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Yeah I thought the supports were meant to be teal based on the artwork. Not a fan of the grey either, here’s to hoping it’s just primer.

Has any other water coasters have a trough style lift hill? Never seen that before, to stop the boats dripping on the track below or for a waterfall style effect lift hill?

Layout for the new Mack Big Dipper revealed, found via Reddit

They make around £5 million in pure profit each year, which to put into perspective is about 4x Drayton Manor’s profit. The family all live on site and live and breath Paultons Park so can imagine they reinvest all profits back into the park, which yearly investments most likely show.

Can’t see the surprise in the shed, though I’m guessing it’s an animatronic crow that squawks at you as you dive into the shed.

That’s looks like a very short and steep lift hill, thinking this could be a launched model from the footers. Station fly through/over too will be nice. Anyone ridden a newer Mack Water Coaster? Only done Poseidon at EP and the restraints were very painful on the legs, pretty rough ride too...

A water serpent is Viking Mythology is called a “Jörmungandr” so does fit with theme.

That figure is surprising, £1.5 Million really? What do other parks in the UK generate, seems awfully small. Can't imagine much investment in the future with that kind of budget.

Could be launched but some people on here have seen the plans and said it was a standard lift hill, especially with Paultons height limit makes more sense to be a launched. Yeah 180 degrees, was late when I wrote that 😂

What’s everyone’s layout prediction for 2027? If it’s a standard Mack Water Coaster this is what I think it could look like. Station in red, turning right out of the station and into a lift hill rising up to 25 meters, cutting across the site at 45 degrees, before a 180 degree drop down, coming...

Correct me if I’m wrong, didn’t Paultons mention somewhere that they’ll be relocating Edge somewhere else in the park? Either as part of the 2027 expansion or another area in the years to come.

Aiming for LWV to be a park for all ages, all the family can enjoy, similar to Paultons Model. Going to build it up to a more thrilling level over many years so they don’t alienate their existing market. Will supplement with travelling rides before we see permanent rides but aiming to be...

Great interview with James Mellor by LiftHillsAndThrills. Very excited to see what the Mellors do with the park over the coming years, bigger and permanent rides are on the horizon! Playing Katie’s Dreamland in IRL

I’d be surprised if another flat isn’t revealed along with the 2027 addition, otherwise they’d have lost 3 rides and gained 3. The 2027 site is nearly 3x Drakons site so must be something substantial!

They have two existing areas in the park that need redoing after 2027 but could easily run out of space with the next 5-10 years. Either push back the entrance and carparks or buy the golf course.

This is not a bad shout, Paultons only has 2-3 areas left for development and either need to buy nearby land to expand or a new property altogether. Although £3 Million is within their price range it’s a long way from Paultons. The family currently lives on site, they live and breathe their...

Any more details, this is very sparse info. Any other rides mentioned? The 2027 plot is 4x Drakons site so must be more than just a water coaster? Any show buildings seen in the plans, would love a dark ride section before the lift hill.

Nice sarcasm. But actually it probably makes a lot of sense to Paultons - tried and tested model, affordable, small footprint and probably got deal with refurbing Kobra/Raven. Do I think they lacked confidence to choose a more exciting model… Yes. But I can’t wait to see the overall theme...

The Wild Swing is really fun and a great addition imo, I recently went on one at Plopsland De Panne. It gives negative gs on the way up and positive on the way down, similar to a Nebulaz in that sense but obviously less controlled because it’s a swing and the rocking gondala is really fun on the...

Nor is Africa or Minimoys Kingdom but it’s there! Since the death of Ulrich Damrau (designer of the themed lands) the park has been less rigid with the original Europe concept.