Log Ride Ocean Beach

[emilybaker97]

lox fun from holly baker

[InsaneCoasterPOVs]

Half wooden coaster, half log flume.

[MizzTinkerBell10000]

wow

[doujindance]

theme park?

[magburner]

Dodgy as fook ride. It always felt like the car was going to come off the tracks as it was going around the top part! lol

[123balletstar]

where is ocean beach? iv never heard of it. the ride looks fun though

[davidjellis]

@123balletstar - It WAS in Rhyl, North Wales...the park is closed now.

[123balletstar]

@davidjellis thank u!!! :)

[tresor27]

@RailtourTom45407 ok thanks :) greetings from germany

[tresor27]

@RailtourTom45407 can you give me a source please? cant find anything on the internet...

[XxGamingGodZz360xX]

hi i live in wales near a fair ground called Porthcawl, very simular ride to this but sadly got shut down due to a rusty ring snapping and killing a child.

[davidjellis]

@XxGamingGodZz360xX - I rode that at Coney Beach about 10 years ago...looked a bit dangerous even then!

[AnimationAnimater12]

ride is so lame

[sjtom57]

Decent vid of a lame ride.

[crapy7888]

There's a ride at Drayton Manor Park that's a MILLION times better then this crap. Storm Force 10 it's very similar too

[davidjellis]

I agree that Storm Force 10 is a great ride, however you are missing the point...this is possibly the last example of a ride of this type in the World. I posted it for historical significance rather than its thrill factor. This ride was 48 years old when I filmed it...I very much doubt Storm Force 10 will ever see half that age, no matter how thrilling it is. Respect.

[fhood]

This ride does look extremely unsafe. It seems as if the cars are not attached very well to the track, especially at the bottom of the drop -- it looks like the cars could easily fly up off of the track.

[djlowtek]

@fhood

Yea, this 50 year old ride will just all of a sudden start flying off the track even though it has not done so in 50 years.

[Mad4TheMusic]

looks like fun

[ogromeo714]

LOOKS LIKE FUN

[xtremespeed128]

Doesn't exactly get enyone wet.

[xxbeaststormxx]

i went on tis b4 i think its the developers u are right

[MeetTay]

where is this

[davidjellis]

Rhyl, North Wales. The park is now closed.

[xxchloe2009xx]

rhyl. but its gone. i went past every night seein people on it :)

[theymademedopushups]

thats not safe, what kind of stupid shit head would ride something that looks like it would fall if u kicked it??

[davidjellis]

what are you saying, exactly?

[xxchloe2009xx]

it was really rough. it was there from about.. 1922 i heard but y'know. i rode it when i was six and it was borin but its been knocked down now

[sundayisshowers]

BORING!!

[davidjellis]

True...it isn't exactly a white knuckle ride, but this was the very last example of this kind of early water attraction left in the world, as far as I am aware. What were you expecting?

[abazi94]

YEAH BORING!!

[Maltray]

I got very wet on the water chute at Rhyl in the early to late 1980s. lots of water in it then, my mother and late grandmother stayed to near the screen, got wet from head to toe

[matthewvogel1234]

I love old rides like this!!

[northwestcoastuk]

Great video. It's a pity Ocean Beach came to such a sad end, and worse of all, they haven't done anything with the site 12 months on.

I have just edited 2 video's of Ocean Beach demolition Click on my username to view them.

Thanks

[davidjellis]

It may be...but sadly it appears to be the last of this type of ride in existence. A sad loss, regardless of whether it was very thrilling. Heritage is important, and we need to preserve such rarities for future generations.

[b3tamax]

Ahh yes, the infamous Log Ride. I actually found this much scarier than the Jetstream. Probably because it was rusty, rickety ,and well ...wooden! Hehe! Rode a huge wooden coaster ( it's name escapes me ) in Terra Mitica, Benidorm, few years ago. That was scary also! But then, I dicovered the kamikaze water slides next door in Aqualandia. Even scarier! Think it's because you're not strapped, barred or buckled in ,and you have to rely on the laws of gravity!

[hermione066]

i went on it...

[rogertaylorfan2k8]

i've been on this ride! it's so cool when you go down, although you hardly get wet, but no complaints here :] sad that it's gone now though :[

[xcandyfloss01x]

Oh! Wicked Ride! I wanna Go On It! Were Abouts Is It??

[davidjellis]

It is now sadly dismantled, some of it destroyed and lost forever, however other bits are safe, and will hopefully be used to rebuild it in the future at the proposed Heritage Park at Dreamland, Margate.

[dancingfool96]

That ride looks stupid wow!

[kp98]

this ride looks dangerous and stupid you barley get wet

[davidjellis]

In Britain, not getting wet is actually a good thing I feel!

It isn't dangerous though...not sure why you think that.

The ride is (was) the only one of its type left in existence, and as such a historical rarity, it was a pleasure to ride...wet or not.

[kp98]

ok thanks for telling me

[MancunianJoe339]

I Went On This In Augast 2005 It Was Great My Parents Woldnt let me on the jetstream Though

[sparkandflame]

god that ride was aload of poop, but im still gutted that the fair has been closed down, its part of my childhood, we used to go there every summer to a caravan in towyn and head off into rhyl of a night :( RIP ocean beach lol

[mattdogggg]

i loved this ride

it is gone i didint know that

that sucks

[sc123ea123]

I loved going on this ride! It's a shame it's gone!

[123holliee]

Omg ii HATED That Ride When ii When On It ii Sliped Out Me Seet And When He Was Cumin Down It Went Of The Track Abit

xXx

[22rascal44]

I like this

[poeggy199]

where is this?

[davidjellis]

It WAS at Ocean Beach, in Rhyl, Wales. The ride is now gone, although the cars and most of the track and equipment are in storage with a hope that it may be rebuilt in the future on the Dreamland site at Margate, Kent.

[MancunianJoe339]

After Scenic Raiway Set On Fire Dreamland

Has Now shut Down And Now I Think Theyve Demolished It

[davidjellis]

This isn't true. Scenic Railway awaiting inspectors report on condition, but local council has issued repair order for the coaster, looking to get it rebuilt, possibly next year. Water ride from Rhyl still in storage at undisclosed location for future Dreamland heritage park.

[funkymartin]

This is just about the last of the original Water Chute rides that I have yet to ride. I will make every effort to get to Ocean Beach this August as it could sadly be it's last season.

Happily, I've heard that if this park's demise actually proceeds this ride will be saved.

Martin Porter (UK)