Funland on Hayling Island (Hampshire, UK) sounds like a dream. It's next to a beach, there's an epic drive along the one road linking the mainland and the tip of the island and, best of all, it has three creds!
Funland recently sold the Klondike Mine Train (which used to be at Drayton Manor) to a travelling fair company in Ireland. RIP Klondike (as a permanent attraction). Not that I care because I didn't like the ride and it's a long standing tick on my coaster count.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffnWABe-0Yc[/youtube]
In it's place they installed a new for them coaster! It's not YOUR train, it's...
Hurrah! With nothing better to do today, Male Jordan and I went on a jaunt.
It's the L&T Wild Mouse coaster that was at Gulliver's Warrington, with a nice shiny new coat of Postbox Red paint! Here are some photos which I didn't really spend much time framing up or checking composition whatever that means.
After exchanging £2 each for four tokens, we joined the short queue for our ride! Jordan was pleased because it was a new cred for him. I rode it when it was at Gullivers.
Surprisingly the mouse turns were fairly smooth, although there was a bit of sliding/crushing going on. Absolutely zero air time was had and the whole ride uneventfully passed us by. Actually that's a lie, due to the 180 degree turns, the view at the top changed frequently. One moment I was looking over the beach, the next I was looking at Hayling Island town. I sort of miss Klondike. Yes, I know I said I didn't like it but at least it had theming and an event in the shape of a vertical loop. On the plus side, I did like the use of a coaster train as a plant feature.
There are other rides and creds at Funland but I'll leave Jordan to write about those so he can earn some League of Goon points. I took a few photos of dogs. Weirdo.
There are a couple of things I really like at Funland. The first is they've changed the name of the Dragon Coaster to something more befitting to the Funland brand.
I also like their dinosaur ride.
But I do not like this. Can you spot what's "wrong"?
If a park is going to put up a photo opportunity thing so parents can take precious memories of their children having fun, they should not spoil the image by placing a **** bin right next to it.
However, we did find one good, bin free photo opp which I have cleverly edited in MS Paint.
Having paid £1.20 for one hour of parking and we did everything we wanted to do in 10 minutes, we paid £3 each for a round of crazy golf (galf). I don't know about you but I expect most crazy golf (galf) courses to be either 9 or 18 holes. At a push, maybe 12. But not here - Funland's crazy golf (galf) has 11 holes. Eleven! I'm sure somebody will correct me but it could be the UK's, if not the world's ONLY 11 HOLE CRAZY GOLF (GALF) COURSE! Jordan was thrilled to get such a unique attraction under his belt.
Over the first few of the 11 holes, Jordan took a commanding lead.
He even managed a hole in one!
As we reached the halfway stage (5 and half holes in), Jordan lost a bit of form and I managed to claw some shots back.
Perhaps Jordan was distracted by the theming?
It was all square as we began the 11th and final hole! And the final score was...
Bugger! But at least I can console myself with these two souvenirs!
I've been to Funland many times over the years because I live nearby. I find it a strange place. Sometimes I can be in and out in five minutes, but there are times where I have spent several hours people watching, eating chips or losing money in the arcades. It has a shabby chic vibe about it and it seems to have vastly improved compared to, say, five years ago. I've already told myself that I won't visit again for a few years, or until they get a new cred, but somehow I know somebody soon will ask if I want to go. And I'll say yes.
Funland recently sold the Klondike Mine Train (which used to be at Drayton Manor) to a travelling fair company in Ireland. RIP Klondike (as a permanent attraction). Not that I care because I didn't like the ride and it's a long standing tick on my coaster count.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffnWABe-0Yc[/youtube]
In it's place they installed a new for them coaster! It's not YOUR train, it's...
Hurrah! With nothing better to do today, Male Jordan and I went on a jaunt.
It's the L&T Wild Mouse coaster that was at Gulliver's Warrington, with a nice shiny new coat of Postbox Red paint! Here are some photos which I didn't really spend much time framing up or checking composition whatever that means.
After exchanging £2 each for four tokens, we joined the short queue for our ride! Jordan was pleased because it was a new cred for him. I rode it when it was at Gullivers.
Surprisingly the mouse turns were fairly smooth, although there was a bit of sliding/crushing going on. Absolutely zero air time was had and the whole ride uneventfully passed us by. Actually that's a lie, due to the 180 degree turns, the view at the top changed frequently. One moment I was looking over the beach, the next I was looking at Hayling Island town. I sort of miss Klondike. Yes, I know I said I didn't like it but at least it had theming and an event in the shape of a vertical loop. On the plus side, I did like the use of a coaster train as a plant feature.
There are other rides and creds at Funland but I'll leave Jordan to write about those so he can earn some League of Goon points. I took a few photos of dogs. Weirdo.
There are a couple of things I really like at Funland. The first is they've changed the name of the Dragon Coaster to something more befitting to the Funland brand.
I also like their dinosaur ride.
But I do not like this. Can you spot what's "wrong"?
If a park is going to put up a photo opportunity thing so parents can take precious memories of their children having fun, they should not spoil the image by placing a **** bin right next to it.
However, we did find one good, bin free photo opp which I have cleverly edited in MS Paint.
Having paid £1.20 for one hour of parking and we did everything we wanted to do in 10 minutes, we paid £3 each for a round of crazy golf (galf). I don't know about you but I expect most crazy golf (galf) courses to be either 9 or 18 holes. At a push, maybe 12. But not here - Funland's crazy golf (galf) has 11 holes. Eleven! I'm sure somebody will correct me but it could be the UK's, if not the world's ONLY 11 HOLE CRAZY GOLF (GALF) COURSE! Jordan was thrilled to get such a unique attraction under his belt.
Over the first few of the 11 holes, Jordan took a commanding lead.
He even managed a hole in one!
As we reached the halfway stage (5 and half holes in), Jordan lost a bit of form and I managed to claw some shots back.
Perhaps Jordan was distracted by the theming?
It was all square as we began the 11th and final hole! And the final score was...
Bugger! But at least I can console myself with these two souvenirs!
I've been to Funland many times over the years because I live nearby. I find it a strange place. Sometimes I can be in and out in five minutes, but there are times where I have spent several hours people watching, eating chips or losing money in the arcades. It has a shabby chic vibe about it and it seems to have vastly improved compared to, say, five years ago. I've already told myself that I won't visit again for a few years, or until they get a new cred, but somehow I know somebody soon will ask if I want to go. And I'll say yes.
