April 2, 201510 yr comment_206293 They don't look great, and it sort of defeats the point of Dodgems if you can't drive through the middle. However, if this was a low key investment then I won't really moan, but if it's come in the way of a second train on Enigma then I'm not too happy!
August 10, 201510 yr comment_214488 Went to Pleasurewood Hills with a few TPMers a few weeks and ago and it''s quite a nice small park really, Hobs Pit & Marble Madness were my favourites and hyper Drive was alright. Created another vlog of the day too. P.S Enigma is (still) on one train I'm afraid.
November 2, 20159 yr comment_222610 Went to Pleasurewood Hills on Saturday, rode the rides, did the scare attractions and watched the fireworks. Before going, I thought it would be crap, but I was actually surprised and I love the park! I may do a blog post on this in the next few days.
January 13, 20169 yr comment_226097 Woody has begun on an exciting new project for 2016. All will be revealed soon! Posted to the PWH Facebook page earlier today: https://www.facebook.com/PleasurewoodHills/ It looks like they have demolished Tales of the Coast, which isn't really a surprise - I think it was a case of knock it down before it falls down! I'm intrigued to see what this development turns out to be, I've heard rumours of them having picked up a second hand coaster but nothing concrete. Realistically I'm not expecting a coaster, a flat is probably more likely but it might not even be a ride.
January 13, 20169 yr comment_226105 Interesting update there. Tales Of The Coast didn't appear on last year's map and looking at the picture, it wouldn't surprise me if its been ripped out. Whilst it was never anything fantastic (and looked quite dated & worn), I hope whatever's planned to replace it is both large scale and original. Something on the lines of Hobs Pit or even Marbles would be nice.
January 13, 20169 yr comment_226112 Tales of the coast is the most disturbing ride I've been on. I don't think it meant to be that way, but there was such an eerie darkness all the time that it just genuinely creeped me out. Hopefully Pleasurewood Hills can get another good ride, was definitely a place I'll go to again due to it being close to family.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_226140 Tales of the coast had one hell of a atmosphere change. you know the happiness then SATANS DOG it was great
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238783 With all this talk of Bubbleworks closing down, at least they have given warning. Pleasurewood Hills have just posted this on their Facebook page: "Sadly the Rattlesnake will not re-open for the remainder of the 2016 season. Keep checking our Facebook and Twitter page for further updates and future developments." Wonder why?
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238788 Isn't it ancient? Probably needs scrapping like a lot of Zierer Tivolis have been recently...
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238792 That's a shame (and a huge shame that it'll be SBNO, seems to be a common theme for UK parks at the moment!), I really hope the replacement is a coaster otherwise they will be down to three.
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238795 At 30 years it's certainly quite an old coaster now and a shame the ride appears to be for the chopping block. Then again maybe it just needs tonnes of maintenance or structural work, but it does seem very sudden. Glad I went on it when I did. The ride's layout was is identical to Treetops at Oakwood, bar the lack of trees and that it does 2 laps.
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238801 2 hours ago, Coaster Jamie said: That's a shame (and a huge shame that it'll be SBNO, seems to be a common theme for UK parks at the moment!), I really hope the replacement is a coaster otherwise they will be down to three. I'm sorry, but apart from Alton Towers what other rides are SBNO?
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238802 2 minutes ago, ChessingtonSam said: I'm sorry, but apart from Alton Towers what other rides are SBNO? Well loggers at Thorpe. While it was a harsh comment it does have some truth behind it.
July 22, 20169 yr comment_238803 6 minutes ago, ChessingtonSam said: I'm sorry, but apart from Alton Towers what other rides are SBNO? Loggers Leap at Thorpe, loads at Towers, some others at parks which have (in some cases) reopened, or partly removed.
July 23, 20169 yr comment_238812 Doubt the park will get anything spectacular, the last two investments have been pretty pointless, dodgems and a wave swinger? Pretty sure they already had them (albeit them being a bit crap). Isn't Bubbleworks huge? Surely it wouldn't fit in any space of the park?
January 14, 20178 yr comment_246694 Rattlesnake won't be reopening according to Pleasurewood Hills Facebook, no mention of any replacement either.
January 15, 20178 yr comment_246702 Well that's another one biting the dust, or rotting away for the foreseeable future. The UK has definitely had it's large share of SBNO stuff recently. Apparently Tales Of The Coast (that strange water/dark ride) was demolished last season and replaced with a wave swinger, which is quite laughable TBH even if the old ride wasn't great to begin with. Track issues may apparently be Rattlesnake's issue preventing it from running so it must be pretty serious if that's the case.
January 15, 20178 yr comment_246716 Tales of the Coast was in an awful state, I wouldn't be surprised if the park had no choice but to remove it. Rattlesnake's removal brings the park down to only three coasters, so it's a loss in that respect IMO. Also, I quite enjoyed it!
February 2, 20178 yr comment_247208 The Rattlesnake is now officially dead! Source-Eastern Daily Press At 30, the attraction was one of the oldest and most iconic attractions for the park, undergoing many identities such as the ladybird, Rattlesnake and Snake In The Grass before reverting back to the Rattlesnake in it's final few years. It is believed to have closed due to the difficulty in finding replacement parts, which is slightly surprising given it's a Zierer and I'm pretty sure they still exist, however at the end of the day it was still a very old coaster. Prior to it's removal, it was the sixth oldest operating steel coaster in the UK, only surpassed by Little Dipper (Mack's Amusements)-1975, Steeplechase (BPB)-1977, Wild Cat (Southport)-1978, Revolution (BPB)-1979 and Skyways (Clarence Pier)-1980. The attraction is expected to be removed in the coming weeks with the main part of the coaster train to be auctioned off, with profits going towards a charitable cause. A replacement attraction is expected to be announced later in the season.
June 28, 20178 yr comment_250499 So apparently Hobs Pit has closed now. Huge shame as it was one of the better dark rides in the UK, a lot of detail went into that and for a low-budget dark ride it was outstanding.
June 28, 20178 yr comment_250506 Pretty shocking and surprising move, given how big marketing was when they built this and how much effort they put into the attraction, real shame. I just hope whatever replaces it is a step in the right direction, especially considering Coast and Rattlesnake have been removed, even if they were on their last legs.
June 29, 20178 yr comment_250521 Personally I can see this park closing the way things are going. My opinion might be wrong and hope it is, but the place seemed very run down and lacking in atmosphere when I last went recently.
February 21, 20196 yr comment_263054 So the park will be reopening their Rattlesnake attraction this year, which is a surprising yet amazing move, especially how popular and iconic that attraction used to be. Source- Pleasurewood Hills FB I believe the park have a new director/manager this year who hopefully seems dedicated and optimistic for the park and fingers crossed makes improvements, especially considering how run down the place has become lately. Great to see there are some places that can bring old rides back to life, although who’s to say what’s been done to achieve this?
February 21, 20196 yr comment_263058 It IS just a Zierer Tivoli at the end of the day... Not exactly difficult to replace one (Plopsa did it a few years back, which resulted in CredGate)... It's good but like, they need to do a hell of a lot of work on that park to make it somewhat interesting again...
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