Yeah, living in a place frequented by hordes of mainland Chinese tourists I can absolutely vouch that a facility like this would be unbelievably successful. There is nothing the Chinese love more than doing exactly the same "cool" thing that every other Chinese person does.
And example: here in Taipei there is a gondola which takes you up into the mountains to a really beautiful tea-growing area full of temples and wonderful little tea-houses. It's really quite nice and the gondola ride is similar to the ride up Sunshine, perhaps slightly longer.
The first time I went there I was stunned, the line snaked all the way down the massive terminal building, out the door, and up and around the block. I thought 'Eff this, not a chance' but the girl I was with just grabbed my hand and dragged me into the building. We paid out fee and wound our way up the escalators past several thousand people waiting calmly and patiently in line.
We get to the loading area and I realized that we were going to walk straight onto our own, private gondola because these three thousand people were all waiting for one of the two gondolas with a glass bottom. They are perfectly happy to wait for what must have been hours in line in order to ride a gondola with a glass bottom. For eleven minutes.
This Korean project will be ridiculously successful with mainland Chinese tourists.
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