Since March 9th, 2000, the London Eye has established itself as a defining feature of the British landscape. As the crowd-pleasing heart of London, tourists flock from around the world to experience the Eye’s tranquil 360-degree views. Standing at 443 ft (135m) the London Eye is a complex feat of specialist engineering, complete with 32 […] The post 25 Years of Illuminating the London Skyline appeared first on Garmendale ..read more

A busy start to 2025 for Garmendale has been filled with installations, ride manufacturing, and winter shutdown works. As soon as the 2024 theme park season ended, our phones were ringing of the hook. Though its cold outside, on-site and inside our workshops we’ve been very busy preparing some of the UK’s finest theme parks […] The post Winter Works @ Alton Towers appeared first on Garmendale ..read more

Already we are somehow nearly 3 months in to 2025.  What a start to the year it has been for Garmendale Engineering, refurbishments with a few of our favourite clients, exciting projects we aren’t allowed to talk about yet, and continuing to work with the finest theme parks in the world. One of the most […] The post New Additions To Our RG-11 Gating System Fleet appeared first on Garmendale ..read more

With Halloween in the rearview, the festive season is on the way, and fast approaching for most UK theme parks is winter shutdown. As the theme park season winds down, it’s that time of year when our clients start thinking about winter strip-downs and refurbishments. Never mind about Christmas, winter shutdown is our favourite holiday. […] The post Winter (Shutdown) Is Coming appeared first on Garmendale ..read more

This July marks 30 years since Steven Spielberg’s dino-romp masterpiece hit theatres. A summer blockbuster 65 million years in the making, with a stellar cast and cutting edge visual and special effects, Jurassic Park sparked children’s imaginations all over the world. Since then the Jurassic Park franchise has spawned 5 big screen sequels, millions of toys, multiple family friendly and thrilling ride systems and even an interactive touring exhibition. It’s fair to say we are huge fans and over the years we have had the immense pleasure of working on multiple of these Jurassic Park inspired r ..read more

Easter has come and gone marking the beginning of 2023’s theme park season in the UK. Over the last few months our team have been working up and down the country carrying out maintenance and service on a selection of the UK’s finest attractions. Winter shutdown seems like a quiet period for theme parks, our Garmendale engineers can confirm this is quite the opposite. Throughout the winter months our engineers have been travelling to and from our countries capital collecting the iconic galleons which make up the Tyrants Boat Ride at the London Dungeons. This terrifying ride system transports a ..read more

This week marks the 4th anniversary of the world’s largest indoor theme park, Warner Brothers World Abu Dhabi. An incredible theme park offering thrilling family adventures starring characters from Warner Brothers most popular properties. These properties feature the likes of the Looney Tunes, Batman, and Scooby Doo & the Gang. This landmark theme park was an absolute pleasure to be part of, from the brilliant on site team to the exciting creative challenges this project offered. The Warner Brothers World Abu Dhabi creative team worked tirelessly to create an immersive atmosphere bringin ..read more

Some of Britain’s most popular attractions don’t have a traditional winter shutdown period like most theme parks instead they are constantly operating at a high level and must carefully plan maintenance to minimise disruption to service. A few of London’s top attractions fall under this specialist bracket, the London Eye and the SEA LIFE Centre London among them. However, our most recent project centres around the maintenance and refurbishment of London’s most terrifying family attraction, the London Dungeons. World famous for its gruesome yet entertaining retelling of British History, The Du ..read more

This August is the 90th Anniversary of arguably Denmark’s finest export and the Universes favourite toy. LEGO is one of the world’s most recognisable brands, with toys, films, tv shows, and theme parks all contributing to the legacy of LEGO (LEGOcy). In celebration of this incredible milestone we’d love to reminisce looking back on a few of our favourite projects whilst also honouring the magic and wonder of LEGO. In the time it took to click on this article and read the opening paragraph roughly 36,000 bricks have been moulded and every second around 7 LEGO sets our sold. Globally recognised ..read more

Our team is filled with rather excited film fans as the truly epic Jurassic Park series comes to an end tomorrow with the release of Jurassic World: Dominion. This beloved film series spans, 6 films, multiple theme park rides, and countless spin-offs. Believe it or not Garmendale Engineering have their own piece of Jurassic history as we’ve contributed to several of the iconic themed experiences inspired by this legendary film series. We unfortunately cannot confirm that our RG-11 gating systems are dinosaur proof but if they weren’t would they be fitted on not one but two Jurassic World rid ..read more