I was there in January and must have had the most lucky choice of day I could possibly have got. Clear weather and the park was dead, there couldn't have been more than 50 people there. Aside for Dododonpa for most of the day, and Eej towards the end, everything was either walk on or a 1 train wait. Ended up with 19 rides overall (6 Eej, 4, Dodo, 4 Taka, 3 Fuji and 1 each on the other 2).
@Ben Lowe I was there on the Friday, 10th of Jan. This is what the queues were lik, plus the view of Fuji I had: imgur.com/a/ysaqnlr Afaik, based on my research before going, as long as you go mid week during the winter months, it should be really quiet. Just pay attention to weather before "locking in" on a day to go.
Honestly going into this place with low expectations, I left being blown away by this park. Every weird and quirky part of this made me love it even more. And all the rides were fantastic. It's definitely one of the most unique parks I have ever visited. Nice video!
Also somehow I managed to fit in most of the operating rides in one day with rerides which completely surprised me. Eejanaika is definitely my favorite roller coaster I've ridden.
Oh man, MOS burger is the best. My favorite fast food burger chain, I'd take it over In n Out, Whataburger, White Castle... any day of the week. That explains my love for Universal Japan so much, they have one in City Walk... LOL
I had 2 days at Fuji-Q highland, 1 day Mt fuji completely visible the entire day, other day partially. Since one of the days was in the Golden week of japan the park was opened until 10 pm, it was already completely dead that day so i was able to get a bunch of nightrides on Eejanaika, had about 11 rides that day alone with many night rides (Single rider was closed bc it was so dead, so i was able to get in line inmediately anyway. The other day it was quite a bit busier but single rider was opened so bc of that i was able to marathon fujiyama (there was no one in single rider and was able to get on instantly) just fell in love with that ride. I loved this park and had a great experience.
I love that train of Moonsault Scramble that operated from 1983-2000. That ride was technically the first roller coaster to go over 200 feet before Magnum in 1989 lol, and pulled 6.5 positive G's during the ride, which is insane. That could still be the best Meisho coaster if it was still in operation.
That's an interesting note about closing time. My first thought is that they respect the employees and their need for time off. Your videos are excellent. Been watching quite a few various coaster vids & channels lately but starting to notice the developed and consistent quality of this channel.
Because of my schedule I was only able to go there on a Saturday. Next time I am definitely going to make sure I go there on a weekday and hope for smaller crowds. I could add that taking a bus from Shinjuku Bus Terminal in Tokyo was quite cheap. On the way back the highway was quite crowded so it took a while. I still found it convenient since I didn't ride many trains on that Japan trip. The yakisoba I had for lunch was also nice.
My experience in Japan - great parks, no queue discipline. The parks let endless people cut in line to join their friends. Basically means the queue times are terrible and queues move very slowly.
I went during golden week in 2016. Probably the worst time to go there. It was super busy and we only had one day. We were only able to do two coasters. But Mt. Fuji was visible the whole time, and getting to see it as we went up the lift on Eejanaika was amazing
I am planning a Japan trip in October, near the end of the typhoon season, hopefully plans aren't ruined by weather. I am looking at visiting Fuji-Q on a weekday and avoiding holidays so I think I could get away with just one day at Fuji-Q as a single rider and making the trip to Nagoya to stay on-site for one day at Nagashima Spa Land. My itinerary may get too crammed trying to do two days at both parks but at minimum I just want to ride the big coasters and repeat rides + anything else past that would be a bonus. This video is 4 years old and I did check to see that both Fuji-Q and Nagashima have short operating hours - 9:30am to 5pm. Much shorter than what I'm used to in the US but I can make it work.
Hey Taylor, love your channel!! Another great review, always a blast to watch. Could you maybe do a Saw The Ride review from Thorpe park, that would honestly make my week 😂. Keep up the amazing stuff!
I wonder if the 100 yen discount is so they can track the number of foreign visitors. The $1 in saving us just enough to get you to show your passport to confirm and log the number of foreigners visiting. Parks love this kind of info.
Hey coaster studios, I have a question. I am wondering. What parks would you suggest to go to in Japan. I am going there in the summer (whilst there are Paralympic games going on). I am thinking there will be less of a crowd as the games attract a lot of people. The 4 parks I am considering are: - universal studios japan. - Disney japan. japan. -Fuji q -nagashima spa land. Please let me know your opinion! Thank you very much! Ps: I am 100% visiting universal. So I would love to know what your ranking is of these parks. (Nr1 is universal, NR2 is fuji q etc etc)
Those are definitely the 4 best parks in Japan, so if you only have time to visit 4, then you've got the right idea, those are the ones to hit. If you have time to do any more, I'd add in Yomiuriland, which is a good 5th option.
@@CoasterStudios thank you so much for the reply. Is there anyway possible you could rank them best to worst? I'm looking for overall fun. Not necessarily only extreme thrills. Much appreciated!
The loading system with a waiting area for Eejanaika sounds a lot like the one on Flying Turns at Knoebels, though that's on a smaller scale. In the case of Flying Turns it's because they weight you before boarding though, so I'm not sure what the reasoning is here. I'd love to visit this park one day.
The face detection at my work place in Japan can detect faces within 0.2 sec even with a mask on and it measures the temperature(we installed it because of the pandemic). Man, technology has come far.
Fuji Q Highland is definitely on my park bucket list, Mainly cus of Do-Dodonpa. I was originally planning to go this year but due to Covid it would likely be difficult to accomplish. I'm probably gonna be able to get there early 2023 hopefully! Also how did you understand the Japanese language while visiting, or are there English speaking employees there?
I went there during december and the sky was clear but the wait time was like crazy and i sat in 4-5 rides and also in some rides when we go to the top and they ask us to remove out shoes , i was shivering bcoz of how cold it was it was below 0. But great view of the mountain
We grade 9 students here in japan we wil have a field trip to Nara and Kyoto but beacause of corona virus we are prohibited to go out of our prefecture,but luckily I live in Shizuoka and Fuji Q is in Shizuoka so instead going to Nara and Kyoto we will go to Fuji Q at October this year. This is a great guide and I’m really excited!!
Pretty Accurate Review of Fuji-Q! Really wish I had another day at this park when I went last October, because these line get packed, especially on a weekend. What kinda annoyed me was that Takabisha and Do-Dodonpa's fast pass lines didn't act as single rider lines like the other two coasters and the main queue, so those lines were insane for those. One thing you didn't mention, likely because it wasn't there when you were there, was that they had a pretty cool Naurto area with a ramen shop, midway games, and a fun dark shooter ride which felt like a lower budget version of Toy Story Mania at disney.
One tip I'd also like to add,if you can only do one day at the park and are staying in Tokyo,I would highly recommend getting the highway bus from tokyo station which goes direct to Fuji-Q. The bus will get you there in time for park opening while the earliest train you could get will get you there 1 hour after park opening.
We are going to Japan in May next year and I'm trying to convince my wife we need to go here. I might have to sacrifice another park for it. We went to Universal Orlando this year, so maybe can skip Universal Japan (although I loved Universal!).
Pizza-la is one of the biggest Pizza chains in Japan and they sponsored that ride. Its not too weird that they have it there together with one of their restaurants
I went for 1 day an I got on everything but didn’t wander around. I was rushing from ride to ride just to get on every coaster. I didn’t get on the flying theater or flat rides. My one regret is that I didn’t get 2 days here. For anyone going to Fuji Q, go for 2 days.
At 7:53 I thought his Ejanaika was just a vague copy of the music but when he cut to the actual video and it sounded exactly the same down to the pitch I died 💀💀💀
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a very popular anime series. I've never seen it because it's 8-10 seasons long and there are other series that are more attractive to me.
its ok. the park hours are way too short. and if it rains you're basically screwed and can only ride 2 rides. Things like the hospital, by the time i found it and went to check it out around 3pm it was already closed for the day, so went to line up for a coaster and they had already closed the line for that too because it was closed most of the day so the wait time was 2 hours as soon as it re-opened. Thankfully i road dodonpa in the morning as soon as i arrived. I guess it would have been a different experience had it not rained. But my day just felt rushed overall, and kind of a waste of time and money going there.
Damn those Fuyiama lockers are placed so badly and there’s so many! That’s gotta take forever and an extra minute! What’s the giant spiral staircase for?
I still remember I had plans on going to this amusement park in Sept 2005 to ride Dododonpa, got lost. finally found the inn, looked at it, saw rust & mold covering it, called my Osaka Hotel ( got the last room ) & rechecked in. Universal & Nagashima Spa Land Was Great. Disney Was OK. To this day always wanted to go back. I am confused after watching this Great Video A 2ND Time. If I wait inline with all the others being a single rider am Ii allowed to choose where I sit?? I ONLY Go Front Row. I have waited up to 3 hrs before on some rides.
When I went, I was only here for 1 day and I was able to get 1 ride on all of ths 4 coasters, so it is possible to spend 1 day here and get everything done. I went in November of 2019 on a monday
You can absolutely get by with just English. I don't speak Japanese at all, and was just fine. I recommend the google translate app if you're worried about it- that was a great tool for us.
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I was there in January and must have had the most lucky choice of day I could possibly have got.
Clear weather and the park was dead, there couldn't have been more than 50 people there. Aside for Dododonpa for most of the day, and Eej towards the end, everything was either walk on or a 1 train wait.
Ended up with 19 rides overall (6 Eej, 4, Dodo, 4 Taka, 3 Fuji and 1 each on the other 2).
@Ben Lowe I was there on the Friday, 10th of Jan. This is what the queues were lik, plus the view of Fuji I had:
imgur.com/a/ysaqnlr
Afaik, based on my research before going, as long as you go mid week during the winter months, it should be really quiet. Just pay attention to weather before "locking in" on a day to go.
Ughhh, sounds amazing. I’m looking for the best day to go when it’s not school holidays and hardly anyone is there
is the weather ok? it must be very cold to queue in the winter right?
Can’t wait to go “Fuji Q ueing”
Off modzz I want to go there so bad
9:15 - Evangelion is an anime created by a man named Hideaki Anno, who also directed "Shin Godzilla".
Never heard of it, will never watch it
@Liam Ryan
Thank you champion
Ya prick
@@dedrick7949 Cause it's extremely popular in Japan
That is an absolute joke that they don’t let people ride Evernote if they’ve been waiting for 2 hours
If mt fuji erupts again, rip eejanika and the rest of fuji q.
Ryan's Random Videos it hasn’t erupted in centuries
LoganGamer2006 Live I kno
LoganGamer2006 Live knowing how 2020 been goin, prolly will erupt
@@ethana2359 it didn't
@@zacharygiles2984 knowing how 2021 started, it prolly gon erupt.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a famous anime how dare you
Not everyone is into anime
Evangelion is really big in Japan
@@pigoplane6093 That’s a bit of a understatement
not everybody cares. in fact most people dont.
you know realife?
Park reviews have begun! Hurray. Excited for this, Nagashima and Tokyo DisneySea!
They were already a thing
@@tdog8600 this was over a year ago and it was in regards to park reviews for the Japan trip.
NEVER HEARD OF EVANGELION?!?!?!?!
He has never heard of Evangelion. Oof, that really puts things into perspective, weebs
Honestly going into this place with low expectations, I left being blown away by this park. Every weird and quirky part of this made me love it even more. And all the rides were fantastic. It's definitely one of the most unique parks I have ever visited. Nice video!
Also somehow I managed to fit in most of the operating rides in one day with rerides which completely surprised me. Eejanaika is definitely my favorite roller coaster I've ridden.
Oh man, MOS burger is the best. My favorite fast food burger chain, I'd take it over In n Out, Whataburger, White Castle... any day of the week. That explains my love for Universal Japan so much, they have one in City Walk... LOL
your taste buds must be broken
I didn't hear best park in japan, so Nagashima? Can't wait til that review
I had 2 days at Fuji-Q highland, 1 day Mt fuji completely visible the entire day, other day partially. Since one of the days was in the Golden week of japan the park was opened until 10 pm, it was already completely dead that day so i was able to get a bunch of nightrides on Eejanaika, had about 11 rides that day alone with many night rides (Single rider was closed bc it was so dead, so i was able to get in line inmediately anyway. The other day it was quite a bit busier but single rider was opened so bc of that i was able to marathon fujiyama (there was no one in single rider and was able to get on instantly) just fell in love with that ride. I loved this park and had a great experience.
3:41 there is something incredibly eerie about the roller coasters in the background shrouded in mist
Whoa, so LROT-ting must be very strategic and whatever that is at 15:54 i can’t say because it’s a family channel.
I love that train of Moonsault Scramble that operated from 1983-2000. That ride was technically the first roller coaster to go over 200 feet before Magnum in 1989 lol, and pulled 6.5 positive G's during the ride, which is insane. That could still be the best Meisho coaster if it was still in operation.
That's an interesting note about closing time. My first thought is that they respect the employees and their need for time off. Your videos are excellent. Been watching quite a few various coaster vids & channels lately but starting to notice the developed and consistent quality of this channel.
Because of my schedule I was only able to go there on a Saturday. Next time I am definitely going to make sure I go there on a weekday and hope for smaller crowds. I could add that taking a bus from Shinjuku Bus Terminal in Tokyo was quite cheap. On the way back the highway was quite crowded so it took a while. I still found it convenient since I didn't ride many trains on that Japan trip. The yakisoba I had for lunch was also nice.
My experience in Japan - great parks, no queue discipline. The parks let endless people cut in line to join their friends.
Basically means the queue times are terrible and queues move very slowly.
I went during golden week in 2016. Probably the worst time to go there. It was super busy and we only had one day. We were only able to do two coasters. But Mt. Fuji was visible the whole time, and getting to see it as we went up the lift on Eejanaika was amazing
I love how the four main attractions are black and/or white
50th like
Also love your videos Taylor 👍
I am planning a Japan trip in October, near the end of the typhoon season, hopefully plans aren't ruined by weather. I am looking at visiting Fuji-Q on a weekday and avoiding holidays so I think I could get away with just one day at Fuji-Q as a single rider and making the trip to Nagoya to stay on-site for one day at Nagashima Spa Land. My itinerary may get too crammed trying to do two days at both parks but at minimum I just want to ride the big coasters and repeat rides + anything else past that would be a bonus. This video is 4 years old and I did check to see that both Fuji-Q and Nagashima have short operating hours - 9:30am to 5pm. Much shorter than what I'm used to in the US but I can make it work.
I'm excited to see what their next investment will be. Great review!
Hey Taylor, love your channel!! Another great review, always a blast to watch. Could you maybe do a Saw The Ride review from Thorpe park, that would honestly make my week 😂. Keep up the amazing stuff!
I wonder if the 100 yen discount is so they can track the number of foreign visitors. The $1 in saving us just enough to get you to show your passport to confirm and log the number of foreigners visiting.
Parks love this kind of info.
Good point!
The Fuji Q logo cracks me up. I know it's supposed to be Mt Fuji but all I see is an Arby's sign.😝
Hey coaster studios,
I have a question.
I am wondering. What parks would you suggest to go to in Japan.
I am going there in the summer (whilst there are Paralympic games going on).
I am thinking there will be less of a crowd as the games attract a lot of people.
The 4 parks I am considering are:
- universal studios japan.
- Disney japan.
japan.
-Fuji q
-nagashima spa land.
Please let me know your opinion! Thank you very much!
Ps: I am 100% visiting universal.
So I would love to know what your ranking is of these parks.
(Nr1 is universal, NR2 is fuji q etc etc)
Those are definitely the 4 best parks in Japan, so if you only have time to visit 4, then you've got the right idea, those are the ones to hit. If you have time to do any more, I'd add in Yomiuriland, which is a good 5th option.
@@CoasterStudios thank you so much for the reply. Is there anyway possible you could rank them best to worst? I'm looking for overall fun. Not necessarily only extreme thrills. Much appreciated!
The loading system with a waiting area for Eejanaika sounds a lot like the one on Flying Turns at Knoebels, though that's on a smaller scale. In the case of Flying Turns it's because they weight you before boarding though, so I'm not sure what the reasoning is here. I'd love to visit this park one day.
The face detection at my work place in Japan can detect faces within 0.2 sec even with a mask on and it measures the temperature(we installed it because of the pandemic).
Man, technology has come far.
Taylor not knowing Evangelion is kinda hilarious
Fun, useful review. Thanks.
Taylor, when I went I noticed that it was very quiet. Japan is a very quiet country.
4:21 taylor when someone start speeking japanese to him...
Fuji Q Highland is definitely on my park bucket list, Mainly cus of Do-Dodonpa. I was originally planning to go this year but due to Covid it would likely be difficult to accomplish. I'm probably gonna be able to get there early 2023 hopefully! Also how did you understand the Japanese language while visiting, or are there English speaking employees there?
Mos Burger is a very famous Japanese fast food place and is known for their unique burgers ~~
I went there during december and the sky was clear but the wait time was like crazy and i sat in 4-5 rides and also in some rides when we go to the top and they ask us to remove out shoes , i was shivering bcoz of how cold it was it was below 0. But great view of the mountain
We grade 9 students here in japan we wil have a field trip to Nara and Kyoto but beacause of corona virus we are prohibited to go out of our prefecture,but luckily I live in Shizuoka and Fuji Q is in Shizuoka so instead going to Nara and Kyoto we will go to Fuji Q at October this year.
This is a great guide and I’m really excited!!
Pretty Accurate Review of Fuji-Q! Really wish I had another day at this park when I went last October, because these line get packed, especially on a weekend. What kinda annoyed me was that Takabisha and Do-Dodonpa's fast pass lines didn't act as single rider lines like the other two coasters and the main queue, so those lines were insane for those. One thing you didn't mention, likely because it wasn't there when you were there, was that they had a pretty cool Naurto area with a ramen shop, midway games, and a fun dark shooter ride which felt like a lower budget version of Toy Story Mania at disney.
I totally missed the shooting dark ride! I don't even remember seeing it in the park- I am bummed I didn't get the chance to experience it!
One tip I'd also like to add,if you can only do one day at the park and are staying in Tokyo,I would highly recommend getting the highway bus from tokyo station which goes direct to Fuji-Q.
The bus will get you there in time for park opening while the earliest train you could get will get you there 1 hour after park opening.
Headed here this fall and i am beyond excited!! Thanks for the tips.
This is already very high up in my lifetime bucket list, and you just pushed it to the peak of Mt. Fuji
I have a Japan trip coming up in 2025. These videos are a big help in my planning.
glad to hear it!
It's so unique how such a small park is home to one of the best coasters in the world, Eejanika.
We are going to Japan in May next year and I'm trying to convince my wife we need to go here. I might have to sacrifice another park for it. We went to Universal Orlando this year, so maybe can skip Universal Japan (although I loved Universal!).
A cat under a wild mouse coaster?
Legend.
Pizza-la is one of the biggest Pizza chains in Japan and they sponsored that ride. Its not too weird that they have it there together with one of their restaurants
Great review, really hoping to go in May next year if COVID permits 🤞🏼
This park is my number one Bucket list park in the world
I went for 1 day an I got on everything but didn’t wander around. I was rushing from ride to ride just to get on every coaster. I didn’t get on the flying theater or flat rides. My one regret is that I didn’t get 2 days here. For anyone going to Fuji Q, go for 2 days.
Great video. This place looks awesome. Definitely on my bucket list.
They should add a uro fighter to six flags magic mountain
At 7:53 I thought his Ejanaika was just a vague copy of the music but when he cut to the actual video and it sounded exactly the same down to the pitch I died 💀💀💀
Great review. One of your best! Thanks.
If I went there solo, would I need the fast pass thing?
Obviously an American goes to Japan to eat burgers and pizza… 💀💀💀💀
Sadly Do-dodonpa was removed and so was Moonsault Scramble to make room for it :(
Shocked that a lot of these parks don’t have many anime themed rides. Evangelion is an anime
Fun fact the france sections carousel Is the same venetian carousel that's in France near the tower
This man will never be able to escape the "I've never heard of Evangelion" allegations
Q revq
Neon Genesis Evangelion is a very popular anime series. I've never seen it because it's 8-10 seasons long and there are other series that are more attractive to me.
Wut. Its literally only 1 season
Umm what ever happened to the Naruto Section?
I’m pretty sure you would’ve seen Mt Fuji if you rode Fujiyama
We did ride Fujiyama. The cloud coverage was too thick, it completely covered the Mountain.
its ok. the park hours are way too short. and if it rains you're basically screwed and can only ride 2 rides. Things like the hospital, by the time i found it and went to check it out around 3pm it was already closed for the day, so went to line up for a coaster and they had already closed the line for that too because it was closed most of the day so the wait time was 2 hours as soon as it re-opened. Thankfully i road dodonpa in the morning as soon as i arrived. I guess it would have been a different experience had it not rained. But my day just felt rushed overall, and kind of a waste of time and money going there.
Who is still traumatised from Hanued manison
No coaster hot take on this channel has ever offended me as much as Taylor not knowing what Evangelion is lol
Damn those Fuyiama lockers are placed so badly and there’s so many! That’s gotta take forever and an extra minute! What’s the giant spiral staircase for?
Going here particularly for the Thomas Land on March haha. Our 3yo is obsessed and it's his only request for his birthday.
4:21 Taylor you look very irritated.
Frankay pissed he got a middle seat lmao?
Did he just say face detection
(Getting flashbacks to all the times fingerprint detection didn’t work)
E V A N J E L I O N
Trust me, Fuji Q Highland Attraction in real life more louder than in video
You say you have a review of Haunted Hospital but I can't find it...?
This mofo has never heard of Evange 😱
>not knowing what Evangelion is
Confirmed CS is not a degenerate weeaboo.
I still remember I had plans on going to this amusement park in Sept 2005 to ride Dododonpa, got lost. finally found the inn, looked at it, saw rust & mold covering it, called my Osaka Hotel ( got the last room ) & rechecked in. Universal & Nagashima Spa Land Was Great. Disney Was OK. To this day always wanted to go back. I am confused after watching this Great Video A 2ND Time. If I wait inline with all the others being a single rider am Ii allowed to choose where I sit?? I ONLY Go Front Row. I have waited up to 3 hrs before on some rides.
Being a single rider means you fill in empty spaces. So you won't necessarily be able to get front row every time.
Funny fujiyama single rider line was a walk on on my visit 1 week after you went
A girl was kiled on a roller coaster
Do a Top 25 Parks you’ve been to
i'm surprised some people have been in japan and have never heard of evangelion haha.
Lol Neon Genesis Evangelion is a popular anime.
OMG that is so funny about taking shoes off for roller coaster. Japanese always take shoes off when entering home ...but roller coaster ...LOLOLOLOL
They rotate a lot many people hv their shoes fall off during the ride
When I went, I was only here for 1 day and I was able to get 1 ride on all of ths 4 coasters, so it is possible to spend 1 day here and get everything done. I went in November of 2019 on a monday
btw i did not use any fastpasses and it rained hard at the end of the day
@@ev7d167 hi ev7d
@@MrGoldMan hi
Ah yes Japan known for their haunted stuff
So you just go in, and pay the entrance and proceed to ride everything you can?
I saw you can buy them online, but the page is a mess 😢
Yup that’s correct!
The edjeneikah loading system sounds like cobras curse
Lol what were those big butt thong chairs? 😂😆
#1 bucket list park outside the US for me. Great review!
They do the same picture thing at universal
Definetly one of the best one two combos ever! How’s the flat ride package here??
They got some good options! Drop tower, frisbee, Gerstlauer sky roller, star flyer...pretty solid line up!
okay but youve never heard of evangelion??
lol lol i saw the bang dream train at the station shot
Do you need to be able to speak Japanese or could I get by with just English?
You can absolutely get by with just English. I don't speak Japanese at all, and was just fine. I recommend the google translate app if you're worried about it- that was a great tool for us.
Next time you go to Japan go to Tokyo Disney
15:54 ...would u like to explain taylor
How much are fast passes normally?
10:11 just go to caraway in Birmingham al
Did you also have to pay for each ride including your entry ticket?
Once you’re in the park, the rides are included!
You didn't go to Konoha :(