Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach

andyb · Exceptionally Expressive

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach

alex · Enigmatic Expert

I think pwh could buy a travveling simulator (These are so tacky) but put it in a building ant theme the que line that or a 4d cinema would help guest

Oskar · Woody Wannabe

It would make sense I guess

HACKS · Woody Wannabe

Great Yarmouth P/B had an ad in this weks Worlds Fair for a Aerial Attraction.
Rent or Shares. I dont belive the wheel will be returning this year

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

Ohh hello Hacks, don't usually see you on here!

I've never been to Great Yarmouth pleasure beach- is it any good?

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

In a word, NO. And they charge £18 for the pleasure too.

Used to be good, during the days of the real Go-Karts and Terminanor, but there's not too much there now, especially for how much they charge.

I dont belive the wheel will be returning this year

Not too surprised at that, they did charge £6.50 per person!

Great Yarmouth P/B had an ad in this weks Worlds Fair for a Aerial Attraction.
Rent or Shares.

Can you view any of this online? What do they mean by an aerial attraction?

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach have a new 4D Cinema experience for 2010

How do you know this? I can only presume that this will be taking the place if the simulater which had been showing the same show for about 15 years?!

-- Edited by Unofficial Pleasurewood on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 06:41:52 PM

-- Edited by Unofficial Pleasurewood on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 06:42:26 PM

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I remember the good old days of Pleasurewood Hills - one year it was so busy trying to get into the park (I think it was back in the pay per car days) that we actually weren't able to get into the park!

We ended up going to Great Yarmouth PB and actually had a great day. My parents bought me and my brothers wrist bands that enabled unlimited rides on everything and we rode the log flume over and over - the rides ops just lets us stay on. There was a looping coaster there at the time (first one I had ever seen) but I was too scared to go on it.

The Roller Coaster there I remember being really great fun and it seemed like there was loads to do (well for a boy of about 8 years old it seemed like it) but now when I look at what GYPB has to offer it doesn't really entice me.

I may have to check it out this year and see what it's like but £18 seems really expensive.

HACKS · Woody Wannabe

The Pleasure Beach was a good Park in the late 80s early 90s. They still have a few good rides but it has lost a bit of its atmosphere. Aerial ride, i would epect to see someting likje another wheel or booster. Hope to go on the 9th April and will visit Hensby and also Yarmouths Easter fair, (well week after Easter Fair).

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

If it were to close, Pleasurewood Hills would probably get alot of it's rides. Which wouldn't be such a bad thing...

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

^ Meh, besides the Big Apple Coaster, what else would we want to see at Pleasurewood? Maybe the Sky Drop and Disk'O, at a push! But everything else is crap.

There was a looping coaster there at the time (first one I had ever seen) but I was too scared to go on it

That would be the Pinfari Looper. Seemed MASSIVE to me back then, but now they're tiny!

datman · Serious Squawker

Martyn wrote:

^ Meh, besides the Big Apple Coaster, what else would we want to see at Pleasurewood? Maybe the Sky Drop and Disk'O, at a push! But everything else is crap.

There was a looping coaster there at the time (first one I had ever seen) but I was too scared to go on it

That would be the Pinfari Looper. Seemed MASSIVE to me back then, but now they're tiny!

Also appeared in Madness video House Of Fun along with the rollercoaster there :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnBccG_ChI

HACKS · Woody Wannabe

datman wrote:

Martyn wrote:

^ Meh, besides the Big Apple Coaster, what else would we want to see at Pleasurewood? Maybe the Sky Drop and Disk'O, at a push! But everything else is crap.

There was a looping coaster there at the time (first one I had ever seen) but I was too scared to go on it

That would be the Pinfari Looper. Seemed MASSIVE to me back then, but now they're tiny!

Also appeared in Madness video House Of Fun along with the rollercoaster there :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnBccG_ChI

In The House of Fun Video, Maddness were rideing the old super loops coaster which last stood where the Disco is. The Pinfari coaster was not instaled untill 92/93.

datman · Serious Squawker

HACKS wrote:

datman wrote:

Martyn wrote:

^ Meh, besides the Big Apple Coaster, what else would we want to see at Pleasurewood? Maybe the Sky Drop and Disk'O, at a push! But everything else is crap.

There was a looping coaster there at the time (first one I had ever seen) but I was too scared to go on it

That would be the Pinfari Looper. Seemed MASSIVE to me back then, but now they're tiny!

Also appeared in Madness video House Of Fun along with the rollercoaster there :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnBccG_ChI

In The House of Fun Video, Maddness were rideing the old super loops coaster which last stood where the Disco is. The Pinfari coaster was not instaled untill 92/93.

do you know if there are any sites showing this Pinfari coaster ?

i can only ever remember the super looper being there :)

HACKS · Woody Wannabe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C79pwTXpGTA
this video show the magic carpet in the superloops site, now disco

-- Edited by HACKS on Thursday 1st of April 2010 08:44:13 PM

andyb · Exceptionally Expressive

Brillant, loved that ^

Dare i say a BETTER collection of rides than now???

datman · Serious Squawker

andyb wrote:

Brillant, loved that ^

Dare i say a BETTER collection of rides than now???

definatly a lot better than the current list of rides they have :)

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I never knew GYPB had one them LOOP ride thingys. Also, thats not the same fun house building is it? Didn't look like it to me.

If you pause that clip on 2:50, you can see that the Super Looper isn't where the DiskO currently is. It looks like you can see the old Water Chute in the back ground, but if that is right, you should be able to see Rollercoaster too? I'm confused!

And what a great video showing the old rides. I almost feel sick from the nostalgia! I can still close my eye's and picture BAD, Condor and the Water Chute (which I have a pic of somewhere)! Terminator was another classic too. The place is a dump now compared to back then

-- Edited by Martyn on Friday 2nd of April 2010 08:25:43 AM

Leon · Serious Squawker

I was in Yarmouth the other week, and the wheel was very much still installed. Is it scheduled to be moving/taken down?

HACKS · Woody Wannabe

When House Of Fun was shoot, the superloopers were at the back of the Park,> they were moved to the front a couple of season before thery were removed and a skyfly was in placwe for 2 seasons.
I was told in good faith that the Yarmouth wheel was being used by a well know traveling fair operator and it would not be returning??
The ride line in the 80s /early 90s was indeed better than tto-days, which could also be said for Pleasurewood

Leon · Serious Squawker

Perhaps my memory is jolted, I did have little sleep that day aha.
So you may well be correct. It looks far too large to travel on trailers. I'm hazarding a guess of at least 3 to 4 loads. I know Harry Ayre's KMG Move It 32 (one of the largest traveling rides in the UK) is built up on 3 trailers.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Is it the same wheel though?

It was previously reported that the Pleasure Beach enquired about an ariel ride, so the original wheel could have gone, and they've got a new one in?

Great Yarmouth P/B had an ad in this weks Worlds Fair for a Aerial Attraction

alex · Enigmatic Expert

I was in Great yarmouth a week ago and there was no wheel

alex · Enigmatic Expert

i was looking around and i found the exact same log flume as the on at great yarmouth but it is a lot better.

this is called colorado river at djurs sommerland in denmark

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I can only see 2 drops, and the angles aren't right. The Flume at GYPB is custom made, so chances are there aren't any the same anywhere.

Any more news on the Wheel?

alex · Enigmatic Expert

it is the same if you look at it on google earth. the angels and the drops are all in the same place. look it up on google earth.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Went to GYPB yesterday, it was a glorious day. We went on the Roller Coaster which was not that bad for an antique. We also rode Evolution which isn't that great tbh.

Place looks a little worn, although it was a nice busy atmosphere and people seemed to be enjoying themselves. Is the 4D cinema going to be a portable model?

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Lol, never heard of a portable 4D Cinema! Simulator yes, but not cinema!

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I haven't either but this 4D cinema opens in June and I saw no evidence of it whatsoever! Unless I was just being blind :)

Edit: Turns out I was being blind!! It's taking residence according to this photo:

4D%20Cinema%20(3).preview.jpg

How I missed that no one knows!

-- Edited by Josh on Monday 24th of May 2010 06:21:07 PM

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

FINALLY!!! THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT THINGY HAS GONE! THEY'VE HAD THAT RUNNING NOW FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS!

YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!

alex · Enigmatic Expert

was that the simulator?