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	Wednesday, 4 January 2012
	The Cinedome
	by Tav

At the backend of the amusement park, you'll see the dome. I remember going here in the 1970's as a small boy to see a 'surround movie'. I just wish I could remember the name of the place, but in the 1970s it was brand new and very exciting.

The Cinedome

Frosted Peppercorn 5 July 2006

I remember this too. I'm pretty sure it was called the Cinedome. I don't think it's there anymore. I always remember the movie quality was very poor & faded but still made everyone wobble if watched standing up. It was always something like a car chase, or a roller coaster, filmed from the front so it was fast & exciting. Last time I went to Alton Towers (2005) their 3D Dome Cinema seemed to have been got rid of too. Shame.

Tav 5 July 2006

Yes I think ‘Cinedrome’ rings a bell. It is still there but not in use, I took this photo 8 July 2006! It’s down the back of the park, collecting dust. Perhaps they should donate it to a local park!

cagney and lacey 5 Aug 2006

I used to work at the park and sometimes operated the Cinedome, my favorite film was the helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon. They stopped showing the films because the cost of running them was more than revenue produced. They filled the dome with some crap animated puppets bought from Watermouth Castle.

mattheahan 23 Dec 2011

Still there... It now houses a couple of bouncy castles. When I worked at the park as a ride operator it was known as the worst place to be stationed, as the noise from the generators was unbearable and no one ever went in the thing (unless it rained...)!

Tav 4 Jan 2012

I visited the Safari Park in September 2011 and The Cinedome has been completely removed now!

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Stephen Brown 5 Jan 2012

I am happy to report that this object looks amazingly like an object on the coast of north Germany at a holiday camp I did a gig at 3 years ago ... or do my eyes deceive me? It's absolutely uncanny yet scary; this object has a brother ... or sister.

walkerno5 6 Jan 2012

I worked there too! I loved being allocated to the cinedome and children's play area. You could do both as it was the quiet end of the park. It was a chance to sit down most of the day and you could easily get away with reading the paper. There was variety too, as you had to sell the goat food and occasionally wrestle a goat back into their enclosure as there were no other staff down that way. The special movies were done and dusted by the time I worked there, and it was just classic Warner Bros. Cartoons. The film constantly broke and required repair, which was a lot of fun to do in itself (though stressful while waiting to fix it up for the poor kids/angry parents). My only experience of being a projectionist, even one playing knackered cartoons wearing clothes covered in goat hair and smelling of animal feed is a cherished memory. I got paid £ 15 a day, and that was about fair when I was on that duty, it was so easy! If I could earn half what I earn now and go and do that job I'd be there like a shot.

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