Merlin Entertainments has today announced the appointment of RWS Global as its preferred entertainment production partner for six global destinations. RWS Global is set to collaborate with Merlin to produce, deliver and operate premium guest entertainment experiences at Alton Towers Resort, Chessington World of Adventures Resort and LEGOLAND [...]
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 [...]
2024 is set to be a bumper year for UK theme park fans, with the nation’s height record beaten for the first time since 1994, the rebirth of Nemesis following its refurbishment, a new duelling roller coaster for LEGOLAND Windsor, and the very intriguing-looking new coaster opening at Drayton Manor! [...]
2024 is shaping up to be an exciting and truly transformational year for UK theme parks, but amidst all the hype around additions to the line-ups of our attractions, it has been easy to forget about all the amazing additions coming to parks across the continent! Today, we’re diving into [...]
With the start of the 2023 season just around the corner, we’ve assembled the ultimate guide to help you plan your theme park season. From park opening dates to everything we know about this year’s new attractions; we cover everything happening in this year at the UK’s largest theme parks. [...]
Following the always spectacular Alton Towers Fireworks, we can now safely say that closed season has arrived in the world of UK Theme Parks. Whilst the closed season is often a time used by parks across the UK to do maintenance, run routine checks and to spend time working on [...]
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past six months to a year, you’ll be aware that the theme parks of the United Kingdom are undergoing a period of massive change, growth and development. It's certainly a positive revelation to see such exciting and new work happening [...]
Merlin Entertainments have recently published their financial results for 2021, providing an insight into the business' recovery from the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. With the group operating within the leisure and hospitality industry, one of the industries most significantly impacted by COVID in 2020, [...]
Merlin Entertainments announced today that it has named Aramark, a global leader in food, facilities management, and uniforms, as its food and beverage partner for five locations in the UK and two in the US. The locations for the multi-year contract include Alton Towers Resort, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, [...]
Merlin Entertainments have today recommenced sales of new annual passes, following the suspension of new pass sales while they evaluated their pass offering and attraction capacity restrictions were in place throughout the coronavirus pandemic. In December 2020, Merlin announced that the previous Standard and Premium Passes would not be returning [...]
Merlin Entertainments have recently published their financial results for 2020, revealing the significant impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the business. With the group operating within the leisure and hospitality industry, one of the most significantly impacted industries by COVID, the results set out in the 2020 [...]
The winners of the 2021 ScareCON SCAR Awards were unveiled last night, seeing a range of theme parks and scare attractions recognised for their 2020 offerings. Amongst the winners were Thorpe Park Resort in the category of 'Best original concept & design' for its scare zones, and Chessington [...]
