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Date: 01:24 Jan 15, 2015
RE: 2015


It hasn't had a smooth Easter opening for years, and it's never ready. Nothing tends to happen on park till mid January which is why come Easter new rides aren't ready, and barrels are need on the coasters or various boats, trains, cars haven't been fixed. By the end of October the play just shuts down till the new year as everyone goes on holiday lol

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Date: 12:50 Jan 15, 2015

Posted on the official facebook page.. a delivery of what looks like a new rollercoaster perhaps ??

 

or is it ??  also is it me or does the canopy appear gone from the large static train ? only I thought it went further along than what you can see in that photo ? 

 

and..

is it me also yet what's by MM and the fence that looks orange ? nothing or my eyes ? or just MM ? or is it orange enterprise cars ?? haha



-- Edited by coolskin on Thursday 15th of January 2015 12:53:28 PM



-- Edited by coolskin on Thursday 15th of January 2015 12:54:08 PM

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Date: 14:36 Jan 15, 2015

God knows what that is, but it looks very old. There's lots of steel beams with a small frame at one end....

And yes it looks like the "station" has been taken down... nice paint work on the train tii, I wonder if it's being removed as per the rumour the other year?

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Here it is for those that don't have Facebook:



-- Edited by Martyn on Thursday 15th of January 2015 02:49:34 PM

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Date: 15:19 Jan 15, 2015

Yeh the paintwork looks fab, was done in October 2014 for the 2014 chills week...

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Date: 18:07 Jan 15, 2015

Going by all the similar looking parts, I'm thinking some kind of flat, like an Enterprise (nope, don't even go there!)

I hope I'm wrong though, as it looks acient!lol

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Date: 18:24 Jan 15, 2015

Been thinking about it, it's either a replacement for the TTT or an addition to the park... Judging by where some of it is I say it's going to be going on the former cine180 site and could potentially be a kids coaster....that,enterprise and death slide are the most common ideas on Facebook. I have been looking at enterprises and they are essentially on a lorry are they not so therefore I dont think it is. Whatever it turns out to be it's investment

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Date: 18:56 Jan 15, 2015

It's not an Enterprise, and I really don't think it's a kids coaster either (unfortunately).

It may well be in that location as it's heading to the maintenance area? Who knows, let's just hope they so a good job with repainting it (like they normally do).

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Date: 23:57 Jan 15, 2015

Does look like it had a good life already.

Doesn't look like an Enterprise sadly, i don't recall them having that frame work.
The old cin80 could be it's destination, we were told that the kiddies plane ride would be moved to the kiddie aria so that's a possibility.

It could be the frame work for a kids coaster i suppose.

Maybe the only new attraction for the year.

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Date: 00:04 Jan 16, 2015

Looks a bit like the outside frame of a Waltzer ride, we need to see more of the ride.

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Date: 06:19 Jan 16, 2015

Waltzer has also appeared online as a suggestion. Time will tell

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Date: 08:26 Jan 16, 2015

Cool, don't mind a Waltzer if that's what it turns out to be.
I remember the one they use to have stuck in the fort fun aria, spent most of the day riding that once lol

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Date: 10:45 Jan 16, 2015

If it's a Waltzer, I'll cry. PWH isn't a dumping ground for fair rides anymore.

The quality of the additions recently have been top notch, I hope they're not reverting back to old days with this (I know, it's early days yet).

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Date: 13:11 Jan 16, 2015

I hate Waltzers. Hopefully not something like that.

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Date: 14:05 Jan 16, 2015

the waltzer was the best ride! Obviously it's better to have a modern or more substantial ride/roller coaster but the waltzer was always popular

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Date: 14:48 Jan 16, 2015

Waltzers aren't really theme park rides though. Fair grounds and sea side funfairs, yes, but not theme parks.

I can't even think of any being at an actual park...?

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Date: 18:08 Jan 16, 2015

Had a bike ride through after the gym, sealions were on fine vocal form !!!!

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Don't suppose you're going to do any snooping over the weekend are you coolskin?

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Date: 18:41 Jan 16, 2015

Fireball is and still looks like a fair ground ride, so does Jolly, and Dodgems.
Waltzers are good fun, super popular an a nice little addition. I don't think it is one of them but i wouldn't complain if it was. Plus, you don't have to pay those fairground prices :D


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Date: 19:38 Jan 16, 2015

The park is not a fairground though. It's a theme park.

Whilst they have fairgroundy rides in places, they should be working to make them look more permanent alongside adding new, and quality, additions.

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Super popular? How can you say that?

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Date: 20:21 Jan 16, 2015

mmm, I guess I can see why it might be seen as a step backwards when perhaps PWH should be investing in something such as roller coaster. Perhaps they weighed up the benefits of fun/excitement vs something else with the available budget/timescale.

Is there any land available/left for one more big roller coaster or did Marble Madness take it?



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Date: 22:50 Jan 16, 2015

A waltzer could be good if it was decorated correctly, such as removing the fairground pictures, lighting etc and making it look more permanent.

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Date: 10:08 Jan 17, 2015

I like all the mystery surrounding this, it's great! Hopefully the park will post more cryptic pictures. :)

Though the last time this happened it turned out to be the Pony rail!lol



-- Edited by Martyn on Saturday 17th of January 2015 10:10:18 AM

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Date: 15:26 Jan 17, 2015

Martyn wrote:

Don't suppose you're going to do any snooping over the weekend are you coolskin?


 Haha !! getting too old to snoop !!! all looks as was when closed in November 2014 for season end..

 

however...  with the new spine road nearing completion as you come of the A12 which will soon be the A47 there is now a large brown sign advertising the park and then a smaller one on the new roundabout ;-)



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Date: 17:18 Jan 17, 2015

Yeah but you can get a good view in the park from near the sea lion amphitheatre...

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Date: 22:22 Jan 17, 2015

Both Jolly and Fireball have been around for a few years and they've made no effort to make them look permanent or finished. Waltzers are a good filler ride and a nice replacement for the dead TTT. I doubt they had the money to invest in anything fancy this year, they've spent quite a bit of Hobs and MM so maybe they need a quiet spending year.

If they pulled up the go-kart track im sure a coaster would fit there, other than that I can't think of any more space, you wont get one next to the Wave Breaker because of the houses opposite sadly.

But I don't think it's a Waltzer, it's more than likely another kiddies ride. I'm not too fused about new rides this year (other than replacing TTT) id prefer to see some money spend on cosmetic stuff, like Fireball, Jolly, adding another booth to the mini railway, Enigma train or the Rattlesnake tunnel, that kind of thing.

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Date: 00:21 Jan 18, 2015

Or finishing the proposed nature trail that had the platform built but never used...

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Date: 08:08 Jan 18, 2015

Nothing to see from the old entrance martyn expect the new gates. With MM que line it prevents you seeing into that part of the park

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Date: 10:13 Jan 18, 2015

^ Dammit!

Jolly and Fireball are both modern day thrill rides, so as much I'd like to see them being made more permanent, it's not thay much of an issue. Could you imagine them advertising "Waltzers - new for 2015" TWENTYFIFTHTEEN, not 1970!lol

Anyway, most Waltzers havr a wooden setup...

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