Your ideas for the future?

andyb · Exceptionally Expressive

RE: Your ideas for the future?

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

what does it do?

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

what does it do ? we can dream...

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

Water coaster type thing if I'm right... Don't see it as something Pleasurewood need though IMO.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

It's a Tidal Wave type of ride.

PWH isn't crying out for one, but at that price, you cant complain!

Jools · Serious Squawker

Pleasurewood is screaming out for a new thrill coaster, a MS spinning coaster would be perfect for Pleasurewood, or perhaps we need something with Inversions to bring more of the thrill seekers in! However Spinning Coasters appeal to both families and thrill seekers.

-- Edited by Jools on Friday 17th of May 2013 02:37:50 PM

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Id rather see a proper rollercoaster introduced, and one that has a loop.

livewireguy · Enigmatic Expert

Im glad that PWH seem to be thinking outside the box regarding the next attraction.

Its hard to know what to suggest as the next one.

Maybe a wooden coaster but that aint gonna happen. What flatride would really put the park on the map?

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

^ Zamperla Air Race ;)

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

How about something underground?

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Martyn loves those Zamperla Air Races! I must admit they do look good, a real eye catcher.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

it needs to be a good flat but I think the chances of any new decent ride - especially a flat is a long way off

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

Why are you so sure of this? In your negative mind coolskin, nothing will ever happen :/

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

It all depends on how well the park does I guess, if it's willing to pay out for another staff member and running costs.
And as things are at their best since.. forever I think the park to ride this success for a long as they can, keep momentum going forward.

jo · Enigmatic Expert

but getting a new ride requiring new staff can have it's positives too - creating more jobs possibly for the local area

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

It's not the running costs and staffing that will affect any new ride purchase - its the initial cost. For a new coaster the park would be needing to spend probably £3m+!

jo · Enigmatic Expert

mrbrightside wrote:
It's not the running costs and staffing that will affect any new ride purchase - its the initial cost. For a new coaster the park would be needing to spend probably £3m+!

and planning permission

do other parks have such similar issues with planning permission/complaints regarding noise/view etc?

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

The park tends to be under staffed as it is, I doubt they want more wages to pay. I know from personal experience of being let go due to a few quiet days and the park lost money (nothing new back then) money had to be saved so staff were kicked out, It's all well and good having all theses rides but they've got to be operated, and maintained.

I dunno about you lot but where I live we can hear the speed boats when their on.. this usually takes place on a Thursday evening!!! If we can tolerated that during after work hours then im sure people can handle theme park noise during the day. It's much nicer to listen to theme parks than a bloody droning speed boat which sounds like an over sized bumble bee. I know im simplifying things but honestly those boats are far worse.

jo · Enigmatic Expert

Bubbles wrote:
The park tends to be under staffed as it is, I doubt they want more wages to pay. I know from personal experience of being let go due to a few quiet days and the park lost money (nothing new back then) money had to be saved so staff were kicked out, It's all well and good having all theses rides but they've got to be operated, and maintained.

I dunno about you lot but where I live we can hear the speed boats when their on.. this usually takes place on a Thursday evening!!! If we can tolerated that during after work hours then im sure people can handle theme park noise during the day. It's much nicer to listen to theme parks than a bloody droning speed boat which sounds like an over sized bumble bee. I know im simplifying things but honestly those boats are far worse.

do Alton Towers/ Thorpe Park etc get similar complaints as PWH?

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

No idea, I've never been to either of those parks.

alex · Enigmatic Expert

Alton do as it is located near the village of Alton.

Thorpe dont however as it is located in the middle of a lake, although they have a height restriction due to how close it is to Heathrow.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Alton Towers is famous for it's complaints from local residents namely "The Ropers" who complained about Oblivion and managed to get the sound bite at the top of the lift hill removed.
Thorpe Park, as Alex stated, is in the middle of a lake and near Heathrow so I really don't think there are too many noise complaints.
Obviously PWH has many complaints regarding noise especially when it comes to new attractions like Wipeout which almost didn't get built. If you guys remember there was a sign on Wipeout which asked for people to refrain from screaming during the ride!

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

People just love to complain about something, for me it's those blasted speed boats.. (Sorry dad) lol
But saying that id never go out of my way to stop anyone from doing anything really... id be more than happy to live near the park.

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

PWH struggle with noise - but planning isn't too much of an issue - as after all, they were granted permission for what would have been the UKs tallest tower.

Alton struggle with tight restrictions on noise and height. They cannot build above tree level and a lot of local residents complain about the park.

Thorpe can pretty much build almost whatever the hell they like...

Guitar · Woody Wannabe

Would it be possible to completely cover the SITG? For the price of putting in a large frame cover (has to be cheaper than a complete ride surely?) you could make it seem like a new ride (Alton Towers, Black Hole style), allow it to run in the rain (not only gets rid of lift hill issues, but also makes it a dry place to be at the bottom of the park), reduce wear (steel won't rust, grease doesn't get washed away), and reduce noise for neighbours.

jo · Enigmatic Expert

mrbrightside wrote:
PWH struggle with noise - but planning isn't too much of an issue - as after all, they were granted permission for what would have been the UKs tallest tower.

which ride would have been the tallest in the UK? - did PWH nearly have it?

Guitar wrote:
Would it be possible to completely cover the SITG?

Maybe that could be an option as it might contain some of the loudness of that ride, although Enigma covered would look more impressive

Also what do you all reckon is the most complained about theme park in the UK - is PWH up there at the top?

Hpeek · Enigmatic Expert

The drop tower pleasurewood hills was granted permission for would of been the Uk's tallest and in my opinion it has to be Alton towers! The local residents are always complaining!

jo · Enigmatic Expert

Hpeek wrote:
The drop tower pleasurewood hills was granted permission for would of been the Uk's tallest

they didn't go for it, why not?

how tall would it have been?

Clarence · Serious Squawker

I think tales of the coast should be re-used for the fairytale ride, obviously more needs to be added. Tales of the Coast looks as if they got together a few manniquins and shoved them in a nearly dark tunnel.
Why did they take out Aladdin. Disney World updates or put into storage, I know they are on a completely different scale but they always recycle and never throw anything away.

-- Edited by Clarence on Tuesday 11th of June 2013 02:25:00 PM

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

The planning permission runs out in a years time - ( end or mid june 2014 I think ) but it will not see the light of day now

Dont ask why it never happened...there is a lot of info in the thread somewhere...

A waste of planning money and such a huge buzz on here it would have been incredible....