8/12/2023 0 Comments Puyallup fair 2015 log flume rideThe previous weekend hosted an Urban Graffiti Art Festival. A circus was also moved onto the site for the spring season. The park opened during the Easter Holidays hosting a Monster Truck weekend. The site is accessed via Pleasureland and it opened in August 2010. Battlefield Live is an outdoor combat game using guns that fire infra-red beams. The ride opened in July 2010.īattlefield Live Southport has opened on the site of the old Southport Zoo, which is immediately adjacent to Pleasureland. It is to be replaced with a new Indoor Ghost Train. Indy's Lost World Indoor Roller Coaster was closed early 2010. Pleasureland Main Entrance Building in 2007 The Casablanca Entertainment complex was repainted white in June 2010 and is awaiting refurbishment. The Pleasureland main entrance building, which was built not long before the original park closed in 2006, was also demolished in February 2010. The 'Haunted Inn', the only remaining original feature of Pleasureland, was destroyed in a fire on 30 January 2010. In May 2009, the original Pleasureland Wildcat coaster was bought by Norman Wallis and rebuilt in its original location. On the evening of 21 April, an arson attack took place, destroying the Lost Dinosaurs of the Sahara (River Caves) and a nearby inflatable attraction. In October 2008, the park's Pinfari Roller Coaster, Storm was removed from the park and sold. In September 2008, it was announced that New Pleasureland will return for the 2009/2010 season. "Indy's Lost World - The Ride" is a themed indoor roller coaster, based on the latest Indiana Jones' film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The roller coaster is situated inside the old Fun House building. In early 2008, a new roller coaster opened. In Summer 2008, a new static ride was opened in the form of a swinging pirate ship. A Big Top Circus was added during the summer weeks but was removed by its owners after only 2 weeks in the park due to the low number of people visiting New Pleasureland at the start of the summer holiday period. Work has also continued on the grounds to make them look more presentable. "Norman Returns The Pleasure" The Park re-opened for the 2008 season on 15 March and rides added for the summer months. In February 2008, the site of the Cyclone Rollercoaster was landscaped, and part of the old River Caves ride demolished to make room for more rides. The Traumatizer station building has been demolished. An official opening schedule has been announced for 2009, It was announced in October 2008 that New Pleasureland would return for the 2009/2010 seasons. However, on 20 March, Sefton Council announced that a company called Urban Splash had been chosen to develop Southport seafront including the Pleasureland site. The Traumatizer was moved to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and opened as the Infusion in 2007. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Pinfari "Zyklon Loop" rollercoaster was constructed on the site where the Traumatizer once stood and was opened at the start of the 2008 season, named 'Storm'. ![]() Then, following a successful summer season, the park was kept open (weekends only) until November 2007, when some demolition of remaining unwanted buildings was carried out and refurbishment of other buildings completed. The site re-opened under new management as scheduled, with a temporary travelling fairground. In June 2007, some of the original Pleasureland buildings were demolished, except for buildings around the perimeter. Pleasureland was re-opened to the public on 21 July 2007 and renamed New Pleasureland. On, it was announced that Dreamstorm International were to invest £100 million at the Pleasureland site. Not much is known about the fate of many of the classic rides at Pleasureland, although some have been bought and put into storage for a prospective Dreamland revival project in Margate. The Funhouse featured attractions no longer found at other amusement parks
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