The UK's Tallest Roller Coaster Is Officially Set To Open To The Public THIS MONTH!! The UK’s tallest roller coaster (also set to be it’s fastest too) is officially set to open to the public for the very first time THIS MONTH!! After nearly two years of anticipation Hyperia – Thorpe Park’s NEW record breaking roller coaster (and it’s first new major coaster in 12 years) will FINALLY welcome “fearless” thrill seekers this month. Having held the record as the UK’s tallest roller coaster for the past three decades, The Big One at Pleasure Beach Resort will finally hand over the crown to Hy ..read more

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Opens THREE New Rides For 2024! Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach have announced they plan to open THREE new rides for the park’s 2024 season. The iconic seaside amusement park located in the Norfolk based coastal town of Great Yarmouth have revealed plans to add three fantastic new attractions to their current line up for this season. Polar Express, Ghost Ship and Race-o-Rama will all join Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach’s current rides and will expand on their current family friendly ride offering. Primarily known for it’s iconic traditional wooden roller coast ..read more

Drayton Manor Announce Opening Date For The Wave! This afternoon, Drayton Manor have officially announced the opening date for The Wave. Opening on the 26th of April at Midday, the reimagined version of Shockwave will take guests on a thrilling rollercoaster ride around Adventure Cove appealing to an all-new rider audience and providing a new riding experience to those who have taken on Shockwave before. The reveal was made via the theme park’s social media pages via a video reel where the opening date was revealed on a notice board packed full of The Wave inspired notices. Other notices ..read more

PrimEvil - The Eastern UK's LARGEST Scare Attraction Returns For Halloween 2024! PrimEvil – The UK’s LARGEST scare attraction in the east returns for Halloween 2024 and it’s bringing with it some ‘scarily’ good offers. The immersive scream park located at ROARR! in Norfolk is set to return this Halloween with a vengeance as the attraction enters it’s 15th year of operation. The attraction features a combination of indoor and outdoor haunts and has recently won gold in the ‘Experience of the Year’ category at the East of England Tourism Awards 2022/2023. PrimEvil also won Best Original C ..read more

Is Legoland's NEW Roller Coaster Worth Checking Out? - Minifigure Speedway. Is Legoland’s NEW Roller Coaster ACTUALLY worth checking out? This question has probably crossed your mind at least once since Minifigure Speedway opened to the public on April 7th. Over the past weekend we headed south to answer exactly that and it’s safe to say Legoland Windsor’s new addition certainly didn’t disappoint. Minifigure Speedway features two opposing sides – Legends & All Stars. The two different sides each represent an opposing team. The idea behind the ride is that you have been selected to c ..read more

MAHUKA Train Revealed By Walibi Rhone Alpes. MAHUKA – the BRAND NEW Hotrod coaster coming to Walibi Rhone Alpes in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France has had it’s ride train reveal this week. The new roller coaster set to open as part of an entirely new area will be the first of it’s kind in Europe and the second of it’s kind to open at anywhere worldwide (with Big Dipper at Luna Park Sydney being the first). The launched single rail roller coaster will open in June and has been manufactured by Swiss ride manufacturer Intamin. Intamin are currently considered by many to be one of the main manuf ..read more

HYPERIA Completes It's FIRST EVER Full Circuit Test Run At Thorpe Park! Hyperia has FINALLY completed it’s FIRST EVER full circuit test run at Thorpe Park! Just after 13:30 in the afternoon on Tuesday 16th April 2024 Hyperia, the UK’s NEW tallest and fastest roller coaster officially left the station and began to make it’s way towards the base of the lift hill. After a long wait and at just before 14:00 the eagerly anticipated new ride finally began it’s descent from the crest of the lift completing it’s first, full circuit test run. The new roller coaster which opens to the public on M ..read more

Hyperia Ride Train FINALLY Revealed By Thorpe Park! Hyperia Ride Trains have FINALLY been revealed by Thorpe Park this afternoon following weeks of speculation surrounding both the ride trains’ whereabouts and when testing would likely begin. The major UK theme park based in Surrey unveiled their new ride trains to fans of the park across social media to HUGE acclaim. The new roller coaster which is set to be the UK’s NEW tallest & fastest roller coaster when it opens next month will reach heights of up to 236 ft, speeds of over 80 mph and span a total length of 995 meters from begi ..read more

FIVE Defunct Rides We're Absolutely GUTTED We Missed! Looking back I’ll bet there’s at least FIVE defunct rides or attractions you’re gutted you missed out on experiencing back in the day! I know that’s definitely the case for me (Joe), therefore I thought it would be fun to name my top 5 in today’s blog post and share a little about WHY. In truth, there are a lot of different rides and attractions I wish I’d had the chance to experience when I was younger, but these FIVE certainly stand out as the ones I’m gutted about most. Now, it’s no secret that I absolutely LOVE a good dark ride a ..read more

For Christmas last year myself and my partner, Sam, received an unusual gift, a 90-minute experience walking with Alpacas. We absolutely love animals, after doing a keeper day experience last year at Dudley Zoo, so this was quite the lovely sounding gift. Fast forward to April 2024, and we have completed our Alpaca Experience. But I’m sure some of you may be wondering… What exactly happens in an Alpaca experience? Is it any good? Well, I’m here today to talk about that experience and tell you what I thought of it. Our experience was at Charnwood Forest Alpacas and was booked in advance on thei ..read more