Will, pretty much every theme park in England (well... the Merlin parks anyway) saw a rise in gate figures for the 2009 season. Alton has it's best year gate figure wise since the year Nemesis opened back in 1994 and Chessington had one of it's best gate figures ever! They're hardly "going down the drain" are they? You've criticized Flamingo Land's new coaster before you've even ridden it, or anyone else has for that matter. You've said PBB is bad because of cramped rides, the park doesn't have enough space to spread out it's rides and still have a decent theme park.There's nothing wrong with Drayton Manor either, admittedly not the best park in the world but 2 excellent coasters and one of the UK's/Europe's best lof flume rides is hardly bad going.My conclusion is... no, I don't think that UK theme parks are going down the drain.