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Frontierland Western Theme Park was a theme park at Morecambe, Lancashire, England, situated on Marine Road West, which operated from 1909 to 7 November 1999, with a final year consisting of only travelling rides in 2000. Frontierland originally operated as West End Amusement Park, Fun City and Morecambe Pleasure Park from 1909 to 1986 before being transformed into ''Frontierland'' for the 1987 season in an attempt to defeat dwindling visitor numbers. In 2000, Frontierland was officially closed down by Geoffrey Thompson, managing director of Pleasure Beach Blackpool. All of the rides, excluding the ''Polo Tower'' and ''Log Flume'' were demolished or dismantled and sold on. The ''Rattler'' was moved to the ''Pleasure Beach'' whilst "The Wild Mouse" (later called "Runaway Mine Train" for the new-look Frontierland) and the ''Chair-O-Planes'' were moved to Pleasureland Southport, which later closed down in 2006. Unlike ''Pleasureland'', ''Frontierland'' was never resurrected and the site remained wasteland until 2007, when three outlets were built. These large outlets were positioned at the back of the park, an area that previously featured the ''Stampede'', ''Tea Cups'' and ''Parrots'' ride. A brief history of the Frontierland site can be found at the Morecambe Today website.〔( End Of The Ride For Morecambe Frontierland )〕 ==Brief history== The Thompson family, owners of ''Pleasure Beach Blackpool'', purchased the park in 1909, when it was called ''West End Amusement Park''. The owners, who also owned ''Pleasureland Southport'', which closed in 2006, introduced new rides each year until visitor numbers began to dwindle. A number of tactics were used to save the park, however most failed eventually. Rides such as a ''Big Wheel'' were introduced but were quickly taken down due to neighbouring complaints. In 1986, visitor numbers were at an all-time low so Geoffrey Thompson, owner of the park decided to give the ten acre site a complete overhaul. This involved turning the park into ''Frontierland'' which would hopefully see guests flock back to Morecambe. This worked for a few years but once again, numbers dropped, so in 1989, the ''Sky Ride'' was introduced – a cable car system that would allow people to fly over the park and out over the promenade before turning around and going back to the station. The ride was initially a big success and once again, visitors flocked to the park. In 1991, visitor numbers were back down to their low standard and investment wasn’t being put into the park so freely as two previous attempts had backfired massively. In 1992, Geoffrey Thompson was about to make his biggest investment ever at ''Pleasure Beach Blackpool'' by introducing the ''Pepsi Max Big One'', a £12 million hyper coaster. One ride which had stood at Blackpool for over ten years was in the way of these plans. With the construction of the Big One due to start late 1992, the ''Space Tower'' was to be removed. So, in 1993 ''Frontierland'' received the ''Space Tower'', a gyro tower. The ride was initially going to be placed at the back of the park but with the sponsorship from ''Polo Mints'' in the bag, the ride was positioned on the front. This resulted in a boost in visitor numbers but nowhere near what Blackpool was about to get from opening their new roller coaster. The ''Polo Tower'' was the last major investment at ''Frontierland''; however, fans of the park believe that Geoffrey Thompson had no intention of shutting the park down, as in 1993, with the installation of the ''Polo Tower'', Geoffrey Thompson signed a contract allowing a telephone mast to be placed at the top of the tower – this contract allowed the company to have their telephone mast on the tower for twenty years meaning that the ''Polo Tower'' cannot be taken down until the contract has expired resulting in a possible removal of the tower in 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frontierland, Morecambe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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