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Asia Adventure 25: Happy Valley and Culture!

 



Welcome back to the Asia Adventure series! This is the third instalment of the series and also the third time that I’m spoiling you with culture! We pick things up at Happy Valley Beijing, another park with its own metro station! 


The first thing you see upon entering the park is Extreme Rusher, a massive air launched coaster that hasn’t operated since 2014. Thankfully some coasters were operating. 

768: Family Inverted Coaster

Long time Beer Moose readers will know how much I love Inverted coasters made by Swiss manufacturer B&M (not the shop), as you’ve worked out from the name this is a tame and family friendly version of that model. It was a decent ride back row and had some good forces. 

B&M make the best inverted coasters. Smooth, forceful and full of interesting elements. Dutch company Vekoma also make Inverted coasters and they are the opposite of everything I just said! Nevertheless,

769: Golden Wings Over The Snowfield 

A name that just rolls off of the tongue


On this trip I made notes as I went along, I’d hate to have forgotten something important. I wrote a one word review for this coaster, vile. 

Ready for more coasters with names that just roll off of the tongue? 
770: Flight of The Himalayan Eagle Music Roller Coaster

See I wasn’t joking about the name


This coaster with a long name is classed a B&M Hyper Coaster but a bit like how Luke Skywalker was told he was too short to be a stormtrooper this coaster is only 157.5ft tall (RCDB, 2025), well under the usual 200ft plus requirement. Sure it rides smoothly but the lack of airtime was disappointing. Although perhaps the biggest disappointment was the soundtrack, despite having music in the name the only noise I heard going round was a lady shouting in Mandarin. 

After yesterday’s mine train adventure we were spoilt with another one today! A proper Vekoma one too! 
771: Jungle Racing 

I didn’t take a photo of it so here is a photo of a sign. The coaster was fine. 

We decided to do this boat ride on our way to Crystal Wing.

Let’s take a look at some scenes from Happy World:

Yay beer!

Yay beer!

Yay beer!

Wtf. 

Crystal Wing.


Oh ffs

They decided to close it early and without warning, spite. Luckily I grabbed myself a questionable +1 on Flying Cake, a bonkers stand up disco style ride. 772!

Crystal Wing behind it

Coasters done for the day we headed to The Grand Canal, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site!

It was a bit busy!


The famous bridge.

View from the bridge 

A slightly different view from the bridge!

On the other side of the bridge was a plethora of karaoke and music bars with people trying their best to draw you in. One man took a break from speaking mandarin to tell us “come in here the music is fucking good”. Sadly my assessment of music quality didn’t match his, we headed for food instead. 

Black bean sauce is so good!

Crispy pork I think.

We then called it a day and went to sleep excited for one of the highlights of the trip. You’ll have to wait for the next blog for that, but here’s something to enjoy until then:


Thanks for reading! 






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Location: Beijing, China

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