Wednesday 8 May 2013

Nara Dreamland in JAPAN !


Nara Dreamland was a theme park near Nara, Japan which was built in 1961 and inspired by Disneyland in California. On August 31, 2006, Nara Dreamland closed permanently.

Layout:

The entrance to the park was designed to look almost identical to Disneyland, including the Train depot, a Main Street, U.S.A. and the familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle at the hub. It also had a Matterhorn-type mountain (with a Matterhorn Bobsleds-type ride, called Bobsleigh), and the skyway running through it, as well as an Autopia-type ride and a monorail. The park also had its own mascots, Ran-chan and Dori-chan, two kids dressed as bearskinned guards.

Attractions:

The park contained several rides prior to closing, including:

* Aska, a wooden roller coaster based on The Cyclone at Coney Island
* Screw Coaster, an Arrow Dynamics designed double corkscrew steel roller coaster
* Bobsleigh, a steel roller coaster modeled after the Matterhorn Bobsleds
* Fantasy Coaster
* Kid's Coaster
* Monorail
* Other rides included a carousel, a small powered coaster, a Jungle Cruise styled ride, and a log flume.

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