I think it's important to remember that correlation does not imply causation.
I'm not convinced that the fortunes of Thorpe and and Chessington are that dependent on each other.
The opening of Legoland in 97 (and the parks responses to it) seem to be a much more important factor...
My wife and I were in London between Christmas and New Year (to see a show for my wife's xmas present) so we stopped by Winter Wonderland. It was a lot better than I thought it would be (probably helped that it wasn't busy at 11am). The whole place has a really nice atmosphere and lots of...
IF we were to put cynicism aside for a moment a accept that this will open in 2024 (and assume that would be at least for summer 2024 if not spring) when would they need to actually start building this? I'm guessing a lot of ground work would need doing, and getting services (water, electrics...
Yeah, I went back to look at the concept art to see if it showed water on there and it doesn't.
The land under that part of the coaster is lower though and on the side closest to where the train will run it was that metal retaining wall (other side is sloped). They are also laying some kind of...
Visited the park yesterday for their late night (well to 7:30) halloween event.
I only had my phone to take a few pictures, so they're not the best.
Storm Chaser is much bigger than I was expecting, from the car park (which I didn't take a picture of) it looks huge. I haven't looked at it's...
The 2016 referendum was fundamentally flawed on the basis that "Leave" is an exceptionally vague term when it comes to the EU. It was clearly assumed that Remain would win and not enough consideration was given to what would happen if Leave won. This is made clear by statements like "Brexit...
I'm no crane expert. I assumed it was just one of those ones that sticks the stabilising legs out and is good to go (i'm sure it's exactly that easy ;)).
"As well as the full, adrenaline pumping 360 degree experience, the Discovery Revolution also offers a progamme that provides a slightly less extreme ride, which sees the gondola swinging and rotating but does not include the full 360 degree element."
Makes it sound like it will do both, and...
Good look at the layout for Tornado Springs.
For reference the Carousel is bottom centre, and you can see Buffalo Falls (Wave Runner) on the left. Peppa Pig World would be off to the top left.
The coaster (which is a Sierra Sidewinder Clone) is the centre piece with some nice interaction with...
Probably a typo but just for clarity the penguins haven't moved the flamingoes and pelicans have.
The mini golf, panning for gold, water balloons thing and the park that was next to them have all gone as far as I know.
I thought it might be interesting to do a little summary of what we know about this new area so far.
Area name: Tornado Springs
Opening: May 2020
The red area is roughly the land available for this new area, including Wave Runner and Trekking Tractors which are expected to be re-themed into...
Yeah I thought that looked like the seat tipping, but zoomed in it's clearly not.
Leisure Expert Group retweeted the drop towers announcement so it looks like they maybe involved with theming the area. They've previously worked with Europa Park, Movie Park Germany, Toverland and many others...
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