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  1. Hi all, Don't know if this has been posted yet but it looks like Cleethorpes' Pleasure Island theme park that closed in 2016 is auctioning off everything that's still there. Of course, none of the larger rides, mainly stuff like dodgems, but a whole ton of signage and props from the park. Don't know if anyone's actually gong to buy anything but thought it might be of interest to some of you. https://www.bidonthis.co.uk/catalogue/5928?page=1
  2. Not sure if I misread this, but just to clear this was a lot taller than 20-30 feet. If my memory serves me correctly it was 120ft, but like you say, being inside made it feel much taller and because you were so close to the escalators, much faster too. Indeed. I included this in the blog post and I'm sure a lot of you have seen it (as it stands its the only video of Troc Drop on YouTube) but this video is great at demonstrating how big it really was. You can see it flying by Sega World's escalators and the rest of the Trocadero pretty well. Also something I find very interesting is the fact that it was being constructed during the time the Trocadero was actually open. Trocadero reopened in 1996 with Sega World, after being completely refurbished to look futuristic, and construction started on Pepsi Max Drop a year later for it to open in early '98. You can see the base concealed by a large white structure in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqgz7hDxR-s
  3. Hi guys, New to these forums, and not sure this is the right place to put this, but I made something a while back that I think some of you might like. I'm sure you're aware of the London Trocadero entertainment centre that was open from 1984-2014, which housed numerous rides and VR simulators at its peak in the mid 90's to early 2000's, the most infamous of which being Intamin's Pepsi Max Drop which was there from 1998-2002 before it was moved to Funland on Hayling Island where I believe it still resides. Well, I made a article documenting the entire history of it a while back- it's arcades, it's rides, and it's other attractions. It is mainly focused on the arcades it had there (Funland, Sega World) but I hope you enjoy it. I spent months sourcing photos + videos, and I'm really proud of how it's turned out. http://tedsegablog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/the-rise-and-fall-of-london-trocadero.html To give you a taste, here's some pictures of the Pepsi Max Drop that were sent to me by the firm that installed the ride, Proun, after I contacted them on their work knowing they'd designed one of the arcades, Funland- but I didn't know they did this too.
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