Increasingly, theme parks in the United Kingdom have been expanding their offering outside of the main season. From Christmas events to February half term, it’s now commonplace to find many parks opening in one form or another during the closed season, often with a heavily reduced ride offering. Enter Brick [...]
Thorpe Park Resort have today announced that a new ride experience, Ghost Train, will replace Derren Brown's Ghost Train for 2023. Following the rumours that significant changes would be coming to Derren Brown's Ghost Train in the 2023 season, Thorpe Park have today confirmed the end of the [...]
Chessington World of Adventures Resort have today unveiled full details of what will await in World of Jumanji, when it opens later this spring, with families set to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Bravestone to locate the Jaguar’s Eye Jewel, lift the curse and save Jumanji! [...]
Following the submission of the planning application back in June 2022, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort's proposals to add an Adventure Golf attraction have been unanimously approved by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM). The attraction, codenamed ‘Project Birdie’, is planned to be located to the west of [...]
Every time I have visited Europa-Park previously, they have just got it right. From walking around an impeccably presented theme park and admiring some of the best operated rides in the world, to enjoying fabulous cuisine in any number of their restaurants and experiencing Rulantica, one of the most phenomenal [...]
Magical Christmas throws open the doors to Drayton Manor Resort on selected dates this winter. With a fantastic line-up of the park's family attractions, including the much loved Thomas Land, and a brilliant Christmas grotto experience, Magical Christmas is really showcasing how you can successfully run a limited offering during [...]
Following the long-awaited approval for Thorpe Park Resort's proposals to build the UK's tallest rollercoaster, Project Exodus, at the start of this month, the Resort have now started to submit the information to address a number of the conditions attached to the approval that need to be satisfied before development [...]
Chessington World of Adventures Resort today held a public consultation event to provide an initial insight into their plans to add a new Waterpark Adventure attraction as an extension to the existing Safari Hotel. Due to be constructed at the back of the Safari Hotel, extending out into [...]
Following the always spectacular Alton Towers Fireworks, we can now safely say that closed season has arrived in the world of UK Theme Parks. Whilst the closed season is often a time used by parks across the UK to do maintenance, run routine checks and to spend time working on [...]
The planning application for Project Exodus at Thorpe Park Resort has finally received approval, allowing the proposals for what will become the UK's tallest rollercoaster to at last move forward. Although the plans received unanimous approval at a meeting of the Runnymede Borough Council (RBC) Planning Committee on [...]
Screamfest in Burton-upon-Trent, a popular, must-experience Halloween event in the Staffordshire Moorlands is back once again for the 2022 Halloween season - a year that sees the return of a successful attraction, the end to a Screamfest staple, and a strong line-up of other mazes. Attraction Source was invited to [...]
Thorpe Park Resort have opened the door to guests' deepest, darkest nightmares, with FRIGHT NIGHTS 2022 now underway. With three scare mazes, an audio-based scare experience, three scare zones, roaming actors and scare shows, 2022 sees another well-rounded line-up of attractions and entertainment. Attraction Source was invited to the preview [...]
