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DelPiero

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I consider myself reasonable well traveled now, certainly not a basic bitch, but I'm basic when it comes to Asia etc. I have some of the best creds in Europe and the US to my name which could grace most enthusiasts top 10, but nothing for the east of the world. We are lucky to have a few members based in his part of the world and get to hear about many rides most of us are yet to get anywhere near.
I'm interested in everyone's opinion of the best or potential best rides the east has to offer, a sort of wishlist if you will, or for those who have been, a focused top 10.

IMO, these would be the ones I would probably focus on, in no real order;

1 - DC Rivals Hyper - Warner Bros - Aus
2 - Steel Dragon 2000 - Nagashima Spaland - Japan
3 - Flying Dinosaur - Universal - Japan
4 - Starry Sky Ripper - Joyland - China
5 - T Express - Everland - South Korea
6 - Dauling Dragon - Happy Valley Wuhan - China
7 - Wooden Coaster - Fireball - Happy Valley Shanghai - China
8 - Coaster Through the Clouds - Nanchang Wanda - China
9 - Jungle Trailblazer - Fantawild/Oriental Heritage Various - China (These all blur into one)
10 - Eejanaika - Fuji Q - Japan

What tickles you CF?
 

Edward M

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Well, I have been to Japan (and Australia), but I can quickly sum up the important ones.

1. Kawasemi
2. Wild Mouse, Luna Park Sydney
3. Disney stuff
4. Rest of Tobu Zoo

Ya, it was more of a culture/Disney heavy trip than a cred heavy one (which I don't regret!). Still, I don't mind making a top wishlist!

1. Eejanaika
2. T Express
3. Wood Coaster, Knight Valley
4. Jungle Trailblazer, Xiamen
5. Dinoconda
6. Python in Bamboo Forest
7. Jungle Trailblazer, Ningbo
8. DC Rivals
9. Flash, Lewa Adventure
10. Atlantis Adventure
 
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Pink Cadillac

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Excluding clones that exist elsewhere:
Eejanaika
Dinoconda
Tea Express
DC Rivals
Atlantis Adventure
Big Grizzly Mountain
Jungle Trailblazer Xiamen
Jungle Trailblazer Ningbo/Jinan
Jungle Trailblazer Wuhu
Python in Bamboo Forest
 

HeartlineCoaster

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Can't beat a bit of Asia.

So far:
Python in Bamboo Forest
Bullet Coaster
Flying Dinosaur
T Express
Coaster through the Clouds
Hollywood Dream
Dinoconda
Parrot Coaster
Hair Raiser
Atlantis Adventure or Euro Express
 

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DC Rivals
Flash
T Express
Red Fire
Mega Lite Clones
Wood Coaster (Mountain Flyer)
Python in Bamboo Forest
Coaster Through The Clouds
Time Travel
Bullet Coaster/Extreme Rusher
 

gavin

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I don't try to keep top tens anymore (doesn't really make sense for me to try and compare something ridden last week to memories from 10 years ago), but if I were to make an Asian highlights list, based on experience, it would have to include (in no real order, just as they come to me and I'm bound to miss something):

Asia
Jungle Trailblazer (Jinan/Zhengzhou being the standouts I've done, though Wuhu looks the best)
Python in Bamboo Forest
Wood Coaster
Flash
T Express
Flying Dinosaur
Dualing Dragon
Sky Scrapper
Dinoconda
Tron
Pyrenees
Soaring with Dragon
Coaster Through the Clouds
Bullet Coaster/OCT Thrust SSC1000
Parrot Coaster
Atlantis Adventure
Megalite clones
Battlestar Galactica (inverted side)
Steel Dragon 2000
Fujiyama

Africa
Anaconda

Australia
Superman Escape (obviously the new one will be the best thing in the country)
 

DelPiero

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Yeah, totally forgot about Flash and the S&S Launchers, would have to include one of those. And Pyrenees, intrigued if it's so highly rated because it's fab or because it's relatively excluse.
 

gavin

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^I'd have to redo it to be sure - it's been around 10 years since I did it - but I'd say it's pretty fab. It's huge and very "old-school" B&M.
 
I've only done Asia (and by Asia I mean only Hong Kong and Japan) out of the three, but this is what I would say my top ten is there:

1. Eejanaika (which is my actual number one anyway)
2. Dodonpa
3. Backwards Hollywood Dream
4. Fujiyama (Fuji Q is fab as it turns out)
5. Kawasemi
6. Hyperspace Mountain / Space Mountain
7. Zaturn
8. Bandit
9. Steel Dragon 2000
10. Pyrenees

The worst goes to Titan Max. The most WTF goes to that THING at Universal in Japan.
 

HeartlineCoaster

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Update:

Python in Bamboo Forest
Jungle Trailblazer (Zhengzhou)
Bullet Coaster/OCT Thrust SSC1000
Fjord Flying Dragon
Flying Dinosaur
Extreme Rusher
T Express
Soaring with Dragon
Coaster through the Clouds
Hollywood Dream (Backwards)
 

CanobieFan

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Having only a majority of the North American credits and also being fairly well travel through Europe. (with Southeast Asia on the horizon.) Asia and Australia intrigue me, Africa, basically South Africa, became less intriguing with the soon-to-be closure of Ratanga Junction... Although, is anyone truly losing sleep over an SLC? Trying to hand pick a few coasters in Asia is actually becoming somewhat difficult for me. With the recent explosion in Chinese Parks, I've somewhat lost track of where rides ended up. Uhh

I guess my coasters I wish I could ride via each region list would be something like this...
Africa
Tower of Terror Gold Reef City
Anaconda Gold Reef City

Asia
Flying Aces Ferrari World
T Express Everland
Steel Dragon 2000 Nagashima Spa Land
Wood Coaster Knight Valley
Eejanaika Fuji-Q Highland
Python in Bamboo Forest Nanchang Wanda Park
Gravity Max Discovery World
Thunder Dolphin Tokyo Dome
Unknown Hot Go B&M hyper
Flying Dinosaur Universal Studios Osaka
Soaring with Dragon Hefei Wanda Theme Park

Australia
Scenic Railway Luna Park Melbourne
DC Rivals Hypercoaster Warner Brothers Movie Studio
Superman Escape Warner Brothers Movie Studio
Tower of Terror Dreamworld
Abyss Adventure World
 

HeartlineCoaster

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Update:

Python in Bamboo Forest
Jungle Trailblazer (Zhengzhou)
OCT Thrust SSC1000
Fjord Flying Dragon
DC Rivals Hypercoaster
Flying Dinosaur
Extreme Rusher
T Express
Soaring with Dragon
Coaster through the Clouds
 

Matt N

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The most WTF goes to that THING at Universal in Japan.
Um... er... what "thing" are you referring to out of interest? None of USJ's coasters really look that strange other than possibly the kiddie cred.

Also, I think Tower of Terror at Gold Reef City deserves a mention as a bucket list coaster for Africa:
Looks like a really creepy homemade mix between Oblivion, Baron 1898 and a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter. Is also apparently the world's most forceful coaster at 6.3G.
 

Hixee

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Tower of Terror scares the **** out of me.

I'd love to ride it, but god does it give me sweaty palms. :p
 

gavin

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Tower of Terror isn't that good. Anaconda, on the other hand, is fantastic. ToT gets all the undeserved attention though.

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what "thing" are you referring to out of interest?

Flying Dinosaur! I hate B&M flyers as it is but this one was so intense that I'm pretty sure it sent me into heart failure. Those back to back elements (the pretzel loop and half pretzel loop thing) were atrocious.
 

Matt N

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Flying Dinosaur! I hate B&M flyers as it is but this one was so intense that I'm pretty sure it sent me into heart failure. Those back to back elements (the pretzel loop and half pretzel loop thing) were atrocious.
Are they more intense than the pretzel on Manta?
 

gavin

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Flying Dinosaur is fab!

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FistedColossus

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Tower of Terror isn't that good. Anaconda, on the other hand, is fantastic. ToT gets all the undeserved attention though.

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Tower of Terror was closed when I visited in 2016! Gutted.

But yes Anaconda is superb. Better than most B&M inverts I've ridden.
 

gavin

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Tower of Terror was closed when I visited in 2016! Gutted.

But yes Anaconda is superb. Better than most B&M inverts I've ridden.

Totally, I'd put it above most B&Ms I've done as well. It's a shame that ToT gets all the attention from enthusiasts really. I get it, since it's so WTF?!, but Anaconda gets overlooked a lot because it shares the same park, but it's amazing.
 
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