The Abandoned History of Pleasure Island Cleethorpes | Expedition Extinct
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Join us this time on Expedition Extinct as we look at the closed history of the Pleasure Island Family Theme Park In Cleethorpes, England.
Opening in 1993, the park closed in 2016 after 23 years of operation. Just another small theme park in the UK unable to make it in today's industry.
The park will be holding an auction on March 7th and 8th 2018 and will auction off the remaining assets from the park. If you would like to look at the auction lots or bid yourself you can find it here.
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I spent most of my life going to this theme park, with little to no changes made in the last 10 years, it's spiralled so quickly because people tired of its lack of new anything ever and when they start charging more for entry and the rides feel like they could fall apart at any second, it's a recipe for disaster, not to mention the fact that the majority of grounds staff looked between 16-18...
Don't get me wrong, I loved pleasure Island and it was upsetting when it closed... However, its was obvious why.
No Thanks I went there like every week in summer
Most of your life!!!!
It’s sad , but it reminds me a lot of flamingo land now , flamingo land is ran down and old it’s a bit like pleasure island but the new coaster can save it , pleasure island never got anything , other than that flat ride in 10 years , I’m sad that it shut but I can see why
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anybody remember that slide where you would sit in a potato sack and get stuck half way through 😂
why hate this place? it made so many memories
Helter Skelter?? Everyone of them you get stuck halfway and rest of timei so slow, could hardly call it a slide more like stop, start frustration.
😂😂😂 I remember that
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This park was probably the only decent thing we had left here now we have nothing hardly
Hannah Rayton the bar was its best part just for the acts it haf
Well, looks like it wasn't the only decent thing, if people weren't showing/attending the theme park...
You still have the mighty Iron 💙💜💙💜
I loved this park as a teenager! Never any queues 😂 would just stay on the ride and ride it over and over
I held a season pass for this place, it was literally walking distance from home as a teen, I was even there with my cousin the day the gates didn't open and the staff were laid off (your facts were a little off, there wasn't a sign on the gates, there was literally no information until about an hour after the gates were supposed to open and that information came from the angry teenagers that'd just lost their jobs). It was a great place to go and hang out with friends for the day but the entrance fees kept rising and nothing new was being opened. By the time they actually brought some new rides to the park they'd killed off the trade with the costs.
p.s. you forgot The Gravatron, a simple ride yes but by far the crowd favorite and the one I miss most fondly.
p.s.s. NOW I'VE GOT THE TINKABOO THEME IN MY HEAD!
Thanks!
Oh my god the Gravitron was my faaaaavorite!! That takes me back a good 25 years!😅😅
God yeah the Gravitron was amazing! Not really anything like it at another theme park, although the stick to the walls idea can be found at fairgrounds
I drive past pleasure island a lot and it's so sad because everything that is still there has been covered in graffiti and some of it has actually been burned down...!
I knew when I clicked on this video it was gonna be in the U.K. "Cleethorpes" is such an English sounding name, I can't ever imagine a place in the US with that name being successful
I love American names for places, especially the ones ending in -ville 😅
As someone who grew up in Grimsby - 5 minutes drive from Cleethorpes - I can assure you that even in the UK, Cleethorpes isn't really successful either 😅
So much to do with why these places fail seems to be location. A lot of the theme areas, rides & throwbacks to it's time as a zoo that this park had seem very similar to Chessington's. Tommy Tinkaboos Sweet Adventure especially, that's the twin ride to the old Professor Burp's Bubbleworks that used to be at Chessington's.
In the days when I used to go Chessington's was small, some places were tatty & all of the animals really looked like they wanted to be somewhere else. They never had the biggest or best rides, haven't rebranded in over 30 years now, but one thing they always got right was the atmosphere & considering where they're located, on the doorstep of London with good local transport, means that they always have visitors all through the season. It wouldn't matter if you went in April, August, or October, there were always huge crowds. I guess not being so dependent on holiday crowds makes a huge difference.
I faintly remember Prof. Burp's ride... is it still there I wonder?
@@aliciapearson3120 How do you not know- Was in loads of media that it was closing way back on the 6th of September 2016
So a very long time ago now
I got to ride on a boomerang for a test run, nonstop for at least 50 cycles years ago. It's really one of my ultimate favorite rides! And buss made my top 10 as well, the skylab. After much research, and my own ride time, I'm grateful to be alive! But growing up surviving Action Park, I've definitely used up my mulligans, and need to be super careful!
It's really sad the park is gone now. I live just down the road so I have to see it abandoned everyday. Lots of great memories though 😢💕
I love that you mentioned Flambards. I’d love a history of that park since I live only 20 miles away now. As fun as the history of the US parks is I’m loving finding out about less known UK parks.
I have a few more UK parks planned in the future! Maybe Flambards will sneak in there. I do like that park
This place had a Rock-Afire Explosion and a New Rock-Afire Explosion and they tried to sell both of the shows but failed so they were sadly destroyed
sigh, pleasure island was all my childhood, i went there every year and had the most amazing memories with my loved cousins. the fact that it shut down was heart breaking and sent me to long lasting tears. love you pleasure island xx
I know I'm two months late to this video but I would like to say thank you for doing a video on this park as it was an absolute staple of my childhood whilst growing up but I wasn't surprised with how it shut down as it was a bit meh when I got to my late teenage years but thank you for honouring it's memory with this video, I appreciate it honestly. Thank you.
Oh my pleasure. Thank you so much for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it
When it was £7.00 entry, you could get in for 50% off if you collected (I think 6.1 of each flavour) lids of a drink called Punika. Many brands used to trial products in the Grimsby / Cleethorpes area, something to do with the right social mix (rich, poor, young, old etc). This drink was on trial but even with the offer, it never took off. I remember Ariel wash tablets being trialled there and possibly Sunny Delight juice. Nowadays Cleethorpes still has some random things for the UK at least, a drive thru Taco Bell being one.
Have you considered doing a history of Hersheypark? it's a great park with lots of historic rides
I have thought about it, but it is tough as i have never been. I am planning to go this year though so it may happen in the future!
Watching this video makes me sad and realise how much fun i had there every weekend, i used to stay at haven caravan sight every weekend with my nana and granddad, starting when i was 13years old stopped going when i was 18... I'm now 23 years old how time flies 😖😱😭
Wow, you used my footage from the documentary I made on the construction of Shrieksville....I’m flattered! Great video, such a sad thing to think that I used to frequent this park with my kids, it was cheap entry and had plenty of fun rides. Melanie really tried to keep this park afloat and she loved the park too.
Thank you so much for the footage! I wish I could of found more but it seemed hard to find. Thanks! Yeah a shame really
I have so many amazing memories here, it is so sad to see this park close it's doors at least mcormacks is still open
Me and my family spent so much time here when we stayed at Beachcomber over the road!We can still get in the gates now its closed but just too the pub called Mccormacs, had some great memories here, gutting it closed down🙄
I live in Grimsby and I loved going on the rides, especially the boomerang but it only closed down because they raised the cost too high.
I can actually smell the tinkaboo ride haha I’m pretty sure me and my family were the only people that genuinely enjoyed it haha😂😂
Always nice to see someone else who was actually okay with the Tinkaboo Factory ride! Even on my later visits, I'd still go on it to slow things down a little between the big thrill rides.
If Pleasure Island didn't break away from Flamingo Land in 2010, then there's a chance that it would still be running today....
Yeah, in the long wrong though i am not sure it would of survived either way.
I use to go there with Forge Valley School in 2012 & 2015.
It was the best day of my life.
I'm pretty sure the 'Old England' section of the park is still open as there is a pub there which me and my Granddad went in last year.
You forgot to mention condor, I saw the site be built and was there on opening day and spent many years going here I was also luckly enough to play Airsoft at the closed site in June 17 so many happy memories there
I really miss Voltar when it was at Flamingo land. It was one of the best rides and also one of the most iconic! Honestly they took some of the best ride away from Flamingo Land and took them to this dying park! Honestly they knew they were going to flop, so why would they remove the rides from Flamingo Land to make BOTH parks work much worse
1:32 This Killer Whale Is A Bit Like Willy From The 1993 Warner Bros Pictures Children's Live Action Coming Of Age Fantasy Action Adventure Family Blockbuster Movie Of All Time. Free Willy. Thanks Mate. X
I used to go there and I loved the sea lions when I was younger. It’s sad though because I was young and I don’t remember it that well💖💞
Majority of the American local theme parks have all gone the way of the smoke and disappeared in the light of Disney, Universal, Dominion and other large companies. Sad to see that but I see the point as I want bigger and better. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, they just can't keep up without the money
I just like the way you say 1993 for some reason 😂
Agree with comment on smaller parks in the UK. I remember Southport, its more like a funfair now I've been to alot as a kid (obviously Blackpool n Alton Towers are still the best even as an adult) but it must be hard for those that don't/didn't have that kind of money, and it's sad really. Loving the vids though, brings back memories
I can't believe it's been so long since it's closed down and I miss it soon much and recently I found one of the tinkaboo animatronics at Skegness in a sweet shop I also got the last ride on the voltar with one of my mates
So many memories...
I went there once a few years back because it was my aunt’s wedding, I would’ve loved to go back and experience it properly :(
Lol I clicked on this video cause I thought you going to be talking about Disney's Pleasure Island. Though I still watch the whole video. It was an interesting watch.
I miss this place
This was down the road from me. I loved it! I couldn’t stand the alakazam! But loved the pendulus
I went here when I was little ........ aaaahhhhhhh the memories
This was great, well done!
Thank you!
12:17
*Fals of fear*
Put in your bid for the Fals of Fear!
You can get in there from the back. It's so awesome in there
I loved that place
Love your videos mate you should do one on pleasurewood hills. Just down the road to me and a really weird history due to its connections with Noel Edmonds and mr blobby lol
Thank you mate. I will do one at some point on it! And good old crinkley bottom :D
Says it all when the staff don't know how to press ahead button. 😂😂😂😂
I used to go there every summer
The Boomerang didn't Relocate From pleasurewood hills instead It Relocated to an Indonesian park called Trans Studio Bali as Boomerang Challenge Coaster
Ahhhh I loved that park
DAMN I WISH I woulda known when this 1st dropped.
The intro music just makes me smile, dance, happy 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊
You got to do pleasure wood hills
Hope people start spending money bit cheeky for some families the struggle to feed them self's let alone spend a big chunk of cash on 1 outing
So werid, Pleasure island had a boomerang, a couple of years later, pleasurewood hills gets a boomerang!
I’m going to Disney soon. Do you have any tips of things I should look for?
I live here it was a great place for fire work shoes and everything
What was the music in the sweet factory supposed to sound like at Disney? It’s not reminding me of anything, lol.
Snow white, whistle while you work.
Why does the commercial for this park look like a spoof from I.T. Crowd?
You should let people know the price of these rides... million bucks is not a small price... most “fairground rides” are a million plus
My uncle help design the boomerang and the Algzam
he must have some cool pictures of it.
I miss going to pleasure island ☹️
I also went to the final firework event for my birthday because it was on my birthday
Worked their for four years drove the train also security and first aid
i know its kinda not abandoned well it was for a few years its pleasure land in Southport there also is a theme park in Scarborough called mr marvels
Yeah i may do a video on it in the future since it was closed for a while!
OMG I LOVE FLAMBARDS
Competition in UK Theme Parks Drown and Ruin the smaller theme parks (Isn't that a pattern in the tech industry? Drown out the competition in favor of supporting the big corporations.)
So far this was my least fav park, it seems bare. The other abandoned parks looks more interesting. This Park feels more Carnaval ish to me by the rides
Crazy what the early 2000s did to so many parks. By the way, I had to look up "Flat Rides" because I wanted to know exactly what that was. Another great video sir. The time you put into these must be insane.
Thanks dude!
You are welcome sir.
It doesn't say much for a zoological park when one of your animal exhibits is a hamster. (@2:13)
T. Gorbach that’s a guinea pig....
Majour childhood flashbacks
Say what ya want but that African train thing is shit scary
So sad :(
All people left to pleasure beach cus none there
i went there lit 24/7 before it shut (i live around there)
By any chance could you go into the history of the Animal Kingdom and the changes made to it?
I will be in the future! :)
Im loving all your coverage of UK parks. Makes me think of my childhood. You should do Pontins in Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Thank you, glad you enjoy the videos! I will add it to the list, and see if it is possible to do in the future. Thank you for the suggestions.
Having lived in Norfolk all my life,pontins was the best
What about the Gravitron??? That ride was vomit inducing
Jeffro86uk what I loved that ride 😂
Omg was that the spinning one that stuck you to the walls? Loved that ride until a kid threw up on it and his sister yelled at him to swallow it 😭😭😭😰
Yeah, that one was quite trippy lol
The Tinkaboo ride was one of the most sinister and freakiest rides I've ever been on. It was supposed to be all happy and cheery but it was just plain creepy, lol.
Chade Fallstar song still haunts me haha
Chade Fallstar nah it was alright
Is it me or was cat in the hat was on that ride
They had identical at pleasure wood hills they got rid of it tho sad
I loved it so much haha
This was my childhood place, literally 5 minutes away from me, so sad it’s gone now :/
was the owner Amanda Thompson who also owned Southport Pleasure Land And still owns blackpool pleasure beach
sorry but the worst loss the 1936 built Cyclone at Southport Amanda Thompson had it demolished in 2007
Anthony Mcdonnell Totally agree there, and with no real warning either. I was part of a campaign to save it back then. Very sadly she got her wicked way and left that park totally trashed. Don’t like her general business strategy, even at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Her last victim was the beloved wooden Wild Mouse. Haven’t been back there since. No respect for her punters IMO.
There was always a local urban legend that there's an elephant buried under the park from when it was a zoo.
My favourite was the listed merry go round in the big top
It is a real shame the park is gone now spent most summers down in cleethorpes at the caravan site just next to pleasure island. So many memories their
As to create a new attraction!
Me too!! Was great when I was young 😊
I feel ya, I stayed on a caravan site next to it and I miss going there
I use to go to pleasure island as a kid but it's shut down now it looks empty and abandoned xxx
Holly Law horrible isn’t it، especially when you drive past 😟 xxx
I think you should do a theme park ride history for Snow White's Scary Adventures in the Magic Kingdom in Disney World
I will do! The next Expedition to start will be Expedition Magic Kingdom!
Can you do one on flamingo land
I live nearby Pleasure Island and everytime I see it, I feel so depressed because the place had alot of history and potiental and it even brought in alot of people in Cleethorpes.
Get out there next week and pick up a sign or something to make a part of its memory live on!
Expedition Theme Park I've just visited the auction and took some decent photos that may be at interest to you.
Yes I would love to see them! Can you email me at sam@expeditionthemepark.com
@@ExpeditionThemePark I use to live in grimsby and every weekend me and my mates use to go there and when I was small me and my gran went I have so many memory's here and before my mum passed away she worked there for 3 seasons
That's life! So sad.
Many places that we enjoyed as a kid, close. Almost nothing last forever... Times continue to change and those parks and places suffer the consecuences and ultimately need to close.
Now Disney is still going strong, the most visited park in the world. So I can safely say they will last for veeeeery long (especially their 2 resorts in USA).
That is also the name of the now defunct pleasure island Night clubs at Disney springs
Yep!
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Yeah when I saw the title of the title of the video, I thought he was referring to that, as I'm Floridian who wouldn't have plans to visit Theme Parks even if he went to the UK.
Fantastic Retrospective and really well put together.
To my mind it looked a fantastic park considering it wasn't one of the big boys.
The rides looked amazing.
It's always sad when these places close but it must be a treasured thing to be able to say you worked there!
I remember visiting Flamingo Land a few times with my family many years ago.
But there were no rides when it first opened
The black water slide is now broken crushed into pieces
Allan Corner .....yep....... that was one of my fave 😭
Fun fact, this site was used for a massive airsoft event called AI500 last year. Over 500 airsoft players fighting across this place is an amazing prospect, Wish I went.
Oh reaaaaaly need to try and find some videos of that. Sounds awesome
Tim O'Connell same but I was too late
I was walking past when this was happening, they kicked me out for some reason
Ive been watching all your content and I really enjoy it! I really like how you talk about the manufacturer names and models of the rides in this episode, Great work!
Thank you!
as a former employee of this theme park this was amusing to watch and brought back so many memories. the tinkaboo ride was my home away from home and yes tho's lil bloody creep ass sweet people where as creepy as they looked i still have nightmares lol
and that music >.
I don't know how many times I have watched this I still miss pleasure island a lot i really do a lot of people don't understand how much I miss it.
I think the biggest issue this park had was that most people who visited ended up being ill from all the gross flat rides they had 😆
I feel like all they needed to do was to sell a few of the flat rides and bring in a compact Log Flume and Wild Mouse style coaster, to really help make the park feel more complete!
i am pretty sure they did have a log flume in the past.
@@comicbookguygamecat I not 100% as I never visited every year, but I did visit as a child and as an adult, and I don't ever remember a log flume!
Went to this theme park loads when I was a kid. Looking at those drone shots makes me realise how small it actually was. Being there as a child it felt like it went on forever.
8:03 i Swear I know this song, but I can’t put my finger on it, and why was Cat in the Hat was on that ride
what is it
4:32 AHHH mini mine train a classic! one of my fave rides and can remember going on it with my cousins. i remember everything that was said and all the views!
Me and mates once got the train from Doncaster and climbed over the fence into this place, rollercoasters for free! It was so fun it was prolbably 15 years ago when I was 15 😂
Considering it was both my local theme park and one of the first ones I ever remember going to (when I was about 5 or 6), I still miss Pleasure Island to this day. Even though it wasn't the biggest or most thrilling park out there, it definitely holds a special place in my heart!
Really interesting! I wonder if the original owner hadn't of died, if the park would have stayed open? Just goes to show you never know what's round the corner...
Lol it’s like next to where I live and it was ace
That woman didn't want to deal with the park. If they stuck with there plans they would have done great and they still would be open she let down her father and everyone who enjoyed the park. I can tell when she talks she didn't care about the park as much as her dad did and the people who visited since it opened. It's sad very sad to see a park that could have been something great get shut down and for the people who had jobs lose them and the people who enjoyed the rides is sad and it never had to happen, If they put there heart and soul into it would have been the best place on earth. But it's too late its gone never again to be enjoyed by the people and the family that owned it couldn't be happier.
Fun fact: the ride “Terror Rack” used to be at Fantasy island near Skegness and was known as “Topsey Turvey”.
Didn't realize this had closed we were at the caravan park next door in 2016 but didn't want to pay alton towers prices to visit again as nothing changed since previous visit!