Puppy power will head to Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire, this Saturday 23rd March to mark National Puppy Day. Puppy walkers from Guide Dogs, along with man’s best friend, will visit the popular day out attraction as part of the puppies’ training, to get them used to different types of sights, sounds and smells. Puppy walking is a crucial stage in the development of guide dogs. Volunteers dedicate t ...
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It was reported by Blackpool Gazette that a power cut hit Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Saturday 16th March forcing part of the park to close. The Southern area of the park which includes Nickelodeon Land, Revolution and The Big One were affected in addition to some 300 residential homes in the area. No visitors required evacuation from any of the rides/attractions and guests were allowed to continue to enjoy ...
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Pleasurewood Hills has announced new rides & attractions for the 2013 season with some expected to be brought across from the now closed Camelot Theme Park. However today UK Park News was sent a Twitter message direct from the park which looks to be the start of a new viral campaign to promote a new (yet to be officially announced) attraction. The message includes a link to a website containing a QR cod ...
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This season visitors to Drayton Manor Theme Park, can experience the sights and sounds of the sea with “A Fish Story”, the new film for 2013 to be shown at the park’s stunning 4D cinema. The musical underwater adventure, sees Deepo, an orange Garibaldi fish, and Billy, a trainee at the aquarium who magically turns into a fish, travel on a journey to the depths of the ocean, encountering many different sea c ...
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It was recently announced via Thorpe Park that the indoor roller coaster "X:\ No Way Out" is to run forwards for the 2013 season. Originally opened in 1996, the now newly renamed "X"was the park's first non-powered roller-coaster. The ride was marketed as the "world's first backwards roller coaster in the dark." Thorpe Park has stated it will be "reprogrammed around light and sound" yet full details of what ...
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