Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2025 Discussion

[shakey]

Grand Prix spiral - replaced by ‘some grass’

Another ride gone and not replaced by another ride. Add it to the list....

* Reel - Replaced by a theatre
* Vikingar - Replaced by a junk yard
* Space Invader - Replaced by a restaurant
* Wild Mouse - Replaced by a bar (that hardly opens)
* Astro Swirl - Replaced by a room of junk
* Monorail - half still standing
* Noah's Ark - SBNO (possibly permanently)
* Haunted Swing - SBNO
* Trauma Towers - Replaced by astroturf
* Cableway - Replaced by bar at one end and toilets at the other
* Dodgems - SBNO
* Gallopers - Replaced by picnic tables for those picnics you can't bring into the park.
* Skyforce - SBNO
* Eddie Stobbart - SBNO
* Thompsons Carrousel - SBNO
* Alpine Ralley - SBNO
* Valhalla - SBNO half the time !!
* River Caves - SBNO
* The greatest show on earth - Replaced by burger king
* Grand Prix - Replaced by grass

I wish I could add......
* Amanda Thompson - Replaced by anybody that has even the faintest idea what they are doing !

 

[rob666]

You missed Speedboats (became nothing), original "Superbowl" dodgems (Fountains), Whip (Fountains), 1001 troubles, go karts(twice!), Tom Sawyer rafts and the two Big Wheels shakey, all in this old gits lifetime.

I love adding a few on!

Not forgetting mandy on the south park pony trail in the school holidays.

Edit...swinging gyms on the back of the overpass as well.

 

[John_P]

So should the park have just left the grand prix standing? Or just knocked it down and left the rubble in place?

 

[rob666]

The vast majority is still standing, isn't it?

 

[shakey]

You missed Speedboats (became nothing), original "Superbowl" dodgems (Fountains), Whip (Fountains), 1001 troubles, go karts(twice!), Tom Sawyer rafts and the two Big Wheels shakey, all in this old gits lifetime.

I love adding a few on!

Not forgetting mandy on the south park pony trail in the school holidays.

Edit...swinging gyms on the back of the overpass as well.

I suppose you could argue that tom sawyer rafts were replaced by a family coaster (eventually). And 1001 troubles did morph into impossible.

But yes , I will give you Whip, Superbowl, Big Wheels and Speedboat ride.

 

[b2311e]

* Skyforce - SBNO

Don't think it was mentioned on here, the large plane (from the counterweight side) appeared in the car park junk pile recently. It looks battered, the paint is off it (presumably to remove the branding)

 

[shakey]

So should the park have just left the grand prix standing? Or just knocked it down and left the rubble in place?

They should have left the ride operating unless they were ready to replace it.

 

[rob666]

Na shakey, the rafts were never replaced, just dead, the log flume was replaced by infusion...shame.

Grand Prix was a pain, needed at least three staff, for a throughput of bugger all.

Loads of complaints too, especially when two big blokes couldn't get up the hills.

Allegedly.