if you take the first train out of tokyo at like 5am you can make it for opening, stay all day and take a train to osaka. Perfect for a pitstop between cities
Before I became a coaster dork, Japan for me was all about the food. Now I have to hit up Nagashima and Fuji-q and have some sushi between rides. Will certainly beat the sushi rolls at Magic Mountain (had to try it just cause...)
SmileBullet Yes, it was pretty clear what he was saying. Most of Nagashima’s coasters are clones frequently seen in other countries. But in Japan these are the only example of those clones, so for most Japanese they feel like original coasters.
Japan loves space stuff and they REALLY love the Space Shuttle. The now closed Space World has a roller coaster what wraps around a replica of the Space Shuttle, cool stuff. They have the same ride model at Over Texas.
If you are going to Japan to ride roller coasters you have to hit this park. Hakugei just looks flat out amazing!
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Excellent review! Do note that there's an amazing hot springs bath (onsen) or spa just next to the park. I guess this is where the name comes from. There are tons of pools and some of them are outside in the nature. Definitely the best onsen I've been to, and a great choice after a day at the park.
How long in advance should you book the onsen? Can you just buy it the day itself? The website is super uncler, and I find zero information surrounding it...
Excellent review and insight into staying two days due to its location and weather. Certainly helped me out in the planning. Japan is full of quirks but they have an explanation as to why that ride closed due to weather and it hadn't rained yet. It was to get those peeps on line on the ride in time before the weather changed w/o adding to the line and disappointing people who wasted time on a line and couldn't get on cause the closed the ride last minute. Still disappointing. I live in FL so I've spend 90mins on a line and had the ride shut down.
I’ll definitely make sure to have 2 days when I come here. Unfortunate to see that this park has a lot of unoriginal rides and coasters but at least some of their clones are very enjoyable ones. The mall looks awesome and I think the park has some great qualities to it with its location and atmosphere. Also I’ve always been confused by this why is it called “Spa Land” are there spas in the resort as well?
Coaster Hour the hotel has lots of spa experiences there. We saw a little bit of it when we went in the hotel- it looked cool and I would’ve loved to try it out!
Long Distance Coaster Relationships oh I agree, it is a very solid park for sure. I neglected to mention this, but the demon drop clone wasn’t open for us, so we didn’t get to experience it. Arashi to me felt the exact same as every other free spin I’ve ridden...which is almost all of them.
There's a waterpark next to it, as well as a pretty big onsen (probably part of the resort, but you can visit it without staying there). Went to the park back in 2016 on a slightly rainy summer day. Rides were still open mostly, but the whole park was deserted and I had every ride for myself - a bit creepy, actually. As I didn't arrive too early (the park closes at 5pm) and was super hungover (requiring 20 min breaks in between rides), I did only 5 or 6 (Steel Dragon, White Cyclone, some water ride and others I don't remember). Afterwards the weather cleared up a bit and I went over to the water park, as floating in the water seemed more tempting to me at this point. It had quite a lot of really fun slides though, so can recommend that as well. When that thing closed I went to the onsen for another 3 hours or so, which was amazing. Really was the best I could do on that rainy day...
Isn't so weird and hilarious that hakugei means white whale. Sea world would be jealous Edit: omg 25 likes in 19 hours on a comment! Never had that before
I noticed that there's kind of a weird balance between Japan's two biggest coaster-focused parks. Nagashima Spa Land has an atmosphere and ride collection more like a Cedar Fair park, but its ride operations are more like a Six Flags park, while Fuji Q Highland is the complete opposite.
Do they have fast passes for the attractions?? I am going there next week and I am a bit worried about the queues, although in this video it looked pretty empty. Not sure what to expect since Japan is closed for tourists but already open the parks for Japanese people and residents.
Been there last month, and had a great time! For me, most of the bigger coasters were unlike anything I've ever been on, and indeed Hakugei is amazing! I had only one day and they closed at 5, but it wasn't busy at all so I could easily do all of the rides, and apart from Steel Dragon which closed in the afternoon because of strong winds did get to do the other rollercoasters multiple times. Also, good food options at decent prices! But I do recognize your complaints about the operations. When Steel Dragon was still running, just one single train indeed. So very short line yet still half an hour wait. Hoped to finish the day with another ride on Hakugei (they did at least run 2 trains here), but they closed the entrance over half an hour early. Most other rides were also running on the absolute minimum capacity, and often I was just sitting in sitting in a ride waiting for more people. Ultratwister only opened later in the afternoon, while Acrobat was closed for quite a while because of "maintenance". But in the end very much enjoyed it, and after a meal at the mall went to the Yuami no Shima onsen right across the street from the bus stop. I stayed in Kuwana, which is a lot closer than Nagoya and has a much more frequent bus connection.
There's a bus from Nagoya station that leaves every 15 minutes or so, and takes like 45 minutes. I go every 2 weeks or so in the summer so that's what I use. STEEL DRAGON IN THE RAIN IS AMAZING
beautiful park very respectful people its a beautiful environment for all ages the rmc is breathtaking the best in this region its a small version of cedar point and i definitely will visit in the near future
Just got out of the Park - oh what a great place (despite horrible operations, 8 minutes per train and not every seat gets used...). My tip for 1 day visit accommodation, especially with Japan Rail Pass: Stay somewhere near Kuwana station. There's a direct bus which takes ~20 minutes for 600 yen, and you'll get very easy further on your Japan trip since you can transfer from Kuwana to Nagoya Station (Shikansen Trains here) with your JR Pass! 🙌🏻
I’ve been to Nagashima Spaland on a Japanese vacation nine years ago. I personally liked it more than Fuji Q Highland. I’d certainly go back again if I ever return, especially the chance to ride Hakugi, which was originally White Cyclone before the RMC conversion. Ride ops must have gone downhill when you where there. They ran two trains on both Steel Dragon 2000 and White Cyclone when I was there.
I'm planning on going to Japan and hitting up the different amusement/theme parks, including this one, but the thing is I'm on the heavier side, I'm about 6 feet tall and 290 pounds right now, would you say that this or any of the other parks are fat friendly, or are they more like Cedar Point and being fat phobic?
Another factor is the time of year you go. I was there late June but it was the end of their season so the park wasn’t busy but it was understaffed. Only 5 coasters operating: Steel Dragon, Ultra Twister, Acrobat, Looping Star, Arashi. The park was also insanely dead because it rained a little bit.
I looked at their website and I was confused on how they worked. It only cost like $15 to get in, but they also said something about price per ride... I'm very confused. Plus since I'm very picky, was there any American-style food available?
Great review, so much useful info! how did they define bad weather? just rain or lightning risk? or temperature? im going to japan in feb 2025, dont know if this park is open all year, but hopefully! Also what month did you go?
We went in July, which is rainy season. We did not experience any Lightning or Thunder so I cannot comment on how they would respond to it, but we had some rides operate in light rain and then once it turned into heavier rain they all closed down.
We are doing an online project on roller coasters where we “build” our own amusement park. Because I watch ur vids I’m gonna ace it because I know everything about it. Thanks for making vids because if u didn’t I would fail my class. We have to think of a name for the park so put comments below so i can figure out what to name my park. Thanks Taylor
@@stanton1270 for most of my time in Japan, I lived 2 hours and a half from Greenland in Kyushu. So I was very far from this park. But in October I finally moved to a place near tokyo and I have gotten to most parks there. On my drive there, I stopped by usj but I passed by nagashima spaland. I am planning to get out here in June or july
Great video!!! Just a quick question, do you think you will do any more commentarys like you did last year on your older videos and Stuff? I really enjoyed those!
Thank you! I could definitely do more commentary's, they just didn't seem to be as popular as some of my other videos, so I stopped doing them. During this crazy quarantine we're all going through, I could definitely bring them back if enough people wanted them to return.
Nagashima Spaland in my experience was pretty awful, the park had very little shade on a day where it was above 40 degrees. The operations are by far the worst I've ever seen with the worst being acrobat with 15 minutes between sending trains out in some cases. In addition to this around half the rides were shut the entire time I was there including the shuttle loop, both wild mice, the ultratwister plus a few more. The only redeeming factor of the park was Hakugei which was outstanding but I probably would not go out of my way to revisit the park due to everything else.
After watching your video I was more curious about this place and tried to find their website. However, all that came up was their wikipedia page and some travel agency reviews. I don't think they have a website!
Matthew Riquier I have never heard of it- where in the park is it? I walked around that park quite a bit and didn’t see anything that could’ve possibly been a dark ride. I’m wondering how I missed it.
@@CoasterStudios if you exited Hakugei and went left... It's right there... I was there in the second week of December 2019 it's like the cheap cheesy toy story mania 😂 but really fun!
@@CoasterStudios since I have your attention I just want to say thank you you inspired my girlfriend and I to go to Alton towers and to Japan last year! 😎👍
@@HopeDealerGames glad to hear it! Thanks for the link- thats too bad I missed that, I don't ever recall seeing that ride entrance. I'll try to do it whenever I decide to go back!
The Manta clone isn't really that big of a deal, since there's only one other ride exactly like it in the world. It just seems kind of silly that the park couldn't spend a little extra to get their own unique ride that could've possibly been better than Manta!
5:36 japan as a culture is kind of obsessed with randomization, hence the popularity of gacha games. that plush thing seems like a take on that kind of gacha concept. It's interesting that its so popular because i believe gambling directly for money is illegal in japan
The way you described it you make it sound like a terrible Cedar Point, but then at the end you say you liked it but no offense the whole video was complaints lol.
It’s a useful review for anyone planning a visit. Reviews that just praise everything are not useful, unless it’s literally true that everything about a park is awesome.
I am sorry if I made it seem like a terrible Cedar Point, because its actually not, its a very nice park. I enjoyed the atmosphere there very much. I apologize if I sounded 'complainy,' my goal was to present the good and bad things that Nagashima does.
Me: will probably never go to this park because I live in the U.S. Everyone else in the comments: talking about where things are within the park and rides that used to operate at the park and talking about their favorite rides
