With excitement building for all the new attractions due to open this season we thought we would take a quick look back at some of the attractions that were opening around this time 10, 20 and 30 years ago. 10 Years ago – 2002 Thorpe Park – Thorpe Park’s first World Record breaking roller coaster, Colossus, opened. Featuring a record breaking 10 inversions, the opening of Colossus really started to put Thor ...

In this article, we will be taking a brief look at the history of LEGOLAND Windsor. The history of this LEGO themed park begins in 1992, just after the end of our recent Windsor Safari Park article. Following the closure of Windsor Safari Park in 1992, the LEGO group bought the site of former attraction, Winsor Safari Park, to create the first LEGOLAND Park outside of Denmark. After over 3 years of planning ...

During the 1970s and 80s, the site that is now LEGOLAND Windsor was home to Windsor Safari Park, the UK’s second Safari Park. In this article we will take a look back at the history of Windsor Safari Park,  focusing on the many changes that occurred in its final years to try to create a small Theme Park at the park. Windsor Safari Park was originally founded in 1969 by Billy Smart’s Circus, as a permanent h ...

Last week’s announcement that the construction of Disneyland Paris’ new Ratatouille themed Dark Ride is due to start soon got me thinking. The UK needs some new Dark Rides. This year it has been 12 years since the opening of two of the UK’s most popular and celebrated Dark Rides: ‘Hex – the Legend of the Towers’ at Alton Towers, and ‘Valhalla’ at Pleasure Beach Blackpool. Since then there has been little in ...

In the second part of our exclusive look at the 2011 season we look back at the months of July to December, take a look at some of the exciting new additions opening in 2012 and share some of our personal highs and lows of the past season. If you haven't yet read Part 1 of our journey through 2011, you can do so here.     July The summer season bought with it some new park shows, with Drayton Mano ...

The 2011 Theme Park season has now come to an end, so we thought we would take a look back at some of the biggest news stories from 2011, including both the highs and the lows. Join us, as we take a look back at some of the season’s best new rides, attractions & events and  look forward to what promises to be a very exciting 2012 season.     January: Still in the grip of winter, January was qu ...

It has now been a good month since we learnt details of the new Nemesis themed attraction for 2012 at Alton Towers. Strong signs are pointing to it being an indoor Nemesis themed experience featuring a drop tower section. As with any Alton Towers attraction this is a hot bed for speculation but the majority of what is being speculated about the 2012 attraction seems founded. The park map for Alton’s 2011 'S ...

The 2011 Halloween season is now well underway, with many of the parks putting in more effort than ever in to their annual scare festivities. These Halloween events have seen a huge increase in popularity over the last 10 years, with even some less than obvious attractions now hosting their own events. With so many scare attractions to choose from this Halloween we have compiled a creepy compendium of some ...