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Clarence


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Only one or 2 all saved on cd's that I've been trawling through. I'm sure I have a photo of the Woody's Birthday Show somewhere also my father in the gunge tank!!!!!

Trying to find out more information about Woody's Magic Music Hall.



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Loved Woody's Magic Music Hall, all I remember it had puppets and a catchy theme tune which the audio is on this site somewhere.

Apparently we've got loads of photos from PWH when I was a kid.. so i'll be raiding my mums photo albums this week and seeing what goodies I can fine. :D I think I still have a scanner somewhere.

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Clarence wrote:

Thought you might be interested in this!

Woody Bear Punch Judy Pleasurewood Hills Mike Wallis 1994

 YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!? Is this an actual picture of the puppet being used!? I own this puppet now.



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I was waiting for you to pick up on that picture Samuel :)

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To me it looks photoshopped! Hmm...

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No definently not photoshopped, I have brightened it up though it was very dark I have another of just the booth on its own. They are from scans so not the best quality. I thought it would interest you Voiceoverguy. The Woody puppet was also used in the Punch show in an outdoor theatre at Fort fun. I have a photo of that somewhere too.



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Wowzers! I'm being a big kid but I never thought 1. My puppet would ever be used again at the park and 2. Someone would have photographic evidence of it being used then. Both fulfilled in 1 week! Very happy, thank you so much!

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I'm obviously the only person who isn't that fussed about a 'death' slide.

What about the other side of the white board... X1 Bus?!? Tea Cups?!?

A minor comment on FB about bringing back the Mouse got several likes.... That's what I'd love to see a spinning coaster! (Though not a Mouse)

 Good notice of the x1 bus - maybe a direct route to PWH rather than the walk from Tesco's, although that walk is nice 

 

the magic mouse was hugely popular, but if it's not coming back, then maybe an investment into a spinning coaster that is twice as good and more impressive than magic mouse would be a good shout?

 

what made magic mouse great though was that you could have up to 4 on one train and sitting next to each other rather than separately - and you can't do that on the other rides



-- Edited by jo on Sunday 9th of June 2013 09:35:20 PM

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Like, OMG.....



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I'm obviously the only person who isn't that fussed about a 'death' slide.

What about the other side of the white board... X1 Bus?!? Tea Cups?!?

A minor comment on FB about bringing back the Mouse got several likes.... That's what I'd love to see a spinning coaster! (Though not a Mouse)

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what's the sky leap?
I didn't care much for the death slide.

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Sky Leap was the name of the - meh - Death Slide.

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andyb wrote:

I'm obviously the only person who isn't that fussed about a 'death' slide.

What about the other side of the white board... X1 Bus?!? Tea Cups?!?

A minor comment on FB about bringing back the Mouse got several likes.... That's what I'd love to see a spinning coaster! (Though not a Mouse)

 Something like Dragons fury, Sonic spinball etc?



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The sky leap was unique and would be great if it returned in its old position too..

Oddly this weeks Waveney advertiser contains nothing on the 30th birthday bash but the Great Yarmouth edition does have a double page spread !!!!!

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Two galleries up on Heart East Anglia...

http://www.heart.co.uk/norfolk/events/photos/pleasurewood-hills-30th-birthday-party-part-1/

http://www.heart.co.uk/norfolk/events/photos/pleasurewood-hills-30th-birthday-party-part-2/

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Something like Dragons fury, Sonic spinball etc?

 Ohh deffo. On the Fireball site or where the flying school is now, next to TotC.

Fun, re-rideable rides.



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Maurer spinners are fairly meh... (And for those who don't know, that's Spinball / Dragon's Fury / Crush's Coaster)

However, I can see why they would be great for PWH.

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andyb wrote:
hobohippie95 wrote:

 

Something like Dragons fury, Sonic spinball etc?

 Ohh deffo. On the Fireball site or where the flying school is now, next to TotC.

Fun, re-rideable rides.


Having been on both Dragons Fury and Sonic, I tend to agree with the above.

I found them to be more enjoyable to ride than Magic Mouse, and the look of them is vastly more appealing. There's something about them which always brings a smile to my face, "fun" pretty much sums it up!



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Though Maurer's safety record is hilariously bad at times :P

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jo wrote:
andyb wrote:

I'm obviously the only person who isn't that fussed about a 'death' slide.

What about the other side of the white board... X1 Bus?!? Tea Cups?!?

A minor comment on FB about bringing back the Mouse got several likes.... That's what I'd love to see a spinning coaster! (Though not a Mouse)

 Good notice of the x1 bus - maybe a direct route to PWH rather than the walk from Tesco's, although that walk is nice 



-- Edited by jo on Sunday 9th of June 2013 09:35:20 PM

 I don't see the X1 ever being extended to serve the park, simply because it isn't pratical when you consider a bus has to come/go all the way to Peterborough, if the bus is delayed, the last thing a driver wants to do is have to drive into a theme park car park, turn around and then head out again.



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a ride that is similar to Magic Mouse but a lot better (magic mouse is very common now across the UK it seems) would be nice- maybe something more unique


I see your point though hobohippie95 - might be nice for the other passengers to view the theme park; almost like a mini tour and might persuade them to visit the park

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Had to youtube theses to see what on earth they are and that Dragons Fury looks so much fun, I like the idea of having 4 people in the car, but PHW would have to re-theme it, plus it looks a bit big for our park?

Think about the Magic Mouse it just went sideways while spinning.. theses others looks so much better.

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Bubbles wrote:

Had to youtube theses to see what on earth they are and that Dragons Fury looks so much fun, I like the idea of having 4 people in the car, but PHW would have to re-theme it, plus it looks a bit big for our park?

Think about the Magic Mouse it just went sideways while spinning.. theses others looks so much better.

 the fact Dragons Fury goes sideways is quite exciting



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@Bubbles - we're not talking about Pleasurewood buying an already existing Maurer spinner, but having a new one built :)

@hobo - surely that argument goes for any bus route ever? The last thing a delayed bus driver wants to do is drive to the last stop and turn around? Don't see what difference PWHs car park makes.

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Martyn


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The thing with the Sky Leap/Death Slide is that kids love to hate it.

I shat myself everytime I went on it as a kid, and to this day I will always associate them slides with PWH (and randomly some people at work do the same...). If it is brought back (hopefully a bigger version ;) then that's great, because many more kids will get to experience what it's like.

Ben, any updates on the dishes?

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Low on maintenance, not expensive and it's very popular.. seems logical to bring it back. If it's too big then that might put a lot of young kids off from using it maybe? PHW really needs to dump the go-karts, they've really killed the atmosphere of that part of the park.


EDIT:   If it does return, where on earth would they put it???



-- Edited by Bubbles on Monday 10th of June 2013 07:49:19 PM

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Satellites are still on my 'To-Do' list. It's the 'getting them made' bit I'm still trying to figure out lol

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The drop slide did form part of the Fort Fun play area and maybe would be a strange attraction to have on it's own. People do seem to have a soft spot for it though...

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Never get rid of the Go-karts, they are by far the best attraction at the park, plus there great fun, just bring the prices down or introduce a pass again.

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^^^^ totally agree with the karts - others strongly like them here - to me they look awful and the whole area looks run down...when you use to walk through fort fun into the area that once housed the waltzer,pizza gaff,fort,sky screamer,grandma gradys waffle/bakery house it was so much more of a area.

I am sure the death slide could go back where it was

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