No it wasn't dangerous at all. It had reached the end of it's service life and was too expensive to maintain. It was demolished. There is a steel wild mouse on the South pier at Blackpool if that's what you mean.
@@Faulty720 End of its service life? At a park playing host to coasters as old as the big dipper this seems like an odd reason to get rid of something.
@@bswift1991 He's right, the Wild Mouse kept having to get bits replaced and wasn't worth the cost of maintenance so they got rid of it. I guess the Big Dipper is just more reliable
Rest in Peace. The greatest ride of all time. POV does not sell how hilarious this ride was. You'd laugh in pain and pleasure in equal amounts. Should have rebuilt it.
Can't believe people shit themselves about going on Infusion and the Big One, this is ten times worse than either of those. Taller and twistier does not make for the best rollercoaster, you know you have been on a coaster when you come off the Wild Mouse.
Allan Mailer this rollercoaster is so good but when I went last year in July me and my best mate was on this together and our seat belt broke on the first drop she nearly shit her self 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Been on roller coasters all over the world & this was one of the very best. Trip to BPB isn't the same without it. Really rough with two in a mouse much better on your own - superb airtime. After you had ridden it a few times you were able to position yourself in the mouse to take the s bends without getting battered well at least I did anyway lol. Used to come off it in fits of laughter every time. Rode it every year 1983 till the end. Magic.
If ever there was a legitimate claim for whiplash.. I've never laughed so much in my life for being in pain. A true bone shaker. The grand national,also at Blackpool is another coaster classic which makes you laugh all the way through. Great times
The turns are so crazy, sudden jolts that fling you from side to side and the weak seatbelt doesn't do anything, you fly out the seat at every dip. That's what makes it the best lol, its so intense. It's meant for two people, but I sat on it by myself which allowed me to get flung around more, making it even better!!
I'm sure this is the same ride I went on at Blackpool in the mid 1980s. The safety belt failed and I nearly got flung out. If I had I could have easily been killed.
im afraid so bud. very sad i know. its being knocked down for that new ride thats opening this year. RIP WILD MOUSE big part of my life right from being a wee boy. BP respect for the difficult decision, but try not to forget that your park and its rides are parts of people lives
Already miss the wild beast of a roller coaster, nothing like being thrown around on the best Wild mouse in the world. No other Mouse will ever come close to the epicness of this coaster classic.
I loved this ride, Rode it in 2000 when I went to England and my dad suggested it. I had just gotten off of the Big one so It didn't look to exciting.....i am so glad I went on it, it was one of the best memories of my whole trip I LOVED this ride!! I'd fly back from Canada to ride that again :D
Went on this in the early years, and was traumatised! Years later I was taking my ten year old daughter and her friend around the park. I said "Yeah, sure" to this innocuous looking little ride and only after they'd set off did I realise it was the Mouse. They loved it. Couldn't believe that I'd let them go on it.
Quite simply the greatest rollercoaster ever. You can ride on all the computer programmed, imagine intensified rides anywhere in the world, you can be inverted 14 times, you can be shot out at speeds of up to 100mph you can be fired 100s of feet into the air, but the basic fact is...if you’ve never ridden the Wild Mouse at Blackpool Pleasure Beach then you’ll never understand the meaning of what it’s like to ride a real roller coaster... RIP my friend.
01:09 : when you are building a wild mouse in RCT and you forgot the lift would be in the way so you make a quick, jenky turn to make the coaster work.
Get the ambulance dialled before riding this one may make you leave the park strapped to a spinal board hahaha I really love the wild mouse I've been to lots of different parks and nothing comes close to this old school ride for the sheer joy factor
The mind boggles as to why it was still open after about 1970…imagine the backs put out by those hairpin turns. My lipstick was all over the place after that ride … insurance claim still pending …
One of my absolute favourite rides, I used to get off battered, bruised and occasionally bloody (that seatbelt mounting point was just in the right place to cut your elbow if your arm hit it as you were thrown around) but it was so intense the wounds didn't matter. Such a tragedy they got rid of it, BPB should build a new Wild Mouse, even more mad than the last one. Anyone feel like starting a petition to get it back?
Yeah, but did it actually break your ankle? How did an ankle injury even happen sitting in the two-seat car? Not disagreeing you got hurt, just thinking of all the bruising I've taken away with me, none of it was below my thighs. Plenty above though, but No Pain, No Gain huh? 😁😁
@@andybutler2291 No but it was totally black and swollen. I'll tell you how it happened. I was holding on but it threw me in every direction. All me and my sister said on the way round in our ride car was ow, ow, ow.
Spent all my childhood wanting to go to Blackpool for the big one. Finally got there, but came home saying Wild Mouse was the best ride I'd ever been on.
I went on this ride in 1976. I thought then it was only a matter of time before one of the cars jumps the tracks and kills every one inside. Yet here we are 40 years later!
This is still one of my favourite rides in the world. If you come off without a mild case of whiplash and at least a dozen bruises then you haven't ridden it right. these POV cams just don't do them justice.
RIP Wild Mouse 1958-2018 I never got to experience it but my mom who went to BPB shortly after the big one opened says she remembers coming off it with bruises because of how sharply it took the corners.
I went on it as a kid before Icon opened, not sure what year it was when I went, year it was very rough but really enjoyable - I was mostly scared of that first big drop because I felt like I was going to fall out due to there not really being restraints!
you can call me over dramatic but i felt like i was gonna die when i was on this ride! the sharp turns are painful and i thought the cart was gonna fall off the track!
My first time on this was last year and it's an experience I'll never forget... on the first drop I frickin fell INSIDE the cart thing and got stuck! To make it even better my shoes were coming off as they were loose and my bag was trying to escape and this happened in every drop! 😂😂😂. This ride is amazing, I'm sad to see it going :(
I don't count myself as a traditionalist, I'm the first to say woodies are boring, but the 2 times I went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach over the years this was the one I always remember as being the most awesome, those sudden turns are just so impossible it almost feels like you leave the rails for a split second, will remain in my memory as just awesome. By comparison, my memory of The Big One was like a great view at the top and a good first drop, but that's all, it just paled into insignificance after that
This ride needs a slight piece of re-themeing: a change to the sign so that it reads "No PUSSIES or WIMPS" ... that should get health and safety off its back.
this knocks you about alot and the reason for this is that the seats are made for two people and there is only a bog standard seatbelt to hold you in anyways its a brilliant ride and you should try out i would give it a 7/10
Yes, the ride does hurt a bit because of the cart not being comfy, the turns, etc but you shouldn't be put off the wild mouse because of that! Trust me, i have a fear of rollercoasters and the wild mouse is amazing! When I got off, I was laughing so much with the person I rode it with. Yes it hurt a bit, but it was a kind of pain that you laugh at- not one you call the medics for! Just ride it and you'll see how good it is.
Such a tragedy this is gone. All the other remaining (and previous) wooden mice share the same layout.. This was the one very unique one, and the best layout of them all.
One of the best coasters on the planet. Brilliant that it still exists in these days of whinging wimps and over zealous controls on just how we wish to enjoy ourselves. Very cool.
You genuinely had the fear on this ride...loved it. Went on it with my dad as a wee boy and took my son on it....defo my fav Pleasure Beach attraction ever
As a local (living just 1 mile from the PB) this is my all time favourite coaster. I've ridden the Big one 32 times... it's a great coaster, but the Wild Mouse is the only one that actually gives me a sense of fear. I've been on it a dozen or so times... yet there are still times I contemplate going on, only to back down cos i just have a "bad feeling" about going on it that day. I've been on some insane coasters round the world... but all of them have a sense of control. The Wild Mouse is just the most borderline coasters out there. I've been on that thing and had it flip sideways on two wheels while doing the 6th turn... genuinely thought the cart was gonna just roll... I've known plenty of people that come off it and can't comprehend how a coaster like that can be safe to operate. If you want someone elses experience the following is a great summation if you're not sure what to expect before getting in the queue for the wild mouse! Found on trip advisor - "Booking on line was very easy. Great customer service. HOWEVER....the whole day was ruined after going on the first ride of the day.....THE WILD MOUSE. I can't believe i queued up to be battered by a ride. I literally was thrown about in the cart. My head was thrashed back causing severe whiplash. Why is this ride still open???? Im in so much pain and cannot move as i write this reveiw. My sons birthday was spoilt. I will definetely not be returning to the park as i cannot trust the other rides as it still has the wild mouse still open....they should rename it 'the death trap'. Who certifies these rides??"
+Charlie Turner ahhhh you think I mean actually come off the ride as in thrown from the ride. That's not what I meant. I meant people who have exited the ride via the exit.... should have been extra anal and made that clear!
Dear EastCoasterGeneral, thanks for this upload. I loved riding this special little roller-coaster, those incredibly sharp 90 and 180 turns made possible by the small cart and narrow track made it so unique and fun to ride despite the rides relatively short height and track length in comparison to more modern steel coasters. There never was a more aptly named coaster, I miss it.
I remember going on the wild mouse, they set it off before we'd fastened our seat belts. Those 90 degree bends were insane. No seat belt, I sincerely thought I wasn't going to get off alive!
It was't demolished, it was carfuly taken down and from what I have been told in is in storege. Wether anybody else will be interested in keeping it going rlse where is another story.
This ride is brutal. I'm heading off to Blackpool in about 4 hours, and I think I'll go on this one last so I can get straight in the ambulance after wards. Still got a few bruises from when I last went on it, and that was 15 years ago!
i came here like 2 weeks ago and this was my favourite ride! it didnt hurt and is a good coaster for people that WANT TO GO ON A CCOASTER BUT NOT A HUGE ONE
Most savage, brutal, exhilarating, painful ride I've ever been on, I remember being a kid and went on with my older cousin and he kept saying "the tracks broke were going to fall off" or he would be like "is that supposed to happen? Hmmm I'm not sure" fucking hated the prick.
Why oh WHY would they get rid of a classic hilarious ride! Me and my best friend went on this maybe 5 years back for the first time and it was so painful but so funny lol! Even funnier because you don’t expect it, one of you sits inbetween the others legs, and you don’t even have chance to recover after your flung up or to the side 😂😂 RIP wild mouse 🐭:(
sad to see it go, been on twice, and it is painful, cos it dosent elivate at curves, so throws the centre of gravity off centre and creates an outward force that makes the ride a bit uncomfortable, it seems dangerous, but had a good safety record, theres not many left in the world of its kind. hopefully they build a metal one in similar mode.
I remember having my camera in my pocket when I went on this. I was the only one on the ride and i got thrown into the side of the cart, resulting in the biggest, darkest bruise on my thigh that I'd ever seen.
@TheSpizer It is; and You're held in by a loose seat-belt. you also have to physically duck for the piece of track going over the chain lift. But it brings back to danger aspect other rides are missing
I ended up having the mouse become my favourite coaster after riding it 3 times! The pain makes it fun in my opinion and when you end up being the only person on the coaster, hold on as I ended up flying out of my seat and landing back in on the other side! It's great fun!
Charlie Nicklin Getting a badly bruised ankle of the wild mouse that causes you to limp around the park is fun is it? Because I didn’t find it fun. Drops were ok but the corners beating me up, overreaction from the mouse lol.
