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Martyn


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Date: 03:22 May 8, 2012
RE: NEW: The Jolly Roger drop tower
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Link doesn't work, what is it?

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coolskin


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Date: 04:31 May 8, 2012
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A letter by WDC stating the changes which was put on their site after the decision was made. Their letter sais Feb 1st was when it was made yet it was March before anything was made public

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Martyn


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Date: 16:09 May 22, 2012
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They appear to have removed the railings from the catch car, and added some awful lights:



Before:



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I think them lights were there when it arrived, not sure you can see them on my pictures ???

What ever happened to the flag ??

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Josh


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Date: 00:39 May 23, 2012
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Well it looks slightly better without the rails. Just wish it looked better in general.

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Martyn


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Date: 02:33 May 23, 2012
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Them rails will have to go back up as they stop the maintenance crew from falling!

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Date: 04:18 May 23, 2012
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Oh right, why would they leave them off then?

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Martyn


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Date: 04:58 May 23, 2012
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No idea. If you read Pete's report, it was supposed to be closed all day, but opened not long before the park closed.

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Yeah good point, just to get it open quickly I suppose.

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Martyn


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Date: 15:49 Aug 22, 2012
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Lawrence, any chance of an update with regards to looking for a 60m tower?

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Josh


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I personally don't think PWH needs the 60m towers as long as they could do s tide traveller on JR. If not then maybe a new tower would be cool but JR is definitely the best tower I've ridden.

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I haven't heard anything yet, I will let you know when we do though.

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Martyn


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Thing is Josh, making Jolly a permanent attraction wouldn't be as simple as just plonking it in a hole. However, they could do what Thorpe Park did with Detonator (cant actually find a decent picture though! They basically have the queue going around the outside of the ride platform and the underside of the ride is covered up with wooden slats and the area around it is all shrubs and wood chip etc - very, very simple, but very affective. This is the best picture I could find:



If PWH could something like this (and I really cannot see why that couldn't...), it would make the world of difference.

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That queue is so RCT :P

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Yeah I agree Martyn. Something like Detonator would be good and not that difficult. They obviously have good intentions, as seen with TT, so I can see them making a good effort should they keep this model.

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^^ Its a good idea though. A simple way of making the queue that little bit longer. I mean there really is no need to have the ride platform that big in the first place, but I guess thats to with the feet keeping the ride up!

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Lets just hope it gets sorted over winter, it really has to have proper theming sorted

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Hmm.... Hansa Park in Germany has recently announced that they are removing their 50m drop tower at the end of this year...

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^realy hope that this tower is coming to pleasurewood! But it wouldn't be the Uks biggest as its 4m short...:L

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Lets hope that someone has noticed this at PWH HQ..........

Laurence ??? can you pass this on !!!

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http://www.hansapark.de/en/attraction/ride-attractions/from-a-to-z/monte-zuma-power-tower/

Why is it going ? and where too............??

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^Not here I hope. From You Tube vids I think it looks very average.

Lets not forget JR is a cracking ride, just needs a tidy-up. Time to think about offering something new for the next ride, not another Tower ride.



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Totally agree with Andy. The ride we have now is great. Priority is to make it look permanent and get something else in to attract the crowds. We really really don't need another tower ride!

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Martyn


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Thats not even a free fall tower, and it looks like a travelling model.

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Looks awful! JR is brilliant as you rightly say it just needs to look good.

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Martyn


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Date: 03:29 Oct 27, 2012
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Did anyone ever see the Jolly Roger merchandise around the park?

I remember there being a photo on Twitter when the merchandise arrived, yet with the main shop closed all year, I wonder if they actually had any on sale?


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Josh


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I don't remember seeing any but having said that I did forget to go in the shop.

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Yes, there were keyrings and everything, i got a free one at Lowestoft airshow.

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Date: 06:47 Nov 9, 2012
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There was a recent change on WDC page on the drop tower - I have no idea why as the link had no info on any changes or anything it seemed bizzare that it had been updated with this - it simply said something about site notice I think

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Martyn


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Can you get a link for the application?

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