Blithering Lodge
Blithering Lodge is a real independently owned Theme Park founded by Lord Blithering Ffool in 1984. The parks location is unknown and only one member of TowersStreet has been able to find it. He has been the sole provider of updates. Some say he may be Lord Blithering Ffool in disguise.
1984-1984
Blithering Lodge has had two incarnations. The first existed between 1984 and 2001. [1]
1984: House and gardens, rowing boat hire.
1986: Waveswinger , Pirate Ship, Roundup, Swan Boats.
1987: Woodland Stream (Log Flume), Thunderbobs, Screwball (Vekoma Corkscrew)
1988: Teacups, F1 Racers (portable kiddy cars)
1989: Barn Bob (Zierer 4 Man Bob), Twiglet (Pinfari Circus Clown), Enterprise, Flying Carpet.
1990: Tree Glider (Mini Suspended coaster), Mini Cars, Cable Cars.
1991: X[peri]Mental (Arrow Pipeline)
1992: Gravitron, Vekoma Wakiki Wave.
1993: Double Dive Bomber.
1994: Loco Lumber (Mack Powered Coaster), Removed Pirate Ship.
1995: Tubogen Run
1996: Octopuss, Merry-Go-Round, Mini Helicopters. Remove: Thunderbobs and F1 Racers. Move Barn Bob to new family area.
1997: Wormdo (Schwarzkopf family coaster), Kiddy Dino Ride.
1998: Phobophobia (CCI Woodie), Topscan.
1999: KMG Afterburner.
2000: Vulture (Vekoma Flying Dutchman), Move-It 32. Remove Enterprise.
2001: work starts on Mack Haunted House, but the park is hit by a meteorite before it is finnished.
1984-2007
Somehow the meteorite rewound time and not long after (or is that 25 years before) Blithering Lodge returned. [2]
1984: House and gardens, rowing boat hire.
1985: Looping Star, Twist, Enterprise, Rotor
1986: Fearsome Falls (double-drop Log Flume), removal of rowing boats
1987: Merry-Go-Round, Teacups, and Lil' Bullet
1988: Twizzler, Whacky Wheel, Lake Ferry, Cinerama, food court, Uberang (Vekoma Boomerang)
1989: Filbert's Fun factory, Shipshape
1991: Ectoplasm Express (Mack powered coaster), Gallows, House on the Hill (Autumn opening)
1993: The Quest (Arrow sit down, late Summer)
1994: Looping Star re-paint
1995: Smuggle Rock, Fish Hook (Uberang re-name), Mooncusser (Vekoma SLC)
1997: Toboggan run
1998: Trebuchet, The Inquisitor (CCI Woodie)
2001: Baodie (B&M quadruple Dive Machine)
2002: Claw Of Death
2004: SpinMeister (Maurer Söhne Spinner)
2005: Toboggan run re-paint, Frog Hopper
2007: Treehouse, Mad Elm Disease, Skitzo Squirrel (Eurofighter)
Fan site
Lodge Loonies Forum (LLF) lodgeloonies.co.uk