Yomiuriland to open new coaster and rapids

[roomraider]

Yomiuriland in Japan are opening a whole new area of the park next Friday. The area is split into different factories including the Car Factory, Food Factory, Fashion Factory and Bungu Factory (whatever that is)

The Fashion Factory includes an indoor spinning coaster called Spin Runway while the Food Factory has an indoor/outdoor rapids ride.

The spinning coaster is themed fairly heavily and looks particularly weird with a spiral lift hill and some decent theming.

The rapids ride is in the food factory section and is called Nissin Yakisoba UFO. The themeing for this ride seems to be that you are a pot of noodles. Which sums up Japan quite brilliantly.

Lots more info here (in Japanese)
http://www.yomiuriland.com/gj/

A few pics I've dug up of the spinner (no idea who built this?)

And the noodle rapids

 

[TilenB]

Re: Yomiuriland to open new coaster and rapids.

Looks really neat! Is the coaster built by Gerstlauer?

 

[Thekingin64]

Re: Yomiuriland to open new coaster and rapids.

Looks like a Gerstlauer spinner to me. Can't be sure though.

 

[CanobieFan]

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Looks Gerstlauer to me! The cars / lapbars are identical and outside of the lift hill.. the layout doesn't seem too far off from what one could see Gerstlauer building.

 

[ECG]

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It's Gerstlauer. A couple of German friends of mine are there for final testing, op training and to turn the coaster over to the park.

 

[roomraider]

I guess Yomiuriland are done with experimental unproven rides for a bit
All of this looks great.

the Car Factory has this kind of Kidzania looking Auto repair thing

They also have this Autotopia type ride

The oddly named Bungu Factory has this amazing Ball coaster rail thing

I have no idea how it works but the balls run down those crazy rails somehow.

I'd say the park has hit a home run here. All of these attractions look great.

 

[GuyWithAStick]

Ooh! I love giant ball machines! I can watch that all day...

Interesting theme choices. I don't think I've ever seen a noodle-themed ride. So strange, yet it kind of works.

 

[Shirofukurou]

Whatever happened to the s&s El Loco they announced a year or so ago? Did that ever get built?

Spinner looks fab though

 

[roomraider]

Whatever happened to the s&s El Loco they announced a year or so ago? Did that ever get built?

Spinner looks fab though

I posted this in the thread for it.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=36805&start=28

Despite the re profiling the park did last year they now seems to have now given up completely. Down comes the ride.

 

[Lofty]

So the Gerstlauetr has a spiral lift hill? I'd love to see a video of that.

Also, the noodle rapids <3