History
This area started out in the 1918 as Sunken Gardens, a sea side garden that in the 1920´s installed a few children´s rides.
In 1976 the land to the west of the pier was purchased by Philip Miller and his family. They developed the amusement park on the site from the rudimentary original and the entire site was redeveloped extensively. In 1995 the park was vastly expanded when the land to the east of the pier was purchased to form part of the park. The park is still owned by the Miller family under the name Stockvale Ltd.
The park´s mascot is called Snappy. Complementing the park is the longest pleasure pier in the world (built in 1830 as a wooden pier, rebuilt as a steel pier in 1889); it extends more than a mile (1,34 miles / 2,16km) toward the ocean. The pier railroad runs the entire length of the pier (extra charge) to the Lifeboat Museum.
Adventure Island is not divided into specific areas but divides its rides into the following catagories: Big Adventure (blue rides), Junior (green rides) and Mini (red rides). The park is separated by into East side of the Pier and West side of the pier. Some past rides include:
Mr Smee's Boat Ride, American Freeway, Barracuda, Space Chase, Fantasy Dome, Pirate Galleon, Beelzee Bob's Trail, Raging River Blackbeards pirate adventure Blackbeards all at sea
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