Flamingo Land

Flamingo Land

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Location	Malton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Status	Operating
Opened	1959
Owner	Gordon Gibb
Previous names	The Yorkshire Zoological Gardens Flamingo Park Zoo
Area	375 acres (152 ha)
Slogan	Wild Animals, Wilder Rides!
Website	http://flamingoland.co.uk/

Flamingo Land is a theme park and zoo in Malton, North Yorkshire, England, UK. It has the second largest number of coasters of any park in the United Kingdom, second to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

History

The park was originally opened in 1959 as a zoo. A carnival began coming to the park. This funfair gradually developed into a permanent carnival alongside the zoo. The park started adding roller coasters and the caravan park was added and the park came to where it is now.

Roller coasters

Present

Class	Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Roller	Dino Roller	Diego Cavazza	Kiddie	1988	Operating
Powered	Go Gator	A.R.M.	Kiddie	Unknown	Operating
Roller	Hero	Zamperla	Flying	2013	Operating
Roller	Kumali	Vekoma	Inverted	2006	Operating
Roller	Mumbo Jumbo	S&S Worldwide	Sit-Down	2009	Operating
Roller	Runaway Mine Train	Zamperla	Kiddie	2007	Operating
Roller	Sik	Intamin	Sit-Down	2022	Operating
Roller	Twistosaurus	Zamperla	Spinning Kiddie	2013	Operating
Roller	Velocity	Vekoma	Launched Motorbike	2005	Operating
Roller	Zooom!	Zamperla	Suspended Kiddie	2011	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Roller	Bullet	Schwarzkopf	Launched Shuttle	1991	2005	Selva Mágica
Roller	Corkscrew	Vekoma	Sit-Down	1990	2011	Lunapark
Roller	Crazy Loop	Pinfari	Sit-Down	1986	1995	Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Powered	Dragon	Zamperla	Kiddie	1985	1987	Unknown
Roller	Flying Trapeze	Zierer	Sit-Down	1998	2001	Grove Land
Roller	Magnum Force	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	2000	2005	La Feria Chapultepec Magico
Roller	Thunder Mountain	Pinfari	Enclosed	1991	2004	Unknown
Roller	Wild Mouse	Maurer AG	Wild Mouse	1998	2012	Pleasurewood Hills

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Balloon Race	Zamperla	Balloon Race	1990
Cliff Hanger	S&S Worldwide	Drop Tower	March 2002
Cyclosaur	Zamperla	Magic Bikes	2013
Flamingo 1	Preston & Barbieri	Track Ride	2017
Flip Flop	Fabbri	Frisbee	2008
Flying Clowns	Cavazza Diego	Junior Paratrooper	Unknown
Frog Hopper	S&S Worldwide	Junior Drop Tower	2002
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	1986
Jungle Carousel	Park Rides Lamborghini	Junior Carousel	2008
Helitoys	Park Rides Lamborghini	Balloon Tower	2008
Little Monsters' Wacky Races	Big Country Motioneering	Track Ride	1985
Lost River Ride	BEAR	Log Flume	2004
Mischief Mansion	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	Tracked Dark Ride	2001
Muddy Duck Tractor Ride	Metallbau Emmeln	Track Ride	2006
Navigator	Zamperla	Disk-O	2005
People Mover	Amusement Technical	Monorail	2018
Pink Elephants	A.R.M.	Roundabout	Unknown
Pterodactyl	Zamperla	Star Flyer	2012
Rotataur	Zamperla	Ferris Wheel	2005
Splash Battle	Preston & Barbieri	Splash Battle	2007
Swoosh Air	Zamperla	Junior Jets	2004
Tea Cups	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Teacups	Unknown
Voodoo	HUSS	Pirate Ship	2003
Vortex	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2005
Zoo Monorail	Big Country Motioneering	Monorail	1984

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Blue Carousel	Unknown	Roundabout	1995	2007	Scrapped
Cablecars	British Ropeway Engineering	Ropeway	1988	2021	Scrapped
Circulator	Fabbri	Evolution	1995	2007	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Century 2000	J. Bakker Denies	Ramba Zamba/Swing Around	1985	1994	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Clown Slide	Modern Products	Giant Slide	1990	2010	Scrapped
Crazy Water Creek	Self-built	Scenic Boat Ride	1972	1990s	Scrapped
Cycle Monorail	Vekoma	Cycle Monorail	Unknown	2018	Scrapped
Dream Boat	Weber	Ranger	1992	1992	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Enterprise	HUSS	Enterprise	1987	1994	Exported
Flamingo Star	HUSS	Tri-Star	1995	2004	Relocated to Pleasurewood Hills
Flying Carpet	Weber	1001 Nights	1991	1992	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Flying Chairs	Unknown	Chair-O-Plane	1987	1993	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Galleon	Zamperla	Pirate Ship	1985	2000	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Gallopers	Thomas Walker	Gallopers	1971	c.1984	Relocated to Bayside Fun Park
Gravitron	Vekoma	Rotor	1992	1992	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Gravitron	Vekoma	Rotor	1994	1994	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Haunted Castle Railway	Supercar	Tracked Dark Ride	1970	1994 or later	Stored - Scrapped
Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1983	2003	Sold - not used
Klondike Kreek	Reverchon	Log Flume	1985	2003	Scrapped
Octopus	Robles Bouso Atracciones	Polyp	1987	1994	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Paratower	Vekoma	Paratower	1998	1998	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
People Moover	Severn Lamb	Monorail	1990	2017	Scrapped
Professor Bubbles' Seaside Adventure	Modern Products	Track Ride	1990	2016	Scrapped
Razzle Dazzle	A.R.M.	Trabant/Satellite	1986	1993	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Rock Slide	Bennett	Giant Slide	1970s	2013	Scrapped
Round-Up	Hrubetz	Round-Up	1984	1989	Travelling UK
Sky Flyer	Vekoma	Kamikaze	1993	2014	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Spotted Cow Ride	Modern Products	Junior Paratrooper	Unknown	2016	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Swan Ride	K.T. Enterprises	Roundabout	1990s	2020	Unknown
Tidal Wave	Vekoma	Waikiki Wave	1993	2008	Scrapped
Top Gun	Intamin	Flight Trainer	1996	2004	Scrapped
UFO	HUSS	Round-Up	1995	2004	Travelling UK
Wagon Wheel	Zamperla	Ferris Wheel	1990	1998	Relocated to Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Waltzer	A.R.M.	Waltzer	1991	2006	Relocated to Brean Theme Park
Waveswinger	Empire Amusements	Waaveswinger	1994	2013	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Zig Zag	PWS Rides	Twist	1994	2006	Travelling UK

External links

• Images of the park - National Fairground & Circus Archive