Gordon Gibb (36) and the boss of Yorkshire's Flamingo Land Theme Park has appeared in court charged with assaulting a ticket seller apparantly selling "two-for-one" tickets outside the theme park gates without permission. Gibb, who denies the charge, appeared at Scarborough Magistrates’ Court for a pre-trial review yesterday and is due to stand trial at the same court on February 21. Speaking after the hear ...

Adventure Island (Southend) has announced that they have now opened the Time Machine which is described as "unique new ride - that is certainly not for the faint hearted" "The Time Machine is a high intensity, high speed ride experience that is guaranteed leave you breathless - and just a little bit dizzy. The attraction seats 16 people and delivers an experience of around 3.7g in the 90 second ride that se ...

Update: 05/11: Following the rumour this weekend, it has now been confirmed by Camelot's Managing Director Roy Page that the park will indeed not open for 2013: Roy Page of Knights Leisure, who own the park, said: “It is with reluctance we have had to take this very difficult decision. “Following a number of years of declining visitor numbers, the 2012 season proved particularly challenging.” Mr Page went o ...

UK Park News is proud to announce that we have secured a fantastic deal with Lightwater Valley Theme Park (Ripon, North Yorkshire). Guests can experience the park's Halloween special event "Frightwater Valley" which runs between Wednesday 31st October 2012 - Sunday 4th November 2012 inclusive AND the park's new dedicated fireworks event "Nightwater Valley" on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November 2012 for ...

Visitors will be able to enjoy a Halloween-themed live music finale to the season at Oakwood Theme Park on Saturday, November 3rd. The Pembrokeshire attraction, which closes its doors for the 2012 season on Sunday, will be hosting popular local band Fasta Benj. There are seven in the band; instruments include violin, clarinet, trombone, saxophone, piano/synthesiser, guitar, ukulele, drums and various percus ...

Merlin Entertainments, one of the world's leading visitor attractions management companies today announced that Nicky Marsh is to be appointed as Midway Marketing Director from November 1st 2012. The role has been created newly for the group and Nicky will be responsible for brand positioning and global marketing for Merlin's primary midway brands including: Sea Life - the world's number one aquarium brand ...

Today Gullivers Theme Parks who operate parks in Matlock Bath, Warrington & Milton Keynes announced that they have released the "Gully's Under Sea Adventure" game for iPhone, rated 4+ and costing £1.49. The park is the first within the UK to release a dedicated paid game app (with the exception of the Peppa Pig brand which has released a number of apps for both iPhone and iPad). The game is based around ...

It was reported this week by Towers Street News that SW7 track arrived on site on 25th October. The track is consistent with the rumours of the roller coaster being a Gerstlauer (same manufacturer as Saw The Ride at Thorpe Park). The track arrived by lorry and was lifted off using a crane and stored in the staff car park behind Dual. The ride is scheduled to open on March 16th 2013 and is located in X Secto ...