Not posted for a while! Thought I'd share my research, totals for each manufacturer of rides (present and past) at Pleasurewood Hills. Most parks tend to follow a trend (Arrow at Blackpool, Mack at Merlin Parks, Zamperla at Drayton Manor etc..) but Pleasurewood doesn't seem to follow any trends, and most things are/were bought 2nd hand.
A.R.M. (UK) - 3 (Super Trooper, Megaspin Rollover, Ali Baba)
Auto Plates (UK) - 1 (Safari)
C.A.H. (Netherlands) - 1 (Voyager)
Chance Rides (USA) - 1 (Woody's Funky Flyers)
Cinema 180 (USA) - 1 (Cine 180)
Concept 1900 (France) - 1 (Carousel #2)
E.S.L. Engineering (Ireland) - 1 (Sky Screamer)
Emmo Kreekel (Netherlands) - 1 (Calypso Twist)
Fabbri Group (Italy) - 4 (Mega Dance, Jolly Roger, Mega Drop, Frisbee)
Fireball was brand new. A lot of them were bought "2nd hand" so to speak though. Many loans from Bembom Rides in the 80s and 90s, and loans from Harry Ayers in the early 2000s.
Arrow at Blackpool - 7 (and all of them massive additions - Log Flume, Big One, Steeplechase, Gold Mine, Alice in Wonderland, Revolution, Grand Prix).
And I never said none of them were brand new to Pleasurewood >.< haha. But there is a relatively high proportion that operated elsewhere first. Many rides where the park was the 3rd or more owner (Waltzer, Calypso Twist, Waveswinger, Enterprise, Funky Flyers, Sky Screamer, Sky Hooks, Jolly Roger, Wipeout, Tide Traveller etc...).
-- Edited by Jay F on Friday 13th of April 2018 12:19:12 PM
-- Edited by Jay F on Friday 13th of April 2018 01:39:42 PM
Duel is 100% most definitely Mack. Okay, maybe quite a few not strictly added by "Merlin", but by their predecessor Tussauds Group, which Merlin simply bought out. It's the same thing! I grant you, there are a number that were inherited (at Thorpe), but the majority continue to operate under Merlin. There's clearly a relationship there, which was my point at the beginning! Mack are their "Bread and Butter", B&M etc... provide the spectaculars.
