Chime-Long Paradise
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Amusement park
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in Panyu District, Guangzhou
Guangzhou
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, Guangdong
Guangdong
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, China
People's Republic of China
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. Opened on April 12, 2006, Chime-Long Paradise is the largest amusement park in China and boasts the Tenth Ring
Tenth Ring Roller Coaster
10 Inversion Roller Coaster is a steel roller coaster at Chime-Long Paradise amusement park in Guangzhou, Guangdong China. Completed in 2006, Tenth Ring is the second roller coaster in the world with 10 inversions, after Colossus in England's Thorpe Park ....
Roller Coaster
Roller coaster
The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...
, which shares the record for most inversions with Colossus
Colossus (Thorpe Park)
Colossus is a roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, UK. It was built by Swiss manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil. Tussauds designer John Wardley adapted the project to include an extra two inversions as well as reducing its...
at Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park
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in Surrey
Surrey
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, England
England
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Chime-Long Paradise is operated by the Chime-Long Group, a Chinese tourism
Tourism
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company that also operates numerous other attractions, including the Chime-Long Circus and Panyu Xiangjiang Safari Park. Chime-Long Group reported that construction of the park cost over 1 billion RMB
Renminbi
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. Stretching over 60 hectare
Hectare
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s, the park currently contains more than 60 attractions and has a daily capacity of 50,000 visitors. It recently built in a new rollercoaster that is nearly 61 m (200.1 ft) and reaches a maximum speed of 105 kilometres per hour (65.2 mph).