Theme Park Ireland?

irishslainte

Do we need one or not?

Rb

No, absolutely not. We get about 2 weeks of sun per year, what use would it be?

Going around rollercoasters in the píssing rain would be no fun.

What we need is casinos.

Dick Turnip

agreed, its just been pissing rain for the last month, this is supposed to be summer - not ideal weather for a theme park.

flanum

sure we already do!! "mosnia"!

ian_m

Yes we do. A smaller one could be built with a roof.

Epic Tissue

How about a waterpark?

ian_m

Epic Tissue wrote: »

How about a waterpark?

That would be another good idea.

irishslainte

lads you got to think of a theme park you dont just think of outside there would be waterrides indoor , outdoor this would be the bees knees

rossie1977

Rb wrote: »

No, absolutely not. We get about 2 weeks of sun per year, what use would it be?

Going around rollercoasters in the píssing rain would be no fun.

What we need is casinos.

hasn't stopped people going to blackpool pleasure beach, 11th most visited theme park in the world with over 6 million visitors annually

a proper sized waterpark would have to be outdoor like wet and wild in orlando, an indoor park of any size that people would want to come to ireland to see would cost far too much to be profitable

i agree with casinos, we should offer a stupidly low casino tax, vegas is 6.75% so we should go lower like 5%, if you did that you would have mgm, wynn, sands, boyd, harrahs and station over here at the drop of a hat

CantGetNoSleep

ian_m wrote: »

Yes we do. A smaller one could be built with a roof.

Talks of building a roof over the amusement park in Tramore

Dont be at yourself

In fairness, something like Universal Studies could work in Ireland.

I went to Universal Studios Japan last weekend, and it was raining. Lots of the attractions were indoors though, so it didn't matter.

Kiera

Jusr bring back Mosney

Karoma

Woohoo! Free market research.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=56454793#post56454793


What's in Mosnia nowadays?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Are you kidding me?!

Look how long it took us to put together TWO metro lines!!
Look at how long it took to put totgether a national stadium!! (I know, I know!!)

A theme park?! To be typically Irish, it would have to look like something like Duff Gardens and be earmarked for completion in 2025 (i.e. 2032 if we're lucky) by which time there'll have been the mother of all recessions and the thing will be the biggest white elephant on God's green Earth.

Although Global warming will have kicked in, and the Ireland will have the biggest desert in Europe so the rain won't be a problem

JohnCleary

We need more affordable outdoor adventure centres. It won't matter a sh1te if it's raining or not - who cares if it's raining when you go kayacking etc. etc. It'll also get those fatarse kids off their arses and may get you geeks outdoors

Andrewf20

It rains alot in England despite a whole host of theme parks over there.

I dont think we have a large enough market tbh.

DanGerMus

Ireland is a theme park.

Dont you know, to be gorra. Top ha da mornin too ya buckoh!

Sherifu

It'd be good to have a decent theme park in Ireland. A waterpark as suggested sounds good.

Karoma wrote: »

Woohoo! Free market research.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=56454793#post56454793

Hehe, nice spot.

Run_to_da_hills

DanGerMus wrote: »

Ireland is a theme park.!

It will be when When Transport 21 is fully implemented.

ironictoaster

Nah, I think it would suck over here. Orlando ftw.

Lenin

Appropriate thread for a pic I just photoshopped... :P

Milktrolley

Lenin wrote: »

Appropriate thread for a pic I just photoshopped... :P

Absolutely legendary!

The Artist

Rb wrote: »

No, absolutely not. We get about 2 weeks of sun per year, what use would it be?

it still doesnt stop ireland having theme parks.

What we need is casinos

no casinos a waste of money as theres enough bookies here and mostly open all day including sunday!

irishslainte wrote: »

Do we need one or not?

of we do:)as the goverment wont allow them due to insurance reasons afaik.

Epic Tissue wrote: »

How about a waterpark?

theres already a few waterparks in ireland.
England has 16 theme parks and doing very well.
Alton Towers is the top one and its brilliant.

Run_to_da_hills

The Artist wrote: »

Alton Towers is the top one and its brilliant.

I always wanted to go there

The Artist

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I always wanted to go there

there is loads of travel agenties avialible for weekend trips.
http://www.irishferries.com/holidays/britain/alton_towers/index.shtml
http://www.celtichorizontours.com/celtichorizon/Main/Product-2006.asp?iEventID=2011
http://www.irishferries.com/holidays/britain/theme_parks_alton_towers.shtml
ive been there 2 a year.
I use aer-lingus to stansted and coach to get there.

rossie1977

The Artist wrote: »

no casinos a waste of money as theres enough bookies here and mostly open all day including sunday!

if large scale casinos opened here they would put most of the bookies out of business. take the las vegas example in the 1940-1960s there were bookies on every street corner in vegas, then a guy by the name of Frank "Lefty" Rosental opened a huge sport book in the then biggest hotel on the strip "the stardust", overnight the bookies pull weakened considerably. Today all the major resorts in vegas have massive sport books and finding snow in vegas is easier than finding independent bookie these days.

Wertz

Theme/water parks hell yes. We needed them yesterday.

Casinos? Fcuk no. Gambling is already far too much of a problem here and all casinos do is facilitate even more forms of it and push it to a wider market.


Of course what we'll probably end up with at some stage is a few casinos but no bloody parks...come on in kids and play blackjack...much better adrenaline rush than a silly roller coaster...

Run_to_da_hills

The Artist wrote: »

there is loads of travel agenties avialible for weekend trips.
http://www.irishferries.com/holidays/britain/alton_towers/index.shtml
http://www.celtichorizontours.com/celtichorizon/Main/Product-2006.asp?iEventID=2011
http://www.irishferries.com/holidays/britain/theme_parks_alton_towers.shtml
ive been there 2 a year.
I use aer-lingus to stansted and coach to get there.

I have seen weekend specials advertised in the UK tabloids from Ireland.

I have been to quite a few Theme parks overseas inluding Lunar Park Rome, Portaventura Catalunia, Dizney LA, Dreamworld in Gold Coast Australia, Water Country New Hamshire, and from experience I would not travel to any theme during peak period especially at weekends!!!. My favourite are the coaster rides, and of them the "woodies" are the best The one in Mexico City was awesome, and i didn't see any visible signs of H&S regulations. :eek: Also a good woodie in Vancouver.

The Artist

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I see specials advertised in the tabloids. I have been to quite a few Theme parks overseas inluding Lunar Park Rome, Portaventura Catalunia, Dizney LA, Dreamworld Gold Coast Australia, and from experience I would not travel to any more during peak!!!. My favourite are the coaster rides, and of them the woodies are my favourite One in Mexico City was awesome, and in a country where there is no H&S regulations. :eek:

You travel alot!
And yes ive been to
Terra mitca Benidorm
Tivoli world Malaga
Terra mitica is awesome and Portadventura is is one great theme park in Salou,loved it.
Im planning on going to florida in the next few years.
I love the sound of the Universal studios and the theme park.

rossie1977

Wertz wrote: »

Theme/water parks hell yes. We needed them yesterday.

Casinos? Fcuk no. Gambling is already far too much of a problem here and all casinos do is facilitate even more forms of it and push it to a wider market.


Of course what we'll probably end up with at some stage is a few casinos but no bloody parks...come on in kids and play blackjack...much better adrenaline rush than a silly roller coaster...

or we could set an age limit of 21 or like bellagio nobody under 21 even allowed inside the door without an adult.

europe has only pathetically small casinos so there is a market and why not ireland. macau generates $10 billion a year in gaming revenues or over $1 billion in taxes for the local economy.

rossie1977

The Artist wrote: »

Im planning on going to florida in the next few years.
I love the sound of the Universal studios and the theme park.

islands of adventure at universal is a great park as is busch gardens in tampa

Run_to_da_hills

The Artist wrote: »

You travel alot!
And yes ive been to
Terra mitca Benidorm
Tivoli world Malaga
Terra mitica is awesome and Portadventura is is one great theme park in Salou,loved it.
Im planning on going to florida in the next few years.
I love the sound of the Universal studios and the theme park.

Most of my long distance travel days were back in the 90's when I left Ireland for 4 years,

Portadventura Solou was only three years ago and enjoyed every bit of it, It was the mid week before Halloween and the place was empty, no waiting for any of the rides!! If you are going to any of these places bring a packed lunch!!

rossie1977

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Most of my long distance travel days were back in the 90's when I left Ireland for 4 years,

Portadventura Solou was only three years ago and enjoyed every bit of it, It was the mid week before Halloween and the place was empty, no waiting for any of the rides!! If you are going to any of these places bring a packed lunch!!

i was in portadventura last year just after halloween and had the exact opposite experience, huge 2 hr+ queues for all the big rides and even a 30 minute+ queue just to get into the damn park, masses of people at the restaurants, never been so pissed off in my life :mad:

Run_to_da_hills

rossie1977 wrote: »

i was in portadventura last year just after halloween and had the exact opposite experience, huge 2 hr+ queues for all the big rides and even a 30 minute+ queue just to get into the damn park, masses of people at the restaurants, never been so pissed off in my life :mad:

You got there during the mid term break

WoollyRedHat

You could have a Bertie type attraction in the them park, with Bertie shouting out bizarre statements during the ride. Comedic and fun.

The Artist

theme parks europe.
EuropeAlton Towers (Alton, England)
Attractiepark Slagharen (Slagharen, Netherlands)
Barry's Amusements (Portrush, Northern Ireland)
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Blackpool, England)
Bobbejaanland (Lichtaart, Belgium)
Bottons Pleasure Beach (Skegness, England)
Disneyland Paris (Marne-la-Vallée, France)
Efteling (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands)
Europa Park (Rust, Germany)
Fantasy Island (Skegness, England)
Festyland (Bretteville-Sur-Odon, France)
Flamingoland (North Yorkshire, England)
Freizeitpark Klotten (Klotten, Germany)
Funtasia (Bettystown, Ireland)
Gardaland (Veneto, Italy)
Hansa Park (Sierksdorf, Germany)
Lightwater Valley (Ripon, England)
Mirabilandia (Savio, Italy)
Oakwood Theme Park (Pembrokeshire, Wales)
Parc Asterix (Plailly, France)
Parque de Atracciones (Madrid, Spain)
Parque Warner Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Pleasure Island (Cleethorpes, England)
Pleasureland Southport (Southport, England)
Port Aventura (Salou, Spain)
Rotunda (Folkestone, England)
Schloß Beck Freizeitpark (Bottrop, Germany)
Terra Mítica (Benidorm, Spain)
Tibidabo (Barcelona, Spain)
Tramore Amusement Park (Tramore, Ireland)
Tripsdrill (Cleebronn, Germany)
Vidámpark (Budapest, Hungary)
Walibi Belgium (Wavre, Belgium)
Walibi World (Biddinghuizen, Netherlands)
Wiener Prater (Vienna, Austria)

Ah found 2 in ireland
Funtasia (Bettystown, Ireland)??????
Tramore Amusement Park (Tramore, Ireland)


Wow!
we are in need of a proper theme park in ireland bloody nanny state:mad:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

The Artist wrote: »

Wow!
we are in need of a proper theme park in ireland bloody nanny state:mad:

You gets what you votes for.

The Artist

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

You gets what you votes for.

Make up a thread vote on it ikky?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

The Artist wrote: »

Make up a thread vote on it ikky?

I think once every five years is more than enough, don't you?!

rossie1977

lol at barrys amusements in portrush, i was in and out of that place in 2 minutes, it consists of a few video games and one or two small rides that you would find at a local fair, surely leisureland in salthill deserves a mention if barrys is there

kowloon

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

You could have a Bertie type attraction in the them park, with Bertie shouting out bizarre statements during the ride. Comedic and fun.

Or an entire FF theme.

They take all your money on the way in, you queue for ages, the rides aren't built when you get in and what is built is rubbish. You leave disappointed, broke and with a sore arse. Then for some inexplicable reason you choose to go back to the same overstaffed ****hole the next year.

challengemaster

The ride would be over before bertie actually finishes the statement with all the stuttering..

Krieg

*Gets the sudden urge to play rollercoaster tycoon*

I think we should have a theme park
Weather isnt too much of an issue. In fairness, England get slightly more/less rain than us and Alton Towers is quite popular
Water park would be nice too

kowloon

Covered rollercoasters exist, no reason why there couldn't be a theme park.

DEmeant0r

I agree with a Theme Park in Ireland. It'd save me money from travelling to one. I've only been to a handful though:

Port Aventura in Spain
Walibi World in Netherlands
Disney World
Disney land in France
Blackpool
Ocean Park in Hong Kong

Prob my fave coaster was Dragon Khan, went on that 6 times in one day!!!

Tippex

guys this was proposed about 5 years ago.
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=vega+city&meta=

AFAIR anheuser busch (Busch Gardens) were reported to be one of the stake holders. I think is was eventually rejected by Fingal county council due to lack of infrastructure.

I'll do a bit more digging. I think it ws rumoured to create 10,000 jobs for the area including construction etc.

WoollyRedHat

kowloon wrote: »

Or an entire FF theme.

They take all your money on the way in, you queue for ages, the rides aren't built when you get in and what is built is rubbish. You leave disappointed, broke and with a sore arse. Then for some inexplicable reason you choose to go back to the same overstaffed ****hole the next year.

Sounds like a brillant money-maker though, perhaps the answer to our Economic difficulties!

Edit: and who decided funtasia was a theme park? If it falls under a theme for awfulness then maybe. Better no theme parks at all, rather than having to go to th elength of including some non-existant one.

The Artist

DEmeant0r wrote: »

Prob my fave coaster was Dragon Khan, went on that 6 times in one day!!!

yes i was on that too absouletly fantantic ride,went on it twice.

lostexpectation

isn't there new water park in drogheda? anybody been?

The Artist

heres a list of waterparks in ireland.
http://www.waterparks.com/flashaction4.asp?countryname=Ireland

Wertz

kowloon wrote: »

Covered rollercoasters exist, no reason why there couldn't be a theme park.

Indeed they do...that Black Hole coaster in Alton Towers was one of the best things I've been on over the years...pity they closed it

Tippex wrote: »

I think is was eventually rejected by Fingal county council due to lack of infrastructure.

lol didn't stop them building a few hundred thousand houses and apartment complexes in similar areas with an identical lack of infrastructure.
Why is that councils never use planning applications like this to force developers into actually building the inrastructure they need, or at least partly pay for it...rather than the current "system" where they just give them carte blanche to build and are then left to pick up the pieces and provide road improvements and social structures after the fact?