Wild Mouse tribute 1958-2017 :: Blackpool Pleasure Beach from 1996 visit

With only a few wood track Wild Mice in existence, Blackpool Pleasure Beach had a very special gem. Sadly, they have decided to retire the popular Wild Mouse roller coaster and it will not reopen in 2018. Video clips taken by me during my one and only visit to Blackpool Pleasure Beach in England on July 11, 1996.

[@sjtom57]

Another classic bites the dust. Nice vid.

[@coolcabbage43]

Fantastic retro footage of an incredible coaster, it will be sorely missed.

[@seansteel3499]

This needs to be brought back

[@DA-dw5zn]

This was my favourite ride on the pleasure beach. I got my dad to take me on as a little un & went on again years later. It was scarier second time because I knew about speed more & was thinking "this is too fast for the turn ahead."

[@david61056]

Fantastic tribute to the Wild Mouse steel roller coaster ride! (1958-2017)

[@StamfordBridge]

This is great offride footage, maybe the best I’ve ever seen. But it’s hard to watch as the feeling of betrayal is still so raw for me.

[@swampfoxer]

I can understand your feelings. I just heard about this today (Jan 7, 2018) and it hit me hard. I needed to pay tribute to this wonderful little coaster.

[@StamfordBridge]

swampfoxer It’s a great video - thanks.

[@rollercoastermaniac2]

When I read on RCDB that it was closed I was like "haha yeah, right" then I actually read it was and was at a loss

[@Mike-jv9cl]

I'm saddened to know that the Wild Mouse is now gone, however I am looking forward to the new Icon ride. I'm really glad to have ridden Wild Mouse the 1 time I went to the Pleasure Beach, in 2015 when it was 57 years old :-)

[@smellychicken2343]

I been on that ride I loved it but why would it be remove it

[@dougbriglmen716]

Was one of my favourite rollercoasters period! RIP🐭💔😩. And it's not PB's fault! it's the HSE/ ADIPS/ Insurance etc. If anybody should be getting flack for this it should be them under current legislation that caused this to happen😤 I'm thinking of starting a campaign to change the legislation so other classic historical rides don't meet the same fate. I'm not against health and safety in principle but it's gone way too far and it's starting to affect what makes amusement parks and fairgrounds fun.

[@christopherdrennan3511]

Doug Briglmen it's going to be a coffee shop.

[@gavinreid8937]

You mean ,if it was a metal roller coaster hanging you upside down ,dropping you 200 feet ,ending in a loop at 74 mph, it would be considered safe? madness.

[@rollercoastermaniac2]

At this point it actually was just BPs fault. The ride had breaks changed to be automatic and had a lot of changes done in 2016 to make it compliant. This was just an out of the blue management decision.

[@rollercoastermaniac2]

Brakes*

[@twistedcheese1]

:(

[@aimxgamers8875]

Christian Moss i still hate Amanda Tom son