Wild Mouse Coaster Demolished - Blackpool Pleasure Beach

2004typer · 8 Jan 2018 at 15:42

Couldn't see a thread on this, but thought it might be of interest to some that the Wild Mouse Ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been demolished:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ckpool-pleasure-beachs-historic-wild-14123798

Been on the ride many times and was one of my favourites! Shame to see it go!

jimjamuk · 8 Jan 2018 at 16:16

Surprised it wasn't sold onto a smaller park - there again the logistics to take it apart and put back together probably canned that idea

LiE · 8 Jan 2018 at 16:18

Had a go on this back in 2006, it was pretty ropey then.

Parky · 8 Jan 2018 at 16:20

Wild Mouse was ace, at least it was until you hit one of the dodgy bends and it felt like you were teetering on the edge of derailment

adolf hamster · 8 Jan 2018 at 16:34

jimjamuk said:
Surprised it wasn't sold onto a smaller park - there again the logistics to take it apart and put back together probably canned that idea

60 years old and wooden construction seem to be the buzzwords as to why that's not the case, likely needed a full restoration and it wouldn't be economically sensible compared to scrapping it and building something newer

LizardKing · 8 Jan 2018 at 17:29

What a shame but cant really say surprising!, it was the first roller coaster that actually made me fear, mainly due to it being very rickety even back in the early 90's. Went on a few years ago no longer with youth on my side and felt rather bad for it!

2004typer · 8 Jan 2018 at 18:35

Parky said:
Wild Mouse was ace, at least it was until you hit one of the dodgy bends and it felt like you were teetering on the edge of derailment

Lol.......I wonder how many G’s were pulled in the bends, must have been quite high!

There was a certain amount of trepidation with each ride - I remember on one occasion as a teenager in the early nineties my younger brother head butting me with the back of his head and busting my nose while going over the dips on the ride.

2004typer · 8 Jan 2018 at 18:37

I remember the headroom not being great on part of the lift hill as well.......wouldn’t be surprised if some of the taller people had the odd near miss!

Trixter · 8 Jan 2018 at 18:41

We have been season pass holders for last few years and its very rare for the mouse to be running it broke down that much, 2017 was a really bad year for it, we never even got chance to ride it the full year.

2004typer · 8 Jan 2018 at 18:48

Trixter said:
We have been season pass holders for last few years and its very rare for the mouse to be running it broke down that much, 2017 was a really bad year for it, we never even got chance to ride it the full year.

Maybe it was becoming too unecomical to run hence the demolition........I think a lot of enthusiasts accept that this is the likely cause, but BPB could have done themselves a favour PR wise if they’d announced the plan and reason in advance. They are getting a lot of bad press for just culling the ride like they have, probably a bad move for such an iconic ride.

wez130 · 8 Jan 2018 at 20:12

Such a shame, a ride like that would never pass todays health and safety regulations during R&D. It was a fun ride and the rickityness of it always made you nervy lol.

Clarkson · 8 Jan 2018 at 21:25

Must have been over 10 years ago I went on that and I swear it was tilting onto one side round the sharp bends....yet we still kept going on. Oh to be young again

Unicorn · 8 Jan 2018 at 21:35

Went on this is 2016 and the whiplash feeling from the corners and brakes at end.. Wow. I was abit stiff after but I look back at it and laugh as it was a true ropey old school ride.

The big one is also quite ropey now and showing its age. Very rough ride

Pawnless Endgame · 8 Jan 2018 at 22:29

Parky said:
Wild Mouse was ace, at least it was until you hit one of the dodgy bends and it felt like you were teetering on the edge of derailment

That was the point really. The track was banked outwards slightly to give the rider the impression that the car was about to fall off. Part of the adrenaline rush

Shame to see it go though

Not ridden the one at BPB but have ridden lots of Wild Mice in Germany, London Hyde Park, numerous other fairs and smaller theme parks. The Mice come in both static cars (as per OP) and spinning cars, like Waltzer cars.

PiKe · 8 Jan 2018 at 22:34

Grand national is pretty ropy too, I was surprised to see it running after seeing the state of the supports!