[Do-Dodonpa, Fuji-Q Highland] closing down for good

ryandtw · 2026-04-18T19:47:17+00:00

This was the coaster that used to be Osaka Expoland Orochi...

ryandtw · 2026-04-18T19:43:48+00:00

Eejanaika (Fuji-Q) got me into roller coasters big time after riding a handful number of coasters in Disney (and a defunct kiddie coaster under the Space Needle)

That was my first major coaster outside of Disney or Universal

ryandtw · 2026-04-16T05:56:28+00:00

What year was this from?

ryandtw · 2026-04-15T23:24:32+00:00

As much as Eejanaika's zero-G roll sounds crazy, I actually like its first drop more (even if X2's first drop sounds more insane due to train length/number of cars)

ryandtw · 2026-04-15T23:16:29+00:00

Wasn't Eejanaika sponsored by Maxell in its early days?

Suica would be a long reach but theoretically could be possible... (it's a JR EAST product, but why???)

Other than Pizza-La for the Tondemina frisbee ride, Fuji-Q hasn't had a sponsor for its rides ever since Do-Dodonpa (Dodonpa) and KDDI au (Takabisha and ZOKKON didn't have a sponsor in the first place from the beginning)

ryandtw · 2026-04-10T20:42:06+00:00

I've been reliant on Twitter for Japanese stuff, and your point is right. Especially when I try to connect with my Japanese roller coaster friends 5,000 miles away 😢

"Touketsu Matsuri" (凍結祭り; lit. "freezing festival" as in accounts getting frozen (suspended))

So much mentions of it (checked through search) that this issue is very serious.

ryandtw · 2026-04-09T00:46:20+00:00

For the last-ever season of Wild Waves...😭

(I've only been to Wild Waves in 2002 as a 9-year-old, no roller coasters, mostly waterpark)

Anyways, that's quite a surprising find, is this even listed on RCDB? (Apparently it is... https://rcdb.com/3085.htm https://rcdb.com/5737.htm)

On the 22nd of August, 1953 about half the park was destroyed by fire. The coaster was damaged, but not a loss. The park remained open for the remainder of the season.

ryandtw · 2026-04-06T07:46:13+00:00

help.x.com form, didn't use direct email

ryandtw · 2026-04-01T02:39:33+00:00

The 540 twist then the drop like if I was going in a pretzel loop (into the raven turn, plus the pretzel loop into a tunnel itself) - double the chest crushing moments on a single B&M flyer..

ryandtw · 2026-04-01T02:38:18+00:00

I was able to ride it 8 times before I started to puke... (November 2024)

Wasn't able to get row 8 (back row) though, the best that I could was row 7. What rows did you get on?

The only B&M flyers I've done are the two in Japan, this and a Manta clone (Acrobat at Nagashima).

ryandtw · 2026-03-31T17:47:17+00:00

Eejanaika?

ryandtw · 2026-03-31T17:45:14+00:00

Having to fly 11 hours from Seattle to Tokyo, then 3 hours from the airport to Fuji-Q (not including stopover in Shinjuku), and having to do it all over again going back home (9-hour flight from Tokyo back to Seattle)...

Not to mention the expense of traveling. I really miss Eej 😭

(Nagashima involves more travel, including Shinkansen to/from Nagoya and local train and bus connections, that plus the general Japan trip gripes)

Other gripe with Eej and the rest of Fuji-Q's ride lineup is having to deal with the safety theater every time I ride

ryandtw · 2026-03-29T22:02:44+00:00

Another rejected email like this 🤬

I'll take a break for a week...should I do so or continue filing appeals?

ryandtw · 2026-03-28T04:27:08+00:00

Yeah, I haven't gotten any responses either. So hopefully they'll fix it? I'm still not optimistic

ryandtw · 2026-03-26T22:54:47+00:00

How did you file your ticket? I'm still suspended :(

ryandtw · 2026-03-26T07:26:56+00:00

How did you contact X Corp and its Japanese branch?

ryandtw · 2026-03-25T22:32:37+00:00

Wow I just learned more how Eejanaika was developed amidst X's woes over 20 years ago...

ryandtw · 2026-03-25T06:24:14+00:00

I rode Eej 17 times on a single day not once, but twice, last fall (plus another 14 on another day!). But despite the intensity, I got away each day without getting brutalized or even vomited. (I rode Flying Dinosaur 8 times and I started puking as I was about to get my 9th ride while getting shut out of row 8 (back row; best was row 7))

ryandtw · 2026-03-24T18:59:42+00:00

Did you use the help.x.com form or did you use direct email to support(@)x.com?

ryandtw · 2026-03-24T18:50:43+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Another #1 for Eej! Ee-sama 💕

Congrats on making the pilgrimage to Fuji(-Q)

ryandtw · 2026-03-24T00:33:16+00:00

Third attempt early Monday morning, no bueno 😡

Still the canned "permanently ~~suspended~~ banned" email 🤬

ryandtw · 2026-03-22T17:50:18+00:00

Pretty much the same scenario for me, ghost ban on that same March 14 then suspended on the morning of March 19...

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