Merlin Entertainments have recently published their financial results for 2020, revealing the significant impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the business. With the group operating within the leisure and hospitality industry, one of the most significantly impacted industries by COVID, the results set out in the 2020 [...]
A portal to the parallel universe of LEGO MYTHICA: World of Mythical Creatures is now open at LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, with the new multi-million-pound land publicly opening to guests this weekend. The flagship attraction in the new area is Flight of the Sky Lion, the UK's first flying [...]
Chessington World of Adventures Resort have today commenced a two week public consultation on a proposed new themed 'Amazon Land' encompassing a rollercoaster and two children's rides, providing a first look at the prospective attractions. Planned to be located on the field opposite Dragon's Fury, in the southern [...]
The winners of the 2021 ScareCON SCAR Awards were unveiled last night, seeing a range of theme parks and scare attractions recognised for their 2020 offerings. Amongst the winners were Thorpe Park Resort in the category of 'Best original concept & design' for its scare zones, and Chessington [...]
The London Resort has unveiled details of its first theme park area, which will be an entire land dedicated to dinosaurs, adventure and the legacy of unsung heroes of palaeontology. Base Camp – the world’s first prehistoric nature reserve – will be located in the north west corner [...]
On Monday, April 12th, Chessington World of Adventures opened Croc Drop – a new family drop tower located in the Forbidden Kingdom area of the theme park. Attraction Source attended during opening week to experience the new ride. Replacing the Huss Topspin Rameses Revenge, Croc Drop is a 25m tall [...]
April 12th was not only the first day that theme parks in the UK were permitted to open, it was also the launch of Tornado Springs, the highly anticipated new themed area at Paultons Park. Originally planned to open in 2020 and delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Attraction Source [...]
ScareTOUR, a site dedicated to providing independent reviews of scare attractions all over the world, last night announced nominations for the 2021 ScareCON SCAR awards, the annual awards which recognise and champion all aspects of the scare industry – from Halloween events to year-round scare attractions. The nominations [...]
LEGOLAND Windsor Resort has today unveiled full details for LEGO MYTHICA: World of Mythical Creatures, and confirmed that the new multi-million-pound land is due to open on Saturday 29th May. The new area will be home to the UK's first Flying Theatre ride, Flight of the Sky Lion, [...]
Chessington World of Adventures Resort have today officially announced their new for 2021 attraction, Croc Drop. Set to ‘drop’ in Spring 2021, with an exact opening date to be confirmed, brave explorers will plunge 25m into the giant jaws of Sobek, the ancient Egyptian Crocodile God and protector of the [...]
Following its submission at the end of 2020, the Development Consent Order (DCO) for The London Resort has now been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate, with its 25,000 pages of reports, assessments and analysis providing a new insight into the project. Having originally been announced in [...]
Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Attraction Source - Theme parks and attractions from another point of view! This new brand is an evolution of SouthParks and presents thrilling new opportunities for content from the UK and beyond. 2020 was a challenging year for content creation, and [...]
