The best and worst of the TripAdvisor review
The end of the summer holiday period inches closer, and theme parks prepare to end their busiest time of year. This hive of activity is echoed by the surge in…
Conversations with a ride structural engineer
Steve Buckley has been involved in Structural Engineering since leaving school at the age of 16 and today works on Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s famous rides. “Time flies”, he says as…
£10 entry for Merlin Annual Pass holder guests
Holders of Merlin Annual Passes are now able to bring friends and family to Chessington World of Adventures and Thorpe Park for £10 each. Lasting until 8 September, the offer…
Pleasure Beach offers Big One illuminations climb
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is giving guests the chance to climb to the top of the Big One rollercoaster during the town’s famous illuminations period. The 213-foot ride can be scaled…
Wardley ‘not giving up’ on wooden rollercoaster
Veteran rollercoaster designer John Wardley has said that despite retirement he is “not giving up” on the idea of bringing a wooden rollercoaster to Alton Towers. At a recent question…
Bottons Pleasure Beach fined for ride collapse
Bottons Pleasure Beach in Skegness has been fined more than £16,000 following the partial collapse of a flat ride two years ago. The Surf Rider attraction suffered a mechanical failure…
Oakwood workers ‘dropped ride bolts as joke’
Workers at Oakwood theme park in Wales have previously ‘dropped bolts’ in the vicinity of rides to scare the public, it has been claimed. The Airgates Attraction News website tonight…
How theme park prices would look with 5% VAT
There has recently been a re-emergence of calls to cut VAT on tourist attractions and hotel rooms from 20% to 5%. It has to be asked that if the attractions…