Nostalgia Thread: Peter Pan Fun World

Diabhal Beag

Who else is young enough to remember this?

Ray Foley was on about it today and it brought back a ****load of memories. The Coca Cola slide that broke at least one arm a day, the shhnake slide (proper pronunciation) and the ballpit.

For anybody who can't remember it was in Wellpark. Closed down a good few years ago sadly.

Pinturicchio

Ah yes. Many a birthday party was held there.

fifib

used to work there. best job and craic ever..only downside of it was that tug on yer arm from some kid telling he found poo in the ball pool!

Diabhal Beag

fifib wrote: »

used to work there. best job and craic ever..only downside of it was that tug on yer arm from some kid telling he found poo in the ball pool!

That's a beautiful story.

Wompa1

Slush puppies, the smell of feet, climbing up the bouncing castle, getting stuck half way down the twirly slide, throwing the long hanging thingys back in someones face...ah yes. Great time to be a kid. That was where the Eye Cinema is now ain't it?

Diabhal Beag

Wompa1 wrote: »

Slush puppies, the smell of feet, climbing up the bouncing castle, getting stuck half way down the twirly slide, throwing the long hanging thingys back in someones face...ah yes. Great time to be a kid. That was where the Eye Cinema is now ain't it?

Pretty sure it is.

einshteen

Ah yeah, me and my friends tried to mentally map this one night, some bits I couldn't remember. Here's my MS Paint skills:

moonflower

I loved Peter Pan so so much. I remember it took me so long to not be afraid of the Coca-Cola slide, I'd climb up and it would seem so tall and steep that I'd just climb back down again.

Gorilla Games was great too, I seriously wish that place was still open. I spent so many rainy saturdays there

Sherifu

LMAO that map is great, I think where the questions mark are is where the big sponge shapes were for very young kids.

c_man

Remember everyone trying to outdo themselves on bragging on how many times they went on the Coca-Cola slide?

fifib

in front of the bouncing castle was the yellow slide, the ghost house, the bouncy balls, those hanging balls that ran along a track and you could sit on them and the "car wash" - 2 rotating barrel shaped things that you slid through.
the green side/snake slide was in the other section one level up from the coca cola slide. there were them rope ladders and bridges all over the area too and the discs you stud on and spun yourself round on.

Dunjohn

I loved that place, but strangely enough, my favourite part was probably the most boring: The dark, ultra-violet corridor that turned your clothes a bit mental.

I don't remember the Coca-Cola slide at all. I'm a bit weirded out by that. I know it was there, it was the main attraction for kids of my age but I just can't picture it.

Oh wait, was it the one that started off perfectly vertical?

Shryke

Yup. Seriously vertical. I remember getting the person sitting on top to push me the first few times. It was a sheer drop! Brilliant place. Straight through the obstacle place... toward the ball pit, throwing those hanging guys in peoples faces, smash about the bouncy castle like a lunatic before going for the big rush of the two big slides. Slushy after. I think that was more or less the routine.

Jamey

The cheesiest 90's tunes playing over the loudspeaker!

Interceptor

The burned out Mini on the other side of the car park...

'c

Krieg

A google search would give you the impression that its still open, offering contact numbers and location. Been closed for at least 10 years

Das Kitty

Is Monkey Business the same idea, or is it only for small kids?

ronnie3585

Love the diagram, the place where you buy the slush puppies actually made me laugh out loud.

There used to be a cage with massive exercise balls where the ??? is on the diagram. Vividly remember bouncing the little brother about four feet into the air with one of those balls. Good times.

CaliforniaDream

I climbed UP the Coco Cola slide one morning. So proud.

trish23

Das Kitty wrote: »

Is Monkey Business the same idea, or is it only for small kids?

Exactly the same idea - good spot for under 12(ishes?)

Diabhal Beag

trish23 wrote: »

Exactly the same idea - good spot for under 12(ishes?)

Not as good though.

civis_liberalis

Was the snake slide not behind you and above to the right as you peered down nervously at the Coca Cola slide?

Lockstep

Oh man, nostalgia!

My main of memory of the place is when I went as a wee Kickoutthejams. My eldest brother and cousins were going mad on the Coca Cola slide and I was determined not to be left out. Got to the top, took a look down and panicked, ran down the steps. It seemed so very tall.
I'm fairly sure there was some attendant there at the top who probably got very annoyed with my endless trips to the top of the slide and chickening out.
I spent the rest of the day in that hideyhole near the Coke slide or hogging the car-wash.


Despite the constant smell of feet, that place was class.

Gorilla Games was also pretty cool, I was a dab hand at the balancing-surf board so I was.

Mars Bar

I never forget when I destroyed my elbows in the yellow slide or the snake slide, can't remember which one. Free ice-cream for mars bar! :cool:

Dunjohn

I never actually went to Gorilla Games... possibly should've.

donmeister

I've one memory of Peter Pan Fun World, was there when I was 4 for my cousins birthday, ended up pissing my pants on the net bridge and balling my eyes out

Wompa1

donmeister wrote: »

I've one memory of Peter Pan Fun World, was there when I was 4 for my cousins birthday, ended up pissing my pants on the net bridge and balling my eyes out

I remember being in Peter Pan Fun World one day down by the net bridge and slipping on what I thought was a spilled slush puppy and cracking my head open on the unforgiving padded floor.

Guess it wasn't slush puppy eh?

Mars Bar

I also remember going for a school tour in 2nd class and when we got on the bus to go home, we realised we were missing one of our girls! She was just having too much fun in there...

Wompa1

mars bar wrote: »

I also remember going for a school tour in 2nd class and when we got on the bus to go home, we realised we were missing one of our girls! She was just having too much fun in there...

She is sadly missed?

It was very easy to lose track of time in there though alright. You could stay all day and not get bored.

She probably works in the Eye now.

fish fingers

Jesus i brought some of my kids there, i feel old when you're all reminiscing about being on the slides.

Wompa1

fish fingers wrote: »

Jesus i brought some of my kids there, i feel old when you're all reminiscing about being on the slides.

You're that old and you know how to use a computer, I commend you :P Now get back to the home before you start to worry people...

by the way do you like fish sticks?

On that note has the decision been passed so a-holes like me should stop a-hole comments like this?

Mars Bar

Wompa1 wrote: »

She is sadly missed?

It was very easy to lose track of time in there though alright. You could stay all day and not get bored.

:pac:

The teachers found her eventually...

DRakE

Peter Pan was ****ing excellent.

fish fingers

Wompa1 wrote: »

You're that old and you know how to use a computer, I commend you :P Now get back to the home before you start to worry people...

by the way do you like fish sticks?

On that note has the decision been passed so a-holes like me should stop a-hole comments like this?

I dictate to my helpers what to write, the old sight is fading.

Dunjohn

Yeah, the full memory of the Coca Cola slide has finally come back to me by now. I remember there were two heights. I'm pretty certain I went down the high one several times. Hope to God I'm right....

Wonder where that slide is now. It'd be pretty cool some day to be able to say, "Hey, I own the original Coca Cola slide, remember that?"

WesternNight

Jamey wrote: »

The cheesiest 90's tunes playing over the loudspeaker!

This

Whenever I hear any of those songs on the radio I'm instantly transported back!

The one thing I never did was go on the Coca Cola slide. I was too scared because of the horror stories about kids breaking their arms. I was such a wimp!

I used to love the ball pools, I'd try to completely submerge myself in them, which was fine until some kid would jump in without realising I was there and land on me

Fecking dangerous place! But such great fun

ronnie3585

Someone has to have pictures of Peter Pan. Spent ages going through old photos of birthdays and the like and I can't find one:mad:

reap-a-rat

I nearly cried the day my boyfriend told me he had never been to Peter Pan, I felt so sorry for him. I posted it on FB and people reacted as if the poor thing had died or something, it was that shocking!

I only ever went on the Coca-Cola slide once and I can't really remember it, but I was always saying I'd do it again, then it closed:(! My brother was the brave one tho, when he was done drowning us in the ball pools he would literally spend the rest of the time on that slide, he had no fear at all!

I must have gone there for every birthday from when I was 3 or 4 to when it closed, which probably wasn't that much unfortunately! In Summer you followed up a trip to Peter Pan with a trip to Leisureland, sure while you were in the city I suppose ! Awesome times!

I have vague memories about meeting another little boy Tommy, being amazed that his name was the same as the Green Power Ranger and spending the rest of the afternoon sharing our favourite martial arts moves that we had learned from the program.

Oh and those masher thingys were great craic -when you slip through them.

jwcurtin

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Someone has to have pictures of Peter Pan. Spent ages going through old photos of birthdays and the like and I can't find one:mad:

I have, they're somewhere! I head up to the attic!

Wompa1

jwcurtin wrote: »

I have, they're somewhere! I head up to the attic!

Careful now. Putting pictures of little kids in a play area on an internet forum..what could go wrong?

fifib

we used to get adults, especially the dads asking us if they could rent out the place for an evening for a birthday or stag etc.. then they'd head down to "check on the kids" and you'd spot them sneakily going down the slides! big kids!

jwcurtin

Wompa1 wrote: »

Careful now. Putting pictures of little kids in a play area on an internet forum..what could go wrong?

Ya no probs, ill be careful!

Mars Bar

Dunjohn wrote: »

Yeah, the full memory of the Coca Cola slide has finally come back to me by now. I remember there were two heights. I'm pretty certain I went down the high one several times. Hope to God I'm right....

Wonder where that slide is now. It'd be pretty cool some day to be able to say, "Hey, I own the original Coca Cola slide, remember that?"

My best friends Dad helped tear it down. Dunno how she could live with him knowing that! :mad:

Anyway, she had the balls out in her garage, her and her brother used to raise the fork lift and jump off into the balls into a skip!

WesternNight wrote: »

The one thing I never did was go on the Coca Cola slide. I was too scared because of the horror stories about kids breaking their arms. I was such a wimp!

I never went on it either.

spinandscribble

I only went down the coke slide once. Never again lol. I loved the bouncy castle but was forever getting told to go off it, there was also some snotty lad in there saying girls weren't as good as guys at climbing the walls and flipping, I showed them *shakes fist*.
We went nearly every sunday for years and for half way through like clockwork we'd find dad drinking coffee/tea and get 50p to get the slushees.
I remember in the "haunted house part" some slightly older boys trying to play "doctor". I'm pretty sure I yelled at them or punched them...lol was that any of you?
Pretty sure my dad said I was there the day it opened. I remember going with cousins at 11 years old and being told I was too old to go in . I just looked old for my age. Never went back again, too embarrassed. God that place was great craic.

jd007

mars bar wrote: »

My best friends Dad helped tear it down. Dunno how she could live with him knowing that! :mad:

Name and shame him! :mad: :pac:

Think I was only there once for a friends birthday party. Best day ever!:D

0verblood

I'm 24 now, I miss that place so much!

I remember absolutely battering myself on the coca cola slide, I was wearing shorts and my sticky sweaty legs got stuck half a second after I started to slide down then cartwheeled down the rest of the way and smashed into the coloured balls head first, and I was grand! If that happened to me nowadays I'd be in bits for a week.

Dunjohn

mars bar wrote: »

My best friends Dad helped tear it down. Dunno how she could live with him knowing that! :mad:

We should all get together and rebuild it. As a boards project.

We'd probably make the Indo again.

Inmyownworld

Loved that place! I went down the Coca-Cola slide once and hit my head on it going down so it was back to the snake slide for the rest of my time in there!

You'll always remember people going up to the top of the stairs to the coca-cola slide being asked "And how old are you?"
"Ehh.... ten?"

Brilliant times! Imagine booking it out for a party now a days, would be great!

civis_liberalis

I remember my brother climbing all the way up to the top up, up the rope ladders or whatever, to go on the snake slide. When he got to the opening, he got scared and when he was asked what age he was, he lied so that the girl would sent him back down again.