It has been announced today via the park's official fan site Valley Mania that 2013 will see the introduction of a new activity park, themed around the popular smartphone app game Angry Birds. The activity park is one of only 2 across the whole of the UK and will cover some 30,000 square feet at a total investment cost of around £1m. Along with the new attraction will come a retail store where fans will be ...

With the UK still amidst a double-dip recession, fun yet affordable family days out are more prevalent than ever before. With that said, the financial pressures on business are greater than ever before too, which has proven to be too much for some theme parks already. Both Loudon Castle and more recently Camelot Theme Park have fallen victim to the economical challenges resulting in their closure for good. ...

With the start of the 2013 season rapidly approaching, Thorpe Park has taken on AnalogFolk, a marketing organisation who's philosophy is to "make and market interactive experiences". The campaign is to market the UK's first winged coaster "The Swarm", is due to start in April and is intended to drive footfall to Thorpe Park via email, blog and social media. Jacqueline Lucas, the brand manager at Thorpe Park ...

Many of the larger parks such as Legoland Windsor and Flamingo Land currently offer a premium "Virtual Queuing" system of some sort, allowing guests to minimise the time spent in a physical queue, but instead having their mobile phone or other device queue for them. One of the industry's leading suppliers of such systems is Lo-Q who have their product in over 20 theme parks across the world, including Legol ...

Jill Marshall, a worker at Gullivers Kingdom in Derbyshire has been jailed for stealing over £50,000 of takings which she used to fund shopping sprees and holidays. Jill, aged 54 worked as a cashier and bosses became suspicious when she was caught with wads of cash in her handbag, and her till didn't add up. She was finally caught on CCTV not issuing a ticket to every customer and pocketing their entrance f ...

The theme and overall viral/marketing campaign is now well versed for The Smiler, Alton Towers' 2013 world beating roller coaster. However further insights have been revealed from Katherine Duckworth, one of the team that came up with the concept for the ride. Speaking to the Mail Online Katherine said: "We want people to get off the ride and not know what is real. 'There are five different mind effects, wh ...

Oakwood Theme Park has revealed the first detailed plans of its new £4-million family-themed attraction which opens later this year. The Pembrokeshire park is creating a major magical-themed area with seven new rides and attractions; including a spectacular water ride alongside a series of children's play areas and other themed attractions. The pirate-themed water ride features a giant 12-metre-tall sculpte ...

Warning this review contains detailed information, spoilers and photographs of the new attraction. Click here to proceed. Visit the new Official London Dungeon Website Here This is a report of a "Lights on/Back Stage Questions & Answers Tour" written by UK Park News. If you would like to use any of the images in this article, please refer to our copyright policy. On Monday 25th February 2013 UK Park New ...