The original ride was sold to a Bulgarian businessman.
This was the commonly repeated contemporary account after the ride's removal. It has not been disproven, but it was never confirmed to name a final park, town or owner. It remains possible Bulgaria was associated with a buyer, an intermediary or the transport route rather than the ride's final installed location, which independent evidence places in Kosovo.
Source: Investigation method §1–2; findings "Outstanding questions" item 4.
It travelled somewhere in the Balkans.
The ride has been identified in Kosovo, which lies in the Balkans. The original claim was geographically broad and did not identify Kosovo or Lunapark Aseba specifically, but its basic destination region is confirmed.
Source: Investigation method §1; findings "Confirmed post-Wicksteed location."
Wicksteed's original Double Pirate Ship was stored at Rundle's yard in Boston.
A source with direct knowledge of the removal stated that the original ride was never stored at Rundle's. Independent evidence identifies the complete Double Pirate Ship in Kosovo. This does not rule out a different Pirate Ship having been stored at Rundle's.
Source: Findings §"The Rundle's yard claim"; investigation method §12–13.
The frame and both gondolas survived together.
Supported by the first-hand Wicksteed source, structural comparison of the twin-tower geometry, surviving gondola artwork, and video/photographic evidence showing both gondolas assembled and operating in Kosovo.
Source: Findings "Executive summary" and "Evidence supporting the identification."
It was rebuilt and operated abroad.
Video dated to at least 25 June 2021 shows both gondolas operating on the reconstructed twin structure abroad. Later sales imagery and drone footage additionally support its continued assembled presence in Kosovo, but do not by themselves prove operation on those later dates.
Source: Findings §"Operating footage"; investigation method §11.
A different Pirate Ship caused the Boston confusion.
The witness who reported seeing a Pirate Ship at Rundle's later acknowledged there may have been a mix-up, and no evidence (photographs, serial plates, both-gondola confirmation, artwork match) ties that machine to Wicksteed's original ride. This makes a different Pirate Ship the more likely explanation, though that machine's own identity remains unresolved.
Source: Findings §"The Rundle's yard claim"; investigation method §12–14.