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 →
Let's be honest, there's really not been a lot of good things that have come out of this pandemic. It's been an incredibly difficult time for a lot of people and we've all suffered in one way or another. One thing that has changed as a result is theme park trips. There's a huge difference... Continue Reading →
Theme parks are finally back open! After waiting a few weeks to see how things were being handled, we decided to take the leap and visit a post-lockdown Alton Towers. From what we had seen, most parks were being pretty great with introducing new measures to ensure guest and staff safety and avoiding any potential... Continue Reading →
If anyone has ever read my previous posts, you'll know I have a huge soft spot for Toyland Tours, an eccentric journey through a toy factory that was a staple of Alton Towers until the mid 2000s. The ride had become somewhat tired and they needed something new to take its place...enter Charlie and the... Continue Reading →
This weekend on the 4th of July, UK theme parks will be back open after what feels like an absolute eternity! While a few theme parks managed to open their doors in March, albeit for a very short time, most theme parks haven't opened properly since the end of the 2019 season. It is absolutely... Continue Reading →
This weekend we headed to West Midland Safari Park to see their reduced offering ahead of their full opening on the 4th July. The safari park, along with other zoos and gardens, has been able to be opened since the middle of June, though at a reduced offering to normal. The only part of the... Continue Reading →
So I'm sure many of you will have heard the news already that Splash Mountain at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World will be rethemed. There's a lot of opinions and emotions are running high throughout fans at the moment. Here's a bit about the ride and my thoughts on the retheme of this classic... Continue Reading →
I love dark rides. I always have ever since I was little. There's something so wonderful about them and riding dark rides is one of my absolute favourite things to do at theme parks. That being said, there's good dark rides and there are not so good dark rides. What's the difference? What elements, for... Continue Reading →
Two iconic dark rides turn 20 this year. That's 2 whole decades which is no small feat. The year 2000 saw Hex at Alton Towers and Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach join the UK theme park scene and honestly, both blow me away. Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach is one of my favourite water rides... Continue Reading →
This is not something that I talk about on my blog, or on the internet in general really. This is a far cry from my usual content but I want to just talk about the way that I'm struggling right now. The topic today is Mental Health, something which at the moment is being affected... Continue Reading →
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