Trooper Looper
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I believe so, thats why you don't see the Fort on the right anymore.
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Pirate Adventure
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Themeparksandy1981
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That pirate is roughly where the original Thomas land toilets were installed.
The pirate Adventure shop was roughly where the Thomas land shop is now
The pirate Adventure shop was roughly where the Thomas land shop is now
Themeparksandy1981
Member
Not 100% sure but think this was the pump motor from the pirate adventure
God that’s unlocked a memory. I’m sure it was painted up in its final years?
It's not, that's one of the pumps for River Rapids. Tall things they are.
Pirate Adventure's pumps were quite small.
Themeparksandy1981
Member
Just watching Lift hills and thrills vlog
Anyway has anyone seen the storm damage done to the entrance to pirate adventure?
It got hit quite hard by the looks (I'm out of town for the new year so don't know how the wind has been)
Admittedly, kinda cool to see the structure under all that.
Hope no one was injured or anything!
James no5
Member
Will the PA building now stay like that or have a modern replacement
Themeparksandy1981
Member
I wonder if during the closed season they will knock the whole of the frontage off as a safety precaution.
That remains to be seen
so far there's nothing confirmed to what they may do.I believe that they will now push the building ahead on their plans though as there may be other damages which are in need of assesment from the wind
Seems likely - bit odd to leave one half on like that. (Also safer, less likely to continue damaging)
James no5
Member
So were thinking the whole front of the building will be taken down? If so whats behind there?
More of the brick building as seen exposed on the missing corner
the "rockwork" style front is all covering a normal brick building.
Trooper Looper
Member
Oh no!! So sad to see it like that. But it does show that the facade wasn't in a great state, I wonder if it was because of the ivy? If they want to keep Pirates Cove, they probably need to rebuild the facade from the ground up. Hope they save the sign though.
Themeparksandy1981
Member
With only 1 last day of the year left and the park closed to the 10th Feb can see the team who’s currently working on the Western theming moving over to the pirate adventure building and taking the whole of that frontage back to the brick work and have it temporarily covered over to protect the main building from the winter months.
The weight of all that Ivy would have helped to weaken the frontage over the years.
The weight of all that Ivy would have helped to weaken the frontage over the years.
The façade was built with some polystyrene type of yellow material, you can see it in some of the photos actually. I suspect the ivy had nothing to do with it as Trooper Looper suggests. More so 30+ years to the elements and minimal maintenance in that time has taken it's toll.
RustyShackleford
Member
Yeah, we've had some pretty heavy weather incidents at time, some have been pretty short lived but pretty violent all the same.
As Elise has said you can imagine that it will lead to a reordering of works and developments.
First priority though is to see that the building won't cause damage to itself, to people or to the balance sheet.
As Elise has said you can imagine that it will lead to a reordering of works and developments.
First priority though is to see that the building won't cause damage to itself, to people or to the balance sheet.