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Nothing to hide argument
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The nothing to hide argument states that government surveillance programs do not threaten privacy unless they uncover illegal activities, and that if they do uncover illegal activities, the person committing these activities does not have the right to keep them private. Hence, a person who favors this argument may state "I've got nothing to hide" and therefore does not express opposition to government surveillance.[1] An individual using this argument may say that a person should not worry about government or surveillance if he/she has "nothing to hide."[2]
The motto "If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear" has been used in the closed-circuit television program practiced in the United Kingdom.[3]
Contents
1 Prevalence
2 Ethnography
3 Effect on privacy protection
4 Arguments for and against
4.1 For privacy
4.2 Against privacy
5 History
6 See also
7 References
8 Notes
9 Further reading
Prevalence[edit]
This argument is commonly used in discussions regarding privacy. Geoffrey Stone, a legal scholar, said that the use of the argument is "all-too-common".[3] Bruce Schneier, a data security expert and cryptographer, described it as the "most common retort against privacy advocates."[3] Colin J. Bennett, author of The Privacy Advocates, said that an advocate of privacy often "has to constantly refute" the argument.[4] Bennett explained that most people "go through their daily lives believing that surveillance processes are not directed at them, but at the miscreants and wrongdoers" and that "the dominant orientation is that mechanisms of surveillance are directed at others" despite "evidence that the monitoring of individual behavior has become routine and everyday".[5]
Ethnography[edit]
An ethnographic study by Ana Viseu, Andrew Clement, and Jane Aspinal of the integration of online services into everyday life was published as "Situating Privacy Online: Complex Perceptions and Everyday Practices" in the Information, Communication & Society journal in 2004. It found that, in the words of Kirsty Best, author of "Living in the control society Surveillance, users and digital screen technologies", "fully employed, middle to middle-upper income earners articulated similar beliefs about not being targeted for surveillance" compared to other respondents who did not show concern, and that "In these cases, respondents expressed the view that they were not doing anything wrong, or that they had nothing to hide."[6] Of the participant sample in Viseu's study, one reported using privacy-enhancing technology,[7] and Viseu et al. said "One of the clearest features of our subjects’ privacy perceptions and practices was their passivity towards the issue."[8] Viseu et al. said the passivity originated from the "nothing to hide" argument.[9]
During a qualitative study conducted for the government of the United Kingdom around 2003,[10] Dr. Perri 6 [sic][11] presented four outlooks on privacy risks with a mapping of eight frames to show privacy attitude distributions.[10] According to the study, men who were self-employed initially used the "nothing to hide" argument before shifting to an argument in which they perceived surveillance to be a nuisance instead of a threat.[12]
Effect on privacy protection[edit]
Viseu, et al. said that the argument "has been well documented in the privacy literature as a stumbling block to the development of pragmatic privacy protection strategies, and it, too, is related to the ambiguous and symbolic nature of the term ‘privacy’ itself."[9] They explained that privacy is an abstract concept and people only become concerned with it once their privacy is gone, and they compare a loss to privacy with people knowing that ozone depletion and global warming are negative developments but that "the immediate gains of driving the car to work or putting on hairspray outweigh the often invisible losses of polluting the environment."[9]
Arguments for and against[edit]
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For privacy[edit]
Edward Snowden: "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." [13]
"When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right.’ You’re saying, ‘I don’t have this right, because I’ve got to the point where I have to justify it.’ The way rights work is, the government has to justify its intrusion into your rights."[14]
Daniel J. Solove stated in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education that he opposes the argument; he stated that a government can leak information about a person and cause damage to that person, or use information about a person to deny access to services even if a person did not actually engage in wrongdoing, and that a government can cause damage to one's personal life through making errors.[3] Solove wrote "When engaged directly, the nothing-to-hide argument can ensnare, for it forces the debate to focus on its narrow understanding of privacy. But when confronted with the plurality of privacy problems implicated by government data collection and use beyond surveillance and disclosure, the nothing-to-hide argument, in the end, has nothing to say."[3]
Danah Boyd, a social media researcher, opposes the argument. She said that even though "[p]eople often feel immune from state surveillance because they’ve done nothing wrong" an entity or group can distort a person's image and harm one's reputation, or guilt by association can be used to defame a person.[15]
Adam D. Moore, author of Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations, argued "it is the view that rights are resistant to cost/benefit or consequentialist sort of arguments. Here we are rejecting the view that privacy interests are the sorts of things that can be traded for security."[16] He also stated that surveillance can disproportionately affect certain groups in society based on appearance, ethnicity, and religion.[16] Moore maintains that there are at least three other problems with the "nothing to hide" argument. First, if individuals have privacy rights, then invoking "nothing to hide" is irrelevant. Privacy, understood as a right to control access to and uses of spaces, locations, and personal information, means that it is the right holder who determines access. To drive this point home Moore offers the following case. "Imagine upon exiting your house one day you find a person searching through your trash painstakingly putting the shredded notes and documents back together. In response to your stunned silence he proclaims 'you don’t have anything to worry about – there is no reason to hide, is there?'" [16] Second, individuals may wish to hide embarrassing behavior or conduct not accepted by the dominant culture. "Consider someone’s sexual or medical history. Imagine someone visiting a library to learn about alternative lifestyles not accepted by the majority." [16] Finally, Moore argues that "nothing to hide," if taken seriously, could be used against government agents, politicians, and CEO's. This is to turn the “nothing to hide” argument on its head. Moore argues that the NSA agent, politician, police chief, and CEO have nothing to hide so they should embrace total transparency like the rest of us. "But they don’t and when given the technological tools to watch, the politician, police chief, or CEO are almost always convinced that watching others is a good thing." [16]
Bruce Schneier, a computer security expert and cryptographer, expressed opposition, citing Cardinal Richelieu's statement "If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged", referring to how a state government can find aspects in a person's life in order to prosecute or blackmail that individual.[17] Schneier also argued "Too many wrongly characterize the debate as 'security versus privacy.' The real choice is liberty versus control."[17]
Emilio Mordini, philosopher and psychoanalyst, argued that the "nothing to hide" argument is inherently paradoxical. People do not need to have "something to hide" in order to hide "something". What is relevant is not what is hidden, rather the experience that there is an intimate area, which could be hidden, whose access could be restricted. Psychologically speaking, we become individuals through the discovery that we could hide something to others.[18]
Julian Assange states: "There is no killer answer yet. Jacob Appelbaum (@ioerror) has a clever response, asking people who say this to then hand him their phone unlocked and pull down their pants. My version of that is to say, 'well, if you're so boring then we shouldn't be talking to you, and neither should anyone else', but philosophically, the real answer is this: Mass surveillance is a mass structural change. When society goes bad, it's going to take you with it, even if you are the blandest person on earth."[19]
Harvey A. Silverglate estimated that the common person, on average, unknowingly commits three felonies a day in the US.[20]
Against privacy[edit]
Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google at the time, said "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place, but if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines including Google do retain this information for some time, and it's important, for example that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that that information could be made available to the authorities."
When discussing the MAINWAY program, former U.S. Senate majority leader Trent Lott stated "What are people worried about? What is the problem? Are you doing something you're not supposed to?" [21]
Johann Hari, a British writer, argued that the "nothing to hide" argument is irrelevant to the placement of CCTV cameras in public places in the United Kingdom because the cameras are public areas where one is observed by many people he or she would be unfamiliar with and not in "places where you hide".[22]
In November 2015, British Conservative Party MP Richard Graham was accused of quoting Joseph Goebbels in defending a new surveillance bill with the words "if you've nothing to hide you have nothing to fear". Former Conservative Foreign Secretary William Hague also used the same phrase in 2013.[23]
History[edit]
In his 1919 muckraking exposé The Brass Check, Upton Sinclair wrote (referring to the 1914 Lexington Avenue explosion):
From first to last I had nothing to hide, and for that reason I had nothing to fear, and this was as well known to the newspapers as it was to the police who were probing the explosion.[24]
See also[edit]
Human rights portal
Politics portal
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Mass surveillance
National security
Right to privacy
Biometrics
Optimism bias
References[edit]
Bennett, Colin J. The Privacy Advocates: Resisting the Spread of Surveillance. MIT Press, 2008. ISBN 0262260425, 9780262260428.
Best, Kirsty. "Living in the control society Surveillance, users and digital screen technologies." International Journal of Cultural Studies. January 2010. Volume 13, No. 1, p. 5-24. doi: 10.1177/1367877909348536. Available at SAGE Journals.
Mordini, Emilio. "Nothing to Hide — Biometrics, Privacy and Private Sphere." In: Schouten, Ben, Niels Christian Juul, Andrzej Drygajlo, and Massimo Tistarelli (editors). Biometrics and Identity Management: First European Workshop, BIOID 2008, Roskilde, Denmark, May 7–9, 2008, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science+Business Media, 2008. p. 245-258. ISBN 3540899901, 9783540899907.
Moore, Adam D. Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations. Penn State Press, March 28, 2011. ISBN 0271036869, 9780271036861.
Privacy Online: OECD Guidance on Policy and Practice. OECD Publishing, November 18, 2003. ISBN 9264101632, 9789264101630.
Solove, Daniel J. Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security. Yale University Press, May 31, 2011. ISBN 0300172311, 9780300172317.
Viseu, Ana, Andrew Clement and Jane Aspinal. "Situating Privacy Online: Complex Perceptions and Everyday Practices." Information, Communication & Society (ISSN 1369-118X). 2004. 7(1): 92–114. DOI: 10.1080/1369118042000208924. Available from Taylor & Francis Online.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Mordini, p. 252.
Jump up ^ Solove, Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security, p. 1. "If you've got nothing to hide, you shouldn't worry about government surveillance."
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Solove, Daniel J. "Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'." The Chronicle of Higher Education. May 15, 2011. Retrieved on June 25, 2013. "The nothing-to-hide argument pervades discussions about privacy. The data security expert Bruce Schneier calls it the "most common retort against privacy advocates." The legal scholar Geoffrey Stone refers to it as an "all-too-common refrain." In its most compelling form, it is an argument that the privacy interest is generally minimal, thus making the contest with security concerns a foreordained victory for security."
Jump up ^ Bennett, p. 97.
Jump up ^ Bennett, p. 97-98.
Jump up ^ Best, p. 12.
Jump up ^ Viseu, et al. p. 102-103.
Jump up ^ Viseu, et al. p. 102.
^ Jump up to: a b c Viseu, et al. p. 103.
^ Jump up to: a b OECD, "Appendix II: Can We Be Persuaded to Become Pet-Lovers?" p. 323.
Jump up ^ OECD, "Appendix II: Can We Be Persuaded to Become Pet-Lovers?" p. 305
Jump up ^ OECD, "Appendix II: Can We Be Persuaded to Become Pet-Lovers?" p. 326. "The self-employed males, by contrast, who operated as brokers in networks; might sometimes begin with the "nothing to hide" frame, in which they would claim that no one with anything to hide need be concerned about privacy at all, but quickly shifted to the "inconvenience" frame, in which data collection and sharing was seen more as a nuisance than as a threat."
Jump up ^ "Just days left to kill mass surveillance under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. We are Edward Snowden and the ACLU's Jameel Jaffer. AUA. • /r/IAmA". reddit. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
Jump up ^ "Edward Snowden's Privacy Tips: "Get Rid Of Dropbox," Avoid Facebook And Google". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
Jump up ^ boyd, danah. "Danah Boyd: The problem with the ‘I have nothing to hide’ argument." (Opinion) The Dallas Morning News. June 14, 2013. Retrieved on June 25, 2013. "It’s disturbing to me how often I watch as someone’s likeness is constructed in ways[...]"
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Moore, p. 204.
^ Jump up to: a b Schneier, Bruce. "The Eternal Value of Privacy." Schneier on Security. May 18, 2006. Retrieved on May 13, 2017.
Jump up ^ Mordini "Nothing to Hide — Biometrics, Privacy and Private Sphere." p.257-60
Jump up ^ "Courage Foundation: Reddit AMA".
Jump up ^ Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent. Encounter Books. 2011. ISBN 9781594032554.
Jump up ^ "BellSouth denies giving records to NSA". CNN. Retrieved 2006-05-15.
Jump up ^ Hari, Johann. "Johann Hari: This strange backlash against CCTV." The Independent. Monday March 17, 2008. Retrieved on June 26, 2013.
Jump up ^ Bartlett, Evan (4 November 2015). "Tory MP Richard Graham accused of quoting Joseph Goebbels in defence of new surveillance bill". The Independent. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
Jump up ^ Sinclair, Upton (1919). The Brass Check. Pasadena, CA: the author. p. 194.
Further reading[edit]
Klein, Sascha. "I've got nothing to hide": Electronic surveillance of communications, privacy and the power of arguments. GRIN Verlag, Apr 26, 2012. ISBN 3656179131, 9783656179139.
Solove, Daniel J. "'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy." San Diego Law Review, Vol. 44, p. 745, 2007. p. 745. ISSN 0036-4037. Accession Number 31197940. George Washington University Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 289. - An essay that was written for a symposium in the San Diego Law Review. Available at Academic Search Complete, HeinOnline, LexisNexis Academic, and Social Science Research Network.
"Surveillance and “Nothing to Hide”." (Archive) CSE/ISE 312: Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues. Stony Brook University. - Powerpoint presentation based on Solove's work.
Moore, Adam. "Privacy, Security, and Government Surveillance: WikiLeaks and the New Accountability". Public Affairs Quarterly. 25 (April 2011): 141–156. JSTOR 23057094.
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Flamingo Land
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Flamingo Land Resort
Park logo
Slogan
"Wild Animals, Wilder Rides"
Location
Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates
54°12′35″N 0°48′30″W / 54.2097°N 0.8082°W / 54.2097; -0.8082Coordinates: 54°12′35″N 0°48′30″W / 54.2097°N 0.8082°W / 54.2097; -0.8082
Opened
1959
Previous names
Yorkshire Zoo, Flamingo Park
Operating season
March–November
Area
375 acres (152 ha)
Rides
Total
52
Roller coasters
9
Water rides
2
Website
www.flamingoland.co.uk
Flamingo Land is a theme park, zoo, and resort located in Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, England.
Contents
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1 History
2 Attractions
2.1 Pleasure Island
3 Animals
3.1 General overview
3.2 Affiliations
3.3 African Animals
4 Holiday village
5 Theme park
5.1 Roller coasters
5.2 Thrill rides
5.3 Water rides
5.4 Other rides and attractions
6 The zoo
7 Shows
8 Past rides and attractions
9 Flamingo Land in the media
10 Controversy
11 References
12 External links
History[edit]
Flamingo Land Resort was established in 1959 when a cinema entrepreneur, Edwin Pentland Hick, sold his cinema chain and used the funds to purchase a bankrupt country club to use the land for a zoo.[1] The site, which occupied nine acres, was initially called The Yorkshire Zoological Gardens. A colony of flamingos were among the first animals to be housed on site.[1]
In 1963, the gardens became home to the UK's first captive bottlenose dolphins - one of whom was given the name Sooty after the children's TV puppet. During the 1960s a small funfair began to be held on the site. In 1965 the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange as Associated Pleasure Parks and, in 1968, the park was renamed to Flamingo Park Zoo.
In the 1970s, amusement rides had become a permanent fixture of the park along with the zoo, becoming the first site in Europe to combine the attractions in one location.[citation needed]
The park was losing money by 1974 and underwent a major revamp when it was renamed Flamingo Land. More emphasis was placed on the "day out" experience - with fairground rides, a haunted castle, model railway and a jungle cruise raft ride on the lake. Despite a more professional marketing approach which saw regular guest appearances by celebrities and stars of the day (including the racehorse Red Rum), Flamingo Land continued to lose money.
The owners, Scotia Leisure Ltd., sold the site in 1978 to Robert Gibb - himself a former director at Scotia leisure. He put a team in place to develop the complex as a national, rather than local, tourist attraction, including investing in amusement rides. Many staff were made redundant with most re-engaged on seasonal contracts.
In 1995 Robert Gibb died in a car accident and his son Gordon Gibb, only 18 at the time, and his two sisters, Vicky and Melanie, took over the running of the park.[1]
Attractions[edit]
Some of the major attractions at Flamingo Land include:[2]
Hero - Suspended Flying Coaster new for 2013 in Metropolis area of the park. The ride was declared SBNO on 22 May 2015 when a piece of foot rail came loose and struck riders, but re-opened after a thin safety net was added under the track where it passes over the queue.
Pterodactyl – A Zamperla Vertical Swing installed in 2012 in the new Dino-Stone Park for the 2013 season.
Mumbo Jumbo – Opened in Summer 2009, this roller coaster was recognised at the time by the Guinness World Records as having the steepest drop.
Flip Flop – Suspended over an artificial lake and features two large ship funnels on either side of the station.
Kumali – Installed 2006, this is a Suspended Looping Coaster.
Navigator – Installed 2005, it was the first 'Mega' "Disk 'O'" type of ride ever to be built.[citation needed]
Velocity – was constructed in 2005, replacing the Thunder Mountain attraction. It was built by Vekoma, a manufacturer based in the Netherlands. The ride was the first booster bike ride in the United Kingdom, and is the tallest and fastest of its type in the world. It is estimated to have cost around UK£7 million. Velocity features a unique restraint design created specifically for Flamingo Land Resort. This leaves your upper body to move freely.
Cliff Hanger – Opened in 2002, this is the first and tallest S&S Combo Tower in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]
Also on the site is a gym, a leisure centre, a spa, a golf course and a large collection of log cabins and static caravans.
Pleasure Island[edit]
Flamingo Land also operated Pleasure Island Family Theme Park in Cleethorpes from its opening on 23 May 1993 until April 2010, when it became independent.[3]
On the former site of Cleethorpes Zoo, construction for an amusement park was begun in the 1990s by RKF Entertainment. During this time RKF went into administration and Robert Gibb purchased the site as a second park to Flamingo Land. When his son Gordon Gibb became chief executive of the company, his sister Vicky Gibb and later other sister Melanie Wood took the responsibility for the Cleethorpes park.
In 2010 Melanie Wood attained her goal of taking ownership of the park, separate from the rest of the family company. Pleasure Island is now operated by Dewarsavile Enterprises Ltd, directed by Wood. This marked the end of the association between Pleasure Island and Flamingo Land.
Animals[edit]
General overview[edit]
Flamingo Land once[when?] claimed to be the largest animal holder of its kind[clarification needed] in Europe, housing over 1,000 animals. Flamingo Land houses exotic animals, including camels, brazilian tapirs, zebras, Vicuñas, hippopotamus, giraffes, meerkats, baboons, chimpanzees, lions, rhinoceros, tigers, sea lions, parrots, and peafowl. The park takes part in breeding programmes an example of which is the Mangabeys featured in the 2006 series of ITV1 show 'Theme Park'. In June 2010, Flamingoland started work on a new penguin enclosure, the first stages of which were completed in August 2010.
Affiliations[edit]
Flamingo Land is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA)[4] and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA),[5] and has connections to other parks in the country:
One of the older Flamingo Land elephants, Jangoli, went on to give birth to calves at Chester Zoo.
The park's male lion, lioness and her cubs were originally located at Longleat Safari Park before moving to Flamingo Land to start a new pride.
Chessington World of Adventures was also once the home of one of the park's sea lions, Clive.
In 2017, Flamingo Land took custody of a new black rhino as part of a European breeding project, named 'Baringo'.
African Animals[edit]
The park's emphasis is on their collection of African animals, housed in the Lost Kingdom and African Plains. The Lost River Ride was designed to give a safari experience before its final drop, and meanders through Savannah-style grasslands with giraffe, ostrich, zebra, hippotamus and rhinoceros. The Forgotten City Lion Reserve is also located in the middle of the ride.
Holiday village[edit]
The park has a large holiday village with static caravans and log cabins, a leisure centre, a swimming pool, and a café.
There is also The Club and Zoo Bar, an entertainments venue which is exclusive for caravan owners and people staying on site overnight. It is a venue capable of holding over 1000 people and boasts a large stage and resident shows as well as light entertainment performed by visiting cabaret acts. There is also a small supermarket for guests to buy their own supplies.
Theme park[edit]
In the past, Flamingo Land never contained any themed areas and was very much an amusement park. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the park has developed several themed areas.
River Side One
An area known as River Side One opened in 2014. This part of the resort is open to all visitors. This area contains The Club, Pizza Pie Takeaway Shop, the Gourmet Grill, Frog Hopper and Balloon rides and the American Diner.
Metropolis
Metropolis contains food outlets such as the Metropolis Bar and Grill, gift shops, cash machines, and pay-to-play game stalls. In 2016, the Mia and Mylo Show moved with the Farewell Show from the Riverside One to the Plaza, along with the new attraction - the Pirates of Zanzibar, an all-day interactive live show stylized as a large pirate ship. This area also features the rides Velocity and Navigator.
Flamingo 1
This area is themed on racing and cars, as shown by its centrepiece ride Flamingo 1 Cars, a small go karting track. It also contains Cliff Hanger, the highest drop tower and the only S&S Combo Tower in the UK. There is also the Upper Deck fish and chip restaurant (which also incorporates the children's play area HMS Bouncy), Jolly Sailor2Go, Fortune2Go (a Cantonese takeout hut), Cool Fuel, the Fuel Stop Cafe and Top Gear, all of which are contained in the brand new 'Hub' entertainment complex. Here you can also find the Hero rollercoaster, Fabrizio's Ristorante and Pizzeria and the Vortex ride.
Splosh!
This area was introduced for the summer of 2007 and features a water playground with squirting jets and water dropping palm trees. Splash Battle is a submarine themed ride where ride cars and off ride posts around the ride are equipped with water cannons.
Dino Stone Park
Dino Stone Park is a prehistoric dinosaur themed land which features five rides including the high altitude star flyer ride Pterodactyl and spinning family coaster called Twistosaurus, which opened in 2013.
Muddy Duck Farm
Formally known as the 'Little Monsters Den of Mischief', this area is mainly aimed at children, and includes the attractions Little Monster's Wacky Races and Mischief Mansion. This part of the park has been slowly phased out to make way for an area themed around farm animals, such as the Tractor Ride where children 'drive' the tractors around the farm animals' pens, incorporated into the small Children's Planet area.
Lost Kingdom Reserve
This area contains such rides as Lost River Ride, Kumali, and Voodoo. When it was built in 2009, Mumbo Jumbo had the steepest drop of any roller coaster in the world, at 112 degrees. This area is circled by the Daktari Express, a double-00 gauge railway that transports visitors around the reserve stylized as an African express train.
African Plains
This is an all-animal area containing various animal paddocks and is located in a quiet, secluded area of the zoo. The monorail offers a bird's eye view of the animals, as does the elevated pathway that goes over a small lake to the Penguin Coast.
Children's Planet
This children's area was opened in 2011 and combines both play areas and animal enclosures.
Mumbo Jumbo
Velocity
Kumali
Roller coasters[edit]
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Opened
Manufacturer
Themed Land
Description
1 Kumali steel inverted 2006 Vekoma Lost Kingdom Reaches a speed of 55 mph (88 km) on a 2203 ft long track (672 m) and a height of 118 ft (36 m) with 4 inversions (loop, cobra roll, zero g-roll); height limit 1.37 m. Train 2x10, SLC shenlin model.
2 Velocity steel sitdown 2 July 2005 Vekoma Metropolis A motorbike launched coaster that reaches a speed of 54 mph (87 km) on a 2109 ft long track (643 m) and a height of 57 ft (18 m); height limit 1.37 m.
3 Mumbo Jumbo steel sit down 4 July 2009 S&S Worldwide Lost Kingdom The steepest rollercoaster in the UK, reaches a speed of 41 mph (66 km) and a height of 98 ft (30 m); height limit 1.21 m. Train 2x6, El Loco model.
4 Hero Flying 16 July 2013 Zamperla Metropolis Suspended above the busy streets of Metropolis, on the site of the old Wild Mouse. Identical layout to Soarin' Eagle to Luna Park in Coney Island.
5 Zooom steel suspended 2011 Zamperla Swooosh An aeroplane-themed junior suspended coaster. Train 2x5, Air Force model.
6 Twistosaurus steel sit down 25 May 2013 Zamperla Dino Stone Park Twisting around the old Jurassic jungle. Family spinning rollercoaster.
7 Runaway Mine Train steel sit down 2007 Zamperla Metropolis A junior mine-style coaster for children; height limit 1m. Train 2x6, 80STD Gravity Coaster.
8 Dino Roller steel sit down 1988 Cavazza Diego Dino Stone Park Train 2x10, super Nessi junior coaster was originally named as Dragon Coaster has been rethemed in 2013 as Dino Roller as part of Dino Stone Park.
9 Go Gator steel sit down 1982 Wisdom Rides Muddy Ducky Farm A very small coaster intended for younger children. Train 2x7, go gator model.
Thrill rides[edit]
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Name
Opened
Manufacturer
Themed Land
Additional Information
10 Cliff Hanger 2002 S&S Worldwide Seaside Adventure The UK's only S&S combo drop tower ride. The ride is themed like a lighthouse, and is the tallest drop tower in the UK at 180 ft (60 m); height limit 1.3m. The ride was installed by Ride Entertainment Group.[6] A year after it was installed, the park had to remove the red and white cladding due to complaints from neighbours.[7]
11 Navigator April 2005 Zamperla Metropolis The first 'Mega' "Disk 'O'" type of ride ever to be built; height limit 1.21 m.
12 Flip Flop 2007 Fabbri Splosh! A gyro swing over a man made lake with water effects; height limit 1.3 m
13 Pterodactyl July 2012 Zamperla Dino Stone Park A 151 ft (46m) tall vertical spinning swing tower; height limit 1.21 m
Water rides[edit]
Lost River
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Name
Opened
Manufacturer
Themed Land
Description
14 Splash Battle 2007 Preston & Barbieri Splosh! The first interactive water ride in the UK. Ride cars themed as submarines travel along a track where targets must be hit to prevent the riders from being soaked; height limit 90 cm.
15 Lost River Ride 2004 Bear Rides Lost Kingdom A 335 m spillwater ride that gently meanders through animal enclosures such as rhinos, hippos, giraffes and lions before taking an 18 m high plunge into a pool of water; height limit none / 1.2 m without adult supervision.
Other rides and attractions[edit]
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Name
Opened
Themed Land
Description
16 Voodoo 2003 Lost Kingdom A VEKOMA swinging Pirate ship ride; height limit 1.07 m.
17 Little Monsters Den of Mischief 2001 Muddy Duck Farm A ghost train suitable for families, it features horror characters including Frankenstein's monster, ghost, yeti, Dracula, and mummy as kids.
18 Cycle Monorail Metropolis A monorail where visitors can cycle on the track.
19 Balloon Race 1987 Metropolis A balloon themed gondola.
20 Rotataur ? To 1998 & 2006 To Present Day Dino Stone Park A wheel themed Zamperla Ferris wheel, originally named Wagon Wheel.
21 Tractor Ride 2006 Muddy Duck Farm A Metallbau Emmeln Tractor ride; height limit 1.07 m.
22 Gallopers 1984 Seaside Adventure A set of Savage gallopers, previously located at Butlin's, Filey.
23 Vortex (formerly Rockin' Tug) 2005 Metropolis A Zamperla rockin' tug ride; height limit 90 cm.
24 Frog Hopper Seaside Adventure Junior drop tower; height limit 90 cm.
25 Helitoys 2001 Muddy Duck Farm Helicopter ride for kids; height limit 90 cm.
26 Fun Slides Muddy Duck Farm Slides for kids.
27 Swoosh Air Swoosh Airplanes; height limit 90 cm.
32 Pedaloes 2013 Lost Kingdom Pedal boats; height limit 1.21 m.
33 Wacky Races 1985 Muddy Duck Farm On track Ford T-models, manufactured by Big Country Motioneering. Height limit 1.07 m.
34 Jungle Carousel 2007 Muddy Duck Farm Carousel.
35 Flying Clowns Plaza Suspended roundabout.
36 Spotted Cow Ride 1990,s The Zoo Junior carousel.
37 Crazy Combat ? Splosh! Laser battle pay to use
38 Frank's Exploratorium 2001 Muddy Duck Farm Magic House to explore; height limit none / 1.07 m alone.
39 Cable Cars Lost Kingdom Takes guests on a chair lift for an elevated view of the park each gondola is a different African animal ; height limit none / 1.4 m alone.
40 People Mover 1990 Seaside Adventure Travels from Seaside Adventure to Muddy Duck Farm. Built by Severn Lamb. Height limit none / 1.3 m alone.
41 Daktari Express Lost Kingdom Train ride that takes visitors around the zoo; height limit none / 1.3 m alone.
42 Zoo Monorail 1984 The Zoo Gives a bird's eye view of the animals. Built by Big Country Motioneering. Height limit none / 1.3 m alone
43 HMS Bouncy Splosh! Indoor play area.
44 Pink Elephants Metropolis Roundabout.
45 Playground 2011 Children's Planet Play area.
46 Reptile Encounter 2011 Children's Planet Reptiles.
47 Sand Play 2011 Children's Planet Sand play area.
48 Splish Splosh 2007 Splosh! Water play area.
49 Spotted Cow Ride The Zoo Roundabout.
50 The Swan The Zoo Roundabout.
51 Otter Water Play 2011 Children's Planet Water play area.
52 Cyclosaurus 2013 Dino Stone Park Small cycling roundabout
The zoo[edit]
There are more 120 different species of animals in the park, including hippos, camels, meerkats, reptiles, exotic birds, giraffes, lions, chimpanzees, tigers, sea lions, baboons, zebras, rare fish, penguins, otters, and many others.
Shows[edit]
Bird Show – exotic birds at the Zoo.
Mia and Mylo Shows – children's show in the Plaza.
Sea Lion Show – sea lion show at the Zoo.
Pirates of Zanzibar - live action pirate show in the Plaza.
Past rides and attractions[edit]
#
Name
Opened
Closed
Description
1 Magnum Force 2000 2005 A Triple Loop Coaster built by Anton Schwarzkopf that originally toured German funfairs as Dreier Looping & Sunway Lagoon, Malaysia. Now located at La Feria Chapultepec Magico, Mexico City under the name Montaña Infinitum.
2 The Bullet 1991 2005 A shuttle loop style coaster designed by Schwarzkopf. Originally known as Wiener Looping and previously operated in Austria, Florida, and on the German travelling funfair circuit before arriving at Flamingo Land. The ride was sold in 2012 to Selva Magica in Mexico, and opened in December 2013.
3 Corkscrew 1990 2011 A Vekoma corkscrew roller coaster that was one of the first rides to arrive at Flamingo Land, originally from Spanish City, Whitley Bay (1983 to 1989). The ride was dismantled in January 2012 and was relocated to Luna Park Cap d'Agde in France.
4 Thunder Mountain 1991 2004 Enclosed within a rock themed structure to create a dark roller coaster. The track system was a Pinfari Z40.
13 Sky Flyer 1993 2015 A Vekoma double inverted swinging ship style ride, formerly located in the Swoosh area. Relocated to Pleasure Island Theme Park.
5 Flying Trapeze 1998 2001 The four man bob coaster was built by Zierer was previously operated in Trentham, Alton Towers, Pleasure Island before arriving in Flamingo Land and it is now in Loudoun Castle as SBNO since 2010.
6 Crazy Loop 1986 1995 A coaster was built by Pinfari was relocated to former sister park Pleasure Island. It has been operating as Shockwave in Brean Leisure Park since 2003.
7 Wild Mouse 1997 2012 A Maurer Söhne Wilde Maus Classic roller coaster. Removed in 2012 to make way for the new flying coaster, Hero, and now operates in Pleasurewood Hills under the name of Marble Madness.
8 Top Gun 1996 2004 Unique attraction where riders sat inside two-seater plane themed cars that spun around the centre tower while moving toward the top. The riders could choose to turn their cars up-side down during the ride. It was built by Intamin and based on the film of the same name. Relocated from Kings Island, USA.
9 Klondike Creek 1980s 2003 Triple drop log flume with a mine theme, believed to have been extended with sections of the removed Drayton Manor log flume in 1999. It was removed when the Lost River was built.
10 Waikiki Wave/Tidal Wave 1993 2008 Vekoma Waikiki Wave ride, removed to make way for Mumbo Jumbo.
11 Terroriser/Circulator 1995 2007 A Fabbri Group evolution ride, moved to Pleasure Island in 2007.
12 Enterprise c.'84-'86 1994 A HUSS Park Attractions Enterprise (ride). Previously operated at Blackpool Pleasure Beach from 1979.
13 Junior Driving School 1999 2012 A ride in which kids could drive electric buses.
14 Circus World 1990 2000 A circus show which featured acrobats and animals.
15 Dolphin Show 2001
16 Log Flume 1998 An original water ride.
17 Dive Booster A spinning thrill ride
18 Waltzer 1991 2006 An A.R.M. waltzer ride.
19 Zig Zag 1994 2006 A P.W.S. twist ride.
20 Formula Car A go karts ride.
21 Cine 180 A cinema.
22 Flying Carpet 1991 1992 A Weber 1001 Nacht. Later operated at Pleasure Island Family Theme Park from 1993 to 2001.
23 Ferris wheel
24 High Flying Jets 1982 2003 Lang Wheels manufactured 'vampire' jets. Previously located at Peter Pan's Playground, Brighton.
25 Century 2000 1980s 1995 A Bakker Denies ramba zamba ride. Currently operates at Pleasure Island Family Theme Park.
26 Razzle Dazzle 1986 1993 An A.R.M. satellite/trabant ride. Currently operates at Pleasure Island Family Theme Park.
27 Sherlock Showtime 1996 2000
28 Clown Slide 1990 A Modern Products astroglide slide.
29 Dead Man's Drop A near-vertical steep slide that was located in the current Exploratorium.
30 Rock A-fire Explosion Animatronic robot band entertainment show.
31 Gravitron 1994 1994 An A.R.M. manufactured rotor ride.
32 Flamingo Star 1995 2004 A HUSS Park Attractions Tri-Star. Operated at Alton Towers from 1991 to 1992. Moved to Pleasure Island.
33 Octopus 1987 1994 A Robles Bouso polyp ride. Previously operated at Coney Beach Pleasure Park. Moved to Pleasure Island in 1995.
34 UFO 1995 2004 A HUSS Park Attractions UFO. Was sold to showman John Wesseldine.
35 Rock Slide 2013 An Ivan Bennett astroglide slide. Last located at Seaside Adventure beside the Cliff Hanger.
36 Professor Bubble's Seaside Adventure 2016 Removed to make way for Daytona Bridge go karting track.
Flamingo Land in the media[edit]
Theme Park on ITV
Theme Park is an ITV docusoap shown in the Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Regions, following the behind the scenes activities of Flamingo Land. The first series was broadcast in 2001 and a prominent part of the show was the building of the new area The Little Monsters Den of Mischief. The series in 2004 followed the development of the new water ride, The Lost River, which replaced the previous log flume, Klondike Creek. 2006 saw the third series of the popular ITV1 show, and followed the construction of the park's new coaster, Kumali.
Zoo Vet
The park's animal collection has also been a main feature of Zoo Vet at Large, which follows vet Matt Brash, both at his North Yorkshire surgeries and in his role as head vet at Flamingo Land. There have been multiple series which aired on ITV1 and are often repeated on the digital channel Sky Real Lives.
ChuckleVision
In an episode of ChuckleVision called "Romany Days", The Chuckle Brothers visit Flamingo Land in search of a pair of underpants which they believe to be of great value. The coaster they predominantly ride during the episode appears to be the Crazy Loop.
ITV Weather Sponsorship
Flamingo Land took up the sponsorship of ITV Yorkshire weather in June 2007 and ITV Tyne Tees weather in July 2007. The campaign ran until the end of the season. This sponsorship was renewed with both ITV regions in March 2008 at the start of the new season.
Talk Flamingo
Talk Flamingo was a long-running, discussion-based website about the park with news, construction, history, pictures, reviews and multimedia. The site closed at the end of the park's 2009 season.
Udzungwa Forest Project (UFP)
Flamingo Land's wildlife management initiative operates in the villages closest to the Magombera forest with the aim to maintain tropical rainforest in Eastern Tanzania. The purpose of the project is to provide villagers with a long-term fuel alternative through education and research, therefore reducing firewood collection within the forest, and thus the pressures placed upon the local environment.
(Hull City A.F.C.) & (Middlesbrough's)
It was announced that Flamingo Land would be the new sponsors of the 2015-16 Championship season of football.
Controversy[edit]
In 2012, park owner Gordon Gibb appeared in court charged with the assault of a ticket seller outside the entrance of the park.[8]
In 2014, a family lost their legal battle with Flamingo Land and nearly lost their home due to legal costs. A dispute arose after the park refused to allow the family to sit outside a restaurant to eat. Three of the four family members have disabilities and they wished to eat outside because their daughter, Melissa, has downs syndrome and autism and thus struggles with crowded situations. Flamingo Land insisted they ate inside on health and safety grounds.[9]
On 22 May 2015, a teenage girl was injured and had to be taken to hospital when a footrail fell from a car of the Hero roller coaster and cut her in the head. Another person was treated at the scene. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched an investigation into the incident. Hero reopened in early June.[10][11]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "History of Flamingo land". Retrieved 15 February 2014.
Jump up ^ "Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo". rcdb.com. Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
Jump up ^ "Reopening secures theme park jobs". BBC News. 26 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "BIAZA Zoos and Aquariums". biaza.org.uk. BIAZA. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
Jump up ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
Jump up ^ "Projects". Ride Entertainment Group. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
Jump up ^ "Park must 'tone down' ride". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Flamingo Land boss charged with assaulting ticket seller". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "Kilmarnock family involved in legal row with Flamingo Land almost lost home after being forced to pay rival's legal fees". STV News. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "Girl, 15, hurt in Flamingo Land rollercoaster accident". BBC News. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
Jump up ^ Brown, Mike. "Flamingo Land's Hero ride re-opens as accident probe continues". Retrieved 26 June 2015.
External links[edit]
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