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Wild Mouse at BPB Closure - R.I.P. 1958-2017

I've had a tonne of my own bruises on The Mouse. I know.
Okay. After work I'm finally going to do a post about the 90's Pleasure Beach. This circular discussion will carry on chasing its tail here, so instead I'll kill my saudade with an outpouring of nostalgia. New thread to come tonight.
 
Good one sandgrown...
Saudade...cracking album by Thievery Corporation.
Soundtrack to your new topic.
 
The mouse was an ace little coaster but nothing lasts forever. Does anyone remember King Solon's Mines in Southport? I was only young when I went on that but I do remember it packing just as much punch as Wild Mouse, but yet it just vanished without a trace
 
It sounds like they really care after this weekend. If calling their guests "tits" and telling them to "deal with it" after absolutely abysmal operations counts as caring, that is.
 
Dan1989 said:
The mouse was an ace little coaster but nothing lasts forever. Does anyone remember King Solon's Mines in Southport? I was only young when I went on that but I do remember it packing just as much punch as Wild Mouse, but yet it just vanished without a trace
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King Solomon’s Mines moved from Morecambe when Frontierland closed. It was taken down at Southport and moved to Margate for Dreamland then ended up sitting in a car park rotting, last I heard. It was fun but not as good as Blackpool’s Mouse
 
"it sounds like"
"it feels like"
"it comes across as though"

All very subjective and pointless arguing over. Just because you feel a certain way doesn't mean things are exactly as you perceive them. And you can refer to Efteling's treatment of Bob as though there is an official procedure for the removal of a ride, but there isn't. It is absolutely fine to be gutted about Wild Mouse, but as soon as you purport your opinion as fact then you're coming into the discussion with a certain bias. It's all entirely subjective.
 
Dipper_Dave said:
King Solomon’s Mines moved from Morecambe when Frontierland closed. It was taken down at Southport and moved to Margate for Dreamland then ended up sitting in a car park rotting, last I heard. It was fun but not as good as Blackpool’s Mouse
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It was a mirror image of the original BPB mouse. It left the station and turned left to the lift where the BPB mouse went right. It also went straight into the S bends as the BPB mouse did before it was extended in the 60s
 
I used to love the enclosed final section of ride in the darkness when it was at Frontierland. Not something I'd give a **** about now, but as a kid it was somehow one of my fave coaster moments.
 
I loved the Frontierland Mouse, though Blackpool’s was better. The FL trio of Texas Tornado (Cyclone), Log Flume & Wild Mouse was brilliant. Oh and the bizarre cableway that went out the park, across the main road then back in
 
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