To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Vampire at Chessington World of Adventures, Attraction Source was invited to attend a special Q&A event with legendary ride designer John Wardley, hosted by Howard Ebison, Vice President at Chessington. The day began at the Safari Hotel, where guests checked in and collected [...]
Universal Destinations & Experiences has today confirmed that it will proceed with its plans to build a world-class Universal Studios theme park and resort in the United Kingdom, seeing Bedford become the first European location for the company. Today has seen the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, finalise a [...]
Pleasure Beach Resort have today announced an exciting roster of updates for the 2025 season. Following the previously announced closure of a number of attractions within the resort, Pleasure Beach have formally addressed their current ‘transformational period’ at a 2025 season launch event, announcing a series of investments for the [...]
Paultons Park have submitted a planning application to construct a holiday village, which will see the creation of a resort offering by installing 85-95 units of lodge-style accommodation. The proposed development will be situated adjacent to the theme park and car park on the land beside the existing Edge and [...]
After fifteen years of operation, Chessington World of Adventures Resort has officially confirmed that Wild Asia has been retired from the park and will not reopen for the 2025 season. In this article, we’ll take a look back at the history of the land, celebrate the highlights of the area, [...]
Winter is coming to an end as theme parks in the UK prepare to open for the main 2025 season. In this article and video we have collaborated with the team at Thorpe Park to check out and document all of the updates, changes and improvements that the park are [...]
Chessington World of Adventures Resort have this week submitted the full planning application for Project Play, which will see the redevelopment of Mexicana into a new immersive land that will cater to pre-school children, with rides including a rollercoaster. The Proposal The proposed site for Project Play is [...]
Last week, Chessington World of Adventures Resort submitted the full planning application for Project Refresh & Renew. The project will see both the Wild Asia and Explorer Glamping areas of the Resort removed and replaced with a new immersive land featuring a new rollercoaster, indoor immersive experience, retail, and food [...]
Merlin Entertainments have this week announced a global strategic partnership with Mojang Studios to bring Minecraft to life through immersive and interactive entertainment attractions in fixed locations around the globe. Referred to as "Adventures Made Real", a phrase trademarked by Merlin earlier this month, the partnership will see [...]
Thorpe Park have submitted a planning application to redevelop part of Amity Beach into a new plaza area featuring a stage, seating areas and kiosks. Referred to as Project Pivot, Thorpe Park are proposing to redevelop the larger, northern side of Amity Beach, located parallel to Depth Charge. [...]
FRIGHT NIGHTS is back at Thorpe Park for 2024, where with epic new heights, come petrifying new lows! This year's event adds a fourth scare maze to the line-up, alongside returning mazes, scare zones and shows. Attraction Source was kindly invited by Thorpe Park to attend the VIP Preview event [...]
Chessington World of Adventures Resort have begun a two week public consultation on current and new emerging projects, including two new areas featuring attractions such as a major rollercoaster. The headline new development is referred to as Project Refresh & Renew, which is planned for the combined area [...]
