Archive for August, 2008

Its a small world - Disneyland Paris

August 29th, 2008 • Admin • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

I visited Disneyland Paris in July 2008, we spent a total of 4 days on the 2 parks and 3 nights in the Santa fe hotel. One of the many highlights for me of a trip to somewhere like Disney is the dark rides. With attractions like It’s a small world and Pirates topping the list. This first set of photographs covers most of the small world ride, however some photographs and sets are missing due to the fact the ride is very dark in places and ISO 1600 on my camera is the best I have for low light.

Ridemad forum now open

August 27th, 2008 • Admin • 2 comments • Related • Filed Under

Hi, I have created a forum to add to the site today. I have had so many emails over the past few months about the site I havent been able to keep up so apologies to anyone if I havent responded. If anyone has any questions or feedback about the site then please register with the forum and ask away. If you still want to get in touch of the forum then just use the contact form on the main page. Thanks.

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The last tour - Southport Pleasureland Ghost Train

August 25th, 2008 • Admin • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

I was very fortunate to attend a behind the scenes tour of Southport Pleasureland the weekend before the park closed its gates for the final time.

I was in a group of about 50 members of Club Pleasure Beach and we got to ride Traumatizer (now relocated to Blackpool as Infusion) and the Cyclone wooden roller coaster (which was later demolished).

Also included in the tour was a Q&A session with one of the parks directors and a look into the workshops located behind the cyclone and finally a tour of the ghost train with the lights on.

These are the pictures taken at this event.