Flamingo Land is getting ready to build a new giant vertical swing, and has been described as “ not just desirable but essential because of the competition in the theme park world”. Mr Housden the senior planning manager is putting forward the new46m high (151 feet) giant swing as essential, and fitting in with the parks landscape, Mr Housden said Flamingoland’s existing rides were “an accepted feature on the landscape” and identify  [ Read More ]

It’s 25 years of Chessington this year, and Theme UK is the best place to see the history of Chessington! With the most detailed guide, pictures and maps for the park, even Chessington will be using them on there new timeline! Head over to the Chessington section and enjoy the history of one of the UK’s best parks! Feel free to share any of the maps and pictures through out  [ Read More ]

In the battle of all battles, the latest round with the Ropers and Alton Towers took a sticky blow for the park today, as they won the right for a full court trail over the noise complaints they have been waging for over a decade now, which could ultimately mean the park have to relocate, or even close some rides. The couple who live 100 yards from the Farley entrance,  [ Read More ]

With thanks to Ryan who is at the park today, the Black Hole tent is quickly coming down following the approval of SW7 Plans. From pictures a few days ago much of the tent was still attached to the frame, with the front end of the frame still attached, this is now not the case with frame down and tent on the larger side also down, some pictures below.

For those that haven’t seen them in action since the move/re-theme, here are the Jungle Bouncers and Flying Jumbos at Chessington. Jungle Bouncers Flying Jumbos

Perhaps the biggest attraction opening of the year (when you consider the popularity if comparing to The Swarm!) Warner Bros. Studio Tours: the making of Harry Potter is now open! Located on the outskirts of London, the tour takes you through the real sets, costumes and props from the most successful series of films ever made! To celebrate, we have added the galleries of the two top destinations for Harry  [ Read More ]

Residents are more concerned about sleepless nights after Thorpe Park apply to keep the Dome open until 3am 7 days a week. Currently the park can operate on 2 days a week until 1am in the Dome, this has been used for concerts and the night promotions, mainly during the summer months. But locals have expressed there horror that this may be the case until 3am, 7 days a week. Linda Thomas,  [ Read More ]

Not for the first time since it’s closure, a small fire has broken out at the old American Adventure theme park in Shipley, Derbyshire. The wooden pier fire was reported at around 1.45pm with beams and cladding being alight for just under two hours . An investigation is underway with arson most likely for this recent fire, with previous fires also reported at the park since it’s closure. The park  [ Read More ]

New Pleasureland in Southport announced the opening of their new Log Flume over the weekend, with a big splash from the owner! Pleasureland owner Norman Wallis, who took on the park in 2007 larked around for photos on the launch of the new Log Flume,  Piranha River Ride. Since the closure of the parks old Log Flume, plans have been in place for the new one to open with this weekend  [ Read More ]

We have now finished the next stage of the site updates, with an all new menu but most importantly all new park pages, pictures and videos from many places! All up-to-date pictures from Legoland, Chessington, Thorpe Park, Clarence Pier, Paulton’s Park, Funland have all been added to the all new gallery system. All pictures have been uploaded at the best possible quality from original pictures. All videos have been uploaded  [ Read More ]