Seibuen Amusement Park
Seibuen Amusement Park is located in the border of Saitama prefecture and Tokyo. From Shinjuku and Ikebukuro, It's about 45minutes by train. It opened in 1950 and they had about 194 million visitors in 1988 but because the attractions were becoming old they only has 49 million visitors in 2018 so they decided to renew Seibuen Amusement Park in 2021. They actually renewed it in 1985 so, it's the 2nd time to renew Seibuen. They used to have about 25 kinds of attractions but they only have 13 types of ride attractions in 2019 so I think they made a good decision.
When I went in 2016 ,there were about 20 kinds of attractions. So, I could play for a day but I don't think I want to play for a day if there were only 13 kinds of attractions. I think you get so bored after 2~3 hours.
Seibuen Amusement Parks History.
1950 Opened as Higashimurayama Cultural Park.
1951: Renamed it Seibuen
Water chute opened
1966: Merry-go-round, bazooka cannon, round-up, octopus, paratrooper and rocket observatory opened
1970 Mini-Train, Funhouse and SpaceAge opened
1974 Training horses, trampolines, and fuafua open
1975 Helicopter and Sky-jet opened.
1978, SWW space secret base opens.
1980 Rotating Boat Open
1981 Viking opens
1982 Giant Ferris wheel, Wave-singer, flying carpet opens.
1983 Merry-go-round closes Coffee Cup Opens
1984 Bazooka Cannon, Roundup, Octopus, Paratrooper, Rocket Lookout, Mini Train, Fun House, Space Age, Training Horse, Trampoline, Fafa Helicopter, Sky Jet, SWW Space Secret Base Close. Merry-go-round, classic cars open
1985 Octopus, spinning carriage, balloon flight, hang glider, mini airplane, jet fighter, triple Ferris wheel, large flying tower, Bee Gee Bee, junior circuit opened. They Renewed the Amusement Park.
1986 Loop Screw Coaster opened.
1988 Gyro Tower, Looping Starship and Skating Rink opened.
1990 - Flight trainer opened.
1992 Water Shoot Closes
2003 Wakuwaku Land opened
2004 Tripple Ferris wheel closed. Hello Kitty Merhen Town opens.
2005 Giant Air Tower is closed
2006 Magic Mirror Maze Open. Grand Flight Tower, Junior Circuit Closed
2007 Ice World, Japanese staircase house opens. Flight Trainer Closed.
2008 Bee Gee Bee, Coffee Cup Close
2009 Ice World, Japanese Staircase House, Wakuwaku Land Closes
2010 Illumination starts
2011 Looping Starship Closes
2012 Looping Screw Coaster, Flying Carpet Closes
2013 Snow Kingdom opens
2017 Spinning Carriage, Balloon Flight, Hang Rider, Mini Airplane, Jet Fighter, Spinning Boat Closes
2019 Magic Mirror Maze Closes
2021 With an investment of 10 billion yen they announced that they will Renew the amusement park.
Pirate Ship(バイキング）
Its maximum angle is 65˚ and its maximum capacity is 45 people. So, it's pretty big and one of the main attractions. If you sit in the very back ,you can feel lots of airtime.
Octopus
Octopus and the Pirate ship are the only thrilling attractions at Seibuen Amusement Park. I like the octopus better than the pirate ship because you can ride longer and I like the wriggling movement.
Merry Go Round
Sky Fun
Its a similar to a astrofighter but the ride is shaped like an elephant.
Pop'n Smile
There's a Gondola attached on a wall and it goes around.
(It's not a thrill ride)
Strawberry Cafe
Its a tea cup that has a illustration of Melhen Characters.
Angel Coaster
It's a kids coaster located inside the Melhen town. Even if its a kids coaster, it has some speed and it's pretty fast!. By the way, this is the only rollercoaster in Seibuen. It's the exact same layout with the dragon coaster.
Wave Swinger
Big Ferris Wheel.
The hight is 62m and you can see the big landscape of mountains. You can also see fire works and the Illumination too.
The view from the Jairo Tower.
Tobu Zoological Park opened in 1981 and had a total of 1.17 million visitors in 2016. With a total area of 61 hectares, this theme park has a pool, a zoo and even an amusement park. Tobu Zoological Park is a long and narrow with park. The amusement park is located on the east side of the park and a Zoo and a pool is located on the west side. The main transportation between the zoo and the amusement park is the railway or a shuttle bus called Taiyo-no-megumi tetsudou . There used have a ropeway in the past.
The zoo has about 120 kinds of animals such as white tigers and brown bears, monkeys, hippos, elephants and so on. The pool area has three types of pools and three types of slides. The amusement park is family friendly. The only four thrill rides. The Kawasemi, Godsinger Owe, Music Express, and a pirate ship called Golden Ship. There are 24 attractions for families and kids. Now it's more family friendly, but there used to be a lot of thrill rides such as Wooden Water Coaster Regina, Mount Rocky Coaster, Crazy Mouse, Flying Carpet, G-max, and Firebird.
History of the amusement park
1981 Opened to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Tobu Railway.
1986 Skyway (rope way) opens
1989 Rocky Coaster opened
1990 Tobu Super Pool opened.
1997 G-max (Drop tower) opened
2000 The only wooden water coaster in Japan opened.
2003 Skyway closed
Mount Rocky Coaster suspended
2005 Mount Rocky Coaster scraped down
Africa Karts opens
2008 Kawasemi Opens
2012 Heartful Farm opens
2013 Emma's cheese windmill, Booney's vegetable factory opens
2014 Giant Ferris wheel and G-max closed
2016 Heartful Garden opens
2019 Regina Closed
2020 Pleasureland Renewal and Golden Ship (Pirate Ship) opens.
Kawasemi
Construction Intamin
Total length: 748m
Height: 33.2 meters.
Top speed, 87.2 meters per hour.
Maximum angle: 67.4˚
Ride time: 60 seconds.
Total construction cost: 1.9 billion yen.
Money 1000 yen
Height limit 120cm or more
Age limit 6 years and up
Opening Date 2008.
Kawasemi is an ordinary medium-sized roller coaster in terms of length, height, and speed, but there's so much air time. It feels like you're flying and that you're floating. It's as exhilarating as Steel Dragon 2000, so if you live in the Kanto area and can't go to Nagashima Spa Land, I will recommend this coaster. Kawasemi are found all over the world in models called megalight. There was the exact same coaster at Happy valley Shanghai but when I visited it was not operating so I couldn't ride it.
The first drop is so cool and I think its the best spot in Kawasemi. Kawasemi is based on a bird called king fisher. Then there are some camel backs and every camel back has so much airtime. It feels so good when you are riding this. I think its the most comfortable ride in Japan and It's definitely the best coaster in Northern Kanto. This coaster was made where the Mount Rocky Coaster was. Mount Rocky Coaster was a steel coaster that was located in the center of Tobu Amusement park. Because it was in the center it was more popular than Regina because Regina was in the back of the park.
Wooden Water Coaster Regina
Its a wooden coaster on the water. Its the was the only coaster in the Kanto Prefecture. There's only 3 wooden coasters in Japan. (Now in 2020). It is closed now.
Construction Intamin
Total length: 1334m
Height: 33 meters.
Top speed 90.2 kilometers per hour.
Maximum tilt angle: 50 degrees
Capacity: 28 people
Total construction cost: 2.7 billion yen.
Maximum plus G. 2.78km.
Fee: 1,000 yen
Height limit 120cm or more
Opened in 2000.
There's a lot of vibration and I can't say the ride is comfortable. By the way I've rode 3 Wodden Coasters before but Regina is the worst wooden coasters. Why? because compared to other wooden coasters Regina doesn't run a lot inside woods like the White cyclone and not as long and Regina is on the water but the water is not clean. So I think Regina is not as good compared to other wooden coasters. And I definitely recommend Kawasemi better than the Regina.
My Best Wooden Roller Coasters I've ridden
1 White Cyclone (Closed)
2 Wooden Coaster Fire Ball
3 Regina (Closed)
God Swinger ~Oue~
Ema san no Cheeze Fusha(エマさんのチーズ風車）
The hight is 51m and It had the longest waiting line. It was about 1 hours. Its in the center of the park so you can see both the zoo and the amusement park.
Astrofighter
In the ride in the left. Its an normal astrofighter.
Carusel Water Lili
Its an Italian Merry Go Round. Same as Tokyo Dome City its on the water.
Other than these attractions there are a lot more fun attraction such as music express, sky cycle, 2 family coasters, A Go Kart and many more.