DandAyr Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Loudoun Castle Theme Park is our local park - a small family aimed park, we don't have big theme parks in Scotland. Perfect for our eldest to go to with his friends for 10th birthday party. My first posting (other than in the welcome topic), and if I get this right I will do a photo TR from our visit to Yorkshire. Carousel - our last ride of the day, cause by know it was miserable in the rain. Nice ride, gentle rocking on the horses. lots of twist and the other side of pirates cove so much for it being summer - we were dry on the horses - you see twist n' shout in the distance One side of pirates cove area Rodeo Rider - a nice old ride Loggers Leap - its one drop gives a nice splash milk churn - turns your legs to butter pirate ship beside the plough the plough - a big chairswing black pearl about to loop regatta takes you a sail view to drunken barrels, kiddie coaster and kiddie tower if shorter you have a laugh on this tower if your 1.40m you can be shot out a Barn the flats like to twist you family park = got to have a family catapillar coaster the kids like it The Rat is the other main coaster time to be dizzy no OTS pain - just lap restraints needed Twist 'n shout train heads for the loop looking the other way - the other 'big' coaster The main coaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Wow! Love this PTR! Those Schwartzkopf classic rides... (sigh). Very neat park, I've never heard of it before. Very COOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electerik Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Very nice TR of a park I've never seen. Thanks for posting it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Their chairswing ride with a giant "moon" in the middle of it is called "The Plough"? Gotta love Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 This is great! Thanks for sharing pics from a very little heard of park. Any park with Drunken Barrels and a looping Schwarzkopf gets my two thumbs way up. RCDB says they have a Schwarzy City Jet in storage but it operated for 2 years until 2005. Any idea why they took it down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Very nice TR. I'm planning on going to school in northern England next year, and the Scottish parks are definitely on my list to hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbesx2 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 ^^ I'm pretty sure they took it down because they thought the gs were too high. I was there when they were taking it down, and then again when it was gone but I stole a bit of the coaster left over. I think it was part of a support I took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcio Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Great TR! Never heard about this park before... That chairswing called my attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattnz Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Love the names of all the rides! I believe The Plough is a converted Schwarzkopf Apollo 14 ride (very rare Schwarzkopf flat), with original cars removed and swing chairs added. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Intresting to see a new park. Not a half bad park, just looks really empty. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgathriller Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Any park with a Huss Troika gets my approval . But I must say that chair swing ride has to be one of the tackiest rides I have ever seen . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoflake15 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 You did well making the park look better than it is in reality. Seeing those photos almost makes me want to go back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandAyr Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 ^ the last 2years they have made it look better with the small touches on the landscaping - well they do have a better start on Scotland's other 'theme park' by not being a concrete car park with rides. I think the park is great for what it is - small family aimed park for a relaxing day out. There is not much for the older teenagers, but plenty for the younger kids. I think rather than comparing to the big UK parks - people should compare to the travelling fairs. Last fair at Ayr low green, for the same price as a day at Loudoun Castle our kids got about 20minutes entertainment and had fewer rides to choose from. in response to some of the other comments: ride names - in context that it is in the Dougal McDougal's Farm part of the park, The Plough is a good name - but yes to call the moon a plough can seem strange. other names in here: Milk Churn, Barnstormer, Pony Trek, McDougals Tractors drunken barrels is in Pirates Cove which also has Black Pearl, Crows Nest, Regatta so some thought into the names in these areas. looked empty - it was! The weather forecast was very poor but they said we would get 4 dry hours and we did then it was wet!!!! Even though its just 20min away, we have only been 4 times, and the worst q was maybe 2minutes and that was cause the ride op wanted more than 3 people on twist n' shout before running it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoflake15 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 ^ It would be quite an achievement to have less theming than 'Scotland's Theme Park'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_roll06 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I was there a few months ago for the first time in almost 4 years and it's looking a LOT better than I remembered. Plus Barnstormer is a great addition to the park. The best Shot Tower I have been on. The park just needs a few more attractions to in some of the forgotten about areas. Great TR btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousch Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Love the names of all the rides! I believe The Plough is a converted Schwarzkopf Apollo 14 ride (very rare Schwarzkopf flat), with original cars removed and swing chairs added. Very cool! I wonder if this is the apollo 14 ride that used to reside at dreamland,margate. Spent many a happy day there as a whippersnapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 That park have almost the same rides as Ponypark Slagharen in the Netherlands. Very cool Schwarzkopf rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divv3k Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 ^^ Yeah it was at Margate at some point. Pretty much every ride at Loudoun has been at another UK park at some point or another. It's a nice little park for what it is. Just wish us Scots could boast something better for our top park. Still, great TR DandAyr. It's good to see more Scots posting on the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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