Suzhou Amusement Land

Suzhou Amusement Park, Suzhou (Chinese: ????)

Brief Introduction

Suzhou Amusement Land, also named Suzhou Amusement Park, situated at the center of Suzhou High-tech Zone, taking Shizi Mountain as the relying, covers an area of 540,000 square meters. It themes with oriental Disney, consists 2 parts: water world and amusement world. It mainly includes the features of vivacity, line and magnificence of western amusement parks, and the leisure, quietness and nature of oriental gardens and other touring facilities. Suzhou Amusement Land is National AAAA Scenery Spot, passed certificate of quality system of ISO9002 in 2001 and is regarded as "the master piece of Chinese 3rd generation theme park". 

Suzhou Amusement Land was built into the side of a mountain, its name in Chinese grandly set against the hillside in big white letters. Once inside, for an extra 20RMB, you can take the cable car up almost to the top, then do a short sojourn the rest of the way. Suddenly finding yourself hiking up a mountain, to subsequently enjoy a fabulous view of Suzhou, is an odd but absolutely welcome contrast to the world of whirling machinery down below (although if you listen hard, you can still hear the screams).  The trails on top of the mountain were pretty cool, which is China no rules style, walk up the stairs that were carved into the rock is an interesting way to enjoy yourself. To get down, you have to take the glider, which was one of the most brilliant things we did at any of the parks. You climb inside what is basically a bodybag, are strung up on a bar, told to hold tight, and are shunted off the edge of the concrete platform. You then wing down over the forest and (artificial) lake below, where there's plenty else waiting to try.

Suzhou Amusement Land has 9 sections based on the structure of having fun in North and get fancy view in the South: European and American city and town, children's world, future world, Scottish Garden, Venetian water city, Baishi Garden, Haungzuo Square, etc. Moreover, a large amount of high-tech amusement facilities are brought in such as flying saucer exploring, space-time airship, universe great war, adventure in outer space, triangle gliding, flying trapeze, shooting in high air, etc., and there are more than 80 amusement projects and spots now, which makes Suzhou Amusement Land become a modern amusement heaven including modern high-tech equipment, landscape of European and American city and town and beautiful natural landscapes. It fully shows the feature of the combination of national modern amusement technologies and deep cultural connotation, which makes visitors feel the gorgeous European and American style and natural oriental feeling tone. 

Highlights

Suzhou Amusement Land could do with a bit of a spruce: some of the rides inspire fear purely on the grounds that they look like they might fall apart at any minute (particularly the 'Tornado', which was the same as Dino Land's 'Crazy Firedrake' except with added disturbing groany noises). The 'Suspension Looping Coaster’ – which according to the park, holds the incredibly specific title of 'the longest looping coaster built on a mountain in our country’ – is the park's big gun, but thankfully feels safe. Check the website to enjoy footage of the Time Out editorial staff on it, screaming themselves silly in the name of research. Definitely the best value for money out of any of the parks we visited, and our pick of the lot. Plus they've got bins everywhere labelled 'vomit' which is what we call forward-planning Best ride The Glider didn't really count as a ride, so we'll go with the Suspension Looping Coaster, which is terrifying, but fun. Scariest ride The Suspension Looping Coaster.

Festival in Suzhou Amusement Land

Suzhou-Taiwan Lantern Festival
Date: Dec-Feb

Suzhou Amusement Land turned into a fantasy land on December 26 when lanterns of different shapes and designs lit up. The Suzhou-Taiwan Lantern Festival is a two-month affair with more lanterns to light up after January 18. Visitors can also enjoy Taiwanese food, performances and various amusement facilities during the festival.

Amusement Land Beer Festival
Date: June-Aug

The beer festival is a regular summer program of the Suzhou Amusement Land. It begins every day after dark and entertains families and friends with beer, snacks, cartoon parade, live music, lucky draws and kid’s rides. It is a great way to spend a summer night. 

How to get to Suzhou Amusement Park
From Suzhou Train Station:
Bus:  No. 38 or Tourist Line 3 and get off Suzhu Amusement Land.
Taxi: About 10 minutes (CNY 25) 

From Suzhou Downtown:
Bus: take No. 2, 322, 38, 33, 312, 313, 324, 42, 51, 67, 68, 69, 89 and get off Suzhou Amusement Park directly.

Travel Guide

Location: No. 87 Jinshan Lu, near Changjiang Lu, Shixia district, Suzhou.
Opening Time: 9am-5pm daily
Admission fee: CNY 160 for Adult
                       CNY 80 for Children
Cable Car: extra fee: CNY 20