Locations of past rides ?

[DN]

I dont remember the Mary Rose having seatbelts, im sure in thelast season of Bemboms owning the park, they moved it from the car park entrance to the back near the Looping Star, but i dont recall seatbelts. How strange, those restraints were unique and worked quite well i thought.
Shame the Black Pearl is in bad shape, though i guess its over 25 years old now, the Traum Boot in Slagharen has had all the sails and fascade removed hasnt it ?

Have fun in Blackpool, went last year, was excellent, definitely a fave of mine.

[zamfir]

Yeah those bits have been removed from the Dream Boat, as has the "Looping Star" sign above the Looping Star.

Cheers mate, Grand National and Wild Mouse, here we come!!

[dreamland]

DN , i knew about them photos of bemboms 2 years ago on that uk rides website

[DN]

How nice

However others on this forum may not have been aware, so its all good

[dreamland]

DN at the time I did not know how to post the website with the photos on the forum , but i've learnt a lot since then.

[SJ]

One set of dodgems is in Fort Fun in Eastbourne along with the balloon juvenile ride

[Insider]

Hello @ all,

MELODY SWING - Beautiful Ride, stayed at Dreamland for a few seasons after JG took over, shoved in the back, wherabouts now ? I dont know
maybe I can help you to detect this ride again.
At first, I'm a new meber of this interesting side from Germany. I like this big ride also so much that I surch for them over 30 years - yes indeed.
Because I spend a lot of time on it in my youth.
The owner, Theo Lehmann, was an dj expert and the sound and music of the ride was famous..really.
I collect all news and pictues about them. (I hope my English is enough for you to understand)
History of it: The ride was built by Anton Schwarzkopf rides in 1978. The fist time of kick Off was in Freiburg/Germany. The ride travelled over 4 years in the southern area (Baden- Wuerttemberg) of Germany. But the ride was to heavy and so the owner sold them for a new ride.
Bembom Brothers bought it with other rides to give them a new chance in Margate and it was a good choice.
So I recognized that many people werde happy about this big ride. It was liked very much and relibled all the time in England . In 2000?? after the insolvency of the Bembom Brothers, the ride was bought by an Swiss Showmann, Mr. Münger. He repaired and modified the Melodie Swing an took the ride to a tournee to Moskau/ Russia togehter with other colleques. But it was an horrible experience for all international showmens. After a several months, the Russians confiscated all rides and it was an dangerous situation for the showmens.
Mr. Münger was not able to pay the expensive duty fees....so he returned home again without business in 2003!! - really.
Till 2011 I have heard nothing more of the business.
But in Winter last year, I found an sales offer by an russian comany.. please have a look!

http://www.inpark.su/sell/spec/?item_id=13

So, this is my contribution for You - enjoy!

If you need more informations, dont hesitate to ask!
regards from Germany...Inisider

[barcrest]

That is a crazy story about what happened in Russia, would make sense that the ride is still there.

Also didn't someone findout that the big wheel is alive and well and operating in mexico not left to rot as was thought originally.

[Mikeh]

yep that was me

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[Jim Douglas Jr.]

Talk about corruption.