The Flambards Experience
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| The Flambards Experience | |
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| Location |  Culdrose Manor, Helston, England |
| Website | http://www.flambards.co.uk/ |
| Owner | Flambard Family |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Previous names | Cornwall Aircraft Park |
| Operating season | March-October |
| Rides | 16 total
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| Slogan | The Best Day Of The Week Come Rain or Shine |
The Flambards Experience is a family owned amusement park in the town of Helston in Cornwall, England
Photo available at http://i19.tinypic.com/6h5q7mf.jpg
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[edit] History
The Flambards Experience (formally Flambards Village theme park) was founded in 1976 as the "Cornwall Aircraft Park" by Lt Cmdr Douglas Kingsford Hale MBE and his wife Audrey.
[edit] The Current Park
The Theme Park features a comination of live entertainment from children's celebrities such as The Simpsons, Peter Pan and Snoopy, as well as all the rides, and exhibitions. The park is hosted by mascot, Ferdi Flambards.
[edit] Major Rides
- The Hornet Rollercoaster - A Zierer Hornet style coaster
- The Canyon River Log Flume - made by Zamperla
- The Cyclecopters - a pedal powered monorail made by Zierer
- The Balloon Race - made by Zamperla
- Extreme Force - Keith Emmet Skymaster style ride supplied by Joseph Manning
- The Chariot Race - former fairground ride of the SuperBob style
- The Thunderbolt - Superrides International made Superstar ride (SS6) previously owned by Scott Manning as "Wildthing". This ride was used in the millennium celebration on the Mall in London.
- The Rocking Tug - Made by Zamperla formally owned by American Adventure Theme Park
- The Chance Carousel - Formally owned by American Adventure Theme Park
[edit] Children's Rides
- Human Cannonball
- Pirate Ship
- Tea Cups
- Animal Express
- Space Shuttle - Formally owned by American Adventure Theme Park
- The Cornish Children's Eye
- The Cornish mine train
[edit] Exhibitions
- The Victorian Village Experience
- The Britain in the Blitz Experience
- The Memory Lane Experience
- The Hands on Experience (commonly known as the exploratorium)
For the 2007 season, 3 new rides were added: -The Rocking Tug -The Carousel -The Space Shuttle
The 2008 season saw the opening of the Cornish mine train ride (formally American Adventures Rio Grande train
The park has a cafeteria, and various kiosks where you can buy drinks and ice creams.
[edit] Future
Changes for the 2007 summer season include: The "war of the robots" - moved from its previous location outside the dropslide, now positioned next to sea legs play area in replacement of the long range basket ball shooter which has moved in place of the "Nice Ice" ice cream kiosk.
A paintball range is to be installed next to the Demon Dropslide, and will open during the high season of 2008.
The Park made a loss in the 12 months up to the end of Jan 2005 in the region of £350,000 and had an overdraft and other loans totaling in the region of £2million (from accounts submitted and available from Companies house).
