News from UK Theme Parks
The multi-award winning Screamland is back and more terrifying than ever! We were invited to Dreamland for a special preview, as the UK's original pleasure park is once again transformed into a world of nightmares.
SPOILER WARNING: our review does contain spoilers, so if you want your experience to be a complete surprise don't read on...
Pleasure Island, the family theme park in Cleethorpes, will be closing down at the end of the 2016 season.
The park opened in 1993 and was originally a subsidiary of Flamingo Land but the park became independent in 2010.
The UK’s original pleasure park, Dreamland Margate, once again transforms into a world of nightmares with the major scare festival, Screamland.
The multi-award winning Screamland will be back and more terrifying than ever! For the second year in a row, Dreamland will be transformed into Screamland, with fully immersive scare experiences throughout the park, as well as unlimited use of all your favourite rides.
It's never been a better time to visit Flamingo Land in Yorkshire, as the UK’s only combined theme park, zoo and holiday village introduces a swashbuckling new live show, exclusive animal encounters, improvements to the leisure complex and premium accommodation.
Flamingo Land has launched the The Pirates of Zanzibar, a spectacular performance on the Black Heart galleon stage. The live show tells tales of swashbuckling Tanzanian pirates’ adventures, and features acrobatic sword-fighting action and plenty of special effects. It takes places 3 times across the day - 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
The inverted roller coaster Tsunami at M&D's theme park in Scotland has derailed, injuring nine children and two adults.
The accident happened at round 3.40pm on Sunday 26th June with emergency services including police, fire and ambulance attending the the scene and mounting a rescue operation.
It is understood that the ride became detached from the track and fell 30ft to the ground, landing on top of a small children’s ride.