HAPPY VALLEY PARKS
China
 Park News - (10/29/2023) While the exact details are still being worked out, an updated report on the accident at Happy Valley Shenzhen does say that a coaster train rolled backwards and struck the other train that was sitting stationary at the end of the ride’s layout, so this does seem to indicate a launch mis-fire and failure of the rollback braking system to stop the train. The report also states that four riders are being treated at a hospital’s intensive care unit. According to the report, the theme park is closed this weekend while they investigate the incident.
Note that in the article, they refer to the “Bullet Coaster” as the Snowy Eagle, but as RCDB points out, apparently the ride’s signage calls it Bullet Coaster in English, but they say that the Chinese version of the name translates to “Tibetan Eagle”. So perhaps Snowy Eagle is another attempt to translate that name into English by the media report.
(10/27/2023) According to posts online, including a video short, I’m told that the Bullet Coaster at Happy Valley Shenzhen suffered some kind of incident. It sounds as if the two trains may have collided, causing the rear car to de-rail from the look of things. The unofficial reports say 8 riders may have been potentially injured from the incident. The Bullet Coaster is a modern S&S Thrust Air style launch coaster that first opened back in 2012.
Just theorizing based on the placement of the two trains, since this is a launched coaster,
it is possible that the launch mis-fired and the train managed to roll-back, passing through whatever braking system would normally be in place to stop the train in case of a rollback. Hopefully any injuries suffered were minor.
HAPPY VALLEY BEIJING (Beijing, China) - website
2023 - Nothing is known at this point in time, nothing added last year.
HAPPY VALLEY CHENGDU (Sichuan, China) - website
2023 - Nothing is known at this point in time, nothing added last year.
HAPPY VALLEY CHONGQING (Congqing, China)
2023 - Nothing is known to have been added since it opened in 2017.
HAPPY VALLEY NANJING (Jiangsu, China)
2023 - Nothing is known at this point in time.
HAPPY VALLEY SHANGHAI (Shanghai, China) - website
2023 - Nothing is known at this point in time, nothing added last year.
HAPPY VALLEY SHENZHEN (Guangdong, China) - website
2023 - Nothing is known at this point in time, nothing added last year.
HAPPY VALLEY TIANJIN (Dongli, China)
2023 - Nothing is known at this point in time, nothing known to have been added from 2014 - 2022, but exact news for these parks can be very hard to obtain.
HAPPY VALLEY WUHAN (Hubei, China)
2022 - Nothing is known at this point in time, nothing known to have been added from 2015 - 2021, but exact news for these parks can be very hard to obtain.
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