Panthers escape from Drayton Manor !
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Rob
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Think it's an April fool. This kind of gives it away.
Andrew Webber, owner of the Tamworth’s Bengali Olaf Priol restaurant said that he woke to discover claw-like marks across the paintwork of his Jaguar sports car.
“I went to get in the car to pick up my morning paper at around 5:30am, and I noticed what appeared to be a huge slash mark across the door,” he said.
“There was no sign of anyone or anything nearby, but I was convinced that they had been caused by an animal of some kind.”
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Benjsh
How on earth are they running out of ideas? They have just installed one of the best kiddie areas of any theme park in the UK, in fact the best in my opinion. And they have opened their new hotel. These things don't come cheap you know.
Also.....this is OBVIOUSLY part of a new direction the park are heading into. They simply can't compete in the "thrill stakes" with AT and Thorpe. Not a chance. They don't operate on anthing like the budget that AT do, so they will never be able to compete in that sense. Expecting expensive high thrill rides is fantasy stuff these days for DMP.
They'd be better staying away from the thrill market and continue to focus on the family market and younger kids which has proved successful. With the rumoured Cartoon Network expansion, this further backs up my point. DMP are leaving the high thrills to Merlin and you'd have to say, correctly so.
We're always going to have small kids just like we're always going to have thrillseekers, and let's be honest, AT is really lacking for the younger audience these days. Thorpe is even Worse.
Also.....this is OBVIOUSLY part of a new direction the park are heading into. They simply can't compete in the "thrill stakes" with AT and Thorpe. Not a chance. They don't operate on anthing like the budget that AT do, so they will never be able to compete in that sense. Expecting expensive high thrill rides is fantasy stuff these days for DMP.
They'd be better staying away from the thrill market and continue to focus on the family market and younger kids which has proved successful. With the rumoured Cartoon Network expansion, this further backs up my point. DMP are leaving the high thrills to Merlin and you'd have to say, correctly so.
We're always going to have small kids just like we're always going to have thrillseekers, and let's be honest, AT is really lacking for the younger audience these days. Thorpe is even Worse.
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Don't_Look_Down
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No, and there's a very good reason for that. As much as some of us thrillseekers dislike the idea, Drayton have cornered the family market and are doing very well for themselves. It makes sense from a business point of view to provide your specific customer base with what they want.iBacon wrote: Is Drayton Manor running out of ideas? I understand they have a new ride this year in Thomas Land but before that we have not had a big Thrill Ride in ages...
Hopefully we will see a new thrill coaster/flat ride in time.
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DeanGaryCox
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well there have been many rumours over the past years about drayton manor wanting to install a woodie and launch coaster, then heard they were keeping an eye on blue fire at europa park, a mack launch coaster... and seen a behind the scenes tour video from some people at drayton manor this year with a worker/manager discussing the plans for next year and that it would be a launch coaster? am i the only one that has heard about this?
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Wedjie
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Put this to ride ops a few years ago - G Force only operates 1 train because the ride is too short. If they had two, you would be waiting in the brakes for ages while they were loading the train infront.
Shockwave normally runs 2, unless it is quiet or one is needing maintenance.
Shockwave normally runs 2, unless it is quiet or one is needing maintenance.
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DeanGaryCox
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i've never heard rumours about it before... but only recently (like past year or so).
If they are to get a launch coaster (presumably from mack then), i would hope so badly for it to be something along the lines of blue fire at europa park, or at least a nice layout with some inversions, but i can't see it happening and just be a waste of what potentially could be a good ride!
If they are to get a launch coaster (presumably from mack then), i would hope so badly for it to be something along the lines of blue fire at europa park, or at least a nice layout with some inversions, but i can't see it happening and just be a waste of what potentially could be a good ride!
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It was going to have 2 trains but I believe Drayton ran out of money for the second.
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jp235
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The park announced at the opening that they intended to have a second train for its second season, but it never happened. The ride really is screaming out for one, the capacity is dire.
If the staff don't think they could load the 2nd train in time, then they're damning themselves! With a proper batching system, and only 12 lap bars to check, loading really needn't take very long at all.
If the staff don't think they could load the 2nd train in time, then they're damning themselves! With a proper batching system, and only 12 lap bars to check, loading really needn't take very long at all.