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I can’t see a Brighton pier thread , sure we used to have one , anyhow the pier released a video about getting the newest ride on the pier, they most likely added an Easter egg to get us talking, anyhow in the video they talk about weights and plans for rides, and they flick to a page briefly with the RMC logo, stating RMC on the pier they wouldn’t would they ???

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Flashing an "RMC" logo seems to be the go-to joke when it comes to theme park teasers these days. Paultons and Alton Towers have both done the same (possibly backfires a bit when you don't produce the goods though!) It's very blatant, I admit, and it would be good if the pier was getting another new ride, but in this case I really think it's just the Miami. However, the Wild Moose was surely designed for piers, and it did look quite official, so you never know!
 
Interesting, does look like an legit planning document from RMC. Wild Moose would make sense for a pier. It does say upside down though, as far as I know the Wild Moose didn't feature inversions.
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What you mean this image that took me 5s to find on a Google image search:

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That's clearly just someone teasing in the hope it'll get people talking.
They aren't even trying to be convincing based on the style of the text.
 
Does Brighton Pier still have a Booster that was one of their best rides being over the water and high up
 
Thameslink Rail said:
BBC News - 'National treasure' Brighton pier put up for sale
www.bbc.co.uk

Brighton Palace Pier up for sale, chief executive says

Brighton Palace Pier is now on the market after warnings of "difficult" trading in previous years.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
I'm losing track of all this buying and selling. Not sure who would buy Brighton Pier but I hope they can bring in some decent rides before Turbo breaks me!
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Hopefully if a buyer gets the Pier, the first thing on the agenda is replacing Turbo with a modern looping coaster.

A Gerstlauer Eurofighter 320 which they sell on their website would be perfect. That's the layout that Hydrus at Casino Pier use

Hydrus - Casino Pier (Seaside Heights, New Jersey, United States)

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Anything would be better than Turbo which needs bulldozing and melting down. (I can't stand that ride with an absolute passion, it's lower than Loup Garou and Bandit for roughness, that's how bad it is) 🤬🤬🤬
 
I think the 380 model works better on a pier, as it’s longer and thinner than the 320+ (Iron Shark at Galveston Pier), and with the lap bar trains it’s perfectly fine.
 
Leigh said:
I think the 380 model works better on a pier, as it’s longer and thinner than the 320+ (Iron Shark at Galveston Pier), and with the lap bar trains it’s perfectly fine.
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Possibly, I was thinking a Hydrus clone because it fitted onto Turbo's site quite closely although Iron Shark could work as well although it'd be longer and take the Ghost Train too (if it's directly replacing that heap of junk)
 
owenstreet7 said:
Possibly, I was thinking a Hydrus clone because it fitted onto Turbo's site quite closely although Iron Shark could work as well although it'd be longer and take the Ghost Train too (if it's directly replacing that heap of junk)
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How much does a Eurofighter typically cost? I could be wrong but I can't see a pier owner wanting to make that kind of investment. I'm trying to think back to when the last time would have been that a seaside park made that kind of investment on a ride (excluding Pleasure Beach of course). The days of Adventure Island getting Rage seems almost like a different era. Obviously one potential exception could turn out to be Southport (has anything more happened regarding that?), but the idea that Brighton Pier could get a Eurofighter seems very unlikely.
 
The last few years have made me certain of one thing: No one is buying a "park" to improve it in this day and age.
They will shut it down, all ride hardware will be sold / scrapped / sold for scrap, and the land* sold to the highest bidding con artist developer for "luxury apartments".

*Although in the case of a pier, "land" may not be the best term. But I'll bet they could charge a small fortune for flats in such a "unique location".
 
If any UK pier was to get a new coaster it would be Brighton, with the right owners. I think it could probably quite easily turn a profit, but as @Poisson points out, piers are incredibly expensive to maintain, as well the sea is trying to delete it all the time.
New owners, will either need deep pockets to make some big improvements, or it'll just stay as the status quo probably turning a small profit. I do think it's about a good a leisure investment your going to get in this country, in a growing city, with a growing tourist industry (unlike most other UK seaside towns it seems to be trendy to visit Brighton).
 
DiogoJ42 said:
The last few years have made me certain of one thing: No one is buying a "park" to improve it in this day and age.
They will shut it down, all ride hardware will be sold / scrapped / sold for scrap, and the land* sold to the highest bidding con artist developer for "luxury apartments".

*Although in the case of a pier, "land" may not be the best term. But I'll bet they could charge a small fortune for flats in such a "unique location".
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Has been tried repeatedly at the Camelot, my piratical friend.
The issue, of course, is planning permission.
If the park is down for leisure, in a greenfield site, and you don't have an intimate relationship with local/national planning officers/ministers, then you will not be building houses...
However many times you try to put in planning for nice new houses.
 
Shaggy_Dog_ said:
How much does a Eurofighter typically cost? I could be wrong but I can't see a pier owner wanting to make that kind of investment. I'm trying to think back to when the last time would have been that a seaside park made that kind of investment on a ride (excluding Pleasure Beach of course). The days of Adventure Island getting Rage seems almost like a different era. Obviously one potential exception could turn out to be Southport (has anything more happened regarding that?), but the idea that Brighton Pier could get a Eurofighter seems very unlikely.
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From what I've heard, the Eurofighters tend to be quite cheap for a thrill coaster and one of the cheapest thrill coasters available, almost like the Modern Pinfari ZL56.

Adrenaline Peak at Oaks Amusement Park in the US cost $5million however this is citing Wikipedia. That is the 320 model and in UK conversation in pounds is 3,612,550.00.

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Adrenaline Peak - Wikipedia

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That was in 2018, I'd say realistically this is the best a seaside pier can realistically do for replacing Turbo in the sense. Hydrus replaced a Zyklon that was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.
 
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