At work today, I was doing a bit of potential trip planning and had a look at the website of one of the parks, which contained one of the most ridiculous lies I've seen in a while. It reminded me about some other bulls**t I've seen, so I thought it could make for an interesting topic. Or not; we'll see I guess.
I'll start off by reposting some stuff that I mentioned a couple of years ago in a trip report from Happy Valley Shenzhen. Bare in mind that this was two years ago, so maybe they've changed their maps by this point.
Biggest water ride IN THE WORLD! In China, probably, but along with loads of the exact same model scattered all over the country.
Then there's this:
HIGHEST DROP TOWER IN ASIA!!!!!! Erm, no. Even if you take "tallest" and "highest" as two different ways to measure it, neither one of those is true, nor was it two years ago.
Then there's their signature coaster, which is, admittedly, amazing:
Despite being amazing, it sure as s**t isn't the tallest, fastest or longest in Asia.
Those blatant lies pale in comparison to what I found on Romon-U Park's website though. This is a new park that only opened earlier this year.
Wow. Dragon Legend is the fastest launching coaster in the world! What is it, I hear you cry?
http://rcdb.com/10332.htm#
It's a launched X-Car, basically a clone of Freischutz at Bayern Park, reaching a top speed of about 50mph.
They, both coasters, can accelerate from 0-100 kph in 2 seconds, so Euro Express must be launched as well. Except that it isn't. It's basically a clone of Kanonen, only with a lift hill.
http://rcdb.com/11155.htm#p=59319
Top speed? Well, Kanonen's is 46mph; this one probably a little less.
I was wondering when the best time to visit would be, but apparently I can just rock up whenever since it never actually closes apparently.
Anyway, has anyone else got any other examples of parks being slightly economical with the truth? I'm not talking here about some exaggerated marketing (Th13teen), but actual out-and-out lies.
I'll start off by reposting some stuff that I mentioned a couple of years ago in a trip report from Happy Valley Shenzhen. Bare in mind that this was two years ago, so maybe they've changed their maps by this point.
![SAM_1025_zpsdfef1a49.jpg](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m90/gavinj90/Shenzhen%20Parks/Happy%20Valley/SAM_1025_zpsdfef1a49.jpg)
Biggest water ride IN THE WORLD! In China, probably, but along with loads of the exact same model scattered all over the country.
Then there's this:
![SAM_1026_zps0a9371ac.jpg](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m90/gavinj90/Shenzhen%20Parks/Happy%20Valley/SAM_1026_zps0a9371ac.jpg)
HIGHEST DROP TOWER IN ASIA!!!!!! Erm, no. Even if you take "tallest" and "highest" as two different ways to measure it, neither one of those is true, nor was it two years ago.
Then there's their signature coaster, which is, admittedly, amazing:
![SAM_1027_zpsccea04ec.jpg](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m90/gavinj90/Shenzhen%20Parks/Happy%20Valley/SAM_1027_zpsccea04ec.jpg)
Despite being amazing, it sure as s**t isn't the tallest, fastest or longest in Asia.
Those blatant lies pale in comparison to what I found on Romon-U Park's website though. This is a new park that only opened earlier this year.
![Romon_zpsipixwee2.jpg](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m90/gavinj90/Romon_zpsipixwee2.jpg)
Wow. Dragon Legend is the fastest launching coaster in the world! What is it, I hear you cry?
![9regn0005g86810001pt02.jpg](http://cache.rcdb.com/9regn0005g86810001pt02.jpg)
http://rcdb.com/10332.htm#
It's a launched X-Car, basically a clone of Freischutz at Bayern Park, reaching a top speed of about 50mph.
They, both coasters, can accelerate from 0-100 kph in 2 seconds, so Euro Express must be launched as well. Except that it isn't. It's basically a clone of Kanonen, only with a lift hill.
![a4abie002o9bg00000surh.jpg](http://cache.rcdb.com/a4abie002o9bg00000surh.jpg)
http://rcdb.com/11155.htm#p=59319
Top speed? Well, Kanonen's is 46mph; this one probably a little less.
I was wondering when the best time to visit would be, but apparently I can just rock up whenever since it never actually closes apparently.
![romon%202_zpsebezaeea.jpg](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m90/gavinj90/romon%202_zpsebezaeea.jpg)
Anyway, has anyone else got any other examples of parks being slightly economical with the truth? I'm not talking here about some exaggerated marketing (Th13teen), but actual out-and-out lies.