Drayton Manor Theme Park’s hotel is celebrating the sweet smell of success, even though its 73,294 guests managed to devour a hefty six-and-a-half tonnes of baked beans. The four-star 150-room Drayton Manor Hotel, in Staffordshire, recently celebrated its first year anniversary by revealing that, on average, 200 people stayed there each night between its opening on 15th August 2011 and 14th August 2012. But ...

The Alton Towers Resort’s annual Scarefest is back for 2012 with a new attraction that is set to give guests a taste of its latest ride coming to the X Sector area of the theme park in 2013. The Sanctuary will be a new scare maze that invites guests to book an appointment at an abandoned facility, but a terrifying twist awaits. New developments on the X Sector site have uncovered an area of the Towers where ...

Guests visiting the Alton Towers and Splash Landings hotel have previously been able to benefit from pay-as-you-go wifi, then soon after the park introduced Facebook offers, free wifi was made available at the entrance plaza to allow check-in, however this was often clunky, slow and unreliable. Backed by The Cloud, a BSkyB company, guests can now for the first time access FREE fast reliable Wifi throughout ...

Families looking for a day of fun this Bank Holiday weekend should visit Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, which has plenty to offer visitors, whatever their age. Fans of teenage superhero, Ben 10, will get to meet Ultimate Humumgousaur, who has landed at the park after taking a break from fighting evil aliens. The 8ft tall alien who is famous for his super strength, a powerful roar an ...

Dozens of the UK’s most fanatical roller coaster descended on Oakwood Theme Park at the weekend (August 11th – 12th). Members of the Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain visited the Pembrokeshire attraction for a special weekend of thrills including an after dark ride event known as Mega-Glow-Mania. Described as a high-speed party, the event sees members donning glow in the dark costumes to enjoy an hour’s ...

Tragic news emerged from Drayton Manor Theme Park over the weekend as Carla Knight, 42 and mother of two collapsed after exiting the "Maelstrom" ride - which is a gyro swing attraction where rides spin and swing simultaneously. Carla suffered a cardiac arrest and despite best efforts from first-aiders and paramedics, she sadly died at the scene while out with her family. She was pronounced dead at the scene ...

North Yorkshire theme Park Flamingo Land have called on "APT Skidata" to install six new turnstiles at the park in an effort to help improve throughput and customer flow at the entrance. The gates deliver high tech modern methods of ticket reading & management including a reader to check barcodes and 2D code tickets and print at home tickets - this will help with reducing queues at ticket collections. T ...

Drayton Manor Theme Park is self-claimed to be the best value for money when it comes to families enjoying a fun-filled day out this summer. Compared to some other theme park attractions in the UK, Staffordshire-based Drayton Manor comes out at the top of the price comparison charts, when looking at the cost of a day out for a family of four. Prices below are based on entry prices for two adults and two chi ...