with ...
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Changzhou Park will be opening a very unique attraction next year, a Dinosaur themed, Zamplera MotoCoaster. The family friendly attraction will be part the new Chinese park and will have cars themed to prehistoric Dinosaurs. Pictured above, you can see they ...
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Way back in November, we introduced you to the Happy Magic Watercube, a new indoor water park inside the famous Watercube Aquatic facility for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. We mentioned that it would be featuring a new kind of structure ...
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If you think that the Disney Parks around the globe all offer the same entertainment, you are wrong, very wrong. Below, is a list of each of the park’s entertainment line ups and the frequency at ...
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