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Further details about this new investment have been revealed by the park at a press conference. The area will be called Aqualantis (this was previously thought to be the name of the coaster) and will feature... -Abyssus, double launch Vekoma coaster (Latin for The Depth) -Slow boat ride -Mack Twist n Splash (or similar) -Disko coaster -Aquajump, water dive jump show -Large feature restaurant -Ride shop for Abyssus The area continues with what the park have started with the Dragon Zone and going for specific themed areas, and in general lots of theming and themed features. However, it's expected this is going to be a further step up from that area. The theming will be done by Joravision, who do tons of theming projects for parks across Europe. The area is going to be behind the park's current Vekoma launch coaster, to the left of Zadra and the Dragon Zone. On top of this, reliable sources say that the Vekoma mine train is still happening next year, but the park are keeping tight-lipped on that. It's likely that Aqualantis will open when the park opens in the spring, and the mine train will open later. On top of this, the park have said that next year (ie December 2020), the park will be open during winter for a Christmas event. Unclear if/what rides will be open, but it'll feature a Christmas market and such. Their opening hours for next year as such look a little something like this... It's great to see the park expanding across all areas, after starting a Halloween event for the first time this year (even if I've heard lukewarm reviews about it). Seems to be working too. Finally, the park's owner has confirmed that further developments are to be fastracked after they received more grants. Not sure if it's specifically EU money, since that grant has finished, but who knows. This means that the park's next stages of hotel and accomodation offering will all be built at once rather than in stages. It'll be very interesting to see their attendance figures for this year. They hit 1.4m this year, and if Zadra has been a success, I expect that to grow, and this 5 year old park could already be as busy as the likes of Thorpe and Chessington...

Went today, medium crowd levels, but still loads of time to get through all the attractions. Bought tickets at November black Friday sale for £25 each, offering excellent value, I almost think the VIP would be a bit overkill, I feel that once is enough on all 10 attractions. Twisted Clowns - Was excellent and a good way to start the evening loved the bungee and the varying levels / floors. The Chop Shop - Meh, Creek Freak wins for me. Wastlelands - Wins it for me a great maze overall and better than Creek Freak in my opinion, the show was also visually stunning, I wouldn't be surprised to see Glastonbury / Boomtown style festivals copy this style of stage in the near future. Wreckoning- Ok, pirate theme was cool, but it went on for a long time with little actors to fill the areas. Coven - Loved the white room, may be getting my mazes muddled up here! Circus of Horrors- Excellent, Thorpe need something like this back to replace the cinema. Creepy Cottage - Was a nice attraction. The Cellar - This just blurs with the other attractions can't remember too much. Hayride- Queue was about an hour looking at it in the muddy looking queue line, so bought fasttrack for £5, well worth it straight onto the attraction, was very good feel sorry for the actors who must be getting bruised legs from the lack of space onboard, but overall the set design was excellent. VIXI - Longest queue of the night at 20mins but I enjoyed the experience, yes it may be seen as weak but the isolation factor was quite cool, I am hoping that next year they retheme and rename Vulcan Peak as a troll to Thorpe. Overall Tulley's seems to be a well oiled shipped, that knows its operations and how to run them smoothly, the ticketing system works well and is something which I would like Thorpe to introduce for RAP on busy nights, whilst overall with the £25 +£5 fasttrack works out to £3 per attraction which seems like excellent value and has left a smile on my face, as well as I would assume the majority of other guests even on a peak night. Would I recommend? - Yes.