Tide Traveller

Thunderstruck at Pleasurewood Hills in 2010

Pleasurewood Hills
Location	Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK
Status	Defunct
Operated	2005 to 2017
Rider height	125 cm minimum
Replaced by	Jolly Roger (2005 location)

Flamingo Land
Name	Flamingo Star
Location	Malton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Operated	1995 to 2004
Replaced	Octopus
Replaced by	Velocity

Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
Name	Tri-Star
Location	Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Operated	May 1993 to 1994

Alton Towers
Name	Tri-Star
Location	Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Operated	1991 to 1992
Replaced	Four Man Bob

Strates Shows (USA)
Name	Tri-Star
Location	Travelling, USA
Operated	1983 to 1990

Raid (USA)
Name	Tri-Star
Location	Travelling, USA
Operated	1980 to 1982

De Vries
Name	Tri-Star
Location	Travelling, Netherlands
Operated	During 1977

Statistics

Manufacturer

HUSS

Product

Tri-Star

Tide Traveller was a HUSS Tri-Star built by German manufacturer HUSS that was previously located at Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK. It was the prototype Tri-Star installation from HUSS.

History

This ride was the first of five Tri-Stars built by German manufacturer HUSS, and issued the serial number 33 592. It was new to Dutch showman De Vries in 1977, and only operated with him for a single season.^[1] The ride was then exported to the USA, where it operated throughout the 1980s with USA showmen Raid and later with Strates Shows.

It arrived at Alton Towers in 1991, replacing the Four Man Bob rollercoaster in Talbot Street. In 1992, it moved to the Festival Park area of the park, however this would be its final season before being sold.^[2]

In 1993, it opened at Pleasure Island Family Theme Park in Cleethorpes, and was one of a number of rides purchased from Alton Towers at this time. It retained the name Tri-Star during its 2 season stay at the park. For the 1995 season, it was relocated to sister park Flamingo Land and renamed Flamingo Star. In 1996, the ride was sent to Nauta Bussink for an extensive rebuild. By the end of 2004, after being put up for sale, the ride was closed to make room for Velocity. It was situated where Velocity's station now is.^[3]

Pleasurewood Hills purchased the ride from Flamingo Land at the end of the 2004 season, and opened the ride as Thunderstruck for the 2005 season. The ride was later rebuilt by the park and reopened for the 2012 season under the new name Tide Traveller in a new location adjacent to Wipeout. Its former location now being home to Jolly Roger. It eventually closed permanently after the 2017 season due to high downtime and mechanical issues. Sections of the ride were removed following the 2017 season and the ride stood mothballed until 2019 when it was completely removed, with its former plot remaining vacant today.^[4]