After our last post about the coasters coming to parks in 2021 that we're most excited about, we've decided to delve into the world of dark rides and themed attractions to see what else will be entering the scene in the New Year. I love dark rides, I'm an absolute sucker for that kind of... Continue Reading →
Trip Report – Blackpool October 2020
Last week was our anniversary week so we planned two trips to celebrate! The first being to Blackpool, visiting Madame Tussauds, Sealife, the illuminations and Pleasure Beach. After our holiday in April was cancelled, we had a Travel lodge voucher to use by the end of the year so we decided to do an overnight... Continue Reading →
Autumn Bucket List
I love Autumn. I love Halloween, pumpkins, sweaters, the changing leaves, everything. In the UK, we don't really do much to celebrate the autumn season and Halloween is no where near as much of a thing as it is in other parts of the world. I think this is a damn shame so for 2020... Continue Reading →
We’re getting Scarefest! – Alton Towers Scarefest + Oktoberfest 2020 Announcement
It's official. Halloween is back on the cards! I love Halloween, I love scare mazes, I love the spooky atmosphere and I love Scarefest. I was really worried that Halloween would kind of be cancelled this year due to Coronavirus but it seems that won't be the case! Alton Towers have just announced that their... Continue Reading →
UK Merlin Parks – RANKED
Merlin is a big player in the UK theme park game, with 4 of the most popular theme parks in the country. Covering a wide range of audiences, I feel like Merlin have got a pretty good handle on the UK theme park industry in terms of having everyone covered. But which is the best?... Continue Reading →
Th13teen turns 10!
If you go down to the woods today, you better not go alone...since there's a roller coaster there celebrating its 10th birthday! Thirteen, often stylised as Th13teen, is quite a marmite kind of coaster, people either love it or hate it. I'm in the first group of people. This ride is a lot of fun... Continue Reading →
PortAventura Roller Coasters – RANKED
PortAventura is one of my favourite parks in the world. Opening 25 years ago, the park is huge and consists of 6 themed lands. PortAventura is known for having some record breaking coasters and honestly, when I went, I was blown away with the skyline. We've ranked the roller coasters at PortAventura so here's what... Continue Reading →
New for 2020 – UK
It's the start of March and that can only mean one thing...it is almost the main theme park season in the UK! Of course, there's a few that open slightly later and Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been open for WOW Weekends since last month...but the bulk of parks will begin their 2020 season really soon.... Continue Reading →
Gangsta Granny: The Ride Announcement for Alton Towers!
Alton Towers has been teasing us for a while now over what could be appearing in Cloud Cuckoo Land after their partnership with David Walliams was announced last year. Author to a range of children's books, Walliams has kept very quiet over what we can expect to see in Spring 2020, as have the park... Continue Reading →
UK Roller Coasters of the Decade
It is almost the end of the year and this New Year's Eve isn't just bringing 2019 to a close, but also the whole of the 2010s. As we approach 2020, it is time to reminisce on what has happened this decade and how the roller coaster landscape of the UK has changed. Here is... Continue Reading →
