i was on wikipedia and i know you shouldn't trust wikipedia but it said a dive bomber has opened this year. What is this weird rumor thing?

oh i thought it was in the park i don't understand why they would leave it out of the wristband though.

Just checked their website fo stuff, and got their prices for next year....

Peak wristbands: £19.50 (Ouch....)
Off Peak: £16.50 (Still ouch, but not as painfull)

But it gets worse, 'Mini' Wristbands for under 3's are £12.50 (peak) and £10.50 (off peak). That is ridiculous!!

Its FREE, COMPLETELY FREE to get into to Pleasurewood for under 3's!

Its also ridiculous because if I took my 5 year old niece, I'd have to pay the full price for an adult wristband, even though she would be too small for quite a lot of the rides!

And to make matters worse, they never have any good offers on at the Pleasure Beach. I think the best you can get is a £1 off voucher, where as Pleasurewood has '3 for 2' and '2 for1' vouchers everywhere.

I suppose technically the Pleasure Beach does have more rides than Pleasurewood, but none of them are of a decent quality. I wouldn't mind paying the £19.50 if some of the rides were a bit better. I know they can only really go for travelling rides, but still, Fireball would be a good addition, as would a Magic Mouse Coaster....but the rides they have are just basic fairground crap.

^ I forgot to mention, I went to Yarmouth today, and I drove up along the PB. I haven't been for a couple of years now, but I noticed they've now put a fence around everything outside the main park.

You know there was that little road inbetween the main entrance, and the Log Flume? That been fenced off too, so it is now all one massive compound. I wonder if this will lead to future rides being placed outside the main park area?

And I also noticed that they've flattened out the area where the Devils Drop used to be, and removed the old boat style building.

Also, there was some weird spinny ride down the bottom end that I've never seen before. Nothing special looking, though it was cowboy themed?!

Anyway, back to the rides...lol! I am really surprised that they've never bothered adding a travelling coaster, even the likes of a Pinfari Cyclone would make the place a bit better. We need to get in touch with them all tell them about Twist 'n' Shout from Loundoun.....

^ Yup. Looks like you sit in some kind of barrell/log. I dont actually know what it does, but it does look like it could easily be a Dumbo style ride. Its very small, and is infront of the Waltzers.

Makes you wonder why they bother spending money on something like that, which isn't exactly going to be drawing the crowds in. And they didn't even advertised it as a new ride..... Yet there are LOADS of second hand travelling rides that could do wonders for the place, and really put it back on the map.

^ True, but that is probably how the ride is sold anyway. And themeing isn't the first thing I think of when it comes to the Pleasure Beach.

alex wrote:

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to be fair though at least the log ride is rather well themed.................................. well compared to the rest of the park anyway.

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There were once plans to theme the whole Log Flume in a mine yard style - i think this is why part of it has been painted brown. I guess they ran out of funds or thought cash would be better spent elsewhere. Like on that awful pirate ship from Whitley Bay or wherever it came from hahahahaha......

-- Edited by andyb on Tuesday 22nd of February 2011 01:04:56 PM

-- Edited by andyb on Tuesday 22nd of February 2011 01:05:12 PM

Martyn wrote:

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^I thought their Pirate Ship was brand new?

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Believe it or not they state it on the ride desciption on thier website?!:

>>Acquired from Whitley Bay in 2001 the pirate ship is another fantastic ride from Zamperla. A huge swinging gondola capable of carrying 33 passengers in 8 rows. A giant A-frame supports the ride, the motion of the ride is controlled by one large hydraulically driven tyre on a pivoted beam, with the breaking controlled by another large tyre.

A ride from Whitley Bay? Truely a fact to be proud of.

-- Edited by andyb on Tuesday 22nd of February 2011 04:56:49 PM

Yeah, that is a shocking ride description. Whatever happened to making it sound exciting!

http://www.pleasure-beach.co.uk/index.php
New websiite up and look's load's better. :D

New site looks good, not as good looking as PWHs but nice and neat and clear nonetheless. They still have those awful ride descriptions though!

it could be in the place where the eye was