Owners announce Pleasureland Southport will close

Although the park isn't great it is still a sad loss and will see one maybe two woodies bite the dust. With any luck the wooden mouse will be relocated.

I just hope Traumatizer doesn't end up being the replacement for the Log Flume at Blackpool.

That's really bad news. In addition to a nice classic woodie, they have probably the best wooden wild mouse on the planet. It was already relocated from one closed park, and Blackpool (the owners of Pleasureland) already has a wooden wild mouse. I would be very surprised if it got relocated again.

I've heard from other sources that Traumatizer is the replacement for the log flume. What a trade--a classic Arrow log flume for an SLC!

Well,at least Traumatizer is the least offensive SLC I've been on. Although that's like saying getting hit with a baseball bat is less offensive than getting hit with a sledgehammer.

The loss of that mouse would be tragic, though. Too bad Knoebel's is already busy on a project...
*** This post was edited by GregLeg 9/6/2006 10:03:49 AM ***

Very sad day indeed.

I really hope Cyclone and The Mines are saved.

You know it's hard to come by the woodies that dip all the way to ground level or below as in this photo of Cyclone:

http://rcdb.com/ig802.htm?picture=5

If I'm not mistaken and my memory serves me right, that was one of the reasons I loved GL's Big Dipper so much.