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  1. gavin

    More China: Fantawild Ningbo - Part 2: Glorious Orient

    Since I’ve now finished with that Florida nonsense, I can now get back to what really matters: reporting on cloned coasters in terribly-operated Chinese parks that nobody gives a f**k about! I’d been up to Ningbo before, as part of a longer trip around that area, but they annoyingly opened a...
  2. gavin

    Florida - Part 9: Sea World

    Apologies in advance for the lack of jungle mouse coasters and Jinma spinners in this report. The last time I went to Florida was nine years ago, at the same time of year. It’s Chinese New Year, so I always get a decent chunk of holiday (usually 10-12 days), but every few years it falls a bit...
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    AIA Carnival Hong Kong

    The crappy funfair is back in Hong Kong for the first time since covid. It’s here until the end of February, but I went to a show in the circus tent last night, so I had a quick look and grabbed some creds while I was there so that I don’t have to go back. I only had my phone with me, and didn’t...
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    Vietnam Report - Part 3: Ho Chi Minh +1s

    For the Christmas holiday, we decided to head to a beach resort while squeezing in a few final creds for the year. I’d been meaning to travel to Phu Quoc for a while, an island off the south coasts of Vietnam/Cambodia, and direct Hong Kong flights had recently been reinstated. We went quite...
  5. gavin

    China: Lionsgate and Chimelong Spaceship

    Chimleong Spaceship, the second gate at Ocean Kingdom, recently opened in Zhuhai, so I popped across for the weekend a few weeks ago, taking in the relatively new Lionsgate Entertainment Complex on the first afternoon, then doing “Spaceship the following day. No Ocean Kingdom this time even...
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    Hong Kong Disneyland: World of Frozen PTR

    This’ll be more of a photo dump than much of a report. I’d missed all of the 374 various preview events, but decided to head to the park after work on the official opening day of World of Frozen, which I knew was probably a stupid idea, but it actually wasn’t too bad. I got to the park at...
  7. gavin

    Another China Weekend Pt 4: Random Ganzhou

    A couple of weekends ago, I ended up taking a four-day trip to China to get some new parks. Originally, the staff from school were taking a trip to Guangzhou on the Friday and Saturday, and we were given Monday off. I booked a train up to Ganzhou for the Saturday evening, after the work crap...
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    Universal Studios Beijing PTR

    Long report coming up, but with loads of pictures. The plan was to hit up this place the weekend before we actually went since there was a public holiday in Hong Kong which could’ve meant a hopefully quiet Monday at the park, but then a friend decided to change the date of their wedding (who...
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    Brief China PTR: Part 3 - HB World

    This trip was around a month ago now. When I get back to work after the summer holidays, there’s a whole-school staff meeting about 10 days before the kids actually come back to school, and the time between is punctuated with other annoying bits of crap that could be emails (department meetings...
  10. gavin

    USA and Vancouver PTR Part 6: Dollywood & Pigeon Forge

    After spending around 10 days in glorious Wrexham at the start of the summer holiday, I headed over to the US for just under 3 weeks. The original plan was to start in Denver, head across to Salt Lake City – both for new stuff - then go east to do some park revisits of places I hadn’t been to...
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    Rhyl Cred Whoring PTR

    My summer holiday is over, so it’s time to get started on trip reports from the last few weeks rather than get started on any real work that I should be doing. I went back to my delightful hometown of Wrexham – recently upgraded to a “city”, which has changed precisely nothing about the place –...
  12. gavin

    Guangzhou Joypolis PTR

    Last weekend, I did another quick trip across the border, this time going to Guangzhou. This wasn’t a park trip, but I still managed to squeeze in a new cred. We stayed in the Zhujiang New Town area, across the river from Canton Tower. I’d been to the tower a couple of times, but never this...
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    Window of the World Shenzhen PTR

    I popped across the border to Shenzhen last weekend, but it was just for something to do rather than a park trip, another fancy hotel thing. On the second day there, before heading back to Hong Kong, we thought about going to Happy Valley - there are two new creds there since I last went – but...
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    Dongguan Cred Whoring - Day 2

    China is now issuing tourist visas again. I was going to wait until after the summer, but since I’m mostly on half days at work now, a visit to the visa centre made more sense now, so I got one sorted a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t intend to use it so soon, but I picked it up on a Friday and...
  15. gavin

    Universal Studios Singapore

    Friday was a holiday, leaving us with a long weekend, so the boyfriend and I decided on a few days in Singapore. We’ve both been before, but it’s been a long time and we’d never been together. He’d also never been to Universal Studios, so it was a good excuse for me to get a park trip out of it...
  16. gavin

    Taipei Children's Amusement Park

    I was going to label this as “Taiwan Trip Report” to get more clicks and enjoy the disappointment when people realise there’s no Gravity Max or G5, but I’m nice. We had a long weekend here in Hong Kong, so the boyfriend and I popped over to Taipei. I’d been before, but that was back in 2007...
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    Uzbekistan PTR: Khiva and Final Parks

    I just got back from Uzbekistan yesterday, the first new country cred I’ve had for over 3 years. I’d had it as a rough plan for Easter 2020, but without having any details planned out or anything booked. This wasn’t a park trip, but there were plenty of plus ones to pick up. There was some...
  18. gavin

    Australia PTR: Part 3 - Gumbuya World & Luna Park

    Before you waste your time, there’s nothing from the Gold Coast parks on this trip, so no Movie Park, Dream World or Sea World. I will head back there at some point, but I’ll hold off until more of the new stuff is finished. This was less of a park trip than a “see some new places” trip, but...
  19. gavin

    Hong Kong Disneyland PTR / General Update

    I haven’t thrown in any reports from this place for a while, but I’ve been a few times over the last few years (when it wasn’t closed), and called in recently to pick up my new annual pass, which I actually forgot to pick up. I’ll just throw a bunch of stuff in, with a bit of focus on the newer...
  20. gavin

    Moon Dubai

    I'm placing this firmly on the "never going to happen" pile, but here it is: Source: https://blooloop.com/technology/news/moon-world-resorts-space-tourism-resort-dubai/
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