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Continue reading →: Saying goodbye to Shockwave (as we know it!)
It wasn’t so long I was writing a post about Shockwave, how it was an under appreciated gem of the UK coaster line up and how I adore it, even with its faults. Now Drayton Manor have announced that Shockwave, in its current stand up form will be no more…
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Continue reading →: Uncharted: El Enigma de Penitence Review
While we were at Portaventura we obviously had to try the new Intamin built Uncharted ride. This is a collaboration of my favourite ride manufacturer and favourite game franchise so what’s not to love? I’ll be going into everything that we saw and felt so please don’t read on if…
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Continue reading →: Portaventura World
The second post of our Portaventura trip, this time more about Portaventura!
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Continue reading →: Portaventura, hotel, getting there and day 1
Once we’d gotten back from our European road trip, I had the travel bug so almost immediately we started talking about our next visit. We eyed up Legoland Billund, Tivoli Gardens and Liseberg but settled on Portaventura World. This is the first time we’ve flown to a park and my…
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Continue reading →: Our Eurotrip – Summary
I wanted To write this blog to not only summarise our trip, but also give a bit of advice where I can about travelling around Europe. The highlights Thinking about things that stuck out on our trip, I’d have to say that most of Efteling, Rookburgh and the Charles Lindbergh,…
Catagories:Advice, Attractiepark Toverland, Blog, Bobbejaanland, Efteling, European Theme Parks, Phantasialand, Plopsaland De Panne, Walibi Belgium
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Continue reading →: Walibi Belgium – The first visit
I’ll preface this blog by saying that the only things I knew of Walibi Belgium was that it was a Six Flags park and featured on Roller Coaster Tycoon, a game I grew up playing (and still play to this day), and Kondaa. That was it! We arrived at the…
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Continue reading →: Phantasialand – The first visit
Phantasialand was the park I was looking forward to the most out of all the parks we’d lined up to visit. I’ve heard rave reviews for Taron and F.L.Y. as well as the Rookburgh and Klugheim themed areas, so I was quite excited! Coupled with he fact we were staying…
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Continue reading →: Toverland – First visit
Toverland is excellent. I could leave it there, but I’m going to elaborate, in detail, why Toverland is excellent. Our day started at Troy and though it was delayed a little in opening, we eventually got into the queue line and already there’s things to point out. Firstly the queue…
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Continue reading →: Efteling – The wonderful Efteling
I’m going to start this blog by being very forward and saying that Efteling is phenomenal. It has some of the best themed rides and experiences I’ve ever had and even Tracy was impressed by the care and attention to detail put into the park, restaurants and, well, everything! We…
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Continue reading →: Bobaajaanland – First visit
I knew nothing of Bobbejaanland before we visited. I knew of it and that it was a somewhat notable park, but other than few attractions, I didn’t know what the park was like. This made it quite fun to explore and find attractions that I’d actually heard about but didn’t…
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Continue reading →: Plopsaland De Panne – First visit
I hadn’t heard much of Plopsaland De Panne before The Ride to Happiness came into being, but that ride definitely put it on the map for us. In my last blog, I mentioned about the parks we’re visiting on our European road trip and Plopsaland was the first to go…
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Continue reading →: Euro Road Trip 2023
This is going to be a very quick blog just to outline our first ever European Road Trip! As I’m writing this I’m sat in Tracy’s front room eager to get on the road, but can’t as I’ll be far too early for our Euro Tunnel connection to Calais tomorrow!…
Catagories:Attractiepark Toverland, Blog, Bobbejaanland, Drayton Manor, Efteling, European Theme Parks, Legoland Windsor, Phantasialand, Plopsaland De Panne, Thorpe Park, UK Theme Parks, Walibi Belgium
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Continue reading →: Drayton Manor – Coronation Street Party
Another visit to Drayton Manor? So soon after the last? Yep, this year we’re season pass holders and with Drayton Manor doing a good job of turning the park around, I’ve decided to try and visit as many of their events as possible to see how they’re getting on. This…
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Continue reading →: Drayton Manor – Thomas Land 15th Anniversary
This year is a year of celebrations, from The Smiler (and Hero’s) 10 birthday, to the coronation of King Charles. It’s also the 15th anniversary of Thomas Land at Drayton Manor, and we went along to see how everyone’s favourite tank engine was doing. Thomas land was subtly decorated with…
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Continue reading →: Alton Towers – Festival of Thrills – The Smiler Takeover 2023
This is Alton Tower’s first event this year and the second time we’ve had the Festival of Thrills. In this blog, I’ll compare it to last years event, see what worked and what didn’t and give my verdict. As it’s The Smilers 10th anniversary this year, Alton Towers have branded…
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Continue reading →: Flamingo Land April 2023 – First visit of the season
Our first visit to Flamingo Land was an impromptu one. We had a gig on Friday and met up with friends for it and had an airport run on Saturday which left Sunday completely free, which for us is unusual. So we decided on visiting Flamingo Land much earlier than…
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Continue reading →: The Curse at Alton Manor – A Review
I’d like to preface this review with two things, firstly I really liked Duel and never rode the original Haunted House. Secondly, I’ve only ridden The Curse at Alton Manor twice, so I might not have seen everything the attraction has to offer. With that being said, The Curse at…
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Continue reading →: Alton Towers – The Your Experience Guide Secret Weapon Saturday Enthusiast Event
Such a long title for a blog, and a long day too! This was our first ever theme park enthusiast event and was hosted at Alton Towers and put together by the fine fellows at Your Experience Guide(YEG) (Formally Pleasure Beach Experience). The day started off early at 8am where…
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Continue reading →: The Retro Squad. Weighing in my opinions!
Recently I’ve been seeing more and more people voicing their opinions and concerns over the Retro Squad at Alton Towers, and I thought I’d put my thoughts out there too. To be completely blunt, I think they’re good and certainly do their intended job of helping with capacity. Don’t get…
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Continue reading →: Blackpool Pleasure Beach – First day of the season
Last year, we officially started our season at Paultons Park, then Alton Towers, so for this year, we decided to try Blackpool Pleasure Beach. They’ve moved their opening day to line up with the other UK parks as they usually open up in February which meant deciding between Alton Towers…
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