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I managed to get Iconoclast in my member profile. No-one's going to beat that.

Mmmm steak.

Please record the conversation you have with HR and stick it up here. 'Why are you naked?' 'The Rollercoaster people made me do it.' Good luck in your search for a new job.

I went to a bar in Blackpool with a mixed Hawaiian/mock Tudor theme once. We're just a bit weird like that sometimes..

During the daytime, surely you can nick a spot in the residential streets. You could park on the other side of the train tracks and walk 5 minutes over the footbridge at Blackpool Pleasure Beach BR and save the money I reckon. Look on Google maps for Woodstock Gardens and the blocks round there.

Bollocks. Rip it out and replace it with a kiosk and turnstile manned by a bloke called Reg, who permanently has a tab hanging out of the left side of his mouth. Ban wristbands. It's either 2 "A" ride tickets or 2 quid cash, which Reg can illicitly pocket, and spend on Carling in the Funshine...

Thank you. I was expecting a unanimous pasting for my post.

We don't need really excessive theming at the Pleasure Beach. I don't see why the park has to fit into a pretty narrow enthusiast paradigm. The Pleasure Beach didn't even use the words "theme park" in its advertising until Mandy took over. Because it isn't one really. I want an old-fashioned...

Vekoma GIB at Parque Warner was just intense and disorientating backwards, not thrilling at all. The Revolution at BPB is good if you tell your noob partner that you get off after the forward bit. They usually believe you and freak out when it backward launches.

I was going to post that. Did we see it from the Ples themselves? I've only seen it reported second-hand. ETA - I suppose that the Roller Coaster has to keep its stupid name and colour until its corporate whoring runs out.

A new woodie would be nice for me but I think would have little impact on BPB's appeal to the public long-term. Something like the above would be a hit if feasible.

"Could queue for free in Tesco" :)

I can't see them building another woodie. I don't think it would attract many punters. Their line-up needs diversifcation, rather than reinforcement. After a couple of fallow decades, the park needs a gimmick or headline-grabber. They don't have the money to do a new Big One, but they need...

The Space Invader area is a good bit of space. That pizza restaurant isn't that important. Maybe something could go there if they tore that down or repurposed it. Personally, I'd just be happy if they reopened Watson Road tunnel so I could walk home through it. It's not even their land the...

Okay, so the Alice in Wonderland one was real, the Ferris Wheel might have been an urban myth, and no sign of the Roller Coaster incident. That's good enough for me to be honest. I wasn't making these all up, and the examples given of other off the radar accidents means I wasn't going crazy. I...

Wild Mouse Virginia Reel Space Invader Tokyado Express Log Flume Water Chute BPB beats that for coasters. Flat rides must be a massive list too (if i've understood exactly what counts as a flat ride).

I know you all hate the ride but... I was 17 years old and working in the cafeteria on Ocean Boulevard at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I stepped outside for a cigarette and went and stood in a gap between two of the retail units on the prom. Suddenly there was a giant rumble from the structure of...

Do RMC ever do straightforward retrackings? I can think of a very rattly ride or two that doesn't need a layout overhaul, but could benefit from having some posh modern tracks on it.

I can't promise I'm right, but it's a specific memory of seeing the news break on Teletext, and it's too boring, straightforward, and clear to be a dream. Could I have misremembered a detail? Was it maybe not a derailment? Possibly, but something happened I think, and I DO think it was it was in...

Fire turned out to be a bit of a problem at the Funhouse.