It's hard to say what it is going to be. £2.5m isn't a massive amount when rides are concerned but maybe it will be a very decent second hand ride on the same scale hopefully as Wipeout was.

There you go then, 2.5m has got to cover the two new rides etc so maybe they'll be looking in the region of spending that per ride. As long as they are good rides with decent theming and attract the punters then it's all good.

I wouldn't mind better that was the initial purchase from AA. It needed a shed load of metal work and painting etc. Plus they then had to buy the new train from La Via Volta at WalibiWorld.

I'm more excited about this:
"A £150,000 upgrade is planned to the Enigma roller coaster ride"

An end to the days of a single train? A new theme/enclosure?!

Times are looking good!

Plus they then had to buy the new train from La Via Volta at WalibiWorld

They didn't actually have to buy it as CdA owns Wabili World too. From what I remember, the total cost for the Wipeout profject was £1.5m.

But we still cant really use that as a bench mark as we dont know what esle they have planned, and how much the Drop Tower is costing (if we get it). Also Enigma's £150,000 needs to be deducted too.

Yes I would love to see a coaster on the lines of Anubis at Plopsaland (Gerstlauer Launch), but that budget isn't going to buy that. However that doesn't mean we're just going to get something rubbish.

I'm going to put my neck on the line and (hope) guess its going to be a Star Flyer on the old CINE180 site.

Whilst it would be a nice addition - and would almost certainly be allowed now that the drop tower has been, I still think they should be aiming for another permanent thrill ride... or a water ride like rapids. We've all discussed how good rapids could be - and a quality park model of a thrill ride (once themed) could be great too.

I would still love to see a new coaster in all honesty though.

I too would love another coaster, but in all honestly, I think 3 coasters for a park Pleasurewood's size is alright, and will do for the time being. I've always said that the priority would be to fill up the empty spaces, and sort out some of the rides. The Drop Tower, this, and Enigma's upgrade is just perfect for what the park needs (if Enigma's revamp is doen properly, it could well be made into a great coaster, which in effect, would be as good as a new ride really)
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They've said a few times now about "2 mega rides", and the need for more stuff to be aimed at the 13-22 age group, so with that in mind, I'd imagine its going to be another thrill ride.

Like I said, I'd love another coaster, but on that budget, it is going to be a travelling coaster. There's only a select few travelling coasters I'd be happy with really, and the majority of them are the Schwarzkopf loopers... and there's one sitting dormant up at Loudoun Castle....

This budget of just £2.4m really doesn't make things easy!lol Though I would imagine that this new ride would have a budget of roughly the £1m mark. So with that in mind, here's a comparisons:

Brand new Topscan £1m
Magic Mouse coaster £500,000

Obviously I do not want to see another Magic Mouse, but it goes to show that a budget of £1m can still get you a new coaster. Rage, as a brand new coaster cost £3m, so a second hand coaster on a similar scale is possible too.

Hmm.. I guess it would be good for the park, but I personally HATE them. SO boring, and becoming very common.

In saying that, I am to go on the 'coaster' Disk'O, like Chessingtons and Paultons. However, remember, this has been labelled a 'mega' ride, so I'm expecting mega thrills, not mild yawns.

I wouldn't be keen on a disk, Chessington's example would be nice but I doubt we'll get something as good as that, and the rude is still pretty tame and not what I would call a "mega ride". I've said this before but I think an Intamin Half-Pipe would fit well at the park, and they do look rather impressive.

^ They do come stanard with a surf board or skater theme...



I rode one of these for the first time in January, at DLP, but obviously that one's different as it doesn't spin, and is much bigger than the stand models. It was good, and I was surprised at just how powerful the LSM's were, but I would imagine the spinning models would offer a very similar ride experiene to Fireball. But still, I wouldn't say no!

What we have to remember is that the PWH idea of a "mega ride" and our idea of a "mega ride" could be too very different things!

Remember they could be hyping it up in order to get more publicity. I wouldn't get my hopes up about how mega this second ride is going to be, and I don't see a problem with the Disko ride. It caters for both thrill seekers and families.

yay pwh is becoming good again :)

Yeah I agree, I doubt this other will be as good as the drop tower, but thats only because drop towers are one of the best thrill rides in the world.

I dont know why, but my gut feeling is telling me its going to be a Topscan. But in a perfect world, it would be the Twist 'n' Shout from Loundoun Castle... god, please, I actually beg you.... Schwartzkopf looper OM-actual-G!

I'm planning on doing the major parks in Holland over the next year or so, and I'm actually going to go out of my way to go to this little park called "Attractiepark Slagharen", purely because they have THIS bad boy. The speed that thing travels is unreal, and its so intense for such an old, basic looper.