Marble Madness

u8er-n3rd · Woody Wannabe

RE: New for 2014: Marble Madness - MS Wild Mouse Coaster

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Sweet! Can't wait to see some awesome vids from the park's rides with that.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

best of luck for today..fingers crossed...and all being well i will be taking a ride tomorrow afternoon !!!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

You know what to do coolskin ;)

u8er-n3rd · Woody Wannabe

Well today is the day I think we have ALL be waiting for! I have had a few cheeky goes of this yesterday and I was highly impressed!! I can see this being very popular and powerful family coaster. Who here is coming down this weekend to give it a go?!

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Yeah I be it will be popular! I remember what the queues were like for the Magic Mouse! (This is why I was saying that the queue lane should run down the side of the coaster, so there isn't a sprawl of people on the midway)

Shame about the weather, but I hope it all goes well! I should be visiting next weekend.

MattyH · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I might not even get a chance to ride it this season, so tight for money at the moment.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

It has been very popular today and the weather held out apart from the random shower........... I will be taking my ride tomorrow afternoon..... Cant wait !!!!

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Great piece on the Lowestoft Journal online...and a video........

www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/video_take_a_ride_on_marble_madness_pleasurewood_hills_new_rollercoaster_1_3659506

The video was shot by Archant it seems and is good quality the video and story is also being carried on the Great Yarmouth Mercury website and the EDP website.

The story tells us more on attendance figures for 2014, other attractions and the fact we now have four coasters !!!

-- Edited by coolskin on Friday 27th of June 2014 05:03:13 PM

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

yay, i'll have to some show find a day off work

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

RE: NOW OPEN! Marble Madness: MS Wild Mouse Coaster

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Was there much of a queue?

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Marble Madness is getting some good feedback on Facebook from the public. It does look great and a nice clean paint theme makes it look great.

I'll visit in July when I have a few days off work. I can nee wait.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Martyn wrote:
Was there much of a queue?

There was folk waiting yes - newspaper article taken from page 3 of the Eastern Daily Press published for distribution on Saturday 28th June 2014

-- Edited by coolskin on Thursday 3rd of July 2014 05:56:20 AM

Matt · pleasurewoodplace.com

Thanks for the update Coolskin. It's looking good.

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

coolskin wrote:
Martyn wrote:
Was there much of a queue?
There was folk waiting yes

You surprise me! I think the question was more of whether the wait was long or was the queue moving fairly quickly.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Oh right josh, well the park had a few in despite the weather. It seemed the Que was going down well. The cars are auto release which is a bonus. I think on a busy day there will be a wait yet then there always was for the old mouse.

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Excellent pics,
Give it a couple of years and there will be one car on track. ;)

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Can't remember where I read it now, but they're hoping for an hourly capacity of something like 500ppph... which is pretty low considering there's 5 cars!

Nice pic coolskin, really appreciate it as always. Really dont like that fence though, too much orange. And I really hate the fact that they've completely blocked off that grass around the coaster.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

No probs, I love taking photos The fifth car is on its way....I asked direct !!!!!

GB1 · Woody Wannabe

Has anybody taken an off ride video of marble madness yet please that they can post? Other than the one of woody? Would like to see it going with a few cars at once! Looking great though. Better than I thought and a good family coaster!

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Great features in this weeks local press 4/7/14

Lowestoft Journal carries same picture and story as last Saturdays EDP - the journal also mentions the relocation of Fireball..

In a magazine pull-out the park is featured in a small section half way through yet also on page two with a full colour page advert

This weeks Waveney advertiser has a feature on the new ride too.

Pictures attached are this weeks Waveney Advertiser piece and what the advert roughly looks like in the pull out of the journal this week ( sorry cant seem to rotate the ad sample )

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Today was the official opening day of MM and Acapulco dive show...

Some great pictures for you all ( excuse a couple with rain drops on the lens !!! ) managed to get a great shot of the control board showing Siemens and the MS logo !!!!

Other pictures show the cutting of the ribbon and more

-- Edited by coolskin on Saturday 5th of July 2014 07:24:13 PM

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

MM looks really nice. Very simple but clean cut colours and a nice finish. I would like to see PWH invest in more brick paving throughout the park, the patchwork Tarmac looks pretty unneat. I can't wait to see the park this season.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

You can see in the forth pic that they haven't really done anything to the ground from when Fireball was on there. There's a mish mash of old brick paving, concrete and tarmac.

And I was surprised to see that the paint is pealing of the track already!

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Due to the heavy trucks and cranes I would guess tarmac is required, It wont sink while brick paving will always sink if it's got a lot of weight on it.

But they could have dug up that concrete aria and made that look nice, (costs no doubt) But it does make it look untidy and unfinished.
Not surprised the paint is pealing, things like this take a lot of punishment. Maybe the painters didn't do it correctly.

Anyway I think it looks fantastic, I love the colours. I don't like the theme too much but it's fun and silly (better than the mouse) and I don't understand the title either., better off just calling it Madness. And it's a pity they didn't pull up the tide traveller and built it there.

mrbrightside · Exceptionally Expressive

It looks nice - bright and fun and the cars are great. Area around is a mess though with temporary fencing near the railway crossing and the Ariel view of the caravans isn't great. It's clear some landscaping has been started though which is good.

It rides nicely and is very fun - doesn't half throw you about though!

Good addition to the park.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

yes it does jolt you more than I thought - does remind me of the blackpool mouse

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Yeah the hairpin turns are taken really fast. As soon as you leave the lift hill it just takes off!