2016 Season Discussion

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

2016 Season Discussion

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

BBC look East just showed wipe out stuck, it reports for approx 30mins with a viewer photo showing it "stuck" just after the station I assume going backwards ready to be launched. A non story for the television yet with the smiler now anything will hit the news. People on board were given hot drinks and blankets

Jadam9 · Woody Wannabe

Oh dear, I saw that Jolly Rodger apparently kept braking down, is the ride supposed to have smoke around it? lol.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

It's a slow day for news to report wipeout my BBC Suffolk shows the picture of the train stuck as it was being hauled up. A non story. Like Xmas news people are desperate for stories

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

No Jolly Roger doesn't have smoke effects! XD

jo · Enigmatic Expert

PWH just announced this:

"ANNOUNCEMENT UPDATE!
After careful consideration Pleasurewood Hills will not open on Monday 28 March due to the high winds forecast. This decision has been made with public safety in mind and the disruption the high winds may cause.
We will reopen on Tuesday 29 March as usual from 10 - 5pm. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused."

jskinner97 · Jolly Talkative

To add to that announcement, I note this review.

"What a shame pleasurewoodhills staff didn't look after us after we got stuck on a ride with the children.It stopped after a load of smoke started to fill the tunnel when the carriage had jolted to a stop.The staff of the ride didn't alert us what was happening, no word of "don't panic" he had to take instruction from a passenger of the ride as to what to do. Even then , we wasn't told the carriage was to move let alone be jolted backwards to be wheeled backwards through the smoke to the start of the ride. When we did eventually get off the ride shaken we had to give our names and was told it to be a "minor blip" and that we was to "forget about it, it happens a lot" staff also told us of their suprise it "didn't break down where it usually does then"
No good gesture from the staff of perhaps a drink was given.
This may be minor to pleasurewoodhills hills and its
Staff but completely not taken on board how this affects people in the long term. We heard this ride broke down after us again today and also other rides had broken down that we had witnessed. Pleasurewoodhills were more concerned that the rides were reopened not of how we were feeling."

Wonder if the real reason they're closing is due to breakdowns of both Wipeot and whatever other ride this was with a tunnel??

-- Edited by jskinner97 on Sunday 27th of March 2016 09:19:31 PM

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I wouldn't be surprised if the main reason they're closing is because of the heavy rain that's going to come down all day, equalling very, very low attendance numbers.

Admittedly, the wind is going to be bad tomorrow, but no worse than it was on Saturday.

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Wind and rain turned out to be pretty bad today, good job that remain closed.
Wipeout always breaks down, more so at the start of the season, sounds like gusts overreacting, and young ride operators not sure how to handle the situation, make it worse it was the first or second day on the job.. just lacking experience.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Living opp the park there was no point in opening today the wind was extreme here till mid afternoon and the rain was coming down too, no point in opening and it also made Thorpe Park and Chessington close most of the morning too. As for this mystery ride with tunnel?! Can only b hobs pit or rattlesnake?! Honestly ever since smiler the most daft things have been mentioned on social media. Rides stop all the time around the world. Daily at that. New signs on leisure way entrance I noted today

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I mean seriously! Letting Sky News know too?! Jeez!

Lowestoft Journal

A total non-story, and I love the journal which has the name of a family under the first picture which shows park logo, not people.

-- Edited by Josh on Tuesday 29th of March 2016 09:21:28 PM

Clarence · Serious Squawker

Archant (who owns most of the local newspapers) are very lazy journalists! It was a stoppage, who cares, happens all the time the world over on rides.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

exactly....daily all over the world.

Another thing with journos now a days is that nothing is proof read

Jadam9 · Woody Wannabe

Has no one got any photos from recent trips?

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

2016 pip, south lowestoft by claremont pier

Jadam9 · Woody Wannabe

Still don't approve of them advertising a ride that isn't even ready yet.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Nice new blue flags on leisure way entrance drive and at pay booths

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

The waveswinger has arrived at the park, photos on Facebook etc. Cool

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Cool, they better give to a really good theme.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I'm still a but puzzled as to why they got one from Australia...

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

most of it now inside the park, beautful sunny start over the park this morning

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

A crane is now in place constructing the new waveswinger

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Already? I guess they're not going to theme it then. :(

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Fairytale weekend June 25th&26th.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

lowestoft journal quiz...

www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/quiz_how_well_do_you_remember_former_rides_at_pleasurewood_hills_1_4579277

also running on edp too

-- Edited by coolskin on Thursday 16th of June 2016 12:52:38 PM

Matt · pleasurewoodplace.com

Woohoo! 10/10 for me... How did you all get on?

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

10, although found the log flume question could have been either yet its original name was wild water falls.

Matt any update on that video being uploaded I sent you a couple of months back

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

i got 9, got the death slide wrong, never knew it as anything other than Death slide.. lol

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

im sure death was used as local slang for it, i know me and my mates used that term even though i never dared go on ! wonder where that went too

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I went on it at least once, but i've not been that fussed about slides, although i've always wanted the hills to get a proper helter skelter, a tall one.. that would be great.