Adventure Island (amusement park)
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#Amusement_parks_in_England
#Tourist_attractions_in_Essex
#Buildings_and_structures_in_Southend-on-Sea
#1976_establishments_in_England
#Amusement_parks_opened_in_1976
Adventure Island is a theme park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
The site of the theme park flanks the north end of Southend Pier and has been a theme park since 1976 when the land now forming the west side of the park was purchased by the Miller family.
The park used to be known as Peter Pan's Playground and later Peter Pan's Adventure Island before becoming Adventure Island.
The site is owned and managed by Stockvale Limited.
The park contains thirty six rides, retail outlets, and numerous catering outlets.
Adventure Island at night Adventure Island started out in 1918 as Sunken Gardens, a sea-side garden that in the 1920s installed a few children's rides.
In 1976, the land to the west of the pier was purchased by the Miller 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.
Complementing the park is Southend Pier, 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/2,16 km） toward the ocean.
The pier train runs the entire length of the pier to the Lifeboat Museum.
The park's mascots are called Snappy, Rage Man, Jakey and Jan.
Adventure Island is not divided into specific areas but divides its rides into height restrictions: no height limit, must be over 1 metre, must be over 1.
2 metres, must be over 1.
3 metres.
Before 2021, they used to have colour coded wristbands depending on height.
Red bands would be for under 1m tall, green for under 1.
2m tall, and blue for over 1.
2 metres tall.
The park is sep...