Matt 236 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Very excited for this, should be a good move by the patk. Another reason why 2016 could be a good year for new uk rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Double Post (shoot me!) Coaster force are reporting that not one, but two rollercoasters will be coming to the park in 2016 (in addition to a new food outlet, meet and greets & lots of theming apparently). Family theme park Paultons Park are set to spend £8m on a new heavily themed scheduled to open Easter 2016. The new four acre area - The Lost Kingdom - will be situated between the gardens and the Magama ride. Themed to dinosauars, the new area will contain several attractions and include animatraonic dinosaurs, character meet-and-greets and food outlets. The thrill seeker highlight of The Lost Kingdom will be not one but TWO new custom rollercoasters. Raptor is a Family Boomerang coaster. Flight of the Pterosaur is Suspended Family Coaster also from Vekoma. Both coasters will be heavily themed with tunnels and foot/headchoppers. This new land compliments the popular Peppa Pig World and the new-for-2015 Critter's Creek area which features a remodelled rollercoaster, a new track ride and an animal walkthrough. When The Lost Kingdom opens in 2016, it will be the first UK theme park in 24 years to open two brand new coasters in the same year.. The article can be found here. http://www.coasterforce.com/news/park-news/2519-lost-kingdom-at-paultons-two-new-coasters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Article from Coasterforce from information they have gotten!! Family theme park Paultons Park are set to spend £8m on a new heavily themed scheduled to open Easter 2016.The new four acre area - The Lost Kingdom - will be situated between the gardens and the Magama ride. Themed to dinosauars, the new area will contain several attractions and include animatraonic dinosaurs, character meet-and-greets and food outlets.The thrill seeker highlight of The Lost Kingdom will be not one but TWO new custom rollercoasters. Raptor is a Family Boomerang coaster. Flight of the Pterosaur is Suspended Family Coaster also from Vekoma. Both coasters will be heavily themed with tunnels and foot/headchoppers.This new land compliments the popular Peppa Pig World and the new-for-2015 Critter's Creek area which features a remodelled rollercoaster, a new track ride and an animal walkthrough.When The Lost Kingdom opens in 2016, it will be the first UK theme park in 24 years to open two brand new coasters in the same year. This will really put Paultons on the map if they weren't already on it!!! Finally a family park that is not Merlin that is striving ahead to be an amazing family destination! Perfect for Paultons, perfect for us haha! Matt 236, Whiteknuckle, holtjammy16 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Sad that the suspended coaster doesn't have the ridiculous turnaround ala Orkanen pognoi, JoshC. and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 This is fantastic, I will definitely be making a return to Paulton's Park in 2016 if this turns out to be the case! Good on them, they are a perfect example of how a family park should be done. They do need a dark ride though. Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 The top coaster is a clone, here is a POV of it Still doesn't make this news any less great as 2 coasters in 1 year is just sick! Whiteknuckle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Finally a park, that may be scratching Merlin's (faded) paintwork. I think 2016 will be the most exciting year for new rides in the UK for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Excellent choices from Paultons, one solid family coaster, and an unique one in a way for the south... More coasters than Chessie and Legoland with these too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 With a decent amount of theming (which Paultons are pretty good at although a bit bizarre in the case of Magma) and these 2 coasters will be brilliant! The suspended is a decent layout, throw in some foot choppers and it can be really good! The boomerang, at least it's a different layout and again could be quite nicely themed! Woop go Paultons! EC!, Cal and Altitude 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hopefully they get planning permission before they start building this time haha JoshC. and EC! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtjammy16 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Great news! Makes me wonder if Paultons might be adding more thrilling rides in the future for older family members.. If they have enough space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Would appear that the layout in the image of the SFC is a clone of Kvasten at Grona Lund... A very good solid family coaster it is too, a suitable choice for the park... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Oh yes! Good on Paultons, it's such a quality park with real time and effort put into their attractions. These rides deserve to be successful. Count me in for a 2016 visit Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteknuckle Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 This is great news from a park 25 minutes away from my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Meanwhile, this year's additions are moving forward: pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 That train looks great! This is how you re-theme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Really liking the look of this area so fat, can't wait to see all of it when it opens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Few more pics off gunmonkey on Coasterforce: Certainly a very colourful addition, and it does look quite nice and peculiar... Kids will no doubt love it... lewumbrajumbos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 What a lovely looking investment. The first kiddie coaster I've seen in a while where I am actually impressed with what they have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 The theming looks loverly. For a park of paulton's size and position I would say this is on a par if not slightly better than most of Merlin's theming additions. Project LC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoMachine Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Haven't been there since I was small, not too far away from me, will have to go soon! looks lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Again from gunmonkey, there's a poster promoting next year's additions: Thankfully, we aren't actually getting an SLC, regardless of the poster's opinion on the matter... pluk and Whiteknuckle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Wonderful stuff. I love Paultons anyway, definitely going to be the park to watch in 2016. I'm looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Now that's how you theme an area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 This just looks incredible; and I really do hope Critter Creek does them well, as it's only really a re-theme of the Stinger; Beastie Burrows is a new attraction using the existing Wind in the Willows (what an incredible change to frontage), and the Expedition Express is a new ride. Makes me miss working there seeing how incredible they've changed that area. Seriously looking forward to Lost Kingdom, as I honestly feel it's going to really bump them up the table with the rides going into it (I mean, two new coasters yay!). And if the re-theme is anything to go by, LK should be mind blowing. Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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