News + Trip Reports

23rd Jun 2020

Southern UK theme parks confirm July 4th re-opening date

By |23rd June 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, Thorpe Park Resort|

Thorpe Park Resort, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, and LEGOLAND Windsor Resort have announced that they will be re-opening their gates to guests from Saturday 4th July. The announcement follows the successful opening of the Zoo at Chessington on 18th June and is in line with the UK Government’s latest [...]

1st Apr 2020

Thorpe Park Resort and Chessington World of Adventures Resort nominated for SCAR Awards

By |1st April 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Thorpe Park Resort|

Thorpe Park Resort and Chessington World of Adventures Resort have each received two nominations for the ScareCON SCAR awards, the annual awards which recognise and champion all aspects of the scare industry – from Halloween events to year-round scare attractions. In the nominations for the 13th annual awards, [...]

21st Mar 2020

COVID-19 forces closure of southern theme parks

By |21st March 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, Thorpe Park Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Legoland Windsor Resort, and Thorpe Park Resort have all announced that they will be closing and postponing the start of the 2020 theme park season due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19. In a series of announcements on the evening of Thursday 19th [...]

16th Mar 2020

Chessington World of Adventures Resort Passholder Preview Round-Up

By |16th March 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort opened for the 2020 Passholder Preview Day on Sunday 15th March, and Attraction Source was in attendance to take a look at the changes and improvements at the Resort for the upcoming season. Ahead of its intended official opening day on Thursday, the [...]

8th Oct 2019

Chessington World of Adventures Resort plans new mini log flume and re-theme of Toadie’s Crazy Cars

By |8th October 2019|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort has submitted plans for a new mini log flume and a reconfiguration and re-theme of Toadie’s Crazy Cars. In the proposals submitted to Kingston Council, the Resort outline plans to install a new mini log flume ride in the area adjacent to Toadie’s [...]

5th Sep 2019

New drop tower to replace Rameses Revenge at Chessington World of Adventures Resort

By |5th September 2019|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort have submitted plans to install a new Egyptian themed drop tower ride to replace Rameses Revenge, along with the relocation of Flying Jumbos. Proposed to be located in the Forbidden Kingdom area of the theme park, the new drop tower will be a [...]

3rd Sep 2019

Thorpe Park Resort becomes “The Home of Fear” for Fright Nights 2019

By |3rd September 2019|Thorpe Park Resort|

Full details have been revealed by Thorpe Park Resort for Fright Nights 2019 which will see the island become 'The Home of Fear'. With a brand-new scare maze debuting, alongside the return of some past attractions, Attraction Source examines all the details for 2019’s event. New for 2019 [...]

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