England's lost theme parks...

[Mutts]

andy-xr said:

Log flume for me, so addictive!

same here, think i managed 23 times one saturday

[Steamer]

Mutts said:

andy-xr said:

Log flume for me, so addictive!

same here, think i managed 23 times one saturday

Now you are talking!

School trips + log flume = cheeky fondle on the way down the dips!

ETM. I would just like to add that comment was 'age relative' and no I'm not a teacher.

[Mark-C]

NelsonM3 said:

bazza white said:

Amazed to see pleasure wood hill still going in Yarmouth.


Is that paramount theme park going to be built. I can't see it being a huge success tbh.

Went to Pleasurewood Hills last year for the first time since about 1999. Shame it's lost the American theme but it's a good little park.

Worked there for a couple of summers in the mid 80s and it was then my youngest's birthday treat for a few years in the 90s. We've got a road trip planned this summer (me and daughter, she's now 26) to Norwich and we're definitely going for a day of nostalgia

[Mutts]

Steamer said:

Mutts said:

andy-xr said:

Log flume for me, so addictive!

same here, think i managed 23 times one saturday

Now you are talking!

School trips + log flume = cheeky fondle on the way down the dips!

ETM. I would just like to add that comment was 'age relative' and no I'm not a teacher.

Then of course there was Noah's Ark and the FunHouse with its 2 mental slides.

[andy-xr]

Mutts said:

Then of course there was Noah's Ark and the FunHouse with its 2 mental slides.

The Kamikaze was a straight drop, I did it for 2 years, then got stagefright the year after that and hung, legs dangling over the edge, then had to get pulled back over the wall. Sad times

[Oakey]

Ari said:

People who don't steal are 'mugs'?

It's Alton Towers, where they charge you £6 just to leave. Who gives a st?

[Jazoli]

andy-xr said:

Mutts said:

Then of course there was Noah's Ark and the FunHouse with its 2 mental slides.

The Kamikaze was a straight drop, I did it for 2 years, then got stagefright the year after that and hung, legs dangling over the edge, then had to get pulled back over the wall. Sad times

Oh I'd forgotten about the slides, they were fantastic and proper scary at the time, there was also that spinning cylinder thing where you'd run through always end up on your arse and the superfast roundabout thing where you had to try and stay in the middle until you couldn't hold on and went crashing into the wall, great times, and a very long time ago...

[miniman]

Oakey said:

It's Alton Towers, where they charge you £6 just to leave.

How does that work?!

[J4CKO]

miniman said:

Oakey said:

It's Alton Towers, where they charge you £6 just to leave.

How does that work?!

They charge for parking.

[northwest monkey]

Jazoli said:

andy-xr said:

Mutts said:

Then of course there was Noah's Ark and the FunHouse with its 2 mental slides.

The Kamikaze was a straight drop, I did it for 2 years, then got stagefright the year after that and hung, legs dangling over the edge, then had to get pulled back over the wall. Sad times

Oh I'd forgotten about the slides, they were fantastic and proper scary at the time, there was also that spinning cylinder thing where you'd run through always end up on your arse and the superfast roundabout thing where you had to try and stay in the middle until you couldn't hold on and went crashing into the wall, great times, and a very long time ago...

I remember either Blackpool Tower or Morecambe having things similar to this - excellent fun and a H&S nightmare probably

[miniman]

J4CKO said:

miniman said:

Oakey said:

It's Alton Towers, where they charge you £6 just to leave.

How does that work?!

They charge for parking.

Well to be fair there are plenty of public transport options for getting there.

Oh.

[Oakey]

miniman said:

J4CKO said:

miniman said:

Oakey said:

It's Alton Towers, where they charge you £6 just to leave.

How does that work?!

They charge for parking.

Well to be fair there are plenty of public transport options for getting there.

Oh.

It's not Pay and Display though, you're supposed to buy your ticket on the way out and if you didn't they stand there at the barrier waiting to take cash from you. fk that noise. When it costs anywhere from £30-£40 a ticket entry they can jog on if they think I'm paying £6 for parking as well!

Just get to the barrier and tell them you got rinsed for all your dough paying the entry fee and exorbitant food prices and you've got nothing left, they just let you through (because what's the alternative? Argue the toss when there's a queue of three hundred cars behind you?)

northwest monkey said:

I remember either Blackpool Tower or Morecambe having things similar to this - excellent fun and a H&S nightmare probably

Professor Peabody's at the Winter Gardens and the Fun House at the Pleasure Beach had them

[Claudia Skies]

Facts of UK life,

• The season is too short
• There's not enough people who live near the coast.

Hence the successful parks tend to be inland, close to large urban areas.

[Feirny]

Mr Marvel's was open in Scarborough up until early 2000s. I went in about 2007 and had a wander round, it was left unloved.

[markcurtains]

schmunk said:

mrtwisty said:

I recall 'The Missile' being quite an advanced coaster at the time (for the UK anyway).

I was so excited by going on it, I later wrote a song called 'Missile' with Cubase on my Atari ST (aged about 10).

Slightly OT but we went to Magic Mountain just outside LA in 2009 and they had a ride that was exactly the same layout, track-wise as the Missile but the cars were suspended like the Nemesis rather than traditional cars. It broke down with folk on it though so never got a go :-(

[GTIR]

miniman said:

Well to be fair there are plenty of public transport options for getting there.

Oh.

Burn him lads!

Wickstead is still pretty good. The mini log flume jump thing is gone now (near the big log flume, boat lake and bird cages). It was pretty old though. The peddle skyway is ok if a little tiring.

My kids loved the go karts! (As I did, because I drove)

Train ride is good and they have the big park to have picnics in. (There was a Vauxhall owners club meeting when I was there and my oldest said "they're all the same though. That's a bit weird!" )

The best bit is the kids play area. It's got all the Wickstead play stuff in it (obviously) and plenty of rides and stuff to go on. Great place.

[e600]

Two I know that have long gone are White City in Douglas, and Glen William both in the Isle of Man. Magical places to be as a small child growing up and dire once the magic had gone.

It's that long ago I doubt anyone will remember them or mourn their passing.

[DanielSan]

Steamer said:

Now you are talking!

School trips + log flume = cheeky fondle on the way down the dips!

ETM. I would just like to add that comment was 'age relative' and no I'm not a teacher.

Didn't the other lads ever ask what you were doing?

[HOGEPH]

In my 1970's youth, the high points of theme park exitement were Treasure Island in Eastbourne, and Tucktonia in Christchurch.

[MrBig]

bazza white said:

Amazed to see pleasure wood hill still going in Yarmouth.




Is that paramount theme park going to be built. I can't see it being a huge success tbh.

Not when they locate it somewhere where it's going to be a monumental ballache for 90% of the population to get to!