Still love this park, i do feel like a dark ride and water ride are the next thing they need but for now we still had a great day
A kids log flume!The 2024 water attraction has a building now going vertical at the far end of the site, the site feels big for a single flat but small for a rapids, so still no idea on whats coming.
A kids log flume!
Finally Paulton's have received planning permission for the Cobra & Edge area for development, with this and the area by the go-carts they can now crack on with whatever they have planned.
Is this for the Water ride or additional?
Additional. The water ride (looks to be a mini-flume) is being built in Lost Kingdom.
I can't wait to see what Paultons has planned for this new area. Hopefully they ditch the go-karts and the Reverchon flume now that they are building a new one, and that gives them even more space. Personally, I'm hoping for a well-themed dark ride. We desperately need good dark rides in the UK.
I agree with your first point - I'm a local as well (only a few minutes down the road) and I am unbelievably excited for the future of Paultons. Feel incredibly blessed to live so close to one of the most promising parks out there.So love seeing this park grow over my life time. As a local resident. This park has always been our go to day out and to have a park of this quality on my doorstep is incredible. I was thinking about the land by cobra etc and was chatting with my 9 yr old and she said a Minecraft theme park would be epic and I thought how amazing this idea would be at paultons if they were in the market to buy some intellectual property the existing rides would sit well in the lands theme cobra could become a mine cart ride magma could stay the same swap dinosaurs for creepers perhaps. I think the game has the following, and appeals to that slightly older audience allowing the park to put in something of an adult thrill ride in. This is just mine and my 9 yr olds thoughts
Isn’t there meant to be a intamin water coaster added sometime? I could be wrong but i believe they plan to replace the go karts with that. If so, i think some sort of lost city/atlantis type theme would be good for that area and a redevelopment of cobra/edge area, including a trackless interactive dark ride even?I agree with your first point - I'm a local as well (only a few minutes down the road) and I am unbelievably excited for the future of Paultons. Feel incredibly blessed to live so close to one of the most promising parks out there.
But please, keep the IP's for Merlin and their ilk! Paultons lucked out hugely with Peppa Pig, an undeniably strong IP which should be popular for years to come. Yes, something like Minecraft would be equally popular. But look at the way the park have expanded with Lost Kingdom and Tornado Springs, both non-intellectual property themed lands, and they have added so much charm and wholesome theming to the park. I would like more of that as opposed to bringing in another intellectual property. Paultons has a chance to be more like some of the better European theme parks than the usual, IP-heavy fare and relentlessly dark theming we get here in the UK.
Personally I'd love to see something like a Pirate-themed land, with a high quality dark ride. I think Paultons may have been testing that idea out recently, as they currently do a small pirate show at certain times of the year. Failing that, either a jungle or castle theme would be great. But whatever they do, I'm sure it will be great!
Additional. The water ride (looks to be a mini-flume) is being built in Lost Kingdom.
I can't wait to see what Paultons has planned for this new area. Hopefully they ditch the go-karts and the Reverchon flume now that they are building a new one, and that gives them even more space. Personally, I'm hoping for a well-themed dark ride. We desperately need good dark rides in the UK.
Now this is interesting! Considering this thread started with surveying in the area and now this information... I look forward to hearing what's in store!They have built a new substation/transformer near the Cobra and Edge. Surely a sign of impending development