2016 Season Discussion

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

RE: 2016 Season Discussion

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Yeah the set up looks good!

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

A recent review with pics

www.pleasurebeachexperience.com/main/viewtopic.php

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

"I find it amusing that the park has two sets of Dodgems and neither are very good"

Sounds familiar ;)

And good to hear that the finale actor is back in the Pit!

Josh · Passionate about Pleasurewood

coolskin wrote:
A recent review with pics

www.pleasurebeachexperience.com/main/viewtopic.php

Jamie posted that exact review in this forum too. It's over in trip planning and reports.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Corton event August..

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Haha I thought I recognised it!

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Can anyone remember were exactly the second tunnel on rattlesnake went? as in where on the track..

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

after the first main drop as you went up the next hill and down it was there and round the track it went

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

oh so it was on the second figure 8, at the bottom.
I always remember it but never recalled where it went.
Pity the whole thing isn't in a tunnel.

jskinner97 · Jolly Talkative

Oh dear, Went today what an utter shambles...

Such a shame, as money WAS being pumped in at first when the new owners first bought the park but this year it's just being left to rot.

The crappy snake was down all day, No idea why no one working on it.
Tide Traveller was still spinning on start, then the gondolas stopped spinning and it just slung you round at speed which was incredibly uncomfortable. Not fixed. Engima was down for most of the day, but up by the end and seemed to be working as expected though as usual only one train.

This year just felt terrible, the age of the rides is really showing through, the once silky smooth Kite Flyer is now incredibly juddery and bumpy. The pirate ship is swinging nowhere near as high as it used to. Oh and don't get me started on Hobbs Pit, I didn't go on it when it was new but went this time and it was rubbish. No actors in the ride, only one leading you from the entrance to the car. and half the effects weren't even working! Hyper drive was god awful too, the operator kept having to intervene as full lock doesn't make the cars reverse! So he had to unpluck us from pile ups...

DISAPPOINTING! Spend some money frenchies, or just give up.

One GOOD point is the waveswinger is very good, but I cannot help feeling they could have just re-themed the original ride. Seemed pointless to remove it, They seem to leave everything thats older (including landscaping) to rot, moan about it, then replace it with something not quite as good...

-- Edited by jskinner97 on Thursday 14th of July 2016 08:24:27 PM

-- Edited by jskinner97 on Thursday 14th of July 2016 08:28:41 PM

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

if you believe in whispers and facebook comments then rattlesnake is being dismantled and shipped to china i think it said ! lol... its waiting for a part im sure. I biked past Monday afternoon and all was in operation from what I saw minus snake.

The new swinger is vastly impressive compared to the wooden one we had before

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I won't be happy if they sell off the snake.. what would be the point?
Hardly enough quality rides as it is at the park. The Snake just needs a proper refub like Enigma.

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

as I said people saying they know as they asked on park.... the staff would not know anymore than the GP. I am sure the snake is waiting for a part

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

2016 waveney advertiser pullout feature

jskinner97 · Jolly Talkative

pft.

amigaoneone · Jolly Talkative

Anyone know if Chills week and fireworks will be on this year?

Alan

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

halloween week is on, and i see no reason why there would not be fireworks on season end of the weekend of 29+30th oct

amigaoneone · Jolly Talkative

Thank you Coolskin, only looking into this as booking holiday to fit in with fireworks.

Alan

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

bare in mind last season 2015 fireworks were the saturday eve not the final night of the sunday

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

ran past last night around 5.30pm, car park was still half full and cars leaving all the time so hopefully a good start to the main season

Guitar · Woody Wannabe

Went to the park for the first time in a long time today.

Rattlesnake is being boarded up and doesn't look like it will reopen anytime soon, or at all. The boarding is mostly up, with a few painted boards laid on top of the coaster itself, which look ready to put up. Grass is overgrown too.

The park is so run down it's unreal. Here's a list of things I noticed...

Enigma, running on 1 train. May have gone down for a short period or possibly just had no queue. Theming is non existant.

Large train, Green Locomotive attached to 3 red coaches. I assume this means the Red locomotive and green coaches are no longer used. Green Locomotive false wheels and pistons weren't moving.

No water features working around the park, part empty pools with pumps dumped on the edges.

Pleasurewood Paddlers, only 1 boat in operation.

Timber Falls, only operating on 3 logs (2,4, & 5 for those interested).

Hyper Drive, at least 5 cars out of use in the centre of the ride.

The Tide Traveller, it's difficult to even call this a ride in it's current state. 2 out of 3 elements not working, pointless, why is it even open.

Wipeout went down for a short time, it reopened later after a few unloaded test runs.

Chairlift, has this been slowed down a lot or is the motor on it's way out? It would've been quicker to walk.

Fireball and Jolly Roger have zero theming and have been simply plonked in place. (good rides, but it's a theme park, not a fairground).

Miniature Railway, used to have a nice Amtrak theming, now the coaches are plain green and the locomotive looks like a diesel engine in a box with a seat. Would a fibreglass moulded cover break the bank?

Hedges around both railway lines need cutting back.

Everything looks like it has been pared to the bone. I would rather have paid £30 to get in and had everything working. I have a lot of fond memories from PWH as a youngster, today's visit was sad.

That being said, all the staff were perfectly pleasant, though not exactly rushed off their feet with a mass of customers, a shame, a real shame.

Matt · pleasurewoodplace.com

Ticket prices have increased slightly for the "main season".

Gate prices for adults increase from £20 to £21
Gate prices for kids increase from £17 to £18
Dated and open online tickets increase by 50p each

jskinner97 · Jolly Talkative

Complete waste of money!

coolskin · Passionate about Pleasurewood

I would still rather pay that than a wristband at alberts !

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

whats up with the Pleasurewood Paddlers ? one boat really...

I guess the price increased in expected, min wage has been increased so they gotta cover that.
Plus with all the broken rides and rides no working anymore they need all the money they can get.

Park has had a huge crash, it's not like it's slowly gone downhill, it feels it's happened over night, pretty much the moment new manager came in, that was the turning point i hope they can survive and pick themselves up and start thinking big again.

Martyn · Passionate about Pleasurewood

That's really disheartening to read :(

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

Don't the cars on TTT spin anymore?

jskinner97 · Jolly Talkative

Bubbles wrote:
Don't the cars on TTT spin anymore?

were two paddlers on the water the other week when we went.

as for TTT They sort of do at the start, but then slow and basically hurl your round slightly then it's all over in about 40 seconds.

Bubbles · Passionate about Pleasurewood

If they change the cars they could turn it into an old skool twister, i wonder if that's possible, and maybe more cost effective than replacing the whole ride. They should consider it.