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  • i went on that roller coaster with my mum when i was about 8. the safety bar flew open

  • As we crashed into the back of it..it didnt move an inch..metal onto metal at 40mph it was a Dead Stop!..Everyone in the park came rushing over.

    Lucky for us..the wife of the bloke sat at the back of me was a solicitor,within 10 minutes the park was full of Police,Fire engines,Ambulances& a helicopter(not sure if that was tv or Police).

    There were only 6 of us on the ride..I dont know how the others got on but I got 4k for my ordeal..I havent been on another dipper since tho :(

  • @YORK15PROMOTIONS unlucky about that me and my friend were on holiday that day we were going to go on but he was hungery.... we were lucky i feel sorry for you to have gone through that experiance

  • I was involved in a coaster crash at Rhyll in Wales a few Years back at the mini pleasure park there(I think its been closed down now)

    As the train I was on came back into the station at the end of the ride..I could see the workers trying to push the other train that was parked up in the station further down the track out of the way..I,ll never 4get the look on their faces as we came around the last bend at around 40mph&realised they werent goin to move it in time&jumped for their lives.

  • seems all fixed now, the ride has a VERY good record and would have been a real shame if they had to break it down and remove it.

  • LOL halo theme. I LOVE HALO

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  • i was on it the day before it crashed

  • I thought I was shut down after somebody was thrown off it....or is that a different ride there?? Also I got invited to the owners house for tea as my family is really important there!

  • blackpools rides are too old now it need knowing down and reabuilding.

  • @LoveAltonTowers rubbish they're great, fun and staff are great too

  • Bit overdramatic is it not? I mean its hardly a major accident.

  • i was on the ride just before the crash it was a miracle that i wasent on the ride at the time of the crash

  • the park shuts at half 6 :L

  • I was there on the day that happened but we left slightly earlier, such a wonderful ride, this really is a shame. It's great it's up and running though.

  • Who ever was on there got paid out enough money to serve them each person got 20 grand each

  • I was on the 1 b4 dat happend i seen it!

  • @cammymw2 i was going to go on it with my mate he was hungrey and said he was going to get something to eat i went with him and missed it .... sooo close eh?? you and me are lucky :D

  • i was there when that happend but luckily i wansnt on that ride at the time.

  • im goin on friday  cant wait xxx

  • its not as good as what it used to be, the lift hill is at a snails pace even when they have one train on it, it feels like at the top that your not going to make it round the top corner to the 1st drop.

    my opinion they should get rid of it and build a ride like stelth at thorpe park, also get rid of the wild mouse as well

  • i was their when the rid crashed, i was in the que and was waiting for them to come back then they told us that it had crashed :L!

  • @EyeShadowQueen1 Change your mind on going on that ride then?

  • <3 Best ride there, glad its reopened ^.^ 

  • i dont care if it crashed ill stil go on it, BEST RIDE AT PLEASURE BEACH

  • actually the pleasure beach has been round since 1896 founded by W.G Bean and it started with just one ride, THE FLYING MACHINES and today it is still running

  • There's a lot of history in these coasters, and a lot of accidents, but you can't expect there not to be when this park is so old. It's been here since the 1920's I think, maybe before then, I'm not too sure. I hate it when people think they're dangerous for having so many crashed, fair enough if they're only a year or two old, but this, the Big One and more are really old and for how old they are and how long thay hae been running, they're very safe coasters. I love the Pleasure Beach.

  • @MyTRAVIS99 And that is your opinion. My self and others love Pleasure Beach and it would be tragic to see such a thing happen to one of the most historic parks in the UK!

  • @MyTRAVIS99 This park has been around since the early 1900's and it is terrible to say that, it is an icon in it's own right! If I were you, I would think about what how much history this park has and realise how lucky the UK is to have a park like that, it is one of the oldest surviving amusement parks in the UK, they're dying out FAST in the UK!

  • @MyTRAVIS99 They have poor maintenance.

  • @ididi9 Poor maintenance is thanks to Amanda Thompson...the current manager and owner of Pleasure Beach. Her father was a legend and actually cared for the wooden roller coasters. Amanda shut the cyclone at pleasureland and left the whole park in a mess. She is more than capable of maintaining the rides...especially their ancient wooden coasters that are more prone to problems than the more innovative attractions.

  • im going on this tomorrow

  • Im going on saturday! I love old wooden rollercoasters!! Anyone been to Teramitica? The wooden one there is ace :)

  • Were did you get the music from

  • @thebadboybrothers The Halo theme lol.

  • @Rollercoaster5000 BUT YOU use Oblivion theme of ALTON TOWERS! :O

  • @mrdeadguy1 I used that music for the Roller Coaster XTREME intro, most of my vids have that ;).

  • i was on it juss before it crashed

  • i was in the que when it crashed :/ xxxx

  • ouch..

  • its open i was on it yesterday 4 times

  • has it been re opened yet?

  • @megemfredab yes it is i was on it last saturday:)

  • @megemfredab Yea

  • @megemfredab yeh, it was re opened ages ago XD

  • When I went last year the big dipper was closed and I thought that they were replacing The wood

  • Apparently they have removed 1 of the carts so it doesnt happen again

  • iwas in the crash too with my uncle but i was in the one that stopped cause i like that cart better i got a free year entry also it was good

  • @Razzy0981 r u ok now, it must of hurt,

  • @MiniToasty1 yeah i was on the one that didnt crash lucky me

  • it aint closed i when on it 2 days ago 6xs its sik

  • my uncle was in the crash he was nearly paralyzed

  • i went on this ride today, great ride!

    but was tensed before i got on lol

  • @MrBilaal786 Its closed isnt it?

  • @TedKrusty yes it was closed when I went last year, this year i went with school and it was re-opened

  • yes it is true i was on the ride when it crashed :/ x

  • Mate of mine was on the train that stopped. He got a free year entry because he wasn't injured.

    I think some of the ones that got injured got loads of compensation. I wouldn't mind a broken arm for a grand or two lol

  • @iliketohack1 lol, id rather have free entry though, im just addicted to theme parks

  • its been open 2 long and needs re doing i know its a classic in all. but is it realy worth puting lifes at danger

  • is it true it was built in 1923?

  • @jbcd1211 Yes quite right. The Big dipper was opened in 1923 and the ride's layout was extended in 1936.

  • i was fucking lucky i live in blackpool amd i was about to go on when i saw my little brother who is 5 run off so i went for him and did not get on

  • i was on it then as the next queue went on then it crashed... if i was on queue late i would have had broken bones.

  • ohhh, I thought a wheel went through the track causing it to stall then crash :S

  • i cant beleve this i only went on it 2 days before it could have easily been me!

  • how was it ment stall coz dont they just run along and not on chain or anything

    only at start and stopped at end so how was it ment to

  • @liamkwl rc can stall for lots or resons

    it could be windy slowing it down alot and cousing it to not mak it up a hill

    or the computer can detect a malfucion on the track the make the breaks stop it

    lots of things like that

  • i went on that the same day

  • i went on that the same date time and everything but one year before

  • i was on the big dipper before like 1 hour before the crash. does anyone know if any trains came off the rails ? i went back to my hotel just before this. lol it would have been amazing too see

  • God I went on it the day before this like 3 times. Got home next day it crashes!

  • @brooklynlulu thanks

  • i stayed at the big blue and this was just outside my window

  • i was on it when it happened i got a broken leg my brother 2 broken arms and dad was ok

  • @HardieYaBass1 I hope you and your family are doing better. Thank God there were no death's.

  • @HardieYaBass1 surey not 2 broken arms

  • @HardieYaBass1 where you on the train that stopped ? :O:O

  • i love blackpool tony Denton is mint :)

  • OMG the crash was a day berfore I was ment to be going! :O But.. I want on the 15 of August :) I had no clue about the crash untill after I got home :P

  • @MelanieBubblez1 I went the day before. Rode it 5 times

  • rollercoaster5000

    that was a bit harsh on djfireball999 he is just saying his point every body has right to freedom of speech

  • Why, thank you! :)

  • no probs :)

  • i was there at the time it was soo scary

  • halo 3 music ftw

  • I didn't say that you said that roller coasters are unsafe. I said that at no point did you reassure the viewers that the rides at BPB are very safe. The gp that don't understand certain aspects of roller coasters, and therefore when they watch videos like this, feel that roller coasters are unsafe, and therefore will not visit the park. Take a look at the comments on "therideguide"s pov video of Big Dipper then you'll see what I'm on about. Seriously, think about how people interpret your video

  • my friend was there when this happend!

  • everyones friends was there and everyones got a freind of a friend who was on it when it happend

  • i rember going on the Big dipper and i would not like to crash in it i feels sorry for the people on the ride at the time

  • i was gonna go on this next week an all lol

  • Did has been removed from the pleasure beach website.

  • Thankx to TurquoiseGirlyPink24 for the comment northenphul is my mum n yes i was on the ride

  • It'll be ok, the big dipper has been going since the 20's and never had an accident until now. It's a rollercoaster of historic importance and they probably wont rip it down, I think it may even be listed (there's a plaque in the queue hall you can see), great ride and this wont deter me from riding it again!

  • I Was Waiting In Line To Go On It At The Time When It Suddenly Crashed!! It Was Just Horriffic! And Gunno Shut The Hell Up. As If You Knew And Nothernphyl I Hope Shes Ok. x

  • it was the spartans they did it!!! i also saw some grunts helping them

  • Ooh it was so horrible i never saw the actual crash but i was at blackpool and the we herd about it so me and my ocusin ran there it was a mess!! hope evry1 get sbetter

  • Shit, thats horrible, anyone know what the cause of it was yet?Hope everyone is Ok and recovers quickly

  • My19 year old Daughter was on the ride at the time i was waiting for her to come out n saw all the police and that i tryed to ring her n no awnser n i thought she was dead till she walked out with a brocken wrist

  • how the hell did she break her wrist, did she not tighten up when she saw the cart behind coming??

  • thas bull shit lol

  • master chief saved them

  • the ride will be closed for a month - 6 weeks then it will re-open on a one train service only. in all its years its never had an accident unlike the modern coasters these days

  • I've never known it to run two trains.

    Great Yarmouth's woodie has an operator pulling the brakes on from within the train!

    That would be a good idea - make the operator have surgery if they make a mistake.

  • they better not close it for good .. its a classic rollercoater maybe a bit shabby but i wanna take my kids on it like my dad did with me and his dad also its been there since day 1 and i love it haha

  • im going to go play halo

  • haha!

  • That's what they get for taking part of it from southport they should have left it there what goes around obviously dosent oh crash , bang , wholop ,what a picture

  • were goin there tumoz. Glad we dint go any earlier

  • It was real scary-I thought I was gonna die!! Cheers to Lisa for helping me off-an angel in disguise x

  • Me and my friend when the day before. We were going to go to go that day :/

    At least nobody died Thank god x

  • thankx i was on it at the time of the ride the bk carrige dident have ppl in because the fisrt carrige was supoosed to be the last ride of the nite

  • This is one of my all time fave rides at BPB along with the National! I really do hope this tragedy doesn't spell the end for it. Best wishes to all those involved, hope you all make a speedy recovery!

  • This ride had alredy broken down earlier in the day and also earlier in the week apparentley

  • yer it was so scary i was on it at the time

  • I was watching POV's of the pepsi max and big dipper the day before!!! eeek,hope everyone's ok!

  • Ouch!

  • what is this :S

  • Life's a rollercoaster!

  • lol

  • final destination lmfao

  • no the second 1 had no 1 in it it was only the first carrige thats had ppl in it n yer we got stuck n u chould see the second carrige cming at high speed and in a flash you where been thrown fowerd n bk me and my brother just huged each other

  • It seems wierd that both carriages are normally full but the time that it crashed there was no body in one of the trains.

  • i was on the ride at the time of the crash i was 3 rows from the frount we where flown fowerd and bk me and my brother were ok my brother brock his arm and i brock my wrist19TH BIRTHDAY i had

  • hope your wrist gets better quick.

    were you on the one that crashed into the other? that must have bin well scary seein the other one stuck in front of you.

  • aparently, there waznt any1 on the 1 behind, coz the 1 that broke down was meant to be the last ride of the day

  • yeah i heard. what were the odds of that?

  • I went on the carriage before this crash. God damn scared out my wits.

  • god i cant believe it! me and my family go every year nearly and we were going in a few 2 weeks but not now :( god i feel so sorry for the ppl who wer on it :(

  • they need to re do it, its a great ride but its to dangerous, but tbh i think it cud be the end ov the big dipper :(

  • I went on the saturday before and felt the was unsafe so i didntgo on it.Feel sorry for the people who went on!!!Hpe they make a full recovery!

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  • i came home from blackpool like 4 days aftyer theis happened and i looked at the article about and i go wtf i went on this ride and it crashed i mean when i was in pleasure beach last wednesday last week the ride had to be closed beacuse it got stuck on the chain lift hill at the beggining

  • I was on the ride at the time it was my 19th birthday so shit scary

  • oh my god! wehich carriage wer u on?

  • Like most coasters, the second train sets off once the first passes over the lift hill.

  • It's Final Destination 3 all over again.

  • i went on that a week ago

  • aorry just read sum more comments, as the day went on each ride felt alot more vigarous, i have bruised my ribs off that ride as it was extreamly bumpy and...not right, im sorry i dont quite no how to explain it, i hope everyone is ok after it

  • Wimp

  • yeah we went on it loads, my brother loves it, and the other rolla coster he likes was closed for the day so we chose to go on that, after that closed he wanted to go but we asked the man and he sed it wud be ready in a hour so we waited and sure enuff it was up and running again, and we went on it loads, as we waited to go on for around about the 18th time we heard a noise and poeple rushin about we paniked and sure enuff it crashed, we all think the crash is related to the problem before

  • it most likely won't close, but to be honest, who would want to go on it after that has happened, well i know that i wouldn't, the second carriage had crashed into the 1st one and rolled back down the track, i was there today and the ride was closed, obviously, as if anyone would wanna go back on it!

  • -i went to the pleasure beach on Wednesday the 5th of August & the big dipper was closed! Im glad it was closed because i would have gon on it and everyone is saying it didnt feel safe! ii dont know if i want to go on a roller coaster again.......Good job iit wasnt da pepsii max.....Wow......

  • I was also there on the 5th,the ride was closed in the morning but opened in the afternoon,i chose to go on the grande national instead.I did think the big dipper looked a bit tatty.

  • the pepsi max did the same thing a few years ago. one smashed into the other. the pleasure beach needs to watch themselves or maybe one will come off the track some day!

  • The Big One O.O

    i had a nightmare about that once lmao it was so weird!

    i was walking down the prom and the big one Literally flies off the side into the road infront of me O.o

    WEIRDDD

    the only problem i had at the pleasure beach was when Valhalla stopped while going upwards through the spinning tunnel! I couldn't tell up from down!

  • i had a dream about the big one the night before the big dipper crashed :o

    and yeah that must hav bin weird on valhalla. i love that ride. luckily ive never had any problems with the rides. the big one broke down once before i got on it but thats it. i love the big dipper too. one of my fave rides. ill probably still go back on it even though its crashed....but not for a long time!

  • omg i was there when it crashed, i just got back from a holiday there.

  • o0ooMMMGgg tht has givven me a fobia ov roller coasters at blackpool....i always had a feeling tht ride was going of track or crash....it felt soo unsafe x

  • We went on it on 31st and while it felt unsafe, it was no worse thatn the wild mouse or the grand national. It was boundto happen tho, i meanwood rots! Hope everyone is ok soon and isnt mentally affected by it, it must have been awful.

  • i was on it 3 minutes before it crashed, if their was 2 less people in front of me, i'd of been on it, lucky escape

  • 2 more*

  • OMG i was on this on sataday the 8th we staye dit the big blue hotel and the nxt morning the 9th workmen were on the big dipper fixing the track weriod!!!!!

  • they do rail and track structure checks every morning on every ride. its standard procedure.

  • how boring. surely the dumb fucks that work on the ride realized something was wrong when the train didnt return to the station not long after the other one set off?

  • may be time for a makeover, this was built in the 30's. I love this ride and is a great wooden coaster, but it definately feels unsafe by todays standards - IMO Probably what makes is a great ride :)

  • Oh my god this is my favourite ride at the pleasure beach, i sure hope everyone gets better soon :( x

  • i hope they don shut it down iv loved that ride sines i was 8 nerly 9 :(

    i hav alot of good memorys i was my first rollercoaster

  • some asses about to get sued

  • What a terrible film, your treating it like a terrorist attack lol Put Chaz and Dave on in the backround or sumin, or bananphone

  • bananaphone, lmao xD

  • that was a shit film

  • i was on this less than a week ago! scary!

  • omfg..i week ago i was on that the same time.. so a week ecxactly i was on it.. this happens.. freaky stuff, this was like ym first rollercoaster too :O

  • dam,i seen it on sky news,Some bad news,The ride will properly be shut down now.

  • i was there :)

  • wow scery stuff rollercoastercrashing

  • wow i did not se this coming!!!!!

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