Fujikyu Highlands

We thought this placed was closed over this period but when we rocked up into this town via train we saw the coasters going so we went and took a look. You know those parks you use to create on the game Theme Park? We'll this was just like that. It was so cool.

They had about 6 or more coasters, 3 extreme ones and then some smaller ones for families/kids etc. And then other various carnival rides but alot larger :)

We first went on was a coaster called "World Bucchugirl Coaster", sounds a bit.. you know but it was freakn awesome.. you strap yourself in and before you can count to three your thrown at 4G's to 172km/h in only a few meters in a dark tunnel on a flat surface, you then appear into the daylight and over a few turns and then over a big hill which takes you vertical then over and back down straight towards the ground. Not good for the stomach but you come off the ride with a smile you cant wipe of your face for a long time! :) I have some video of the coaster being launched and it sounds awesome!!

The other coaster we went on was called the "Fujiyama", the king of coasters!! This ride has a world record (in 1999) for being the highest rollercoaster (70m) and longest drop (71.5m) and takes you to 130km/h, not as fast as the Bucchigirl coaster but its 2km long and takes you through some hellish twists and turns. In our holiday snaps you can see a picture of the coaster which we took from the restaurant we were having lunch at outside the ice skating arena.

The other coaster was some whacky one which was so friggin stupid there was no way in hell I was going to go on it. It had loops, twists and the seats your sat in span around 360 degrees so you were going everywhere. Something my stomach would not be able to handle. Megan called in the Lethal Weapon (from Movie World) but times One Million!

The rest of the park had all sorts of rides such as Cabin Log Rides, Ranger, Pizza La (a pizza spinning around in circles and then flying up into the air
like bounties revenge but waaay higher), Tower drop, Haunted House and a few other I cant remember. There was also a few themed rides which were Anime related so I had no idea WTF they were :) One was called Gundam Crisis which I think Rebecca (from MU) is interested in or am I mistaken?

They also had Thomas Land which JJ would have loved, they had all the characters there in large form including a ride on Harold which was a sort of flying Merry go Round (as he is a helicopter)

All in all, a friggin awesome day.