Timber Falls Log Flume

Jools · Serious Squawker

RE: Timber Falls Log Flume

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Wonder whats taking so long?

Datman, do you know why they had all the ground dug up beside it? (on the left of them pics you posted?)

datman · Serious Squawker

Martyn wrote:

Wonder whats taking so long?

Datman, do you know why they had all the ground dug up beside it? (on the left of them pics you posted?)

well they have started work on timberfalls again, maybe the french have a longer easter holiday :)
will try to find out about the ground being dug up, cant promise anything :)

-- Edited by datman on Thursday 16th of April 2009 12:40:09 PM

jayron7 · Woody Wannabe

Went there on Monday. It looks like all that is missing is the middle belt on the lift hill. Looks pretty good though. You can see some of the old parts of the ride by the entrance to Enigma.

datman · Serious Squawker

jayron7 wrote:

Went there on Monday. It looks like all that is missing is the middle belt on the lift hill. Looks pretty good though. You can see some of the old parts of the ride by the entrance to Enigma.

lol, that belt has been missing from there for weeks , you can see its missing from the photos i took a few weeks ago.

still quite a bit missing no motors fitted to any of the belts ,also the station not finished
cant see it being operating for a week or so if that.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

How many old bits were sitting by Enigma's entrance?

I guess the ground work that was dug up could be to do with the new queue line?

Jools · Serious Squawker

I guess the queue will come in front of the flume instead of the side now then, so people might get wet in the queueline.

jayron7 · Woody Wannabe

There was about five pieces of the ride by Enigma.

Also there was a lot of dirt over by the entrance to the sea lion show to the right of Wizzy Dizzy. By the way I thoroughly enjoyed the sea lion show with the nice South African sounding woman.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

There was a really nice girl running the show last year. I must say that the Sea Lions are really great - a lot of fun to watch especially on a scorching day!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Yes the Sea Lion show is a must do at Pleasurewood. Everyone says about how good they, it is the best Sea Lion show I have seen. And that South African girl has been doint for years now!

There was about five pieces of the ride by Enigma.

I only asked as I was wondering if the whole ride was replaced, but obviously not. And aren't you going to be the first member to do a trip report in the new "My Visits" section?? :)

datman · Serious Squawker

datman wrote:

Martyn wrote:

Wonder whats taking so long?

Datman, do you know why they had all the ground dug up beside it? (on the left of them pics you posted?)

there is only a little area being dug , all the rest is just piles of earth put onto the concrete
by the look of things a que line is going down the right side of the ride, then metal steps up to the left onto a platform that looks like it goes to the right onto the loading area.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

So any updates on how this thing is getting on?

datman · Serious Squawker

Josh wrote:

So any updates on how this thing is getting on?

parks been closed all week :)

hopefully more info this weekend

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Oh yeah, I forgot they closed during the week this time of year!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

You could just ring the park and sk if all attractions are open?

Any chance of any new pics datman? :)

datman · Serious Squawker

Martyn wrote:

You could just ring the park and sk if all attractions are open?

Any chance of any new pics datman? :)

no new pictures yet (looks same as last pictures i took :)

ride still closed
no water added yet

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Well thats not very good! Especially as there's another bank holiday around the corner!

datman · Serious Squawker

Martyn wrote:

Well thats not very good! Especially as there's another bank holiday around the corner!

Maybe they are hoping for it to be up n running for next weekend

Jools · Serious Squawker

(next weekend): Prehaps they will try to get it finished by next weekend
(weekend after next weekend): Prehaps next weekend they will try to get it finished
(weekend after that): Rumour has it will be open next weekend

and so on

datman · Serious Squawker

Jools wrote:

(next weekend): Prehaps they will try to get it finished by next weekend
(weekend after next weekend): Prehaps next weekend they will try to get it finished
(weekend after that): Rumour has it will be open next weekend

and so on

and the point of your post is?????

i see the ride each day so would like to think that i could tell how well the ride is getting on, ie everything is now in place, pretty obvious that if there are things missing like belts ect it wont be opening anytime soon as i stated early in this thread,
but now everything is in place , belts are on motors are in place so it could well be this weekend especially as its a bank holiday weekend. the ride looks ready to be open more than the construction site it looked like a few weeks ago.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I dont think he was getting at you personally, just more of a little 'dig' at Pleasurewood.

datman · Serious Squawker

Martyn wrote:

I dont think he was getting at you personally, just more of a little 'dig' at Pleasurewood.

certainly seemed aimed at a reply of my comment of "Maybe they are hoping for it to be up n running for next weekend" smile

All i can say is ,Pleasurewood has no reason not to open the ride as soon as its ready to be opened , as that would stop the constant questions we get badgered with as "when is the logflume going to open" biggrin

datman · Serious Squawker

For those that are interested

no more having to wait

Timber falls is now open

i will try and get some pictures posted tommorow

Jools · Serious Squawker

Gosh, sorry it was only a joke :/

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Great news datman, I look forward to the piccys!

Jools · Serious Squawker

Right, now this "major" event has taken place at Pleasurewood, what's next on the agenda, because now it's open it pretty much concludes this topic, reviews ould be pointless, as the ride experience probably hasn't changed. Comon Pleasurewood, gives us more Pleasurewood Thrills!

datman · Serious Squawker

Pictures of Finished Timber falls

not many people on the ride today,Boats are the same old boats as before.
apparently 1st reports in the ride say you get alot wetter on this ride than you did before,even on the smaller drop , i cant comment any further on this as i have never been on this ride before the makeover or after the makeover so perhaps anyone going in the next few weeks who have been on the ride before can give a general trip report on the ride.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Thanks Datman! Great photos. Apart from the colour which is the obvious change I notice that the have removed the tarp from above the queueline and part of the ride. It looks good, nice and clean. I think it would look nicer if they had maybe made up some scenery or something for the queueline just to add something as it is quite bare.

Nice improvement nonetheless.

Jools · Serious Squawker

Definatly an improvment, I think it's another step up of being a better managed theme park so bigger improvments can be made, they are still touching the park up after it's years of abuse.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Looks very bland/plain.

Don't really see what they're gaining by doing what they have done with the queue?

The whole area just looks too plain for me. They've removed the flowers from infront of the flume and beside it, no colour to the area at all.

Might look different when I see it in person.

Any chance datman of a pic of it from a side angle (taken near the drinks machine?)

:D