FRIGHT NIGHTS has returned to Thorpe Park for 2025, unleashing frights and horrors across the park. The majority of the attraction line-up remains the same as last year, however, there has been the addition of a new scare zone, Purgatory Town, and some of the existing attractions have seen new [...]
Chessington World of Adventures is once again expanding its VIP offerings for 2025 with the introduction of ‘Workshop Tours’ to allow guests to take a peek behind the scenes at the inner workings of the Technical Services Department. Chessington kindly invited the Attraction Source team to preview the experience to [...]
Following the debut of Minifigure Speedway in 2024, a new set of family duelling coasters from Zierer, LEGOLAND Windsor has a year of small but impactful enhancements around the park. The resort does not have a new flagship attraction for the 2025 season yet has instead focused on refurbishing and [...]
Following its submission in late June, the consultation for Universal Destinations & Experiences’ request for planning permission for an Entertainment Resort Complex in Bedford, UK is now live. Attraction Source rounds up all of the notable details within the accompanying documents, plans and drawings. What’s being proposed by [...]
For the second year running, Paultons Park brought together Theme Park enthusiasts from all over the country to experience their fantastic ‘Theme Park Super Fans Day’ on May 17th, 2025. The park was kind enough to invite us down to check out the opening of a new attraction, go behind [...]
A planning application has been submitted by Chessington World of Adventures for a new lorikeet enclosure to replace Lorikeet Lagoon in Wild Asia, which will be removed as part of the area's redevelopment for Project Refresh & Renew. Like the existing enclosure, the new lorikeet enclosure is proposed [...]
Chessington World of Adventures have today announced their plans to open a new PAW Patrol themed land in Spring 2026. The new immersive themed land is the result of a partnership with Paramount Location-Based Experiences and global preschool powerhouse, PAW Patrol, produced by Spin Master Entertainment. The 1.4 [...]
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Vampire at Chessington World of Adventures, Attraction Source was invited to attend a special Q&A event with legendary ride designer John Wardley, hosted by Howard Ebison, Vice President at Chessington. The day began at the Safari Hotel, where guests checked in and collected [...]
Universal Destinations & Experiences has today confirmed that it will proceed with its plans to build a world-class Universal Studios theme park and resort in the United Kingdom, seeing Bedford become the first European location for the company. Today has seen the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, finalise a [...]
Pleasure Beach Resort have today announced an exciting roster of updates for the 2025 season. Following the previously announced closure of a number of attractions within the resort, Pleasure Beach have formally addressed their current ‘transformational period’ at a 2025 season launch event, announcing a series of investments for the [...]
Paultons Park have submitted a planning application to construct a holiday village, which will see the creation of a resort offering by installing 85-95 units of lodge-style accommodation. The proposed development will be situated adjacent to the theme park and car park on the land beside the existing Edge and [...]
After fifteen years of operation, Chessington World of Adventures Resort has officially confirmed that Wild Asia has been retired from the park and will not reopen for the 2025 season. In this article, we’ll take a look back at the history of the land, celebrate the highlights of the area, [...]
