Thorpe Park submits plans for 2016 attraction
Thorpe Park has submitted a planning application for an indoor attraction scheduled to open for the 2016 season. To be located west the X rollercoaster, details of what will be…
Editorial: VAT cut campaign becoming desperate
Calls for the UK government to cut VAT on tourist attractions and hotels rooms are continuing to fall on deaf ears. Although the campaign has never gone away since it…
Blackpool names Red Arrows flat ride Sky Force
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has unveiled the name of its new Royal Air Force Red Arrows-themed ride as Sky Force. The ride has also been revealed as being a Gerstlauer Sky…
Flamingo Land plans expansion in Scarborough
Flamingo Land is planning to expand its business by opening a small theme park on Scarborough seafront. The working title of the project is currently Flamingo Land Coast, and would…
Merlin: A year on from public ownership
Early next month will mark a year since Merlin Entertainments become a public company and floated on the London Stock Exchange. It was much talked about for years before it…
Blackpool to open Red Arrows-themed flat ride
Blackpool Pleasure Beach will open a Royal Air Force Red Arrows-themed flat ride in 2015. The ride is widely-expected to be a Zamperla Air Race model, similar to that opened…
Editorial: Lightwater Valley’s unique selling points
There has to be a reason why a small independent theme park such as Lightwater Valley has survived in the face of a larger neighbour. In actually fact, the park…
Chair-o-plane carousel ride ‘collapses’
A chair-o-plane carousel ride collapsed at a funfair in Somerset last month, it has emerged. A number of children were reportedly injured by the incident, which was reported in the…