The Theme Park Rundown

Award season is here as the nominees are announced for the UK Theme Park awards! Which parks do you want to pick up the awards? In this episode we give you our thoughts as to who might be in luck!

The heatwave comes to the UK and the complaints start...! But do we actually need more water rides, or do we just need some updated ones?

How important is the story to the ride and REALLY how many do we have? What is the most interesting queue and why are so of them soooooo boring?!

We all have pet hates, lets be honest. What really annoys us at Theme Parks? Do you share some of our opinions? Are we over reacting or have we even missed some!

Theme Park food in the UK splits views, with many happy with the offerings. Some parks keep it basic, whilst some really go out to make the menu better. In comparision to the big parks, is the food options our fault?

Okay, this is going to divid a few people! What makes a world class ride? How many details of the ride have to check the box for it to be world class? More importantly, do we have any in the UK?

Yes we know, its been open a while. HOWEVER I had to wait for Kurt to visit after his Florida Holiday. Lets discuss Paw Patrol at Chessington, an area that the park desperately needed and has worked out perfectly.

Possibly the best themed area in a UK theme park is now open at Paultons Park. Valgard featuring the all new coaster, which is Paultons Parks first inverted coaster Drakon, is excellent!

Why do we do it? What can really set the day off at a UK Theme Park badly? Why do we often let it ruin the day completely?

It always been the "in thing", a night ride! We have a discussion as to if night rides really make a difference on everything and why do we want them?! Or do we want them...

We have a fair selection of Theme Parks in the UK, but which one gives the BEST first impresions. The first impresion of diving in, to the then best first impression once you've walked through the gate.

We conclude our look at the Family thrill debate, withour actually coming to a agreed conclusion! The way forward seems to be better themed family thrill attractions, but who will just put the next big thrill coaster on a patch of grass in the UK?

Are we heading for a time where Family Thrill rides are the way forward for Theme Parks? Or are we still going to get a healthy mixture of each? Part 1 of a 3 part talk about family, thrill and family thrills rides from UK and beyond, asking the question is this all we expect now?

We touched on a previous episode some of the UK Theme Parks which had reopened. We now have them all! Some however were better than others... The question has to be do we expect to much? Is there an acceptable percentage of downtime you'd accept?

Are we heading for a time where Family Thrill rides are the way forward for Theme Parks? Or are we still going to get a healthy mixture of each? Part 1 of a 3 part talk about family, thrill and family thrills rides from UK and beyond, asking the question is this all we expect now?

The main season is now underway for A LOT of the UK Theme Parks. Whilst we wait for some to join the party, how has it gone so far...

Its a hot topic, but are IPs REALLY ruining Theme Parks? In the UK we have some great examples of IPs being used, and maybe some not so great...

We hear a lot of things whilst at the theme parks...! We talk about some of the mistakes and tips as we head into the main 2026 season.

We all love a good VIP experience right?! Do you think the parks could offer more VIP experiences? Behind the scenes, track walks, climbs?

With the start of the season out of the way, we take a look at what was a VERY busy week around the UK Theme Parks, were the parks prepared for it?

We look at some of the top parks in the UK and give our view about what ONE ride we would add, and why. Keeping it realistic what would you add to turn around your favourite park.

The season kicks off for 2026! February Half Term has arrived and a fair few parks up and down the country are opening in part (some in full!) so we can get back out and get on some rides. Here is our rundown on the February events.

We look forward to 2026 at the UK Theme Parks, with some big rides opening at Paultons Park and Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which one do we think will be the best? Let us know your thoughts on what you're looking forward too in 2026.

Animal Kingdom says goodbye to the Dinosaurs this week, and whilst we are a huge fan of DInosaur the ride, with the area really be missed? Indeed COULD Disney have kept the Dinosaur ride, updating it and scrapped Indiana Jones?

Hot on the heels of Hollywood Drift in, well Hollywood, Fast and teh Furious is coming to replace Rip Ricde Rocket, with a different layout and feel. Could this coaster type be the one coming to Great Britian?