Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby SuburbanHomeboy » 17 Nov 2013, 17:04

Peet wrote:Would it be possible to have a quick update on what rides were taken away? Did it include the Wild Mouse/King Solomon's Mines, or is that still safe in storage?

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Can we use the word "stolen" rather than "taken away"? I know there is a legal grey area over the fact that they were being stored on someone else's site, but they weren't given to the then site owners...
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Silverarrow » 17 Nov 2013, 20:17

Are the water chute parts still safe?
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Nick » 18 Nov 2013, 07:39

SuburbanHomeboy wrote:Have to say - good job the remaining rides are relatively high-capacity! Much as I loved the Flying Scooters, they take an age to load - especially when everyone is riding solo - and take up a lot of space. #PositiveThinking


And we do still have the planes, it is the ride centre and mechanical parts that have gone.
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby vann98 » 18 Nov 2013, 08:25

I don't suppose there is any chance (money permitting), that these lost rides could be rebuilt some time in the future? I am relieved there wasn't more that were taken/stolen though it is still a big disappointment.
I know there are similar copies of the Cableway and Flying Scooters in the US that perhaps could be replicated.
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Drummer101 » 18 Nov 2013, 11:15

Your doing a great job nick. How much and what of the fun house do we still have. have we got a set of gallopper yep thanks
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby kevinashe » 18 Nov 2013, 16:01

nick whats missing from the cableway,generally all that you had was the turntable at either end,supports and cars,there was a similar one at frontierland of which parts were still standing up until at least last year,not sure if they are still there
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Nick » 18 Nov 2013, 23:31

kevinashe wrote:nick whats missing from the cableway,generally all that you had was the turntable at either end,supports and cars,there was a similar one at frontierland of which parts were still standing up until at least last year,not sure if they are still there

Most of it is missing, there is about one tower left and not much else.
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby davidjohn » 19 Nov 2013, 02:11

It was Wonderful to see the huge turnout last Saturday and most of them voluneering to help get Dreamland open by 2015. I'm sure there will be plenty of skilled people in the crew. Landscapers, painters, electricians and so on. Dreamland is for the People and it's they who will get this Park open on time. We can walk through the gates and say, I did something to be proud of.
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby woody » 19 Nov 2013, 11:02

Nick wrote:
kevinashe wrote:nick whats missing from the cableway,generally all that you had was the turntable at either end,supports and cars,there was a similar one at frontierland of which parts were still standing up until at least last year,not sure if they are still there

Most of it is missing, there is about one tower left and not much else.


Scarborough north bay still have 2 standing :wink:
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby kevinashe » 19 Nov 2013, 14:33

forgot about the ones from marvels,thought they would have been long gone by now.Last time i saw them was 2005 and they were still in surprisingly good nick
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Jim Douglas Jr. » 10 Jan 2014, 03:08

Ok, so where did this stuff go?
Find it. It went somewhere.
Call the BBC. Alert the papers. Put out a reward. Someone will talk.
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Nick » 10 Jan 2014, 07:35

We tracked them all down some time ago to a scrap yard, where they had already been scrapped and most of the metal recycled.
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Jim Douglas Jr. » 21 Jan 2014, 21:45

Attempt? Sounds like they were successful.
They'll show up somewhere eventually. When they do, lay claim to them as stolen.

Be SURE there's a report filed with the police outlining what's missing. Should be a fairly straightforward process to reclaim them.
Be on the lookout for PARTS of them advertised.
Somebody has seen something.
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Re: Vintage rides missing from Dreamland

Postby Jim Douglas Jr. » 31 Jan 2014, 00:31

That's terrible.
I'd start pressing charges against the perps.
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