First up was Huangcon Park, located in Dixian in south Beijing. When we got there we could see the coaster from the main road, and when we eventually figured out where the entrance was we made our way to the coaster. There was no operator and the entrance gates were chained up. Further investigation revealed that the train and track were both rusting away. So things were not looking good.
Checking out the rest of the park we noticed that none of the rides had operators but were all in better condition than the coaster.
We found a ticket office but had to wake up the staff member who was asleep on a bed in the back of the room. After indicating our ride preference by taking a picture of it and pointing to the camera screen to her she made it clear in fluent chinese that the ride wasn't open.
The Japanese cross armed gesture for closed I gave her confirmed our suspicion; the ride wasn't running anymore and had become an SBNO statistic.
Huangcun Park is best accessed by taxi as its too far south to get to on the Metro
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