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

It is no secret that Garmendale Engineering know how to create an incredible gating system. With our world-renowned RG-11 gating systems featuring in many of the world’s greatest theme parks and attractions. From Universal Orlando to Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi our gating systems are taking over the world. The most recent and ambitious RG-11 gating system to date is currently operating on Universal Orlando’s award winning Velocicoaster. This set of gates featured its own impressive challenge as each gate featured a glass in-fill panel. Each incredible project presents its own challenges and ..read more

Summer is well and truly on the way with Theme Parks and other attractions in full preparation for the holiday season. Garmendale have been extremely busy over the last few months with refurbishments and exciting new projects. However not all of these exciting developments revolve around theme parks. Occasionally Garmendale have the great pleasure of working with some of Britain’s more prestigious and beautiful establishments. Hidden in the lush green of North Yorkshire lies Newby Hall and its extensive gardens. Over the last few months Garmendale have worked closely with the team at Newby Ha ..read more

With an incredible Olympic Games for Team GB coming to a close it felt like a great time to reflect on Garmendale’s own piece of Olympic History. Team GB took Japan by storm racking up one of the best performances at an overseas Olympics in British History, with all eyes now looking to Paris in 2024 we at Garmendale thought now was a great time to look back into the archives. For today’s Throwback Garmendale would like to take you back to 2012 when it was London’s turn to host the Olympic Games. Team GB collected 65 medals including multiple medals for Victoria Pendleton, Mo Farah, and Andy M ..read more

The Theme Park World unsurprisingly moves very fast and has its ups and downs. With this exhilarating world of rollercoasters and dark rides, technology is ever-changing. As part of our commitment to the future, we pro-actively stay up to date with new trends and technologies making there way into the mainstream and constantly review how these technological advances can improve the performance and overall visitor experience of our Ride Systems. Communicating with our trusted group of suppliers is a key element of the future-proofing process, working together through research and testing helps ..read more