The Eastern Discovery Tour
Day 2

If you've been to Florida you might recognise that big Dome from a certain Disney park. This reminds me of a story in the news from a few years back when this park had costumed characters similar to the Disney characters, and Disney threatened legal action.

The park is split in two by a railway line, with a big bridge crossing over it. You cross from the (nothing like) Epcot Dome, to the (nothing like) Main Street area. It's not that unusual to take inspiration from Disney when theming a ride, but I can't think of anywhere else that's done it to such an extent. It will be interesting to see what happens to these areas. At the back of the park are some newer areas with a more original theme, which are a lot better. In the long term I think the park would benefit to bringing the whole park up to this standard.

Speaking of copies of rides this one is a copy of some of the suspended looping coasters made by Vekoma. A Chinese company has copied the technology used to, and designed their own layout for it.

Sadly this was the third roller coaster of the day that was out of commission. Don't worry though, I will be reporting on some roller coasters shortly.

See!

This is a Chinese interpretation of a Big Apple coaster, which is different from all the versions I've ridden in the West. It has the same drop layout, of a bumpy piece of track, plus a big drop, but instead of a figure of 8 track layout it follows a wild mouse style layout, where the corners do big U-turns towards the station.

Next I tried out a Chinese Matterhorn, that was a pretty tame ride compared to the Western versions of this ride I've done.

Speaking of Chinese copies of Western rides, this is a copy of a Top Scan thrill ride that appears at a lot of Chinese amusement parks. It's just as thrilling as some of the Western versions I've done.

This ride on the other hand is one I've only seen in a Chinese park. It's a pretty tame ride that rocks back and forth on the big curve of track. What makes it of note is the lack of restraints, all you get to hold you in is a lap belt.

After that is was my second Chinese spinning mouse in two days.