Are Japan's parks affected?
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So I would have had to create a general topic about the earthquake first, then it would have been ok for me to create this topic (as I originally did) in order to be respectful? :roll:Ollie said:
Perhaps some of you should check out some of the posts in my high jacked topic to see what being disrespectful is. http://www.coasterforce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29998&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45
dj-fireball999
Mega Poster
Any news on Sendai Highland and Benyland? They seem to be in pretty badly hit areas...
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Anonymous
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The only thing I think that they would suffer is some structural damage from the quake itself.
BenyLand is located in western Sendai which isn't as bad as everyone think it is, just some broken glass and outer walls, only the eastern suburbs of Sendai were affected by the Tsunami (and of course all cities along the eastern coast).
Sendai Highland is located far up the mountains so it should be fine.
BenyLand is located in western Sendai which isn't as bad as everyone think it is, just some broken glass and outer walls, only the eastern suburbs of Sendai were affected by the Tsunami (and of course all cities along the eastern coast).
Sendai Highland is located far up the mountains so it should be fine.
rollermonkey
Strata Poster
I'm going to go look at the other topic, thanks.
OK, I'm back.
Pleasure Garden may have been erased by the tsunami. It sat directly on the beach, just a couple feet above sea level, and that coast nearly faces the earthquake's epicenter.
Kamine Kaihin sits well uphill above Hitachi, which has a rugged coastline facing away from the epicenter, It should be fine unless the quake itself knocked rides down.
Tokyo Disney Resort has announced that they will be closed until further notice. They will conduct inspections to make sure everything is safe and reopen when it is appropriate. (AKA after power has been retored throughout the Kanto plain.)
The inland parks of the Tohoku region like Nasu Highland and the Utsunomiya parks will likely close for inspections and reopen along a similar timeline as Disney.
The Sendai parks, won't have been affected by the tsunami, as they sit inland on high ground. The earthquake may have been quite destructive up there, though.
The real issue for all these parks is that there won't be anyone attending them until the country has recovered.
Universal Studios Japan has stated that they will operate as usual.
Nagashima Spaland sits on the coast, but is set far enough into Ise Wan, that the tsunami can't have had any effect. (Waves don't make right turns.)
Fuji-Q will likely be fine, that park, set as close to Mt. Fuji as it is, is designed to withstand tremblors. Remember the conversations about how extra-beefy the supports for Eejanaika are?
Anyways, 'nuff said.
IBTL, IMHO.
OK, I'm back.
Pleasure Garden may have been erased by the tsunami. It sat directly on the beach, just a couple feet above sea level, and that coast nearly faces the earthquake's epicenter.
Kamine Kaihin sits well uphill above Hitachi, which has a rugged coastline facing away from the epicenter, It should be fine unless the quake itself knocked rides down.
Tokyo Disney Resort has announced that they will be closed until further notice. They will conduct inspections to make sure everything is safe and reopen when it is appropriate. (AKA after power has been retored throughout the Kanto plain.)
The inland parks of the Tohoku region like Nasu Highland and the Utsunomiya parks will likely close for inspections and reopen along a similar timeline as Disney.
The Sendai parks, won't have been affected by the tsunami, as they sit inland on high ground. The earthquake may have been quite destructive up there, though.
The real issue for all these parks is that there won't be anyone attending them until the country has recovered.
Universal Studios Japan has stated that they will operate as usual.
Nagashima Spaland sits on the coast, but is set far enough into Ise Wan, that the tsunami can't have had any effect. (Waves don't make right turns.)
Fuji-Q will likely be fine, that park, set as close to Mt. Fuji as it is, is designed to withstand tremblors. Remember the conversations about how extra-beefy the supports for Eejanaika are?
Anyways, 'nuff said.
IBTL, IMHO.
caffeine_demon
Strata Poster
what about tokyo dome city / la qua?
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Anonymous
Guest
Shouldn't be an issue, too far from the epicentre. Even though some aftershocks have been pretty close.
rollermonkey
Strata Poster
I'd say check the websites. laQua should have info in English for any hours changes.
The big issue now is the rolling blackouts. As summer approaches, demand for electricity will only increase, and Japan doesn't have the infrastructure to offset the loss of the nuclear plants that are offline and not expected to restart, post-quake.
6 reactors at Dai-ichi, 2 at Dai-ni and one or two more elsewhere are offline. Several will be decommissioned as a result of damage from the quake. This is a huge amount of electrical generation capacity for the nation as a whole.
The big issue now is the rolling blackouts. As summer approaches, demand for electricity will only increase, and Japan doesn't have the infrastructure to offset the loss of the nuclear plants that are offline and not expected to restart, post-quake.
6 reactors at Dai-ichi, 2 at Dai-ni and one or two more elsewhere are offline. Several will be decommissioned as a result of damage from the quake. This is a huge amount of electrical generation capacity for the nation as a whole.
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Anonymous
Guest
Another thing about these black-outs are that east and west Japan can't share the power, the western half can cover some of the losses in the eastern half, since they have different power system...
rollermonkey
Strata Poster
Tokyo Disneyland to reopen Friday
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, will resume operations Friday after being closed since the March 11 earthquake, the amusement park's operator Oriental Land Co. said.
But given the electricity shortage caused by power plant shutdowns in the wake of the March 11 disaster, Tokyo Disneyland will not operate after 6 p.m. for the time being.
Hotels around the amusement park will likely also return to full operations gradually, sources said.
The park operator said it has put off the reopening of Tokyo Disney Sea, a separate amusement park adjacent to Tokyo Disneyland, until late this month at the earliest.
According to a senior official at the company, sections of Tokyo Disneyland's carpark were damaged due to liquefaction, but facilities inside the amusement park suffered no major damage
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, will resume operations Friday after being closed since the March 11 earthquake, the amusement park's operator Oriental Land Co. said.
But given the electricity shortage caused by power plant shutdowns in the wake of the March 11 disaster, Tokyo Disneyland will not operate after 6 p.m. for the time being.
Hotels around the amusement park will likely also return to full operations gradually, sources said.
The park operator said it has put off the reopening of Tokyo Disney Sea, a separate amusement park adjacent to Tokyo Disneyland, until late this month at the earliest.
According to a senior official at the company, sections of Tokyo Disneyland's carpark were damaged due to liquefaction, but facilities inside the amusement park suffered no major damage