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Dollywood shared their statement regarding the sad news of Dolly’s passing. “In her spirit, Dollywood will be open Wednesday, August 26 as Dolly wanted, always reminding everyone with her signature sparkle -- "the show must go on."”

It’s time for my second new to me theme park for 2026, and this time it’s Paultons Park, for both me and @TalTheMajestic. Arriving into the carpark you are greeted with nice views of Valgard and the Lost Kingdom. We arrived at 9:20, and walked round to the entrance plaza, it looks really...

Merlin’s food options are currently continuing to be soured and get worse by Aramark. Last week Chessington joined Alton Towers with removing the drinks from the meal deals. Although the price has been lowered, you now pay more than you did previously if you want a drink with it. They are...

Pleased to see Serpent’s Curse has a decent length of the coaster section. Will be exciting to experience it next season, was partially hoping for a launched version, but will be good addition to the UK theme park scene.

Alton Towers and Merlin have announced that the coaster will be named Bluey The Ride: Here Come the Grannies.

E.R.S Babylon Park: Today marks my 30th birthday, and the one thing I’ve never done before on my birthday is be able to ride a rollercoaster. That changed today when I went to Babylon Park to experience my 68th credit. E.R.S, after having to spend £25, I was able to get five rides on the...

Thorpe does still allow glasses with straps on Hyperia.

I got my 50th coaster this past week with The Wave at Drayton Manor. My first rollercoaster I ever rode was the Flying Fish at Thorpe Park. Although not a milestone coaster, my Hyperia count before the anniversary of my first ride this Saturday (14th June) was 122 rides.

Drayton Manor Trip Report The 7th June 2025, marked my first visit to Drayton Manor. I had fantastic company as I was joined with one of my best friends; @TalTheMajestic as it is their local theme park. I set off roughly at 6:30 from a rainy Surrey, picked up Tal at roughly 8:45, stopped for...

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I was quite shocked with the results of ESC this year, there were quite a few artists that were under scored by either the Jurys or the Televote. I voted for Sweden’s Bara Bada Bastu, it was easily the best performance of the night, and a mega catchy song. KAJ preformed it brilliantly.

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Paw Patrol is the confirmed IP for the replacement area of Mexicana.

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Hyperia has returned back to two train operation. Good to see that the engineering team were able to get the train back together again and signed off quickly, which will definitely help with the Easter Holidays.