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What’s Going Wrong With Alton Towers?
Alton Towers is the most popular theme park in the U.K. but as the parks 2024 season came to an end it felt to us like the park had hit an all-time low. Personally, we’ve believed that Towers has, for the most part, been in slow decline for over a decade now but at the…
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Why Real Madrid World is a Failure!
Real Madrid World opened on April 9th, 2024, in just under a year since the announcement that the Bollywood Park Dubai had operated for the last time. Oddly, Real Madrid World opened to practically no fanfare and has since continued to fail to gain much attention. Having recently visited, it’s no surprise that the park…
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Alton Towers- A History of the Dark Forest
Alton Towers has had a long and interesting history. We have already covered the many changes of X-Sector and Forbidden Valley. In this article, we are going to continue this discussion by exploring the Dark Forest. Anyone that is lucky enough to be familiar with Alton Towers, will have enjoyed many hours in the Dark…
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‘A Day in the Park with Barney ’ Permanently Closed
Universal have confirmed, via Twitter, that ‘A Day in the Park with Barney’ is now permanently closed at Universal Studios Florida. This closure doesn’t come as much of a surprise, with rumours having circulated for many years about the end of this attraction. We’re sure for most, this doesn’t feel like much of a loss.…
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Our Top 5 Halloween Horror Nights Houses
Halloween Horror Nights has been one of our favourite theme park events since we first attended in 2013. Since then, we’ve attended the event every year apart from 2015 and 2020 when it was cancelled because of the pandemic. We can’t wait for the day when we’re back walking through the fog at Halloween Horror…
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Disney World FastPass+ – Top FastPass pick for each park at Disney World
The FastPass+ system at Disney World in Florida gives you the opportunity to book FastPasses for 3 attractions at one park 30 or 60 days (if your stopping at a Disney hotel) in advance of your visit. This blog will tell you the number one must get FastPass at each of the four parks…
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10 houses at Halloween Horror Nights 28
For the first time ever, there will be 10 houses at Halloween Horror Nights this year in Orlando. This is one more house than the 9 houses that were built for last years event. The addition of an extra house at this years event is another indication at how horror nights is continuing to…
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Stranger Things House Announced For HHN 28
Universal Studios have announced that a Stranger Things house will be at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event. The house will be at the event in Orlando, Hollywood and Singapore. The Stranger Things house will be based on the events in Season 1 of the extremely popular Netflix series. This will be the first time…
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Guest post- A Reluctant Dad’s Favourite Theme Park Watering Holes
Having achieved the parents dream of taking your kids to Magic Kingdom at an early age, I never would have expected that 20 years later our family would be fortunate enough to visit Walt Disney World, Disneyland and many other world class theme parks on a regular basis. The only problem…I’m not a big fan…
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What Could Save SeaWorld?
In recent years the debate over animal cruelty at SeaWorld has greatly increased. A lot of this has got to do with the release of the controversial documentary Blackfish. Many experts claim in this documentary that the treatment of animals, such as the Orcas and Dolphins, at the park is very bad. Since the release…