Old Photos & Memorabilia

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Old Photos & Memorabilia

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

RE: Old Photos

Matt · pleasurewoodplace.com

That sounds great Martyn, I for one would love to see those! I visited every year without fail in the 90's, but I almost never thought to take a camera around with me! I really regret it now!

alex · Enigmatic Expert

is that picture on timber falls taken on the big drop cos now the camera is on the small drop

andyb · Exceptionally Expressive

The ORP camera used to be on the big drop.

When the ride first opened, they had no ORP, so a bloke standing with a camera would take ur pic, then towards the end of the day you could view and/or buy from one of the shops!

alex · Enigmatic Expert

i think they should move the camera

Leon · Serious Squawker

IMO the camera would be much better on the larger drop; people's faces are bound to be much more expression-ate and interesting! The small drop does no justice for the £5 or so pounds it costs for a pic.

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

Seems abit pointless to have the camera on the small drop- not really very thrilling is it? :)

Perhaps they have moved it for this season- they seem to be redoing the ride.

Leon · Serious Squawker

After a visit today (i'll do a TR) the camera is still in it's usual spot; though the cueline is MUCH better. It is themed properly, and has log-style 'pillars' right the way along. They've also rotated the photo booth to face the ride, as you get off it.

datman · Serious Squawker

Leon wrote:

After a visit today (i'll do a TR) the camera is still in it's usual spot; though the cueline is MUCH better. It is themed properly, and has log-style 'pillars' right the way along. They've also rotated the photo booth to face the ride, as you get off it.

the photo booth has faced the ride for the last few seasons :)

Leon · Serious Squawker

really! I didn't notice that aha.
It's much better that way.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Don't worry Leon when I went last year I noticed "changes" which weren't really there too. :)

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

The photo shop used to face towards Whizzy Dizzy, that was in 2008, so it must have change last year.

So some logs in the queue line is the only improvement? Great, I was expecting a bit more than that.

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

Haha Martyn, same! Although he did mention that the Log Pillars and the new themeing as separate things so I suppose it depends on the extent of the themeing and they did do quite alot of stuff last season as well.

I do have an old photo of TF when it was just blue and white and you can see just how much it has improved now! I shall add it when I get the chance ( I am in America now!)

Jools · Serious Squawker

2 of the Log Flume

1 of the Drift king

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

The rides looked awful back then!

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Yeah we have to admit that PWH have done a really nice job on sprucing up the log flume. In those photos it looks about 50 years old!! Good to finally clear up the Drift King conundrum!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Its even more shocking to think that the Log Flume must have only just been installed around then, yet it does look about 50 years old!

I'm surprised they've held onto it for this long, but then I suppose all the work carried out last year means it will last a while longer.

I wonder if there are any original parts of Flume still intact? biggrin

-- Edited by Martyn on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 03:40:36 PM

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

Pleasurewood Hills have done a really good with the Log Flume, however as the park develops I wouldn't be surprised if they totally redone it and knocked it down and made a new one .

And yes, the ride looks about 50 years old.

Jools · Serious Squawker

I would love to see some pictures of the old Cannonball Express, and maybe a picture of each of the 4 trains it origionally had.

-- Edited by Jools on Sunday 18th of April 2010 03:49:01 PM

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

Jools wrote:

I would love to see some pictures of the old Cannonball Express, and maybe a picture of each of the 4 trains it origionally had.

-- Edited by Jools on Sunday 18th of April 2010 03:49:01 PM

Sorry I can't really find one with all 4 trains! Looking back- the themeing wasn't to bad atall- wonder why they got rid of it?

-- Edited by PATRICK on Sunday 2nd of May 2010 10:37:25 AM

alex · Enigmatic Expert

why did they retheme it??????????????

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

Hardly a "retheme" as they stripped off every bit of themeing! The Cannon Ball express coaster was much better than boring old "Enigma" and there is much more themeing opportunities with Cannon Ball Express!

I thought the ride looked alright by Pleasurewood s standards back then, but now that the park has improved so much you'd really think they would get some proper themeing on this ride and get a proper queue line and also sort out the mechanics of the ride. I mean compare this to the new improved Timber Falls or Wipeout!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

The themeing only good when it first opened. They never looked after it, so after a few years it just looks old and tatty. They done a good job of I believe.

PATRICK · Enigmatic Expert

Martyn wrote:

The themeing only good when it first opened. They never looked after it, so after a few years it just looks old and tatty. They done a good job of I believe.

What you think ENIGMA looks good?

I think it's perhaps one of the worst looking rides in the park!

alex · Enigmatic Expert

so it was more of a detheme rather than a retheme

Leon · Serious Squawker

That's my photo of the cannonball from 99.
Park was really at it's low point then. Year before the hadden's bought it.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Patrick, I wouldn't say it looks good now, but it doesn't exactly look bad either. Anyway, what I was getting was that it looked awful in 2004 (last year as Cannonball) compared to 2005 when it looked brand new. Yeah it looked a bit bland, but rather bland than them tatty old boards that were ment to look like buildings (along the brake run).

alex · Enigmatic Expert

Enigma looks ok although there is no theme at all i think the cannonball themeing was pretty bad it looked a bit more like a space landscape then a desert lanscape. the repainting gave it a bit of colour but it still isn't great

Lpeek · Woody Wannabe

They need to theme the whole park in my opinion. That's one of the main things the park lacks. Properly themed rides and scenery.