Ocean Beach Fun Fair

Not to be confused with Ocean Beach Pleasure Park, an amusement park in South Shields.

Ocean Beach Fun Fair

Location	Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Status	Defunct
Closed	2 September 2007
Owner	Rhyl Amusements Ltd.
General manager	Harold Robinson
Previous names	Voryd Park
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Ocean Beach Fun Fair was a seaside amusement park located in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. The park closed permanently on September 2, 2007.

Past roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
American Coaster	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Kiddie	1962	1970s	Unknown
Big Dipper	Unknown	Wooden Side Friction	1959	1977	Scrapped
Cyclone	Pinfari	Sit-Down	1975	1979	Unknown
Looping Star	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	May 1986	1988	Relocated to Camelot Theme Park
Jet Stream	Pinfari	Sit-Down	1980	September 2, 2007	Scrapped
Mad Mouse	Maxwell	Wild Mouse	1961	1974	Relocated to Wonderland
Nessi	Diego Cavazza	Family	1990	September 2, 2007	Relocated to Ffrith Beach Fun Parc (never operated)
Pepsi-Cola Loop	Pinfari	Sit-Down	May 1991	September 2, 2007	Relocated to Ffrith Beach Fun Parc
Runaway Train	Schwarzkopf	Powered	1984	2006	Scrapped

Attractions

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Airthriller	Unknown	Octopus (variant)	1951	1956	Relocated to Bundoran Adventure Park
Airways	R.J. Lakin	Mont Blanc	1953	1956	Relocated to Tower Pleasure Grounds
Apollo Skid	R.J. Lakin	Swirl/Skid/Ben Hur	Unknown	1964	Relocated to Miami Beach Amusement Park
Astroglide	Bennett	Giant Slide	1971	2007	Scrapped
Astroliner	Robin G. Mitchell	Simulator	1978	1980s	Unknown
Austin Car Ride	Supercar	Track Ride	1956	1970s	Scrapped
Barracuda	A.R.M.	Ranger	2004	2004	Travelling UK
Caterpillar	Unknown	Caterpillar	c.1950s	1974	Scrapped
Challenger	ESL Engineering	Ranger	1993	1990s	Travelling UK
Cyclone Twist	Pollard Engineering	Twist	1977	1993	Relocated to Bayside Fun Park
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	1955	1955	Travelling UK
Dodgems	R.J. Lakin	Dodgems	c.1940s	1978	Scrapped
Dodgems	Reverchon	Dodgems	1979	2007	Relocated to Ffrith Beach Fun Parc
Easy Rider	Maxwell	Ark/Speedway	1976	1987	Relocated to Ocean Beach Pleasure Park
Enterprise	HUSS	Enterprise	1986	1988	Relocated to Pleasurewood Hills
Flying Coaster	Lang Wheels	Flying Coaster	1963	1970	Travelling UK
Gallopers	Thomas Walker	Carousel	1951	1958	Travelling UK
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	1950s	2000s	Travelling UK
Ghost Train	Unknown	Tracked Dark Ride	1960-1961	2007	Scrapped
Giant Wheel	Kroon	Ferris Wheel	1995	1998	Travelling UK
Helicopter Ride	SDC	Junior Jets	1970s	2007	Relocated to Ffrith Beach Fun Parc
Hurricane Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1957	1965	Relocated to Clarence Pier
Hurricane Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1972	1974	Travelling UK
Jubilee Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1977	1979	Relocated to Kursaal Amusement Park
Junior Gallopers	H.P. Jackson	Junior Carousel	1976	2007	Relocated to Rhyl Children's Village
Kartoon Ride	Modern Products	Roundabout	1973	1990s	Unknown
L'amour Express	Modern Products	Caterpillar	1975	1995	Relocated to Rainbow Park
Mega Dance	Sobema	Breakdance	1997	1997	Travelling France
Meteorite	Cadoxton Engineering	Round-Up	1978	1982	Travelling UK
Monster's Revenge	Tivoli Manufacturing / Maxwell	Polyp	2001	2005	Scrapped
Mystical Mine Ride	Unknown	Tracked Dark Ride	1985	2001	Scrapped
Octopus	Lusse	Octopus	1956	1960	Travelling UK
Octopus	Lusse	Octopus	1971	1971	Relocated to Belle Vue
Octopus	A.R.M.	Polyp	1986	1994	Relocated to Blackpool South Pier
Orbiter	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	1977	1987	Relocated to Clarence Pier
Psycho	Supercar	Tracked Dark Ride	1960s	1970s	Unknown
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	1982	1983	Relocated to Dunes Leisure Family Fun Fair
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	2001	2001	Relocated to Canvey Island Amusement Park
Rotor	Orton & Spooner	Rotor	1953	1979	Scrapped
Santa-Fe Trains	Supercar	Track Ride	1970s	2007	Scrapped
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1965	1978	Travelling UK
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1989	1989	Relocated to Youghal Amusement Park
Scat	Fairplace	Scat	1977	1977	Travelling UK
Scat	Fairplace	Scat	2001	2001	Relocated to Canvey Island Amusement Park
Sizzler	PWS Rides	Twist	1994	2007	Relocated to Presthaven Sands Holiday Camp
Ski Jump	Pollard Engineering	Flying Coaster	1980	2007	Travelling UK
Sky Diver	Bennett	Lifting Paratrooper	1975	1991	Travelling UK
Speedway	Supercar	Monte Carlo Rally	1950s	1962	Unknown
Speedway	Orton & Spooner	Ark/Speedway	1972	1972	Travelling UK
Star Wars	Sobema	Ramba Zamba/Swingaround/Hurricane	1980	2007	Scrapped
Stratorockets	R.J. Lakin & Maxwell	Moonrocket	1955	1958	Relocated to Redcar Amusement Park
Super Loop	Vekoma	Super Loop	1983	1983	Unknown
Helter Skelter	Supercar	Helter Skelter	1970s	2007	Relocated to Ffrith Beach Fun Parc
Tango Sensation	Sobema	Breakdance	1994	1997	Relocated to Blackpool South Pier
Terminator	Reverchon	Matterhorn	1980	2007	Relocated to Southport Pleasureland
Tip Top	Tivoli Manufacturing	Tip Top/Force 10	1980	1983	Exported to Ireland
Twist	Bennett	Twist	1964	1976	Travelling UK
Viking	Helmut Hauser	Pirate Ship	1985	1996	Travelling UK
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1975	2007	Relocated to Ffrith Beach Fun Parc
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1959	1962	Travelling UK
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1952	1962	Relocated to Morecambe Winter Gardens
Waltzer	H.P. Jackson	Waltzer	1963	1974	Relocated to Barmouth Amusement Park
Water Chute	Leslie Joseph	Water Chute	1976	2007	Scrapped
Whirlaround	Edwin Hall	Twist	1961	1963	Relocated to Blackpool Olympia

External links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.