Theme Park News
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16th February 2025
Is a Universal Studios UK announcement finally going to happen?
Theme Park enthusiasts across the country have been waiting for further news on a Universal Studios UK announcement for a while now. There was initially some hope that it would be part of the Chancellor’s announcements for growth a few weeks ago but despite mentions of Bedford during the speech there was no mention of […]
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12th February 2025
What is going on with Merlin?
It’s no secret that Merlin have got some financial issues after running a huge loss, seeing lower visitors than expected at their new Korea and New York Legoland parks plus visitors spending less money when visiting their parks. In the last few days however news of further cut-backs have come for Merlin’s UK parks. In […]
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5th February 2025
Walibi Holland Announce Opening Date for Duelling RMC Single Rail Coasters
Walibi Holland have today announced on their social media platforms that their new RMC single rail coasters known as YOY will open on the 5th April 2025. What is YOY at Walibi Holland? YOY are a pair of single rail coaster opening this year at Walibi Holland Theme Park. They are manufactured by RMC (Rocky […]
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21st January 2025
Could Universal Studios UK get the green light by the end of January?
It’s no secret that Universal Studios have purchased a huge amount of land near Bedford and have been going through a consultation process around opening a new Universal Studios Resort in the UK which is incredibly exciting, not least because the UK economy really needs it plus it would make Merlin work harder to compete. […]
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5th January 2025
Will Drayton Manor reopen Pirates Adventure?
Drayton Manor has had some great investments over the last few years with the opening of Vikings, the new site-down train on Shockwave (now, The Wave) and the opening of Gold Rush and the re-themeing of the area surrounding that but one area of the park remains untouched, the pirates area. In this blog I’ll […]
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28th December 2024
Alton Towers to build a new roller coaster for 2026!
The week before Christmas saw a flurry of announcements from theme parks in the UK including Chessington submit planning permission for Project Play. Alton Towers also posted on their social media that they have submitted planning permission for a new roller coaster with a planned opening of 2026. Before you get too excited, no, this […]
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28th December 2024
Chessington – Goodbye Scorpion Express, Hello Project Play
After teasing the redevelopment of Mexicana as part of Chessington’s upcoming public consultation, code-named ‘Project Play’ Chessington have, this week, submitted planning permission for Project Play. Project Play will see the removal of the Children’s Zoo, the picnic area behind Croc Drop and a number of the buildings in Mexicana but leaving Rattlesnake untouched. This […]
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13th December 2024
Ice Blast at Blackpool Pleasure Beach to be Re-themed
After a season of speculation about the S&S shot tower at Blackpool Pleasure Beach which has been operating since 1997 and was previously called PlayStation the Ride Blackpool Pleasure Beach have confirmed that the ride will be reopening for 2025 with the new name ‘Launch Pad’ via a video on their Facebook page. What is […]
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3rd December 2024
Alton Towers to remove The Blade and 2 other attractions
It’s not been a great few years to Alton Towers with budget cuts, terrible ride availability and the introduction of staggered opening hours and it seems this is set to continue. In their first Winter Update posted on their blog yesterday Alton Towers announced the permanent removal of The Blade and 2 other attractions. Read […]
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22nd November 2024
Chessington apply for planning permission for project refresh and renew
Yesterday was a busy day for Merlin Parks submitting planning permission applications, not only did Thorpe Park apply to finally remove The Slammer but (more excitingly), Chessington have applied for planning permission to redo Wild Asia including their new roller coaster which is expected to be themed around Minecraft. Chessington have said this will be […]
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22nd November 2024
Thorpe Park Submits Planning Permission to remove The Slammer
Yesterday Thorpe Park submitted planning permission to Runnymede Borough Council to remove The Slammer from the park. This follows on from Thorpe Park’s recent submission to change Amity Beach into an entertainment area (these plans haven’t made it into Runnymede’s November planning committee meeting so I expect we’ll see them discussed in December. The planning […]
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19th November 2024
Is Chessington getting a Mindcraft Coaster?
It’s no secret that changes are coming to Chessington World of Adventures (I’ll be posting more about this soon but you can visit their consultation site here) but today, Merlin have shared a video on their Facebook and released a press release stating that a UK park will be getting a Mindcraft-themed ride and area […]
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