A free-fall rollercoaster, a horror maze, a large Lego pirate ship and edible bugs – our main theme parks have simply opened for the 2010 season with some intriguing new points of interest. This is a abstract of what is on supply at 5 of the preferred parks in Britain, plus insider data on how you can get the perfect out of them, and money-saving methods for getting tickets.
Horror: A nasty shock lurks on the Th13teen journey
Alton Towers
What’s new? TH13TEEN
Suggestions: Purchase tickets for Alton Towers upfront by way of its web site and you may take pleasure in some large rides one hour earlier than the official park opening time. You may save hours of queuing for the high-adrenaline rollercoasters if you happen to spend money on a Fastrack ticket – the preferred, Fastrack Scream, covers the rides Air, Nemesis and Oblivion and prices £9. Nonetheless, there isn’t any Fastrack choice for TH13TEEN at current. The park’s two on-site motels are busy but additionally enjoyable (they’ve a brilliant Caribbean-themed water park connected) and resort friends additionally get early journey time privileges.
For additional info go to www.altontowers.com.
Drayton Manor
What’s new? A 4D (ie 3D with further particular results) model of the animated movie Joyful Toes.
Suggestions: Though the park opens at 9.30am, rides begin at 10.30am. Queues are unavoidable and, in contrast to many parks, no queue-jumping tickets can be found. Thomas Land – a dozen light and imaginative rides impressed by the Thomas The Tank Engine tales – is commonly heaving within the morning, however normally turns into much less busy in direction of the top of the day. Elsewhere, the Stormforce 10 lifeboat journey will depart you drenched, so contemplate leaving it till final. www.draytonmanor.co.uk.
Legoland
What’s new? The Pirates Touchdown space, with an enormous swinging galleon manufactured from Lego, and Pirate Falls Dynamite Drench interactive water journey.
Suggestions: The official park opening time is 10am however at 9.30am you are let via the turnstiles into the buying space, providing you with a head begin when the rides open at 10am. If it is busy, shell out £10 every to hire a Q-bot – the digital system allows you to queue-jump at a lot of the common points of interest. www.legoland.co.uk.
Thorpe Park
What’s new? SAW Alive, a terrifying, smelly horror maze which guarantees to present you actual electrical shocks, and to make you are feeling as in case you are being decapitated.
Suggestions: Thorpe Park is all about scary and daredevil rides. If these do not flip you on, otherwise you have been considering of visiting with younger kids, go to Legoland or Chessington World of Adventures as an alternative. Queues for signature rides are at all times lengthy, even on term-time weekdays. Until you fork out for numerous queue-jumping tickets (one protecting SAW Alive and SAW The Journey, an equally nasty rollercoaster, prices £7), you may spend a lot of your day in a queue. www.thorpepark.com.
Chessington World of Adventures
What’s new? Wild Asia. The themed land features a spinning disc journey, dodgems, an aviary filled with parrots and, er, dried bugs as snacks. Cheese and bacon flavoured crickets, anybody?
Suggestions With larger thrills than Legoland, however much less intense rides than Thorpe Park, Chessington is ideal for pre-teenagers. The zoo and Sea Life Centre open half-hour earlier than the park’s official opening time. At weekends and faculty holidays, friends staying on the on-site Vacation Inn Chessington have entry to some rides half-hour earlier than most people. The £8 Categorical Cross helps you to skip common queues on six of the highest rides. www.chessington.com.
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