Santa Claus

 Manufactured by Memo Park of Italy and distributed in the UK by SB Machines, the Santa Claus sleigh ride was released in 1995.


Barry Island Pleasure Park, October 2021

The regular version of the ride, as seen above, had Santa himself in the back of the sleigh, but there was also an alternate version with an eskimo, polar bear and seal riding in place of Santa.


St Anne's Pier, Lytham, March 2019 - Alternate version with eskimo, polar bear and seal.  Alas, one of the reindeer no longer moved on this unit.  However, this sleigh holds special childhood memories for me.  In the 1990s, it used to be at the front of the pier as a centrepiece when you first walked in.  It seemed massive to me in comparison to other rides at the time and I thought it was a very special ride.  In fact, I rode on it several times during my two childhood holidays to Blackpool...which was unusual, as I normally preferred to ride on lots of different rides, instead of going on the same one multiple times!