Ghost cities make (twisted) sense. Built it now, let it rot for a few years to drop in value, then the massively depreciated prices becomes attractive enough for people and industry to work and live it....
Great video. I see the smaller suburb parks similar to travelling carnivals in the west. Cheap tacky rides, lower safety precautions, etc. Shanghai Disneyland, Chime Long and the new Universal Studios Beijing will push the consumers to want higher-quality experiences, so it is looking bright for theme parks in China!
Really interesting video! Having spent a good amount of time there, I think the issue with China extends beyond theme parks to a lack of safety regulations in many sectors. Combine this with the fact that many of China's theme park operators (who are often coming from these sectors) are relatively inexperienced, and it becomes clear that accidents are unfortunately going to happen. I have a feeling that in safety, at least, the arrival of the major international players is going to change this for the better, especially as operators inevitably leave to work at other parks throughout the country.
This topic fascinates me. The channel Coaster College (formerly GP To Enthusiast) has a couple great videos on Chinese knockoff rides. I had no idea that there are Chinese coaster companies who make literal knock off models, but they're supposed to be lower quality. For example, there is a company who has a knockoff Vekoma SLC model, I can't even comprehend such torture hahaha
Am I the only one who is so amused by the copy cat parks? Safety aside (bc that obviously isn't what I am talking about), seeing what people come up with is absolutely hilarious. I kinda dig it, and if it was safer then I'd very much enjoy going to see some of that.
The popularity of ripping off the Vekoma SLC in particular across mainland China will never cease to utterly amaze (not in a good way hahaha) & boggle my mind. Let's take the worst major modern roller coaster design and then make it even MORE trash with inferior parts, design, & construction! That'll be AWESOME!
@@Cooe. I honestly didn't mean coasters specifically, I meant more atmosphere/characters/buildings. And I also already said safety aside. So I agree with you but it also wasn't my point
Give China the least amount of your money whenever possible! Don't let this encourage you to travel to China anytime in the future, not even for Disney. Great video but for entertainment only.
Theme parks are a "sign" of Government success. I think of it similar to a peacock spreading feathers to try and impress the world. There's nothing "wrong" with this but it's not organic, it's performative and that's why like Halloween costumes, fall apart equal to their effort in creation.
Thats how I see it. Its just the government flexing to the world. All of the "projects" are like this. Including the megacity project and north-south water transportation project.
Good video! One small remark: you claimed that Disney Land was the first theme park, but parks like Tivoli Gardens in Denmark and Efteling in the Netherlands have been around a little longer 😉.
Loved this little documentary, and I hope to see more content combining International Economics with Theme Parks because it was fascinating and up my alley. That said, your line about "A huge population difference means that accidents per person are statistically higher in China" is nonsense. With rigorous and consistently met standards, accidents per capita should hold up whether we're talking about a small or large population.
That was strange. The whole point of "per capita" figures is that you can accurately compare two countries with different population sizes. I will say that it seems the most relevant thing to consider when comparing the USA and China is overall development. There was a time when theme parks were more dangerous in the US, when the industry was new and regulations were lacking or haphazardly enforced. I would hope that looking at Chinese numbers in this context we'd see an overall decline in accidents per capita as local parks and government officials learn important lessons with regards to safety.
@@jonhanson8925 Completely agree. I think what's different about China today is that their Amusement industry is coming of age in a world that has already figured out attraction safety, so they have plenty of models to work from, whether they want to go learn from Japan, Europe, the US, or otherwise. On the other hand, theme parks in the United States were dangerous early on in part because those models didn't exist, and they were developed through trial-and-error. I'm not saying the EU regulatory landscape can simply be copy and pasted to China, because the systems are vastly different, but those resources are available if China is interested in accelerating its development.
This was a super interesting video to watch. I think theme parks outside of Disney/Universal could work, but the rides need to be constructed better so that they're safer as well as train employees how to properly run these rides and hire staff that's more experienced in working/operating a theme park
Main problem is that since the industry is new in China the associated regulatory authorities are also new, and in general regulations are created after people have been injured.
As an Chinese myself, heard something like "new parks like happy valley" is kinda strange to me because the oldest happy valley is right now over 20 years.😂
It’s not JUST an amusement park problem in China, it’s a SYSTEMIC problem with the entire CCP itself, they have little to no respect for anyone and everyone who criticize them, and the regime has done about everything to screw over human rights issues which extends to amusement industry
Hey Liam, it's definitely one we want to do once the park finally opens! We want to take a deep dive into the plans for the park and compared them to what we ultiamtely get! - Luke
@@bridgetmistryable It's meant to open sometime this year, they've been releasing more and more details about the lands, rides and food every week or so on their Social Media pages so I'd imagine they're building up to announcing an opening date soon.
the Chinese theme park expansion is crazy! I went to China in 2013 and went to Happy Valley and a miniature park and thought it was nice and quaint and now they have a Disney and Universal park!
This was a very interesting video! I didn't even know about Chimelong (which I guess has a few different parks), but it would be cool to see more in depth history of these in the future.
China is a booming economy, but being run by an authoritarian regime, it's very hard to build in China and not be in a pickle. A corporation like Disney, is one that tries to stay unbiased in politics (that's their perception, they still lobby). China has an attitude that leads it to require that all companies must bow down to them. H&M made a statement saying that they wouldn't use XinJiang cotton (as it was associated with the Uyghur crisis). China blew up and lost their marbles over it even having other companies - from China - brag about how they _only_ use XinJiang cotton. My point is, these companies are getting greedy (no surprise, really) and are putting their hand in the cookie jar. Sooner or later they will be in a position where they have to choose a side. It's kind of already happened. Disney has straight up abandoned HK Disneyland and doesn't bother with it too much. They purposely built Shanghai Disneyland knowing it would hurt HK's. There will come a time when the theme park companies will be forced to choose sides (if not with their parks, then 100% with their media).
Fun Fact: One of these Chinese theme parks has a 3d game that's a straight up rip off of Super Mario Galaxy. That's how you know how overboard they went of getting "outside inspiration."
Maybe the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort should include more rides, attractions, and lands as well as a second gate theme park, more resort hotels, and a Hong Kong DisneyTown RDE district!
Ride malfunctions also happened at amusement parks in Western countries too. Six Flags pre 2006 bankruptcy had an infamous history of ride accidents. I even heard Dreamworld in Australia still hasn't fully recovered from the unfortunately tragedy that occured on their river Rapids ride
When I had the goal to go to every Disney and Universal park, I made an exception for China, if only due to the political situation that exists between my country and theirs.
I feel the same way. Plus the phlegm. I can't stand it. No - literally - I have mysophonia and that sound when people suck phlegm down the back of their throat ACTUALLY makes me want to smash their heads in. So ...... pass.
I still think a lot of it is financial. A lot of people in China aren't doing that well financially and they want to go to all these parks and simply can't. So they save up and go to Disney because they know it's going to be safe and a good memory for their family.
As a four year resident of Beijing, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The Beijing park really was something else with no attention to detail. Amongst other things we had a half sphere half scale spaceship earth which housed a “Soarin” ripoff utilizing soundtracks from Apollo 13 and Jurassic Park if I recall correctly. Happy Valley was a much better park, but the original had a “so bad it’s good” experience for anyone that has been to a Disney resort.
While Shijingshan Amusement Park is a prime example of the soullessly copying Disney it’s far from the only one, Floraland Chengdu being even more egregious. Even the newly built theme parks have Disney inspired attractions, it’s interesting to see how many different ride systems for a “Soarin” style attraction can be devised. Though I do dispute your conclusion somewhat, I don’t think Disney or Universal will ever be in trouble the smaller parks are hanging on if much reduced, I was recently in Floraland Chengdu and it was quite busy despite not only Disneyland Shanghai but also local higher quality offerings such as Happy Valley Chengdu being available. Though “Generational Investment” maybe Disney’s goal I would suggest this has failed, I know many examples of people who have been to Shanghai Disneyland, taken there photos for Weibo didn’t do a single attraction and left never to return and many guests do not feel the Disney Magic and do not see Shanghai Disneyland as any better than their local amusement park. On top of this although China’s middle class maybe large and growing, I feel the term “middle class” to be somewhat subjective, with “Chinese middle class” not being what most Westerners would imagine.
@@solarmoth4628 Sorry for the delay I’ve only just seen this reply. It depends entirely on what your looking for, Shanghai Disneyland is a fantastic different experience if you like Disney Parks, same same, but different. Universal Studios Beijing is opening next month. If you want a purely “Chinese” theme park experience Happy Valley has several locations, and Changlong has a giant theme park, water park and safari park. And if you want to see a budget Disney knock off then there are ones I’ve previously mentioned.
It's very true that China poses a HUGE economic gain for these theme park businesses with the shear number of potential visitors. And what comes with economic gains would be what John Cena had to do recently.
China, like America will have teething problems in the growth of the industry. Every few years like the airline industry (disasters) WILL happen. Usually in 2s & 3's. It hits the news, then all of a sudden (the whole industry) is the BAD GUY! Not saying "bad actors" aren't out there. It also (like American counterparts) are regulated with inconsistencies. To few inspectors especially in the complexities of a typical amusement ride. Electrical, structural, hydraulics etc. Not to mention knowing about metal fatigue. Occupational safety. You also have to be physically fit to do a "ride walk around & inspection) visual & with special equipment. From a $$$ standpoint, you DON'T want to kill your guests. But, there are some operators that will play Russian Roulette with their guests.
China doesn't have a theme park problem you're comparing it to America with little over 300 million people in America china has almost 1.4 billion people living there 🤔 and the population is growing
I have been to two theme parks in China. They are not my cup of tea but the experience was interesting. One theme park was to do with the Song Dynasty. The stage performance I saw there was like nothing I had ever witnessed before. The other one I visited was in the port city of Tientsin. The theme was Russia. It was quirky to say the least. A decommissioned old Russian warship was the highlight of this place. It was visited by a handful of people the day went there. I saw several entertainment spectaculars in China. They were excellent. China is an interesting country but I wonder where all this megalomania is going to take its people in the future.
A theme park problem? Nah. A problem with uncontrolled pollution, unprecedented human rights violations, blatant theft and copying of technology, or surmounting military aggression? (American media looks the other way) Some of us don't lie awake at night concerned about China's theme parks.
Bruh every nation is corrupt. The US is equally guilty of military aggression, theft, human right violations, ect. Let the man do a video on something he’s knowledgeable about, lol.
@@pumpkinpurrs1 “equally guilty” 🙄🤥 Yeah, the US is notorious for the entire state where an ethnic minority are forced into camps, experimented on, undergo forced sterilization, are banned from even possessing their own cultural or religious materials, are subjected to police inspections on the roads, are banned from traveling outside their region without government permission, are compelled to surrender their phones to police for inspection of possible dissent, and overall treated as subhuman. Oh, wait, that’s not happening anywhere in the US, but is happening in the Xinjiang region of China. But yeah, “equally guilty”. Maybe educate yourself with this link to the notorious western propaganda machine, the BBC: www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037
China has so many skyscrapers, I'm worried about them just falling over like dominoes one day because of safety issues. Hoping that people there will be okay!
Hell, they already do. There’s places where they build them so fast and cheap with so many corners being cut, they literally fall down in less than a year. I remember seeing one photo of a building on its side that had just finished being built, only to fall down flat about a week later. Luckily nobody had moved in yet. That’s why building projects normally take longer in the west, because they do things like, ya know, engineers making sure the ground is solid enough so it can handle the weight of a multi story building.
Uhhh...You need new informations about six flags in China, All three project failed because the Chinese partner six flag chose bankrupted. One near finished park got bought by Sunac and other two...Who know what's gonna happen.
One of the reasons that 山水文园 (Six Flags' partner in China) bankrupted/given up the project is because the ridiculous amount of "brand naming fee" Six Flags asked.So this could be a lesson for them as right now all Six Flags' project in other continents are all failed.
So, as you see, I know a lot about Chinese theme park industry. (Because I'm Chinese, Duh) I can help you guys when you made Chinese theme parks related videos. How's that sound?
Is Disneyland really considered the first theme park? There are theme parks in the UK and Europe have been open since pre-1900 and still thriving today!
Yeah, that’s a common mistake: equating theme parks with amusement parks. First, there’s no **real** definition of “theme park”. For the most part, it’s a marketing term. So, while there are tons of amusement parks around the world (and in the US) that opened before Disneyland, none were called “theme parks”. The thing Disney did different was immersion. Most amusement parks didn’t care about making themed areas (such as westerns, sci-fi, fantasy, etc). The few that did go for that kind of theming (like Knott’s Berry Farm’s ghost town, which predates Disneyland), didn’t consider themselves “theme parks”. They were just themed amusement parks. And they weren’t focused on selling the illusion of really being in a different world. Disneyland was different in that it used filmmaking tricks to make the theming more realistic and was built from the ground up with the themes in mind. After Disneyland opened, many of the older parks rebranded using the hot new “theme parks” moniker, because “amusement parks” were considered passé. Some “theme parks”, like most six flags parks, stretch the term to cover glorified amusement parks with the barest of theming. Hence the popular confusion of amusement parks and theme parks being the same thing. Within the industry, Disneyland is considered the first “theme park” in the sense that it was the first of a new kind of amusement park with an emphasis on immersive experiences and dark rides, rather than thrills or amusements.
@6:11 Hate to break it to you but Disneyland isn't the first theme park in the world. That honor goes to Santa Claus Land (which opened in 1946, Disneyland opened 1955.) which now goes by the name of Holiday World. Disneyland popularized it but Santa Claus land came first.
Then there is Knotts Berry Farm....he’s likely describing a amusement park that has international appeal and Disneyland is definitely must do for international travelers and not just local or state visitors.
6:00 The world's first theme in the world is not Disneyland, not even by a long short!!! In fact, Walt Disney was inspired by other theme parks including Knott's Berry Farm in California. It's disappointing that as a theme park focused channel you did not one of the most basic historical facts. You wanna know how wrong you were; The oldest theme park in the world is Dyrehavsbakken in Denmark is 441 years old, opened 372 years before Disneyland.
I'm just imaging you visited all those Chinese theme parks and took the first hand footage.🤣 It would be an awesome field research! (Though I would love to go on research trip like that, I would have a very hard time to go on any ride in those parks😅 )
@@CaptainM792 It's more likely that it's not in Japan. First of all, the title on the upper left corner says "China", "government owned theme park", "Disney...Or NOT" (sorry my Japanese isn't very well, so I don't know what is the meaning of the first three characters). Secondly, as we can see, all of the cartoon characters look a little bit off because they are pirate. (And Hello Kitty doesn't belong to Disney family, it has it's own theme parks; Shrek belongs to Universal Studio) So, I believe at least it's not a theme park in Japan. 😆
@@paulkalokerinos1791 perhaps... But that's if travellers can even enter HK right now. The city is on a strict COVID look out. Better to lose money, than to have a million cases of deaths.
Haha. Is it fucked up I kind of chuckled when that swing hit that tree? Maybe... but that's wild. Wish I had a way to invest in the theme park in industry in China. Haha. Gold mine. Like a lot of China, half of the parks will be abandoned and in ruins in a generation or two.
China has the safest Theme Parks, I guess the reviewer confuse with japanese or korean theme park. Japanese Theme park very dangerous always people die. In China construction quality is very high quality no accidents People who are not stupid know that China always the best country, Rising above own score. No other nation can be matched. You must respect and obey the most glorious nation China otherwise there will be great consequences.. I am so proud to be a Chinese. We Chinese are the smartest, strongest and greatest race
Sorry, but I think you’re wrong about the number of theme park accidents being due to population size. Most of the accidents occur due to cheap, unsuitable building materials, a culture of cutting corners, and also a diminished morality amongst the generation who grew up in the era of Mao. The biggest problem that China’s theme park scene will suffer is that of foreign investor trust.
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I don’t think china has unsafe parks, especially now that there are more qualified larger companies building the more famous parks. I really want to visit shanghai disney and other chinese amusement parks.
@@fivefootten Big local brands are safe too.(Because their rides are all from international manufacturer), and small parks that could cause accident usually don't attract visitors and locals because they got no fame.
China is a bubble. Ghost cities, ghost malls, ghost parks, so much abandoned and neglected. But as Dory says "just keep building"
Ghost cities need time for people to move in. At least 6 years.
Ghost cities make (twisted) sense. Built it now, let it rot for a few years to drop in value, then the massively depreciated prices becomes attractive enough for people and industry to work and live it....
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 of it works, it works lol.
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 What a great use of resources. I guess China has no problems with widespread poverty and poor rural infrastructu―
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@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 well the fact is most of ghost city are actually sold out, but people are not moving there (yet)
Great video. I see the smaller suburb parks similar to travelling carnivals in the west. Cheap tacky rides, lower safety precautions, etc. Shanghai Disneyland, Chime Long and the new Universal Studios Beijing will push the consumers to want higher-quality experiences, so it is looking bright for theme parks in China!
Really interesting video! Having spent a good amount of time there, I think the issue with China extends beyond theme parks to a lack of safety regulations in many sectors. Combine this with the fact that many of China's theme park operators (who are often coming from these sectors) are relatively inexperienced, and it becomes clear that accidents are unfortunately going to happen. I have a feeling that in safety, at least, the arrival of the major international players is going to change this for the better, especially as operators inevitably leave to work at other parks throughout the country.
Right, that’s one of the reasons Disney is allowed in.
I would not be surprised that, if in a few years, there is a crash of theme parks in China
This topic fascinates me. The channel Coaster College (formerly GP To Enthusiast) has a couple great videos on Chinese knockoff rides. I had no idea that there are Chinese coaster companies who make literal knock off models, but they're supposed to be lower quality. For example, there is a company who has a knockoff Vekoma SLC model, I can't even comprehend such torture hahaha
Am I the only one who is so amused by the copy cat parks? Safety aside (bc that obviously isn't what I am talking about), seeing what people come up with is absolutely hilarious. I kinda dig it, and if it was safer then I'd very much enjoy going to see some of that.
The popularity of ripping off the Vekoma SLC in particular across mainland China will never cease to utterly amaze (not in a good way hahaha) & boggle my mind. Let's take the worst major modern roller coaster design and then make it even MORE trash with inferior parts, design, & construction! That'll be AWESOME!
@@Cooe. I honestly didn't mean coasters specifically, I meant more atmosphere/characters/buildings. And I also already said safety aside. So I agree with you but it also wasn't my point
@@dinocas420 yeah some of the character ripoffs are pretty funny
@@Cooe. Jinma Rides 🤮
Give China the least amount of your money whenever possible! Don't let this encourage you to travel to China anytime in the future, not even for Disney. Great video but for entertainment only.
Well said!
Theme parks are a "sign" of Government success. I think of it similar to a peacock spreading feathers to try and impress the world.
There's nothing "wrong" with this but it's not organic, it's performative and that's why like Halloween costumes, fall apart equal to their effort in creation.
Thats how I see it. Its just the government flexing to the world. All of the "projects" are like this. Including the megacity project and north-south water transportation project.
Good video! One small remark: you claimed that Disney Land was the first theme park, but parks like Tivoli Gardens in Denmark and Efteling in the Netherlands have been around a little longer 😉.
China has a lot more than just a theme park problem
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@@zakweyland422 that’s non Asian worlds problem now 😉
8:29 - That ride is at Sunway Lagoon Malaysia
Loved this little documentary, and I hope to see more content combining International Economics with Theme Parks because it was fascinating and up my alley. That said, your line about "A huge population difference means that accidents per person are statistically higher in China" is nonsense. With rigorous and consistently met standards, accidents per capita should hold up whether we're talking about a small or large population.
That was strange. The whole point of "per capita" figures is that you can accurately compare two countries with different population sizes.
I will say that it seems the most relevant thing to consider when comparing the USA and China is overall development. There was a time when theme parks were more dangerous in the US, when the industry was new and regulations were lacking or haphazardly enforced.
I would hope that looking at Chinese numbers in this context we'd see an overall decline in accidents per capita as local parks and government officials learn important lessons with regards to safety.
@@jonhanson8925 Completely agree. I think what's different about China today is that their Amusement industry is coming of age in a world that has already figured out attraction safety, so they have plenty of models to work from, whether they want to go learn from Japan, Europe, the US, or otherwise. On the other hand, theme parks in the United States were dangerous early on in part because those models didn't exist, and they were developed through trial-and-error. I'm not saying the EU regulatory landscape can simply be copy and pasted to China, because the systems are vastly different, but those resources are available if China is interested in accelerating its development.
Tofu Dreg theme parks are going to be a problem for a long long time in China.
This was a super interesting video to watch. I think theme parks outside of Disney/Universal could work, but the rides need to be constructed better so that they're safer as well as train employees how to properly run these rides and hire staff that's more experienced in working/operating a theme park
Main problem is that since the industry is new in China the associated regulatory authorities are also new, and in general regulations are created after people have been injured.
Aw man I thought this was about all the new parks like Sunac, Happy Valley, and stuff like that
As an Chinese myself, heard something like "new parks like happy valley" is kinda strange to me because the oldest happy valley is right now over 20 years.😂
@aaron S06 Yes, they are. And I'm looking forward to new parks opening.
@@namefake1797 Imo they should focus first on the older parks and make them as good as they can get before opening 15 new ones.
@@villek3722 They did. Happy Valley Shenzhen (the oldest one) just got a Mack Powersplash.
@@villek3722 And Happy Valley isn't really keen on expansion unlike Sunac and Fantawild.
It’s not JUST an amusement park problem in China, it’s a SYSTEMIC problem with the entire CCP itself, they have little to no respect for anyone and everyone who criticize them, and the regime has done about everything to screw over human rights issues which extends to amusement industry
Please do the history of the rise and fall and rise again of 20th Century Fox Maylasia (Genting Skyworlds) please
Hey Liam, it's definitely one we want to do once the park finally opens! We want to take a deep dive into the plans for the park and compared them to what we ultiamtely get! - Luke
@@ReviewTyme When does Genting Skyworlds (20th Century Fox World) open it says this year in 2021 maybe summer 2021
@@bridgetmistryable It's meant to open sometime this year, they've been releasing more and more details about the lands, rides and food every week or so on their Social Media pages so I'd imagine they're building up to announcing an opening date soon.
How does your channel not have more subs. Another great video
I agree. Every video is such good quality!
0:13 what the heck- did that just fall off with her in it!? Is she okay!?
Unfortunately, no. As a Chinese I can tell you, she went on a ride that made by an unauthorized manufacturer.
That’s terrifying. I hope she’s ok.
Thankfully, no one was killed. Just a lot of injuries.
Found the channel a couple of days ago and am currently binging the content, awesome work!
its a great channel!
i’m sure disneyland will be the dominant one in a couple years in china
9:08 supreme leader Xi at it again
How did I know...
the Chinese theme park expansion is crazy! I went to China in 2013 and went to Happy Valley and a miniature park and thought it was nice and quaint and now they have a Disney and Universal park!
This was a very interesting video! I didn't even know about Chimelong (which I guess has a few different parks), but it would be cool to see more in depth history of these in the future.
China is a booming economy, but being run by an authoritarian regime, it's very hard to build in China and not be in a pickle. A corporation like Disney, is one that tries to stay unbiased in politics (that's their perception, they still lobby). China has an attitude that leads it to require that all companies must bow down to them.
H&M made a statement saying that they wouldn't use XinJiang cotton (as it was associated with the Uyghur crisis). China blew up and lost their marbles over it even having other companies - from China - brag about how they _only_ use XinJiang cotton.
My point is, these companies are getting greedy (no surprise, really) and are putting their hand in the cookie jar. Sooner or later they will be in a position where they have to choose a side. It's kind of already happened. Disney has straight up abandoned HK Disneyland and doesn't bother with it too much. They purposely built Shanghai Disneyland knowing it would hurt HK's. There will come a time when the theme park companies will be forced to choose sides (if not with their parks, then 100% with their media).
Fun Fact: One of these Chinese theme parks has a 3d game that's a straight up rip off of Super Mario Galaxy. That's how you know how overboard they went of getting "outside inspiration."
vinny played it on his stream once i think lol
Please do a video similar to this about Dubai - I feel like that would be interesting
Maybe the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort should include more rides, attractions, and lands as well as a second gate theme park, more resort hotels, and a Hong Kong DisneyTown RDE district!
They can’t do a second gate, they lost the land to do it to the Hong Kong government a year or two ago.
@@Emplordxiii Hopefully they’ll ask the Hong Kong government to get that land back!
@@carminecdinoproductions they can’t due to Disney did nothing in that land and it will be converted for residential properties.
@@Emplordxiii Hopefully, Disney would get that land back for expansion…
That’s never going to happen unfortunately.
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Jeez, that's crazy dude
Ride malfunctions also happened at amusement parks in Western countries too. Six Flags pre 2006 bankruptcy had an infamous history of ride accidents. I even heard Dreamworld in Australia still hasn't fully recovered from the unfortunately tragedy that occured on their river Rapids ride
True but I think that is not the “main problem” the video is talking about.
Doesn't excuse China's infamous "tofu architecture"
@@dragonmark9092 never implied it does. And shoddy construction still occurs in developed economies too
Sadly with tensions rising and the possibility of War I think the idea of expanding should DEFINITELY be put on hold.
Idiot... possibility of war. So, you want a war right??? The one currently happening in the Middle East isn't enough for your sick mind???
When I had the goal to go to every Disney and Universal park, I made an exception for China, if only due to the political situation that exists between my country and theirs.
I feel the same way. Plus the phlegm. I can't stand it. No - literally - I have mysophonia and that sound when people suck phlegm down the back of their throat ACTUALLY makes me want to smash their heads in. So ...... pass.
The country itself is a problem. Now you focus on just a freaking theme park? Lol
So I’m not the only one noticing companies have been building theme parks left and right over there lately.
Does China have theme park problems?
Short answer: yes
Long answer: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss
I still think a lot of it is financial. A lot of people in China aren't doing that well financially and they want to go to all these parks and simply can't. So they save up and go to Disney because they know it's going to be safe and a good memory for their family.
Pls do a video on Australian theme parks!!!
Tower of terror closed 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Their escalators literally eat people....I wouldn't trust any ride they make
Lol
Competition will make sure that theme parks get better and safer.
As a four year resident of Beijing, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The Beijing park really was something else with no attention to detail. Amongst other things we had a half sphere half scale spaceship earth which housed a “Soarin” ripoff utilizing soundtracks from Apollo 13 and Jurassic Park if I recall correctly. Happy Valley was a much better park, but the original had a “so bad it’s good” experience for anyone that has been to a Disney resort.
While Shijingshan Amusement Park is a prime example of the soullessly copying Disney it’s far from the only one, Floraland Chengdu being even more egregious. Even the newly built theme parks have Disney inspired attractions, it’s interesting to see how many different ride systems for a “Soarin” style attraction can be devised.
Though I do dispute your conclusion somewhat, I don’t think Disney or Universal will ever be in trouble the smaller parks are hanging on if much reduced, I was recently in Floraland Chengdu and it was quite busy despite not only Disneyland Shanghai but also local higher quality offerings such as Happy Valley Chengdu being available.
Though “Generational Investment” maybe Disney’s goal I would suggest this has failed, I know many examples of people who have been to Shanghai Disneyland, taken there photos for Weibo didn’t do a single attraction and left never to return and many guests do not feel the Disney Magic and do not see Shanghai Disneyland as any better than their local amusement park. On top of this although China’s middle class maybe large and growing, I feel the term “middle class” to be somewhat subjective, with “Chinese middle class” not being what most Westerners would imagine.
What would you consider the best theme parks to go to in china? I’m planning on visiting in the next two yrs.
Hey! I went to that chengdu park too! I only know it's Chinese name is "国色天乡" but I'm sure we went to the same park.
And also, lots people in China don't have a connection with Disney when they are young (Even Millennials and Gen Zs)
So I guess that's why Disney magic doesn't work for some of us.
@@solarmoth4628 Sorry for the delay I’ve only just seen this reply. It depends entirely on what your looking for, Shanghai Disneyland is a fantastic different experience if you like Disney Parks, same same, but different. Universal Studios Beijing is opening next month. If you want a purely “Chinese” theme park experience Happy Valley has several locations, and Changlong has a giant theme park, water park and safari park. And if you want to see a budget Disney knock off then there are ones I’ve previously mentioned.
Anyone else notice the guys horrendous swamp ass on the Great Wall? 1:28
Need me one of those purple and gold mickey ears that teleports me directly to shanghai disney for the day
It's very true that China poses a HUGE economic gain for these theme park businesses with the shear number of potential visitors. And what comes with economic gains would be what John Cena had to do recently.
I noticed that the parachute tower ride at 10:29 is a ripoff of Jumpin' Jellyfish at DCA
I mean it's a growing enterprise. And it is a way to escape
I hope you do a similar video on Australia's theme park industry...
China, like America will have teething problems in the growth of the industry. Every few years like the airline industry (disasters) WILL happen. Usually in 2s & 3's. It hits the news, then all of a sudden (the whole industry) is the BAD GUY! Not saying "bad actors" aren't out there. It also (like American counterparts) are regulated with inconsistencies. To few inspectors especially in the complexities of a typical amusement ride. Electrical, structural, hydraulics etc. Not to mention knowing about metal fatigue. Occupational safety. You also have to be physically fit to do a "ride walk around & inspection) visual & with special equipment. From a $$$ standpoint, you DON'T want to kill your guests. But, there are some operators that will play Russian Roulette with their guests.
China doesn't have a theme park problem you're comparing it to America with little over 300 million people in America china has almost 1.4 billion people living there 🤔 and the population is growing
I've been to China three separate times.
Once Covid is finished, I'm going streight back.
Awesome country to visit
What a time to build a theme park
I have been to two theme parks in China. They are not my cup of tea but the experience was interesting.
One theme park was to do with the Song Dynasty. The stage performance I saw there was like nothing I had ever witnessed before. The other one I visited was in the port city of Tientsin. The theme was Russia.
It was quirky to say the least. A decommissioned old Russian warship was the highlight of this place. It was visited by a handful of people the day went there.
I saw several entertainment spectaculars in China. They were excellent.
China is an interesting country but I wonder where all this megalomania is going to take its people in the future.
Great video. Very interesting 👍
Thank you
China needs a couple of Action Parks to test the petal to the metal.
A theme park problem? Nah. A problem with uncontrolled pollution, unprecedented human rights violations, blatant theft and copying of technology, or surmounting military aggression? (American media looks the other way) Some of us don't lie awake at night concerned about China's theme parks.
Yeah the shifty carnival rides take a backseat to the concentration camps imo
Bruh every nation is corrupt. The US is equally guilty of military aggression, theft, human right violations, ect. Let the man do a video on something he’s knowledgeable about, lol.
I hear you, but this is a theme park channel. So he talks about theme parks. Simple as that. Doesn't mean the human rights abuses take a back seat.
Keep crying under every videos about China, maybe your concern will be solved🤪🤪
@@pumpkinpurrs1 “equally guilty” 🙄🤥
Yeah, the US is notorious for the entire state where an ethnic minority are forced into camps, experimented on, undergo forced sterilization, are banned from even possessing their own cultural or religious materials, are subjected to police inspections on the roads, are banned from traveling outside their region without government permission, are compelled to surrender their phones to police for inspection of possible dissent, and overall treated as subhuman.
Oh, wait, that’s not happening anywhere in the US, but is happening in the Xinjiang region of China. But yeah, “equally guilty”.
Maybe educate yourself with this link to the notorious western propaganda machine, the BBC:
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037
That video at the beginning shook me
How does a large population increase accidents “per person”?
6:08 Well... not really
Dayum China
China has so many skyscrapers, I'm worried about them just falling over like dominoes one day because of safety issues. Hoping that people there will be okay!
Hell, they already do. There’s places where they build them so fast and cheap with so many corners being cut, they literally fall down in less than a year. I remember seeing one photo of a building on its side that had just finished being built, only to fall down flat about a week later. Luckily nobody had moved in yet.
That’s why building projects normally take longer in the west, because they do things like, ya know, engineers making sure the ground is solid enough so it can handle the weight of a multi story building.
Uhhh...You need new informations about six flags in China, All three project failed because the Chinese partner six flag chose bankrupted. One near finished park got bought by Sunac and other two...Who know what's gonna happen.
One of the reasons that 山水文园 (Six Flags' partner in China) bankrupted/given up the project is because the ridiculous amount of "brand naming fee" Six Flags asked.So this could be a lesson for them as right now all Six Flags' project in other continents are all failed.
So, as you see, I know a lot about Chinese theme park industry. (Because I'm Chinese, Duh) I can help you guys when you made Chinese theme parks related videos. How's that sound?
Or do theme parks have a China problem?
Is Disneyland really considered the first theme park? There are theme parks in the UK and Europe have been open since pre-1900 and still thriving today!
Walter Disney travelled to multiple theme parks around the world for inspiration for Disneyland.
@@ElectriKong- I think he meant in US.
Yeah, that’s a common mistake: equating theme parks with amusement parks. First, there’s no **real** definition of “theme park”. For the most part, it’s a marketing term.
So, while there are tons of amusement parks around the world (and in the US) that opened before Disneyland, none were called “theme parks”. The thing Disney did different was immersion. Most amusement parks didn’t care about making themed areas (such as westerns, sci-fi, fantasy, etc). The few that did go for that kind of theming (like Knott’s Berry Farm’s ghost town, which predates Disneyland), didn’t consider themselves “theme parks”. They were just themed amusement parks. And they weren’t focused on selling the illusion of really being in a different world.
Disneyland was different in that it used filmmaking tricks to make the theming more realistic and was built from the ground up with the themes in mind. After Disneyland opened, many of the older parks rebranded using the hot new “theme parks” moniker, because “amusement parks” were considered passé.
Some “theme parks”, like most six flags parks, stretch the term to cover glorified amusement parks with the barest of theming. Hence the popular confusion of amusement parks and theme parks being the same thing. Within the industry, Disneyland is considered the first “theme park” in the sense that it was the first of a new kind of amusement park with an emphasis on immersive experiences and dark rides, rather than thrills or amusements.
I wanna see a LEGOLAND Shanghai Resort in Shanghai, China!
a legoland shanghai is opening in the next 5 years
I think the one in MeiShan will open first by the information I currently know.
Why would you do a story on the worlds largest dictatorship? If this was 1938 would you be doing theme park stories on Nazi German.
did china pay you for this video? did they write the ending speech for you too?
@6:11 Hate to break it to you but Disneyland isn't the first theme park in the world. That honor goes to Santa Claus Land (which opened in 1946, Disneyland opened 1955.) which now goes by the name of Holiday World. Disneyland popularized it but Santa Claus land came first.
Then there is Knotts Berry Farm....he’s likely describing a amusement park that has international appeal and Disneyland is definitely must do for international travelers and not just local or state visitors.
He goes on to talk about parks that no international tourist will likely have heard of...?
Yeah... no. They are definitely plagued with tofudreg lmao.
its a good thing i got 1 million USD to go to whatever park i want
6:00 The world's first theme in the world is not Disneyland, not even by a long short!!! In fact, Walt Disney was inspired by other theme parks including Knott's Berry Farm in California. It's disappointing that as a theme park focused channel you did not one of the most basic historical facts. You wanna know how wrong you were; The oldest theme park in the world is Dyrehavsbakken in Denmark is 441 years old, opened 372 years before Disneyland.
I trust amusment parks rides across the world but I will never ride a ride at a park besides the Disney Parks in China
Yep, I think the only *legit* parks are Happy Valley, maybe Sunac, Chimelong, Legoland, Six Flags, Universal, and Disney.
Great channel
Another great video! 👍🏽
I'm just imaging you visited all those Chinese theme parks and took the first hand footage.🤣 It would be an awesome field research!
(Though I would love to go on research trip like that, I would have a very hard time to go on any ride in those parks😅 )
9:12 That’s a theme park in Japan, not China.
@@CaptainM792
It's more likely that it's not in Japan.
First of all, the title on the upper left corner says "China", "government owned theme park", "Disney...Or NOT" (sorry my Japanese isn't very well, so I don't know what is the meaning of the first three characters).
Secondly, as we can see, all of the cartoon characters look a little bit off because they are pirate. (And Hello Kitty doesn't belong to Disney family, it has it's own theme parks; Shrek belongs to Universal Studio)
So, I believe at least it's not a theme park in Japan. 😆
There not doing a good job convincing Australians to go there when we are in a Cold War with them
Lol...they are already OVER a BILLION persons CONSUMING resources, I doubt they are begging anyone, to visit their country.
Domestic demand is ENOUGH
@@sweetdreamer3352 I’m
Sure your right on the mainland but Hong Kong Disney lost a lot of money last year and would like some travellers
@@paulkalokerinos1791 perhaps... But that's if travellers can even enter HK right now. The city is on a strict COVID look out. Better to lose money, than to have a million cases of deaths.
@@paulkalokerinos1791 so, you might as well stay in your Australia
@@sweetdreamer3352 I’ve got plans to holiday rather USA or Singapore to China
So excited!!!
Most of China cannot afford to visit Shanghai or Hong Kong Disneyland
Hmmmm... what a lie
@@sweetdreamer3352 wow you really showed me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
True... But then again a good chunk of the paying ones live in... A few of the cities like Beijing and Shanghai...
Haha. Is it fucked up I kind of chuckled when that swing hit that tree? Maybe... but that's wild. Wish I had a way to invest in the theme park in industry in China. Haha. Gold mine. Like a lot of China, half of the parks will be abandoned and in ruins in a generation or two.
They’re all to small to get on the rides - that’s the problem
They definitely do lol
Another reason not to ride pirate ship rides lol
China has the safest Theme Parks, I guess the reviewer confuse with japanese or korean theme park. Japanese Theme park very dangerous always people die. In China construction quality is very high quality no accidents
People who are not stupid know that China always the best country, Rising above own score. No other nation can be matched. You must respect and obey the most glorious nation China otherwise there will be great consequences.. I am so proud to be a Chinese. We Chinese are the smartest, strongest and greatest race
🤣😂
What’s sad is that this is so close to some of the other comments on this video from actual people in China, it’s hard to tell if it’s parody.
Japanese theme park is dangerous? Gimme some of what you're smoking buddy
Admit it, most of the stuff we have here were made from China. But it's not a bad thing (except when it comes to handling amusement parks)
I wish you didn’t include the clip in the beginning it freaked me out. I hope those people are ok! Great video tho
0:13 Why did just drop my phone 😆
note to self, never go to a theme park in china unless it's run by disney or universal
Disney the first theme parks? Not really but okay
Sorry, but I think you’re wrong about the number of theme park accidents being due to population size. Most of the accidents occur due to cheap, unsuitable building materials, a culture of cutting corners, and also a diminished morality amongst the generation who grew up in the era of Mao.
The biggest problem that China’s theme park scene will suffer is that of foreign investor trust.
Isn't current Disney Disney without the magic? Maybe we shouldn't judge so hard.
disney is a comnpany. the ccp is a government. maybe you shouldn't be so ignorant?
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I don’t think china has unsafe parks, especially now that there are more qualified larger companies building the more famous parks. I really want to visit shanghai disney and other chinese amusement parks.
If you visit the parks that are International brands then you should be safe. Good luck with local brands. Take out insurance before.
@@fivefootten Big local brands are safe too.(Because their rides are all from international manufacturer), and small parks that could cause accident usually don't attract visitors and locals because they got no fame.
@@namefake1797 Yeah you can try it. I have been there and they look sketchy as hell.
@@fivefootten Where?🤪🤪
@@fivefootten China is a big place🤪"I been there" Where? Which city?
Sinophobic gloom & doom. Unsubscribed.
lmao
I wouldn’t trust any Chinese rides