Theme Park News
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18th May 2025Paultons Park Confirm Viking’s Details
Yesterday evening at their super-fan day and via a YouTube livestream Paultons Park confirmed details about their Vikings land coming to the park in 2026 and this looks fantastic! This new land opening in 2026 will be known as Valgard and will feature 3 rides, a restaurant and play area. Where in the park will […]
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17th May 2025What is happening with Stealth at Thorpe Park?
Stealth is the worlds fastest accelerating coaster (regaining the title last year) and is an Intamin hydraulic launch coaster which opened in 2006 and is one of my favourite coaster in the UK but, since early April it’s been largely shut. So, what is happening with Stealth? Downtime Stealth opened with the 2025 season at […]
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29th April 2025
Chessington Confirms Paw Patrol Area
In a press release and announcement on their website today Chessington World of Adventures has confirmed that the new land which will replacing Mexicana in 2026 will be themed to Paw Patrol with character meet-and-greets starting this year. What did the announcement say? The announcement from Chessington confirmed the rumoured Paw Patrol theme for the […]
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18th April 2025
Universal UK is actually happening!
Last week the news broke that the UK Government and Universal Studios had finally signed off the deal which will see the creation of a brand new Universal Studios Resort in Bedford, UK. This is the biggest ever news for the UK Theme Park industry, will create thousands of jobs, boost our tourist industry and […]
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21st March 2025
Blackpool Pleasure Beach announces new gyro swing ride for 2026 plus more changes!
A few weeks back Blackpool Pleasure Beach provided a series of updates on the resort for 2025 which included various rides being closed for all or part of the season and promised an update on the future of the park soon. You can read more about that here. Yesterday we got the first part of […]
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18th March 2025
Paultons Park submit plans for on-site accommodation
Yesterday, Paultons Park have submitted plans to their local council to build their first on-site accommodation. The plans show us that the park are planning to build a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bed self-catering lodges in a ‘Scandinavian village’ style which is fitting given they will be situated at the end of the […]
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4th March 2025
Oakwood Theme Park in Wales Closes with Immediate Effect
In shock news this afternoon Oakwood Theme Park in Wales have published a news article on their site stating the immediate closure of the park for the 2025 season leaving the future uncertain. In the blog the park’s parent company state: “It is with much sadness that we have to announce the immediate closure of […]
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3rd March 2025
Wild Asia at Chessington to remain closed in 2025
We have been speculating that Chessington would likely to close Wild Asia at some point during 2025 ready for the new developments and the re-theming of Jungle Bus before it finds it’s new home in the new land set to open next year where Mexicana has been for many years. However, today in a Facebook […]
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21st February 2025
Alton Towers Toxicator to open 15th March
Alton Towers have today released new footage and opening date confirmation of their new Huss Top Spin ride ‘Toxicator’ which will be in the Forbidden Valley area of the park. The new ride, which has been under construction since last year will open with the start of the season on the 15th March 2025. What […]
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21st February 2025
HUGE 2025 Ride Availability Update from Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Yesterday afternoon Blackpool Pleasure Beach updated their website with an update for the 2025 season containing some updates on rides and season closures. In this blog I’ll dive into the updates, what’s closing, what’s opening and what’s unknown. You can read the full article here Pleasure Beach start their article by saying that 2025 is […]
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20th February 2025
Chessington’s ‘Project Play’ gets the go-ahead
I reported a while back that Chessington had submitted planning permission to re-develop the Mexicana area of the park. Yesterday, that planning permission was granted by Kingston upon Thames Borough Council. You can see the full planning application here. What next? It’s been reported that some preliminary work has already started in the Mexicana area […]
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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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