And there's that typical enthusiast attitude that gives us all a bad name... no massive new B&M coaster= not interested.
I wouldn't really compare pleasurewood to lightwater valley if I'm honest, I feel that there's a bit more variety at pleasurewood . Dark rides, inverting coaster, shows, and some gokarts to name a few. Also PWH is lot a like brighter, and more vibrant. I've always found LWV to be a tad on the dull side, appearance wise.
I'd say Pleasure Island would be a better comparison; similar size, ride line up and price. But I guess their lack of Intamin Megalite's and GCI's means you've probably never been?
I think the new coaster looks neat. Its nice and bright/colourful, but the grey supports keep it from being tacky. The ugly support structure doesn't help the appearance, but it looks nice enough imo. I'm sure it will be a good addition to their line up.
Erm, actually my lack of interest in Hob's Pit stems from having no interest or joy in experiencing Scare based attractions, rather than thinking that a park needs a B&M to be good...
I also visited Pleasure Island earlier this year, didn't spend as much time as I wanted to be honest due to Odyssey being burdenous, so I can't really review the park in a proper way... But it appeared a lot smaller than PWH and is another park with no true iconic ride though, but at least it had a few odd older flat rides about, and a farmyard...
Of course, you clearly know me well enough to assume my opinions of parks are based upon there being B&Ms, Intamins or GCIs to be any good... So what does my opinion on PWH matter to you?
PWH is very akin to LWV in that it has large areas of grassy based nothingness in between most rides... And if those areas are filled in it does tend to be generic rides... The only area that looks really decent in PWH is the entrance through to Hob's Pit (and the tea room)... Also the log flume had the worst looking water since Flamingoland's...
Did enjoy the shows, but there was still nothing particularly stand-outish of either of them... Which is what most of the park really seemed to be really, generic, not outstanding and a bit plain in places... They do need to clean up the now visible yard by Marble Madness as well, because it looked a mess... The pirate dark ride had broken down when we were gonna ride it as well, so cannot judge... Staff were a mix of pleasant to having loud conversations about the local gossip across pathways...
Overall, beyond Engima being quite cool, none of the coasters were interesting... Dull, vibratey and rough seems to quite each one quite well for the other 3...
