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Paultons Park: General Discussion

Benjsh said:
Think people need to start realising money doesn't grow on trees. When it comes time for Paultons to replace one of their major rides the same thing will happen there too. It's no unique to Towers.
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Towers has removed Submission, Enterprise, Ripsaw, Blade, Twirling Toadstool/Flavio's, and replaced those five flats with...

one new flat next year.

It's not an unrealistic expectation for a park that struggles with crowd control to have enough rides to go around.
 
Paultons have been replacing rides though. The Log Flume is being replaced by a whole new area. It's called future planning something both Towers and Pleasurebeech have been exceptionally poor at.

Towers suffers for the fact that they are competing for investment with other Merlin parks and Thorpe & Chessington seem to be getting more investments.
 
I think that's the one thing Paultons Park are strong at is maintenance and forward planning. They've got a vision and are gradually working through it throughout the years.

The park have been shown to replace rides with similar models even if it's not immediately. An example being Jumping Bean and Jumping Jack being replaced with Windmill Towers.

It gives me confidence that we will see a Seastorm style ride and a Super Flume being part of the Vikings area as they would replace Dragon and Raging River like for like.

I see no reason why Cat O Pillar can't operate for another 15/20 years with the maintenance they do as other Zierer Tivoli's have operated for 35+ years.
 
Downtime is something that Paultons do well at, they seem to have very little downtime and this can surely only be attributed to the investment put into their engineering budgets. The only other park I’ve visited with better ride availability is Energylandia, where I have never once seen or heard of a ride breaking down.
 
Enter Valhalla said:
Downtime is something that Paultons do well at, they seem to have very little downtime and this can surely only be attributed to the investment put into their engineering budgets. The only other park I’ve visited with better ride availability is Energylandia, where I have never once seen or heard of a ride breaking down.
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Both Paultons and energylandia also have relatively young ride stock which will also benefit their uptime.
 
Also Energialandia, Emerald Park (Tayto Land), and Paultons Park have been expanding quite dramatically within the past 10-15 years (while in that period there's a perception Merlin kept the much more established Altons. Chessington, Legoland Windsor, and Thorpe in a general state of "managed decline" within that time period, then going into a mad scramble in the past 12-18 months).
 
TedShatner10 said:
Also Energialandia, Emerald Park (Tayto Land), and Paultons Park have been expanding quite dramatically within the past 10-15 years (while in that period there's a perception Merlin kept the much more established Altons. Chessington, Legoland Windsor, and Thorpe in a general state of "managed decline" within that time period, then going into a mad scramble in the past 12-18 months).
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I, for one, really enjoyed riding TH13TEEN, The Smiler, The Wicker Man, Gangsta Granny: The Ride, Ghost Train, The Swarm, Hyperia, Flight of the Sky Lion, Haunted House Monster Party, Lego City Deep Sea Adventure, Minifigure Speedway, Ninjago: The Ride and Mandrill Mayhem in 2009.
 
Themeparksandy1981 said:
The big difference from Paulton’s compared to every other uk theme park is a good family run business with all staff trained to a high level. They love the fact families can go to there park and feel safe and it’s very well maintained park. You don’t see rubbish everywhere and graffiti in the queue lines.
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I have never really seen a rubbish problem at any Merlin park. Graffiti in the queue lines yes.
 
I seen many in big queues just throw there rubbish on the floor as they can’t be bothered to hold it to they walked past another bin.
Walt Disney monitored guests behaviour at other parks before he opened Disneyland and all bins are 30 steps away from each other.
Anyway without going off topic do u think they will add the daddy pig coaster as kids 1st rollercoaster.
 
Themeparksandy1981 said:
Anyway without going off topic do u think they will add the daddy pig coaster as kids 1st rollercoaster.
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Ohhh that is a good idea and it is something that could happen in the future.

It's not something I'll write off however Paultons Park are very well stocked for family coasters as it is and Dino Chase serves as the park's "My First Rollercoaster" for younger riders.

I'd imagine a Mack Powered Coaster at some point as that would be something slightly different and could be bigger than Cat O Pillar.
 
Paultons have previously said that any addition to Peppa Pig land would be a ride with no height requirement, as they want everything to be accessible to all children, and thus would not add a roller coaster to the land. The only ride in the land with a height requirement is George's Dinosaurs.
Also, as others have mentioned, they have two good first coasters in Dino Chaser and Farmyard Flyer
 
Aardvark said:
Paultons have previously said that any addition to Peppa Pig land would be a ride with no height requirement, as they want everything to be accessible to all children, and thus would not add a roller coaster to the land. The only ride in the land with a height requirement is George's Dinosaurs.
Also, as others have mentioned, they have two good first coasters in Dino Chaser and Farmyard Flyer
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I'd also argue the park doesn't need anymore children's coasters as its well covered for that.

It's still impressive how we haven't even got a whiff of what the new coaster will be.
 
I think a lot of families that go for Peppa Pig World the first time, but return for the rest of the park. Even if the children are not ready for the big rides in Tornado Springs or Lost Kingdom, there is a smaller rollercoaster or play area for them to enjoy. Families can see that if they have two children and one is ready for the bigger rides, there is still plenty for the other child to do while waiting for the bigger child. And when they plan trips for next year, they remember the other areas and think that the children will be ready for that area.

Compare this to Alton Towers, you go as a young family, You have Cbeebies Land. The next step up from Cbeebies is World of David Williams, and that is hardly going to justify coming back as a family. Comparing the appearance of Cbeebies Land and Peppa Pig World, is no comparison, Peppa Pig World feels fresh and new and cared for. Compared this to Cbeebies land where effects are not working, mould is growing on the props and the area feels tired and dated. There is nothing for those under 1.4m to do in X-Sector, Dark Forest or Forbidden Valley. Even Katanga Canyon is 1.1m for all its rides.

I think all of Paultons caters for 0-12 year olds. Annabelle might want to go on bigger rides, but Storm Chaser, Flight of the Pterosaur, Cyclonator, Velociraptor and Cobra are still fun for her. This is what makes Paultons Park feel so much better values than Alton Towers, even though your paying £10 more. No matter where you are in the park (With the exception of Edge and Cobra, which will be address with the new Viking area, but there was the digger ride and seal ride a short walk away) there is something for all the family to do, so as a parent your never sat there trying to keep the little ones entertained.

So for those who are saying the park does not need another junior coaster, you are missing the point of them. They are there so everyone in the family has something to do, so everyone can go on a ride no matter where in the park you are. I hope the new Viking area sticks to the 1m height for the big coaster, but I also hope there is a junior coaster added for those who might not be ready for the big ride.

At Alton Towers, you end up in areas where there is nothing for those under 1.4m to go on, and you are thinking why did I pay so much money for them to come to the park, where there is nothing to do. You feel ripped off, have a grumpy child who does not want to sit and wait for the others on the bigger rides. Paulton's do suffer from this a little as well with Peppa Pig World, as the older children don't want to do all the kid rides, and want to do something bigger, but at least they can go on the rides (And lets be honest, it does not matter how old you are, everyone loves the dinosaur ride in Peppa Pig World). At the end of the day, you leave Alton Towers feeling like all you have done is try to keep the little ones entertained while the big ones queued two hours for a ride, and then get charged £6 to leave the place.
 
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