Drayton Manor | Unknown | Intamin Unknown | 2024

[Tomatron]

This is pretty much par for the course for Drayton Manor with any standalone new ride. It'll be ready for Summer all things going to plan.

 

[Niles]

Theme park guide have taken a bunch of great photos of the site and coaster, here are just a few but for all click here

 

[Niles]

Switch track is testing, cannot be to long till we see the coaster test

 

[Gargamel]

Does the coaster only have one train?

 

[TjChapperz]

Does the coaster only have one train?

It has 2 the second is in storage near the hotel

 

[Coasterotter]

The coaster is finally testing:

 

[FogZog]

The coaster is finally testing:

A 17 second vid tho. Showing not a lot

 

[Ethan]

A 17 second vid tho. Showing not a lot

Better than nothing.

I really do hope they theme the inside of the buildings nicely, and if the landscaping is done nicely this could turn out very nicely!

 

[FogZog]

Its seemed like such a long construction I just wanna see it going now

Better than nothing.

I really do hope they theme the inside of the buildings nicely, and if the landscaping is done nicely this could turn out very nicely!

 

[TjChapperz]

Drayton has shared a short teaser:

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[Munchy Road Hippopotamus]

Looks slow....

 

[Niles]

Two trains are now on the track, the queue goes under the centre of the coasters layout and has a roof at points.

Trees have been added as well as lighting in the station and operations cabin.

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Skip to 2:00 for testing footage from a different angle.

 

[Niles]

Testing continues now with the train going up the lift forwards then releasing you back down backwards.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1803606876800957

Interestingly in this video below the train has a little forwards and backwards moment at 8:53, wonder if this could be a suspense moment?

Then at 19:12 the coaster goes up the lift backwards before then releasing the train down forwards.

I wonder if each ride may be a bit different each time keeping you on your toes or if all this may happen on one ride leading to a longer ride time, either way i do like the look of this coaster.

 

[JoshC.]

This is such a weird coaster, and I'm not sure it I dig it or not.

 

[Flash Shift]

I agree with Josh, it seems kind of complex for a family coaster in such a small footprint - I wonder if this would have made more sense as an indoor story driven coaster. Still interested to see how it turns out and if it operates ok considering how temperamental new coasters can be.

 

[Matt N]

I’d say I’m more intrigued by this coaster than massively excited for it. It’s clearly very unique and different, and I’m interested to see how it turns out, but it’s not currently hitting the radar in terms of things I’m properly excited to ride this year in the same way that, say, Hyperia is.

I’m sure it’ll be a good, fun ride for the target demographic of the park, and I fully accept that I’m not the target demographic of this ride, but for me, I would definitely lump my current feelings towards this coaster under “intrigued” rather than overly “excited”.

I felt similarly about Mandrill Mayhem at Chessington before I rode that last year, as that was a similarly unique, family thrill targeted ride. I will make no secret of the fact that I was quite underwhelmed by Mandrill, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that I’ll feel the same towards Drayton’s new ride.

Nonetheless, I’ll definitely return to ride it later this year, and it’ll be interesting to see how this one turns out!