For nearly 20 years thousands of fun-seekers enjoyed the thrills and spills of rides at the American Adventure Theme Park. The Missile, Custer's Carousel, Buffalo Stampede and Yankee Clipper were among the favourites.
But when the much-loved theme park closed in January 2007, rides were ferried to other attractions across the UK. Flambards Theme Park in Cornwall, Billing Aquadrome at Northamptonshire, Pleasurewood Hills Theme Park in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and Twinlakes, just over the border in Leicestershire, were some of the recipients.
But one ride ended up thousands of miles away in the Middle East. The Runaway Train, a family favourite, was bought in 2009 by Nottingham's Mellors Group, the operative behind the city's Winter Wonderland and the beach in Old Market Square. Originally a permanent ride at the American Adventure, it has since been converted into a fully mobile attraction, travelling around the Middle East.
