Features

Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s famous dark water ride Valhalla has turned 20. We take a look at its history and potential future.

Michael Mander examines how Asian theme parks have reopened after COVID-19 peaks, and asks what lessons the UK can learn.

We take a look at the re-working of Alton Towers’ Air rollercoaster into the space-themed Galactica.

In the first of his regular columns with RideRater, attractions writer Michael Mander looks at the future of intellectual property (IP) attractions in the UK.

We take a look back at some of the most memorable moments of the UK theme park industry’s past decade.

We take a look back at Morwenna Angove’s time as marketing director at Alton Towers, and her infamous launch of the Thirteen rollercoaster.

We take a look at the changes new owners Mellors have made to Fantasy Island.

We explore the realisation that Flamingo Land is adding a world-class rollercoaster to its lineup.