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The busiest day for Drakon (and Valgaurd in general) will be its opening day. I'm guessing it'll have waits of up to 45/60 mins at points on May 16th, maybe more.
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Paultons Park: General Discussion
Like the top most visited like Futuroscope, Tivoli Gardens, Efteling or Europa Park
Squiggs
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To reach the popularity of those sorts of parks (or indeed even to really compete with the likes of Alton Towers) it would require them to significantly shift their business model.
Paultons are aimed squarely at the family market, they are not really a park where you would likely find a group of adults going for the day (coaster/theme park enthusiasts aside). This is why all the conversation around Paultons getting 'too busy' and their current rides not being high capacity enough is a little redundant. Unless I'm missing something, Paultons Park have never expressed an interest in expanding their demographic beyond families - or certainly none of their additions have demonstrated an interest in a wider market.
They just seem to be aiming to be a really good family park, where families can go for a good day out (and at some point a short break) and have a fun day, as a family.
Benzin
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Yeah they're not competing with them anything soon.
The amount of investment and development that would require is far beyond their current plans. But they don't need to hit those levels, and there are plenty of other parks that are perfectly attainable levels to what Paultons could become.
Agreed with the above, based on available space, location, history, required investment etc. best they could hope for is a strong regional, partially national, family park. Like a higher quality Drayton Manor/Flamingo Land.
Based on current trajectory they’ll certainly get there.
Based on current trajectory they’ll certainly get there.
They could end up being the best park in the UK aside from Universal, some would argue they already are but I think they will need a large signature coaster at some point to take that position. I expect it will stay a family park for the foreseeable, it will be interesting to see what happens when they run out of development space.