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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2024 Discussion

John said:
To borrow a topic of discussion from another thread, Tagadas are a rare example of a ride where the UK HSE specifically required them to be modified to be less fun safer
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John said:
Taken from a letter from the HSE to inspection bodies, found on the ADIPS website

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Basically, a Tagada should not get a DOC unless it has either had suitable restraints fitted or has been physically slowed down/modified to ensure it cannot produce ejection forces.

Full document available on: https://adips.co.uk/safety-information/ (search for Tagada under NAFLIC technical bulletins)
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Poisson said:
They make them pointless.
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venny said:
A Tagada with restraints isn’t much of a Tagada. There’s not really much point having a Tagada in the UK anymore then…
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As always with HSE stuff, they don't really dictate what you must do, they advise what's not acceptable. The ways around that are up to the opperator. The obvious one with a tagada is a higher rung of bars around the ride; not restrained, not slowed, ejection risk mitigated.

I'd still love Thorpe to get one as a life raft to escape the invading Swarm as a support ride to the coaster. Never gonna happen though.

Were the beach the last proper UK park with an operating tagada? I can't think of another more recent one.
 
pluk said:
As always with HSE stuff, they don't really dictate what you must do, they advise what's not acceptable. The ways around that are up to the opperator. The obvious one with a tagada is a higher rung of bars around the ride; not restrained, not slowed, ejection risk mitigated.

I'd still love Thorpe to get one as a life raft to escape the invading Swarm as a support ride to the coaster. Never gonna happen though.

Were the beach the last proper UK park with an operating tagada? I can't think of another more recent one.
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Babylon Park in London has opened a modern SBF Tagada. I believe it's a smaller model than the classic models.
 
Interesting that Nash is closed for "planned" maintenance when it was originally supposed to be open for Journey to Hell. Icon has replaced it for now, apparently.

A shame really as Journey to Hell rather sums up a ride on Nash.
 
shakey said:
Interesting that Nash is closed for "planned" maintenance when it was originally supposed to be open for Journey to Hell. Icon has replaced it for now, apparently.

A shame really as Journey to Hell rather sums up a ride on Nash.
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If it's truly "planned" maintenance then... why did the park plan for the chain to snap and be repaired/replaced during the middle of an event where it is supposed to be running :laughing::rolleyes:

I think amusement/theme parks in general need to learn what the word "planned" means!
 
Katy said:
If it's truly "planned" maintenance then... why did the park plan for the chain to snap and be repaired/replaced during the middle of an event where it is supposed to be running :laughing::rolleyes:

I think amusement/theme parks in general need to learn what the word "planned" means!
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To be pendantic, all maintenance is planned, unless you have mechanics showing up on the day with absolutely no brief and telling them to "just do whatever" to any ride they want.

Of course you never know with Pleasure Beach...
 
A huge Gyro swing in that location will look very impressive tbf. If the ramp stays too, which I'm sure it will, it will create an excellent viewing platform for people not brave enough to ride.

I am not sure it will be enough to save the park tbh but it's at least something I guess.

Ice blast definitely needs a new name and spruce up too and a nordic retheme makes the most sense. Think the name 'catapult' or even 'katapult' would work nicely.
 
Benjsh said:
A huge Gyro swing in that location will look very impressive tbf. If the ramp stays too, which I'm sure it will, it will create an excellent viewing platform for people not brave enough to ride.

I am not sure it will be enough to save the park tbh but it's at least something I guess.

Ice blast definitely needs a new name and spruce up too and a nordic retheme makes the most sense. Think the name 'catapult' or even 'katapult' would work nicely.
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They can't really remove the ramp without creating an access nightmare around the park. It'd be a mess near the ice arena.
 
Looking on Google Maps, the area of the arcade, the Black Hole building and the car park behind is more than big enough for the larger Gyro Swing model without getting rid of the ramp or the Fried Chicken take away.

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Benjsh said:
A huge Gyro swing in that location will look very impressive tbf. If the ramp stays too, which I'm sure it will, it will create an excellent viewing platform for people not brave enough to ride.

I am not sure it will be enough to save the park tbh but it's at least something I guess.

Ice blast definitely needs a new name and spruce up too and a nordic retheme makes the most sense. Think the name 'catapult' or even 'katapult' would work nicely.
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A Gryo swing is exactly what the park needs, its flat ride offering is really poor right now. If it gets this and iceblast reopens with spinning seats they will have a great season next year
 
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