New for 2013: Pleasurewood Paddlers

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

RE: New for 2013: Pleasurewood Paddlers

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

That would be a bad idea IMO. I've got nothing against fishing but it doesn't belong in a theme park.

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I don't mean as an 'attraction'
you need a licence. I live next to a pond and people like to fish there for whatever reason, phw has a large pond, with fish, it's a nice invirioment.. sell it to those who like fishing. Money to be made.

PWH can be more than just a 'theme park' with ride.. they can do other things to bring in money.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Who would pay £19 to go fishing when they could to a lake or river, for free....?

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Because a lot of people do pay to fish in certain lakes.. £19 is cheap.
A lot of those other places wont allow new members unless you're related to someone already there, or highly recommend. Some are quite exclusive. My mate pays £150 a year to fish on a certain lake.

Anyway, I would assume people would buy a membership to fish, not a one day fee.

jo · Enigmatic Expert

haha poor fish

maybe there could be a fake/toy fish attraction there to encourage younger ones to fish (even its its for toy fish/ducks)

PWHSocial · Exceptionally Expressive

Bubbles. I reckon you are the first person EVER to consider fishing at the PW lake. Madness or Magic. - You decide.

...ain't never going to happen though ;)

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Could drain the lake and replace it with a swimming pool ;)
OR is it big enough to whiz round on a speed boat?

Ok, silly ideas. Pedal boats it is.

Zorb balls on the lake... now that's plausible.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

do we still have the zorbs this year ?

PWHSocial · Exceptionally Expressive

No Zorb Balls. Every Holiday Park has them now as a minimum. - Not very Theme Parky...

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Its a relief to know they have gone.... let the Pleasurebeach have them !!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

No Zorb Balls. Every Holiday Park has them now as a minimum. - Not very Theme Parky...

That's the biggest news of 2013! Thank god they've gone, they literally are on every street corner nowadays.

Matt · pleasurewoodplace.com

They do look very 80's, but then that's probably what they're trying to bring to mind... memories of the good old days. I'd imagine they'll look similar but a little fresher when we see them return.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

We're pleased to announce the Pleasurewood Paddlers are making a return with their original colours and names! What side will you choose? Apollo or Shuttle? :)

Hmm, I cant see the point in them doing that tbh. I cant even remember this apollo or shuttle nonsense... The colours are gross too, very dated...

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

They do look very 80's, but then that's probably what they're trying to bring to mind... memories of the good old days.

But why would they want to make a ride look very 80's? I know they want to recapture the magic that the park used to have, but retro/dated looking rides aren't going to do that.

And my god, what were they thinking back then, spaceship themed pedal boats?!!

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Nothing wrong in going a bit retro. They're timeless, and a novelty. Far better that doing some horrid modern design.
As for the names.. well they've got to name them something, that's part of the fun. So why not use the same names and pay tribute to your roots? A lot of kids wouldn't be any the wiser anyway.

At least the lake is back online, Anyone remember that rope bridge thing they once had? It was terrible.

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Oh and there have been many boats named Apollo, and I think there's a Shuttle boat.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

A lot of kids wouldn't be any the wiser anyway.

That's mainly point. Most people will just be pretty confused at spaceship themed pedal boats.

And tbh, I went on the pedal boats before they first left, and I cant remember any of this apollo stuff...

Matt · pleasurewoodplace.com

Martyn wrote:

And tbh, I went on the pedal boats before they first left, and I cant remember any of this apollo stuff...

Those names are news to me too, I must admit! However, they are drawing attention to the fact that this is a bit of a "blast from the past" in their marketing of the attraction so I recon they can be forgiven for the cheesy names and colour scheme.

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I think the colours are fine for theses boats.
The names on the other had are poor. Should have named them after the Cat and the Racoon. That will divide the public. lol

PWHSocial · Exceptionally Expressive

I'm actually blown away by the response for that story. 80+ likes just for that? Wowzer! I understand your questioning of the names, but who doesn't love a little retro these days? As with the colours, of course they will be brighter. Don't thinK exact matches - Think Blue, Yellow and Orange. :)

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Tbh, I just had this bad image in my head of the exact old boats coming back!

PWHSocial · Exceptionally Expressive

Oh no - They're different boats :)

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I don't remember the boats being called Apollo and Shuttle - space themed pedal boats!!

MattyH · Passionate about Pleasurewood

PWHSocial wrote:
I'm actually blown away by the response for that story. 80+ likes just for that? Wowzer! I understand your questioning of the names, but who doesn't love a little retro these days? As with the colours, of course they will be brighter. Don't thinK exact matches - Think Blue, Yellow and Orange. :)

95 likes on that story now!

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Are these going to be open in time for the 30th Birthday?

PWHSocial · Exceptionally Expressive

In all honesty; probably not. The weed has been a nightmare. The whole lake was cleared, water samples were made and passed.

It came back with a vengeance. - This is the same weed that suffocates the lake and killed the fish. We are trying to sort it as quickly as we can. The boats are being re-painted and do look fab, they will certainly look great when they get on there. :)

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

That's a shame Bloomin' weed!

I was hoping to replicate my photo on Sunday:

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

that weed has been left for too many years....

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Doesn't even look like anything has been done, like, at all. The lake is completely over run with weeds, and the jetty at the back (which they're supposedly using) doesn't look like it has been touched in years. And it looks far too small to use for the boats....?

I saw the boats by Fireball, they look huge, and very old...?