Overrated shite attractions

[Fratelli]

36 minutes ago, RH33 said:

Anyone remember Leith Waterworld? 

The greatest casualty in the gentrification of Leith. A marvellous place.

[Left Back]

7 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

What was the name of the near-vertical flume there?

Had nothing on the Dundee Cannonball though.

Think one was called rapid something and another might have been called vortex?  No clue tbh even after spending I don’t know how many weekends going down those flumes f**k knows how many times.

[Hedgecutter]

14 minutes ago, Left Back said:

Think one was called rapid something and another might have been called vortex? 

May have been, but not the one I'm thinking of (although it may have been renamed of course).  Was pretty much free-fall for much of it, although this was back in the 90s. 

Eta: I remember now:  it was called the 'Stingray'.  A rather short-lived experience, but brutal if you went down with the wrong posture.

Edited October 6, 2021 by Hedgecutter

[tamthebam]

2 hours ago, BFTD said:

I went to London Zoo in the mid-Nineties, right around the time they were about to be shut down and were shipping animals out to other places in preparation. Obviously there were plenty of empty enclosures, but the worst part was that they had a couple of animals that were doing the thousand-yard-stare, swaying-on-the-spot thing that creatures in captivity do when they've lost their mind from lack of stimulation. Quite distressing.

Long time ago, though. You'd hope a lot will have changed since then.

I went to Barcelona Zoo twenty years ago. The famous albino gorilla had just snuffed it so didn't see him. There was an obviously stir crazy tiger that was just pacing up and down which was quite sad.

The male lion was ok. The King of the Beasts was just chilling and licking its balls like some old Tom cat in front of a fire.

There was a sort of Highland wildlife park up near Inveraray years ago. I remember seeing a miserable looking wallaby and a small peacock in the drizzle while lots of midges circled about.

[Hibernianification]

9 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

May have been, but not the one I'm thinking of (although it may have been renamed of course).  Was pretty much free-fall for much of it, although this was back in the 90s. 

Eta: I remember now:  it was called the 'Stingray'.  A rather short-lived experience, but brutal if you went down with the wrong posture.

Aye, the stingray - guaranteed concussion from the corner at the bottom 

[Hedgecutter]

Just now, tamthebam said:

There was an obviously stir crazy tiger that was just pacing up and down which was quite sad.

I saw the same thing with a lynx at the Scottish Deer Centre last week. You could see the scar in the grass from where it had been continuously pacing back and forward along a line 3-4m wide, right beside the edge of the pen (may as well call it a giant cage).

[tamthebam]

13 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

May have been, but not the one I'm thinking of (although it may have been renamed of course).  Was pretty much free-fall for much of it, although this was back in the 90s. 

Eta: I remember now:  it was called the 'Stingray'.  A rather short-lived experience, but brutal if you went down with the wrong posture.

I'm sure daft neds used to go down it backwards to show how hard they were to their mates

[ScottR96]

On 02/10/2021 at 20:59, Paul Kersey said:

Is Paps nightclub in Cumbernauld still open?

I always fancied a night out in there, just to see if it's as bad as I imagine.

It closed for ages then reopened under new management but wasn’t open for long before the pandemic. Doubt very much it’s survived.  

Disagree with the poster saying the Amalfi Coast in its entirety, had a great holiday there a few years back. Pompeii was absolutely shite, though, IMO. 

 

 

[Shandon Par]

Jennifer Aniston.

[Left Back]

1 minute ago, ScottR96 said:

It closed for ages then reopened under new management but wasn’t open for long before the pandemic. Doubt very much it’s survived.  

Disagree with the poster saying the Amalfi Coast in its entirety, had a great holiday there a few years back. Pompeii was absolutely shite, though, IMO. 

 

 

You’re at it.

One of the most amazing places I’ve ever been.

[Todd_is_God]

3 minutes ago, Peter Grant said:

Jennifer Aniston.

If we are going down this route...

Jessica Nigri

[Hedgecutter]

Milla Jovovich.  Never understood it, even as a teenager in the late 90s.

[RH33]

5 hours ago, Fratelli said:

The greatest casualty in the gentrification of Leith. A marvellous place.

Went couple times when we were down on trips. Great place!

[Fullerene]

On 06/10/2021 at 06:15, Arabdownunder said:

Has Madam Tussaud's had a mention? Completely pointless idea. Just shite.

I once went past one in Nashville that is exclusively heroes of Country and Western music.

I have no idea what it is like inside and hopefully never will.

[scottsdad]

8 hours ago, Hedgecutter said:

Milla Jovovich.  Never understood it, even as a teenager in the late 90s.

Whoa! Hey now, I'm not having that. I saw the fifth element and was hooked. 

Maybe there should be a "attractive women you don't fancy" thread in NSFW

[Paul Kersey]

23 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

Whoa! Hey now, I'm not having that. I saw the fifth element and was hooked. 

Maybe there should be a "attractive women you don't fancy" thread in NSFW

It's been done. .

https://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php?/topic/222960-good-lookin-wummin-ye-widnae-pump/#comments

 

[LondonHMFC]

16 hours ago, Dunfermline Don said:

Upton Park was one of my favourite grounds to go to,so compact and always a passionate crowd. If I hadn’t lived at the other side of The Smoke I may have gone there more. I do remember going to a league cup game in the late 80s against Liverpool that they won either 4-0 or 4-1. Paul Ince played a blinder for West Ham that night and the atmosphere was rocking. I used to like that quirky box/shelf terrace they had in the corner of the north bank.

WhuVLiv will be the one! 

Think Health & Safety would have a fit if that was still around. 

[Sergeant Wilson]

10 hours ago, tamthebam said:

I went to Barcelona Zoo twenty years ago. The famous albino gorilla had just snuffed it so didn't see him. There was an obviously stir crazy tiger that was just pacing up and down which was quite sad.

The male lion was ok. The King of the Beasts was just chilling and licking its balls like some old Tom cat in front of a fire.

There was a sort of Highland wildlife park up near Inveraray years ago. I remember seeing a miserable looking wallaby and a small peacock in the drizzle while lots of midges circled about.

When Calderpark Zoo finished it only had dogs and crows.

[UsedToGoToCentralPark]

Anyone who goes to London and spends money on these attractions clearly hasn't done their research, you could spend a whole weekend there and just about see all the science museum.

Underrated great attractions thread for this pish though.

[Sherrif John Bunnell]

There was a notoriously bleak wildlife park on the Black Isle that the council forced to shut down a few years ago after the owners got a bit Mary Chipperfield with the animals.

Edited October 7, 2021 by Sherrif John Bunnell