Bosses at Clarence Pier in Southsea unveil new Mad Mouse and Tidal Wave rollercoasters – and they’re open now
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Bosses at Clarence Pier have unveiled Mad Mouse and Tidal Wave – two new rides they hope will draw in the crowds during their current open season.
The additions take the ride count at the Southsea site to 13, after it was left looking bare as equipment was whisked away for maintenance during off-season at the end of last year.
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Hide AdGill Norman, the director of Clarence Pier, said: ‘Mad Mouse is like going back to the rides of the 70s.
‘It’s got a lot more sharp twists turns than a traditional coaster and goes up about 14m.
‘The other, Tidal Wave, is one of the country’s first spinning coasters.
‘It’s more of a family ride, with a single train with five carriages, and it goes up about 10m.’
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Hide AdMad Mouse can take five single carriages of four passengers, while Tidal Wave will welcome revellers across five carriages on one single train.
It is hoped their arrival will inspire a surge of summer custom for the site, which is also home to the 35m-high, £750,000 Solent Wheel.
Gill said: ‘That’s exactly why we’ve bought them. We absolutely want to keep the customers coming in.’
Other attractions at Clarence Pier include the high ropes course Skytrail, a waltzer, dodgems, a circus train and carousel horses.
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Hide AdPopular rollercoaster Skyways was taken down last year for a full refurbishment.
Bosses at the site said this is standard practice and it could return for the 2020 season.’
Riders between 95cm and 1.2m tall can ride Tidal Wave accompanied, with anyone taller than that able to ride on their own. Mad Mouse has a minimum height rule of 1.2m.
Admission to rides at Clarence Pier is permitted via individual tokens or a day-long wristbands.
To learn more, go to clarencepier.co.uk
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