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Christmas at Alton Towers
22nd November – 31st December 2024
Jump onto selected theme park rides, dive into the waterpark, tuck into a lusciously festive evening meal, meet Santa – and more! There are more dates than ever before to experience a magical Christmas escape!
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Boulevard Hotel at the Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s new hotel is to be named the Boulevard Hotel.
The new hotel will boast 120 rooms, including 10 suites and family rooms with a mixture of coast and park facing rooms.
In addition to the rooms, the hotel will include stylish dining and conferencing facilities.
Family Ticket Deals: BIG savings on tickets for UK theme parks
Ice Age at West Midland Safari Park
Step back in time to the Ice Age at West Midland Safari Park and walk amongst the magnificent creatures that roamed the Earth millions of years ago.
We recently visited the park to check out the new £1 million attraction, an array of animal encounters and some rides in the Adventure Theme Park.
Late Night Riding at the Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is offering eight thrilling nights of late night riding and fireworks in 2018.
On 2nd June, 7th July, 28th July, 11th August, 25th August, 22nd September, 27th October and 3rd November the rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be open until 10pm for some late night riding followed by a spectacular fireworks display.
New ICON at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach was founded in 1896, after 122 years it deserved something iconic to mark the occasion.
ICON is the first roller coaster in the UK to feature a double launch and is their largest ever single investment at a cost of £16.25 million.
The historic theme park invited us to the press and media launch on 23rd May before a public opening on 25th May.
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Paultons Park expands Peppa Pig World
The world’s first Peppa Pig theme park attraction, Peppa Pig World, is now bigger and better, and Paultons Park invited us to the grand preview event.
Fans of the TV series will be snorting with delight when the expansion with 2 new rides, The Queen’s Flying Coach Ride and Grampy Rabbit’s Sailing Club, is available to the public from Wednesday 16th May 2018.
Tiger Rock roars to life at Chessington
Chessington World of Adventures invited us to the launch of Tiger Rock on 28th April, a water ride set within the multi-million pound Land of the Tiger, featuring an innovative enclosure and Europe’s first overhead trails.
The new attraction is home to four endangered Amur tigers, so we were excited about meeting the 'roar-some foursome' (Kalinka, Kyra, Olga and Tsar) as well as riding the log flume.
ICON opens 25th May at Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has announced the official opening date of its hotly anticipated new roller coaster – ICON, will be Friday 25th May.
Since construction work on the new £16.25m roller coaster commenced in December 2016, roller coaster fans worldwide have been clamouring for news of when they’ll be able to experience the exciting new ride.
The theme park has confirmed that the wait is almost over, with the roller coaster ready to ride by the Whitsun half term.