Pleasurewood Hills

[Matt N]

That parking system is a right faff; it took us a good 10 minutes to get it working after arrival!

And that's before even you get to it erroneously fining people... we weren't stung, thankfully, but that's not a good look!

 

[IDB]

From Sunkid's website;

That must be AI generated. Everyone is smiling, but I guess it is before the ride has commenced.

 

[Mattie boy]

Lap bar train confirmed by the park via its official Facebook page this morning.

It will certainly add to the experience and hopefully a much smoother ride

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

Do Annual pass holders still have to pay for parking?
I can’t see if failing as it’s part of the looping group and 3 parks together make a profit

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[Matt N]

Do Annual pass holders still have to pay for parking?
I can’t see if failing as it’s part of the looping group and 3 parks together make a profit

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It is worth noting that Pleasurewood Hills itself lost almost £340,000 last year and £110,000 in 2023: https://riderater.co.uk/12416/pleasurewood-hills-losses-treble-to-340k/

Admittedly, the park’s debts also fell last year from £4.2m to £3.8m, but I think it depends on whether Looping Group is willing to keep a loss-making park onboard.

 

[Mattie boy]

Do Annual pass holders still have to pay for parking?
I can’t see if failing as it’s part of the looping group and 3 parks together make a profit

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Higher tier of passes includes parking. The lower one doesn't.

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

I think that’s the reason it don’t get new rides but they could easily go down the 2nd hand route. The park just like Oakwood relies on the holiday tourists.
I do hope to go this year with my Drayton annual pass as I not been since 1998.

 

[Mattie boy]

I think that’s the reason it don’t get new rides but they could easily go down the 2nd hand route. The park just like Oakwood relies on the holiday tourists.
I do hope to go this year with my Drayton annual pass as I not been since 1998.

I think that’s the reason it don’t get new rides but they could easily go down the 2nd hand route. The park just like Oakwood relies on the holiday tourists.
I do hope to go this year with my Drayton annual pass as I not been since 1998.

Your in for a shock when you do..

Whilst the ownership was odd in 1998 there was so much more to do then... it's deathly now

No excuses for not wheeling in some flats and actually looking after the place

 

[IDB]

Lap bar train confirmed by the park via its official Facebook page this morning.

It will certainly add to the experience and hopefully a much smoother ride

I'll reserve judgement until ridden, but the bare metal restraints do look kind of uncomfortable.


From: https://youtu.be/KJT2DEp440k

 

[owenstreet7]

I think that’s the reason it don’t get new rides but they could easily go down the 2nd hand route. The park just like Oakwood relies on the holiday tourists.
I do hope to go this year with my Drayton annual pass as I not been since 1998.

With Great Yarmouth being closeby and arguably offering a superior offering, I'd say that PWH still needs to put some investment into the park.

It doesn't have to be brand new but could easily be secondhand or from one of Looping's other parks.

 

[Enter Valhalla]

Do Annual pass holders still have to pay for parking?
I can’t see if failing as it’s part of the looping group and 3 parks together make a profit

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Oakwood was part of the highly profitable Aspro Parks group, who own over 30 attractions across Europe. They closed Oakwood down.
Even Merlin have closed less profitable attractions, such as Bear Grills. PWH being part of Looping means nothing. If they think it’s not sustainable, they’ll do exactly what Aspro did with Oakwood.

 

[KolonelKlink]

No excuses for not wheeling in some flats and actually looking after the place

Give it a few years, there’ll be actual flats on the site.

 

[Mattie boy]

Give it a few years, there’ll be actual flats on the site.

Wouldn't surprise me at all

 

[Enter Valhalla]

Looking into this parking situation in a bit more detail, it seems that the cameras were installed and switched on, but PWH sent the list of number plates to the company too late, meaning that hundreds of people got sent the £100 fines who shouldn’t have. What a shambles.

 

[Mattie boy]

It's done lasting damage unfortunately

 

[Benzin]

The Sunkid restraints are fairly weird. Very open though so got that going for them.

They also wouldn't look out of place in certain hospital departments.

 

[Leigh]

They’re much more comfortable than they look, although I will concede aesthetically they don’t appear far off a torture device.

 

[Quantum]

If the park continues as it is then I can't see it lasting more than a couple of seasons before Looping pull the plug. It is odd though as they could get some cheap second hand rides to fill out the park, I don't know why they haven't invested in that way.

 

[Mattie boy]

If the park continues as it is then I can't see it lasting more than a couple of seasons before Looping pull the plug. It is odd though as they could get some cheap second hand rides to fill out the park, I don't know why they haven't invested in that way.

Lost all credibility locally now so the park relies solely on the summer tourists trade.

In the last 10 years with nothing significant added loopings have removed endless rides shows and attractions and never replaced them.

Opening hours and amount of days open also cut, it's a real shame.

Walking round there now is a mixture of oakwood and camelot, some parts are absolutely horrific to look at

 

[Alphe86]

Refurbishing their star asset before the park dies and it gets moved to Drayton?