Nagashima Spa Land Review | Kuwana, Japan

[@CEWThree]

Nagashima Spa Land: The world's first theme park built the same way I build parks for maximum profit in Roller Coaster Tycoon.

[@metleon]

Someone was playing RCT on the Area 51 computer.

[@Lunar_Yoshi]

@@metleon yes definitely

[@DMX1024]

They do have a Dark Ride: “Farm de Bang Bang” it’s even a interactive dark ride. It’s farm themed and it opened previous year.

[@CoasterStudios]

I have never heard of this. Do you know where in the park its located?

[@DMX1024]

Coaster Studios it’s right in front of the entrance of the ferris wheel. Before it became the dark ride, the building was used as a arcade hall.

[@connorfeezel3946]

Since you can’t go to anymore parks you should start up park and coaster battles again

[@luke-qq1sd]

Connor Feezel yeah that’s a great idea

[@robloxandminecraftmaster3466]

Ya coater battles was the reason I started watching coaster studio's

[@novai6554]

Please we need it

[@TheCycloneHunter]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@llamalord2576]

Last time I was this early West Coast racers just started construction

[@maxhagenauer24]

1:33 That view from the hotel window is amazing.

[@adriannagrieco634]

From NY, living in Japan currently and can’t wait to visit Nagashima😍I recently visited Fuji Q

[@alexl1340]

if you take the first train out of tokyo at like 5am you can make it for opening, stay all day and take a train to osaka. Perfect for a pitstop between cities

[@ATLSloan]

Before I became a coaster dork, Japan for me was all about the food. Now I have to hit up Nagashima and Fuji-q and have some sushi between rides. Will certainly beat the sushi rolls at Magic Mountain (had to try it just cause...)

[@hokyman]

Why oh why did you eat sushi at Magic Mountain? That's my home park and I've never felt obligated to poison myse- I mean try that. :P

[@jonahhao]

I just went there today and they were running 1 train on steel dragon and hakugei. Luckily the lines weren’t long at all and the weather was nice :)

[@jamesrauff]

Was that an old school intamin drop tower at 2:49?!? Oh I have fond memories of stunt mans free fall at six flags great adventure

[@alantrotter2077]

If you are going to Japan to ride roller coasters you have to hit this park. Hakugei just looks flat out amazing!

[@steelvengeancefanboy5053]

Great video I was just watching your video on this park’s operations 👍👍🔥🔥🔥

Excellent review! Do note that there's an amazing hot springs bath (onsen) or spa just next to the park. I guess this is where the name comes from. There are tons of pools and some of them are outside in the nature. Definitely the best onsen I've been to, and a great choice after a day at the park.

[@CoasterStudios]

I would have loved to check them out, and probably will do so whenever I decide to go back!

[@AVdE10000]

How long in advance should you book the onsen? Can you just buy it the day itself? The website is super uncler, and I find zero information surrounding it...

[@cheezandbees6934]

9:27 I feel like this is something I'd see in a dream

[@tomsawyer2007]

Excellent review and insight into staying two days due to its location and weather. Certainly helped me out in the planning. Japan is full of quirks but they have an explanation as to why that ride closed due to weather and it hadn't rained yet. It was to get those peeps on line on the ride in time before the weather changed w/o adding to the line and disappointing people who wasted time on a line and couldn't get on cause the closed the ride last minute. Still disappointing. I live in FL so I've spend 90mins on a line and had the ride shut down.

[@Greik1821]

I went here in my school trip, it was so fun

[@anonymoususer8591]

Last time I was this early Steel Dragon 2000 was the tallest coaster in the world

[@yukimisakittiyukihime1903]

I miss there 😭 Evy week i must go there... 1 days can't stop playing there 😣🤗🤩

[@Ericb2424]

beautiful park very respectful people its a beautiful environment for all ages the rmc is breathtaking the best in this region its a small version of cedar point and i definitely will visit in the near future

[@torezcoasters6043]

3:20: Why is that the American flag? 4:14: ...very specific to the country of Japan

[@SmileBullet]

Cheetah the Boss i think he meant the clones they have there are the only kind of ones in the country but i could be wrong

[@StamfordBridge]

Because it’s themed to the space shuttle.

[@StamfordBridge]

SmileBullet Yes, it was pretty clear what he was saying. Most of Nagashima’s coasters are clones frequently seen in other countries. But in Japan these are the only example of those clones, so for most Japanese they feel like original coasters.

[@SmileBullet]

StamfordBridge yeah that’s what i’m saying, i’m not sure if the original commenter caught that though

[@HYDRAdude]

Japan loves space stuff and they REALLY love the Space Shuttle. The now closed Space World has a roller coaster what wraps around a replica of the Space Shuttle, cool stuff. They have the same ride model at Over Texas.

[@MrCollerRoaster]

THEY SHOULD RMC HAKUGEI

[@casongarrett]

Mr Coller Roaster nah they should RMC Steel Dragon instead it could be called Steel Steel Dragon

[@jackcunningham4820]

Cason Garrett they might go down the iron gwazi route and call it ‘Iron Steel Dragon’

[@MrCollerRoaster]

The New Wicked Twisted Steel Iron Steel Dragon

[@eyebrowse]

Great Review!

[@Fodolro]

Do they have fast passes for the attractions?? I am going there next week and I am a bit worried about the queues, although in this video it looked pretty empty. Not sure what to expect since Japan is closed for tourists but already open the parks for Japanese people and residents.

[@coasterboss1654]

Isn't so weird and hilarious that hakugei means white whale. Sea world would be jealous Edit: omg 25 likes in 19 hours on a comment! Never had that before

[@triple7marc]

Why would you edit your comment and say that?

[@EZKI332]

Ryan's Random Videos I thought of marineland

[@coasterboss1654]

@@triple7marc why tf not

[@a_cowwithlegs]

Ryan's Random Videos Because nobody cares about likes that do nothing

[@coasterboss1654]

@@a_cowwithlegs u don have to be negative

[@WizardOfOss]

Been there last month, and had a great time! For me, most of the bigger coasters were unlike anything I've ever been on, and indeed Hakugei is amazing! I had only one day and they closed at 5, but it wasn't busy at all so I could easily do all of the rides, and apart from Steel Dragon which closed in the afternoon because of strong winds did get to do the other rollercoasters multiple times. Also, good food options at decent prices! But I do recognize your complaints about the operations. When Steel Dragon was still running, just one single train indeed. So very short line yet still half an hour wait. Hoped to finish the day with another ride on Hakugei (they did at least run 2 trains here), but they closed the entrance over half an hour early. Most other rides were also running on the absolute minimum capacity, and often I was just sitting in sitting in a ride waiting for more people. Ultratwister only opened later in the afternoon, while Acrobat was closed for quite a while because of "maintenance". But in the end very much enjoyed it, and after a meal at the mall went to the Yuami no Shima onsen right across the street from the bus stop. I stayed in Kuwana, which is a lot closer than Nagoya and has a much more frequent bus connection.

[@CoasterHour]

I’ll definitely make sure to have 2 days when I come here. Unfortunate to see that this park has a lot of unoriginal rides and coasters but at least some of their clones are very enjoyable ones. The mall looks awesome and I think the park has some great qualities to it with its location and atmosphere. Also I’ve always been confused by this why is it called “Spa Land” are there spas in the resort as well?

[@CoasterStudios]

Coaster Hour the hotel has lots of spa experiences there. We saw a little bit of it when we went in the hotel- it looked cool and I would’ve loved to try it out!

[@CoasterStudios]

Long Distance Coaster Relationships oh I agree, it is a very solid park for sure. I neglected to mention this, but the demon drop clone wasn’t open for us, so we didn’t get to experience it. Arashi to me felt the exact same as every other free spin I’ve ridden...which is almost all of them.

[@UniqueG24]

There's a waterpark next to it, as well as a pretty big onsen (probably part of the resort, but you can visit it without staying there). Went to the park back in 2016 on a slightly rainy summer day. Rides were still open mostly, but the whole park was deserted and I had every ride for myself - a bit creepy, actually. As I didn't arrive too early (the park closes at 5pm) and was super hungover (requiring 20 min breaks in between rides), I did only 5 or 6 (Steel Dragon, White Cyclone, some water ride and others I don't remember). Afterwards the weather cleared up a bit and I went over to the water park, as floating in the water seemed more tempting to me at this point. It had quite a lot of really fun slides though, so can recommend that as well. When that thing closed I went to the onsen for another 3 hours or so, which was amazing. Really was the best I could do on that rainy day...

[@CoasterHour]

@@UniqueG24 I’m not really into water parks or the onsen but that resort is pretty expansive so I can see why people would spend multiple days there.

[@MillenniumForceMan]

at least they have good clones tho

[@CoasterStudios]

that is true- no boomerangs or SLC's!

[@MillenniumForceMan]

Coaster Studios I’m used to clones cuz my home park is Darien lake, but we also have some of the best clones in ROS and tantrum

[@lampshades120]

There's a bus from Nagoya station that leaves every 15 minutes or so, and takes like 45 minutes. I go every 2 weeks or so in the summer so that's what I use. STEEL DRAGON IN THE RAIN IS AMAZING

[@SamsonSilvo]

I noticed that there's kind of a weird balance between Japan's two biggest coaster-focused parks. Nagashima Spa Land has an atmosphere and ride collection more like a Cedar Fair park, but its ride operations are more like a Six Flags park, while Fuji Q Highland is the complete opposite.

[@toshi7220]

My childhood Park. Steel Dragon had Major Accidents about 20 yrs ago. Since then the coaster closes too often due to the weather.

[@derekp308]

I’ve been to Nagashima Spaland on a Japanese vacation nine years ago. I personally liked it more than Fuji Q Highland. I’d certainly go back again if I ever return, especially the chance to ride Hakugi, which was originally White Cyclone before the RMC conversion. Ride ops must have gone downhill when you where there. They ran two trains on both Steel Dragon 2000 and White Cyclone when I was there.

[@annoyingperson2255]

If this park was a rectangle it would be everyone's first roller coaster tycoon park they made when they were 10.

[@CoasterDynamics904]

How much does it cost to get into the park?

[@noahmaruschak5823]

Hey Taylor what was better nagashima or fujiQ

[@jpmito9123]

Nagashima

[@so0meone]

Just dropping in to say I LOVE that whale stuffy

[@mango_8102]

Another factor is the time of year you go. I was there late June but it was the end of their season so the park wasn’t busy but it was understaffed. Only 5 coasters operating: Steel Dragon, Ultra Twister, Acrobat, Looping Star, Arashi. The park was also insanely dead because it rained a little bit.

[@StamfordBridge]

When would you say is the optimal time to go? I hear such different opinions.

[@d3r4zz]

Just got out of the Park - oh what a great place (despite horrible operations, 8 minutes per train and not every seat gets used...). My tip for 1 day visit accommodation, especially with Japan Rail Pass: Stay somewhere near Kuwana station. There's a direct bus which takes ~20 minutes for 600 yen, and you'll get very easy further on your Japan trip since you can transfer from Kuwana to Nagoya Station (Shikansen Trains here) with your JR Pass! 🙌🏻

[@ajaybalkaran55]

Nice job 👍

[@Magromancer]

I'm planning on going to Japan and hitting up the different amusement/theme parks, including this one, but the thing is I'm on the heavier side, I'm about 6 feet tall and 290 pounds right now, would you say that this or any of the other parks are fat friendly, or are they more like Cedar Point and being fat phobic?

[@loganking8808]

We are doing an online project on roller coasters where we “build” our own amusement park. Because I watch ur vids I’m gonna ace it because I know everything about it. Thanks for making vids because if u didn’t I would fail my class. We have to think of a name for the park so put comments below so i can figure out what to name my park. Thanks Taylor

[@XboxgamerZ]

Pretty amazing school project and what kinda rides are you going to build?

[@davidbaker234]

That RMC lift hill looks like son of beast

[@coastaku1954]

I looked at their website and I was confused on how they worked. It only cost like $15 to get in, but they also said something about price per ride... I'm very confused. Plus since I'm very picky, was there any American-style food available?

[@hana_nanana]

You also should talk about the three hotels, the onsen (hot spring), and the water park.

[@Dawho99]

Great review, so much useful info! how did they define bad weather? just rain or lightning risk? or temperature? im going to japan in feb 2025, dont know if this park is open all year, but hopefully! Also what month did you go?

[@CoasterStudios]

We went in July, which is rainy season. We did not experience any Lightning or Thunder so I cannot comment on how they would respond to it, but we had some rides operate in light rain and then once it turned into heavier rain they all closed down.

[@timmymiller9279]

Does steel dragon 2000s b&m train restraints make the ride comfortable

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Love this park. So many classic coaster and flat rides they are conserved very well right?? Not many parks with two Schwarzkopf if only one?

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

Do you think that Ultra Twister, Arashi, Hakugei, SD2K, and Acrobat a wonderful top 5 at Nagashima Spa Land? I for sure think so!

[@Tioga060]

Do they offer any fast lane type system? Love the rainy night shots by the way.

[@CoasterStudios]

You can pay to skip one line. Some of our group members did this with Arashi

[@maxhagenauer24]

Thanks for making a review of this park, do you plan to ever go back to Japan in the future.

[@CoasterStudios]

Max Hagenauer I absolutely will go back one day. I don’t know when that day will be, but I loved Japan and know for sure I will eventually go back!

[@gabe.g6]

Great video!!! Just a quick question, do you think you will do any more commentarys like you did last year on your older videos and Stuff? I really enjoyed those!

[@CoasterStudios]

Thank you! I could definitely do more commentary's, they just didn't seem to be as popular as some of my other videos, so I stopped doing them. During this crazy quarantine we're all going through, I could definitely bring them back if enough people wanted them to return.

[@MrJamieBattle]

Theme park & a mall :)

[@Jules5]

Hi, thanks for the review, what time of year did you visit?

[@CoasterStudios]

July

[@yurenrs4412]

sobeautyfol

[@ollieflp]

Any idea what a taxi would cost from Kuwana station to spa land?

[@gracexiurong8094]

whats your 3x3 speedcube personal best?

[@matthewpfaff1884]

Is it better than Fuji Q

[@ryan.engstrom]

I think Universal Citywalk should be renamed "Jazz Dream" 😁

[@HopeDealerGames]

No dark rides?! What about farm to bang bang bro!! Love that ride!

[@CoasterStudios]

Matthew Riquier I have never heard of it- where in the park is it? I walked around that park quite a bit and didn’t see anything that could’ve possibly been a dark ride. I’m wondering how I missed it.

[@HopeDealerGames]

@@CoasterStudios if you exited Hakugei and went left... It's right there... I was there in the second week of December 2019 it's like the cheap cheesy toy story mania 😂 but really fun!

[@HopeDealerGames]

@@CoasterStudios since I have your attention I just want to say thank you you inspired my girlfriend and I to go to Alton towers and to Japan last year! 😎👍

[@HopeDealerGames]

@@CoasterStudios link to video of the ride... kzbin.info/www/bejne/o37Qg6inapp2Zs0

[@CoasterStudios]

@@HopeDealerGames glad to hear it! Thanks for the link- thats too bad I missed that, I don't ever recall seeing that ride entrance. I'll try to do it whenever I decide to go back!

[@harrisonschneider8333]

Are you going to review Canobie Lake before your next trip (If it happens)?

[@TPRErik]

Oh they have both a shooting dark ride (like Toy Story Mania) and a haunted walk through. I guess you missed both of those. It happens.

[@ev7d167]

I've been living in Japan for 2 years and I still have not gone here!

[@llamalord2576]

Damn thats tuff

[@stanton1270]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE

[@ev7d167]

@@stanton1270 for most of my time in Japan, I lived 2 hours and a half from Greenland in Kyushu. So I was very far from this park. But in October I finally moved to a place near tokyo and I have gotten to most parks there. On my drive there, I stopped by usj but I passed by nagashima spaland. I am planning to get out here in June or july

[@ev7d167]

@@stanton1270 I've also been to Fuji q and Disney sea, so I am getting close to visiting all the major parks in japan

[@stanton1270]

Good Morning Coasters! I visited Fuji Q and DisneySea (and Tokyo Dome City) on my visit there. Never got to Nagashima but it’s alright.

[@aminahhasaqeel58]

How mach it caost you The tickets ??????

[@noahberlin3953]

After watching your video I was more curious about this place and tried to find their website. However, all that came up was their wikipedia page and some travel agency reviews. I don't think they have a website!

[@alinagray4132]

This was the park they went to in the movie, A Silent Voice.

[@elivernagus8461]

Taylor: goes to Europe and Japan. Also Taylor: Only eats pizza and burgers

[@CoasterStudios]

Eli Vernagus not true- in fact I tried to eat as much local cuisine as possible! I don’t believe I had any American style food in Nagashima at all!

[@elivernagus8461]

Coaster Studios I’m just joshing. In all your vids u talk about burgers and pizza and I find it kinda funny. Great vid tho

[@zacg_]

So I definitely the sense that you prefer Cedar Point over this. Do you prefer this over Fugi-Q Highland or Tokyo DisneySea?

[@CoasterStudios]

I prefer both Fuji Q and DisneySea over Spa Land.

[@SerperiorFox]

Man I really want to ride a Togo pipeline

[@noahberlin3953]

Me: will probably never go to this park because I live in the U.S. Everyone else in the comments: talking about where things are within the park and rides that used to operate at the park and talking about their favorite rides

[@heliotropeskies5918]

5:36 japan as a culture is kind of obsessed with randomization, hence the popularity of gacha games. that plush thing seems like a take on that kind of gacha concept. It's interesting that its so popular because i believe gambling directly for money is illegal in japan

[@oliverswope2447]

Nagashima Spaland in my experience was pretty awful, the park had very little shade on a day where it was above 40 degrees. The operations are by far the worst I've ever seen with the worst being acrobat with 15 minutes between sending trains out in some cases. In addition to this around half the rides were shut the entire time I was there including the shuttle loop, both wild mice, the ultratwister plus a few more. The only redeeming factor of the park was Hakugei which was outstanding but I probably would not go out of my way to revisit the park due to everything else.

[@MissTiffGTU]

1:16 where did you get that rmc shirt from?

[@CoasterStudios]

I bought it from RMC lol

[@AirtimeThrills]

That whale plush thing where the size is random is the stupidest thing Ive ever heard

[@ander39]

When did you went there?

[@CoasterStudios]

July 2018

[@Magna24gaming]

You should make a parody of Scream at SFMM

[@steelnole3847]

Do you and Ryan coordinate your post times? If not, great timing!

[@CoasterHour]

I think both like to release their videos around 9 am on certain days.

[@CoasterStudios]

I typically post my videos at 2:00 EST or Noon EST

[@CoasterHour]

Coaster Studios 12 est is 9 pst so that makes sense

[@spentron1]

7:10 reminds me of Winterfest 40 degree closes. No real hurry it's just policy.

[@theunknown0887]

U should do planet coaster and NL2 videos

[@CoasterStudios]

I don't play any roller coaster or theme park related games.

[@tracerowlandnosaka3420]

3:18 They also have 2 frisbees.

[@thatoneiconicmaster]

Acrobat is a clone of Manta at SeaWorld Orlando.

[@noahberlin3953]

I had no idea they had a manta clone

[@lloydsoldout]

A peninsula has water on 3 sides. An island has water on all sides.

[@drewcorry5056]

When I was there Steel Dragon was closed because of someone dying.

[@robinstamper2446]

You went to Japan?

[@CoasterStudios]

Yes

[@robinstamper2446]

@@CoasterStudios Post- ‘The Roast of Taylor Bybee’ sarcasm fail....

[@HYDRAdude]

I think the clone issue is really overblown. I'd much rather have a clone of manta than batman invert clone #4623

[@CoasterStudios]

The Manta clone isn't really that big of a deal, since there's only one other ride exactly like it in the world. It just seems kind of silly that the park couldn't spend a little extra to get their own unique ride that could've possibly been better than Manta!

[@justsamoo3480]

Japan lowkey wants to land lock every good theme park. Seriously: Universal studios, Fuji q, now Nagashima...

[@philcol86]

Max rider heights?!

[@JPlum4090]

Acrobat goes the same speed as Manta and has same amount of G Forces 56 Mph and 3 G Forces

[@animeleek]

the issue with weather i had at Fuji-q highland

[@crumblybiscuitz1697]

Noice

[@半分完熟マンゴー]

別にアクロバットとかクローンでもいいやろ ジェットコースター乗るために海外に行く人はほんとに稀だろ

[@halfaworldaway]

They have 7-Eleven in Japan because it's a Japanese company now.

[@saejimagaming1434]

Hello there

[@DLXRY2]

The way you described it you make it sound like a terrible Cedar Point, but then at the end you say you liked it but no offense the whole video was complaints lol.

[@StamfordBridge]

It’s a useful review for anyone planning a visit. Reviews that just praise everything are not useful, unless it’s literally true that everything about a park is awesome.

[@CoasterStudios]

I am sorry if I made it seem like a terrible Cedar Point, because its actually not, its a very nice park. I enjoyed the atmosphere there very much. I apologize if I sounded 'complainy,' my goal was to present the good and bad things that Nagashima does.

[@StamfordBridge]

Coaster Studios Thought you were quite clear about it in the video.

[@nabilahhani8617]

Let go.america passport.when free❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thestoopid]

Welp at least around Asia it’s starting to calm down.

[@markfitzsimmons2100]

3:21 hey don't be mean to animal kingdom with primeval whirl

[@chubbiergoldfishes4933]

Maxx force vs. dododampa

[@stanton1270]

Do dodonpa is way better

[@puppetuppers4806]

Brad nah the ride has a good launch but max force actually has a good layout

[@stanton1270]

@@puppetuppers4806 true. Maxx has the better layout before dodonpa's top hat removal.

[@coolguy13333]

Why dose it look like wolly world to me

[@nathandroppedoff]

cedar spa

[@jg-7780]

Worse operations than La Qua?

[@CoasterStudios]

Thunder Dolphin had the worst ride dispatches on the trip, but Nagashima as a park had overall worst operations in general, if that makes sense.