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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2024 Discussion

The last time I rode this (2018), it was weaker than any shot tower I've ever been on. It never really recovered from a gondola switch with Pleasureland in the early 00s, but hopefully, a refurbished version might produce at least some force. The early years of it were absolutely hoofing, great thrill value for a single A ticket, although I was less adjusted to launch sensations back then.
 
Looking at the state of that column I would say it's highly likely that's the part Amanda said it was waiting for.
I would imagine they've found lots more things that need attention whilst they were up there
Yet if this is the 'part' would it really have taken this long to reach us ?
 
Yet if this is the 'part' would it really have taken this long to reach us ?
Well it makes sense now.
We all wondered why it was taking so long for the "part". Now you can hardly put in a crane and remove the centre column with a park full of guests, so better to wait till the weekend only opening to undertake the work
 
Well it makes sense now.
We all wondered why it was taking so long for the "part". Now you can hardly put in a crane and remove the centre column with a park full of guests, so better to wait till the weekend only opening to undertake the work
But if that was always the plan then why wouldn’t the park just announce something along the lines of that the ride would be closed for the season and that it would reopen in 2025?
 
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Assuming it is the piston, that’s a pretty big part to manufacture. It’ll also be reasonably bespoke and so I guess there may have had to be a design process before manufacture.

It would also explain the effort and expense of the scaffolding, because there’ll be some pretty tricky access into the structure to disassemble the current piston and then to reinstall a new one. That would be fairly tricky to do from a basket. With the scaffold then can at least limit the need for the crane, enable access for removal and reinstatement and probably paint the structure at the same time if they wanted.
 
Iceblast central column looking in bad condition on the car park
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I think that is the air cylinder where the piston runs in, it has been cut open rather than un bolted so it looks to be getting binned, how long till this is in the shop?
I feel like they are fixing it as it looks like only the cylinder has come out suggesting the structure is still in place,I would assume an easier method of destruction would have been taking the structure down with the cylinder.
 
I think that is the air cylinder where the piston runs in, it has been cut open rather than un bolted so it looks to be getting binned, how long till this is in the shop?
I feel like they are fixing it as it looks like only the cylinder has come out suggesting the structure is still in place,I would assume an easier method of destruction would have been taking the structure down with the cylinder.
I agree.
I haven't seen any sign of the piston anywhere. Possible they've either binned the piston already or transferred it to a shop.
There will no doubt be other jobs yo do that they've probably just uncovered
 
I think that's just for air storage rather than directly driving the ride. Air is pumped into it at the start of a ride cycle before being let into the pistons, which are the 4 smaller red cylinders on the tower. The car is suspended by 4 wires, one running through each of the cylinders.

Getting that thing out would have been a challenge - by the looks of it the 4 pistons were welded to the side of it, so they'll have had to cut through the brackets on all sides at multiple places up the tower.
 
I think that's just for air storage rather than directly driving the ride. Air is pumped into it at the start of a ride cycle before being let into the pistons, which are the 4 smaller red cylinders on the tower. The car is suspended by 4 wires, one running through each of the cylinders.

Getting that thing out would have been a challenge - by the looks of it the 4 pistons were welded to the side of it, so they'll have had to cut through the brackets on all sides at multiple places up the tower.
oh yeah, I think I was getting confused with the huss shot tower
 
Wonder if they will get rid of Bradley & Bella's garden, as they appear to have razed the small hut at its entrance. One of few remaining references to the Beavers

Also of note, the planned maintenance page gains a few new (unsurprising) entries
Big Dipper
The ride is closed for planned maintenance..

Thompson Carousel
The ride will be closed for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Alpine Rallye
The ride will be closed for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Eddie Stobard
The ride will be closed for the remainder of the 2024 season.

IMPOSSIBLE
The ride will be closed for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Dodgems
The ride will be closed for the remainder of the 2024 season.

(also, should be spelled Stobart..)

I've seen a few photos on Facebook today which show a train from Big One, Avalanche and Big Dipper currently resting in the car park
 
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