Caterpillar (Paul Hart)

Roller coaster in the United Kingdom

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Caterpillar

Paul Hart (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Status	Operating since 2007

Billing Aquadrome
Name	Caterpillar
Location	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Coordinates	52°14′43″N 0°48′55″W / 52.24533°N 0.815322°W / 52.24533; -0.815322
Owner	Paul Hart
Operated	2011 to 2012
Replaced by	Runaway Train

Southport Pleasureland
Name	Big Apple
Location	Southport, Merseyside, England, UK
Owner	Paul Hart
Operated	2007 to 2009

Pleasureland Southport
Name	Big Apple
Location	Southport, Merseyside, England, UK
Coordinates	53°38′53″N 3°01′05″W / 53.648000°N 3.018167°W / 53.648000; -3.018167
Operated	1987 to September 2006

Magic Harbor
Name	Big Apple
Location	Surfside Beach, South Carolina, USA
Operated	unknown to 1986

Statistics

Manufacturer

Product

Type

Riders per train

24

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Inversions

0

Caterpiller is a travelling steel kiddie roller coaster built by Italian manufacturer Pinfari currently owned and travelled by UK showman Paul Hart.

History

The ride first operated at Magic Harbor in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, USA as Big Apple. It opened at an unknown date. It would operate at the park under various owners over the years, including Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the UK.^[1]

When Blackpool Pleasure Beach closed the park at the end of the 1986 season, Big Apple was one of the rides removed by them and transferred to one of their other parks in the UK. The ride reopened at Pleasureland Southport in Southport, Merseyside, England, UK in 1987, retaining the Big Apple name.^[2]^[3]^[4]

It closed with the rest of the park on 5 September 2006 and was sold to showman Paul Hart. He operated the coaster at the reopened New Pleasureland Southport from 2007 to 2009. The ride later operated on loan at Billing Aquadrome in 2011 and 2012.

Design

The track layout is the standard Wacky Worm layout.

Colour scheme

Yellow track and green 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.

References

↑ "Magic Harbor". RideZone.
↑ "Park doors remain closed". Sun-News. 1988-05-23. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
↑ "Lease lawsuit keeps park closed". Sun-News. 1988-05-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
↑ "Magic Harbor park to open at noon today". Sun-News. 1993-05-29. p. 32. Retrieved 2025-04-02.

External links

Big Apple on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Big Apple on Coaster-Count.
Photographs of the ride at Pleasureland Southport

Present

Attractions

Mega-Twist Satellite Twist Twister

Former

Coasters

Caterpillar Kiddies Coaster Roller Coaster Runaway Train Thunder Mountain Zyklon

Attractions

Astroglide Balloon Race Big Wheel Carrousel Crazy Bounce Disco Waltzer Dodgems

(2010–2024)

(1991–1998)

(2001–2009)

(1975–1990)

Dominator Ferris Wheel Gallopers

(unknown)

(2001–2006)

(unknown)

(2013–2015)

Hellraiser Helter Skelter High Energy Jets Matterhorn Midnight Express Paratrooper

(1979)

(2011)

Rock 'n' Roll Express Rock City Rock-O-Plane Scat Sky Diver Sky Tripper Space Hopper Swinging Gyms Take Off Twist Twister

(1993–1998)

(1982–1991)

Wagon Wheel Waltzer

(1981–1989)

(2023–2024)

Present

Coasters

Odin's Little Dragon Coaster The Rocket

Attractions

Blackbeard's Falls Carousel Dock Funhouse Dodgems Double Snake Slide Dumbo Flying Swings Ghost Train Ghostly Galleon Granota Bosch Loki's Log Flume Snakes & Ladders Slide Snow Jet Toy Set Twister Waltzer Yellow Submarine

Former

Coasters

(2007–2009)

(1984)

Circus Clown Crash Test Crazy Chase Cyclone Family Ride Grand Canyon Happy Caterpiller Indy's Lost World King Solomon's Mines Looping Star Mad Mouse

(1983–1985)

(2014)

Roller Coaster Storm Traumatizer Wild Cat Wild Cat

Attractions

Astroglide Atmosphere Creator Balloon Ride Beach Party Big Spin Big Wheel Black Hole Blizzard Carousel Caterpillar Chair-O-Plane Chaos

(2023)

(1998–2006)

Chewits Log Flume Cortina Cresta Run Cyclone Twist Das Fun Schiff Desert Convoy Dive Bomber Dodgems Dominator Downhill Racer Dragon Boats Enterprise Experience Extreme Frogs No.1 Flume Ride Flying Camels Flying Saucers Flying Taxis Freak Out Freestyle Frisbee

(2007)

(2017–2023)

(1950–2006)

(1949)

(1979–2006)

(2008)

(2009)

(1931–1996)

(2008)

(2019)

Hanseatic Haunted Inn Helicopters Helter Skelter Himalaya Hurricane Jets Jungle River Kingdom In The Clouds Log Runner Lost Dinosaurs of the Sahara Lucozade Space Shot Marrakech Express Matterhorn Megaspin Meteorite Mexican Wave Mini Wheel Mistral Flying Machine Moonrocket Mustapha Slide New York Speed Cars OMG Octopus Paratrooper Pirate Ship

(2008–2013)

(2014–2017)

Rainbow Re-Mix Rock 'n' Roll Express Rock-O-Plane Rok 'n' Rol Safari Bugs Sand Storm Satellite

(1965–1974)

(1965–1976)

(1987–1997)

Ski Jump Sky Diver Sky Ride Skyliner Spiderman Superbob

(2008–2009)

(2011–2014)

Superheroes The Ride Supreme Waltzer Swirl Tagada Take Off Tidal Wave Tri-Star

(1974–1983)

(2013–2016)

Trip To The Moon Twister

(2010–2012)

(2007–2009)

(unknown)

(1933)

(1950–1977)

(2009)

(1969–1997)

(2010)

(1978–2003)

Waterboggan Wheel of Vision

Former

Coasters

Big Apple Black Witch Corkscrew

Attractions

Flying Elephants Giant Wheel Log Flume Sky Ride Tea Cups Trabant Witches' Cauldron

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