marko Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 No problems with Zoo's but I think £10 is too much for such an event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Adding my 2p's worth the Speedway Museum is defo worth a visit. Been a few years since I last went but seem to recall admission to the Paradise Wildlife Park was £16-ish or so with free entry to the speedway bit included, so £10 is a bit of a saving. We took in all the zoo but spent 75% of our timr in the speedway museum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Meldrew Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 The Speedway Museum and the stalls, displays of bikes etc. are totally separate from the Wildlife Park. You can choose not to visit the animal enclosures if you so wish but still make use of the facilities, restaurant etc. The car parking is free. The speedway activities and the museum are still good value at £10. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 6 hours ago, marko said: No problems with Zoo's but I think £10 is too much for such an event. Yep agree. It'll be the same old same old from all the previous years - which used to be free, then donation, then £5 last year & now £10 this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shoe Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Vic Meldrew said: The speedway activities and the museum are still good value at £10. I agree i think £10 is good value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startline sid Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 23 minutes ago, Hot Shoe said: I agree i think £10 is good value. fully agree - usual story though why complain if anyone doesn't like it then simply don't go . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 NEW Ivan Mauger section in the speedway museum 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny the spud Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 What a shame, I find myself in the UK and only about 5 miles from paradise park. Unfortunately I have to visit my father in hospital tomorrow but was hoping to get back in time to take some of this in only to find that it closes at 4pm !! A celebration that only goes on for 6 hours. Not much of a party ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 An excellent day out. I was far too busy enjoying meeting people to worrying about costs and the rights and wrongs of zoos and lesser animal collections. Life's too short to deny yourself a good day out over irrelevancies. I stayed out of the wildlife area - I was there for speedway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argos Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 What a excellent day out ,congrats to the organisers what was especially enjoyable was seeing so many riders from the past looking so well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Good day yesterday – excellent turn-out and so many familiar faces. One thing, though. What’s gone wrong with speedway, when more people will turn up for a celebration of speedway’s past, than an actual speedway meeting with the sport’s current stars? Yesterday’s attendance will put most meetings this year to shame. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 MAYBE because you got exactly what it said on the tin which is more than be said for many speedway meetings these days! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagueyUK Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) For those that were unable to attend, here is some footage taken at the event including many interview with past and present riders and management etc. Brought to you by T2TV Media & Speedway Portal Apologies for the large embed Edited February 23, 2018 by HagueyUK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMX Events Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 Well Done Haguey.. great footage nicely put together there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Dave, (and others) re your comments on this year's Celebration of Speedway. Yes, the admission previously was £5 for the Speedway exhibition but fans could still wander round the excellent Wildlife Park too. There was a problem when non-Speedway people were visiting the Park and paying the full price of £15-£17 and when they found out that Speedway folk were getting in for £5 they were most upset as you can imagine and caused the staff a lot of grief. This year, the WSRA and the Wildlife Park agreed that we set a £10 entry fee across the board so that the regular Park visitors were not upset and that the entry money would be split between the WSRA and the Park. Despite what a few folk may think, the Speedway Museum is NOT a money-maker for Paradise Wildlife Park. On the contrary, the Museum costs the Park a lot of money subsidizing it throughout the year and without Peter Sampson and his family, there would be no Speedway Museum. The Museum, the Events Marque and the outdoor displays were packed all day but we don't get those numbers for Speedway every week! Yes, it would have been good to have something at High Beech but the Celebration is such a lot of hard work for the WSRA volunteers and the Park staff that it was physically impossible although I believe that Terry Stone had something at High Beech on the 19th February. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 2/14/2018 at 10:26 AM, Hot Shoe said: The only reason i don't go and have never been to the speedway museum is that i would never visit a zoo or a wildlife park. The animals at Paradise Wildlife Park are all very well looked after and loved by the staff and at least the animals don't have to worry about poachers or being eaten by another predator. As some one else said in a post, you can visit the Speedway Museum without having to ago round the Wildlife Park but you would miss seeing some beautiful lions, tigers, snow leopards, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shoe Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 3/2/2018 at 11:02 PM, Haggis said: The animals at Paradise Wildlife Park are all very well looked after and loved by the staff and at least the animals don't have to worry about poachers or being eaten by another predator. As some one else said in a post, you can visit the Speedway Museum without having to ago round the Wildlife Park but you would miss seeing some beautiful lions, tigers, snow leopards, etc. It's simply down to personal choice and our views on zoos and safari parks obviously differ but i would like nothing at all to do with either them and i I certainly wouldn't miss seeing beautiful animals held in captivity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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