Favorite amusement park ride
Mine are rolling disk roller coasters, like these
https://youtu.be/zhMjUERQ228
https://www.dollywood.com/themepark/Rides/Dizzy-Disk
https://www.cagreatamerica.com/play/rides/tiki-twirl
I liked the log flume and river caves at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. You could go round and round on them with the hip flask at hand. They've both been replaced now though I was reading.
shareThe Wild Mouse was the best ride they had there. Guaranteed to scare the pants off you as you are hurled around those bends and you are convinced the carriage will go flying off the rail.
I once made the mistake of sitting behind someone in a carriage. I've never felt so battered and bruised by anything else.
https://youtu.be/EY881BMheyk
Sadly they took it down last year to make room for a more modern ride.
https://youtu.be/ePvByZAQD68
I would so love for these rides to have been real though...
https://youtu.be/RVeHxUVkW4w
I remember the wild mouse and those corners were truly terrifying. There was one at Frontierland in Morecambe as well that had you almost shitting your trouser for the same reason.
shareThat one was moved to Southport and renamed King Solomon's Mines, until it was closed in 2006. https://rcdb.com/877.htm
It then was moved to Margate, which was also closed but then reopened a few years later, hosting many donated and restored rides from other fairgrounds. Not all have been restored though. I think it's one of them as it's not listed as a current ride.
I don't remember much about the one in Morecambe though I did visit it when I was very small. I do remember a few years ago I drove past the place which had been closed for some years and left derelict and all you could see was the Polo tower.
Yep it's just wasteland now. The Polo tower still stands though as it's used as a Vodafone transmitter now.
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