Big Apple (Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach)
Roller coaster in the United Kingdom
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Manufacturer | Pinfari | ||||||||
Product | Big Apple MB28 | ||||||||
Type | Steel - Kiddie | ||||||||
Track layout | Wacky Worm (Big Apple) | ||||||||
Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
Inversions | 0 |
Big Apple is a Pinfari steel kiddie roller coaster located at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. It was previously located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire from 1982 to 1997. While located at Alton Towers, the ride was called Mini Apple.
Design
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Follows the standard Big Apple / Wacky Worm layout and goes through a giant apple.
Colour scheme
At Alton Towers the ride was painted entirely white and at Great Yarmouth the track was painted green and the supports yellow. It has since been repainted and now has yellow track and orange supports.
Trains
Single train with 6 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

External links
- Big Apple on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
Present
Attractions
Former
Attractions
Cake WalkCalyspoCaterpillarCondorDive BomberDodgems
(unknown)
Dodgems(1972–1974)
Dodgems(1981)
Drag CarsDream DancerDrive-In DodgemsEvolutionFlipperFormula OneFreefallGhost TrainGiant Wheel(2017)
Giant Wheel(2016)
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Waltzer(1996–1997)
Waltzer(unknown)
Water ChuteXLR8Present
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Former
Attractions
Adventure RailwayAlton Towers DungeonAstroglideBladeBlue CarouselBoneshakerBouncing BugsCablecarsChair-O-PlaneCred Street CarouselCrown CarouselDynamoEnterpriseFerris WheelFlavio's Fabulous FandangoFlumeFlying CarpetFunk 'N' FlyFunk’n’FlyGallopersGhost TrainGravitronHelter SkelterMississippi ShowboatMixtapeOctopusOld MacDonald's Tractor RidePeter Pan RailwayPostman Pat Parcel PostRipsawRoller DiscoSpace BoatSpinjamSubmissionSwan Boat RideTri-StarTurbo StarTwistatronVintage CarsWaltzerWater Chute