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I’d always pick BPB over Alton Towers, for me it’s easier to get to and has a decent variation of rides to help fill the day out. I will admit towers has much nicer surroundings compared to Blackpool but apart from that Blackpool will always be my go to park. Cheaper to stay locally and quicker...

More than likely but with all opinions there will no doubt be someone who will come along and say the park is absolutely fine just the way it is and needs more coasters and less flats.

The park is seriously lacking in variation compared to other parks, There’s more than enough coasters in the park but with nothing in the middle to break up the day. The park is desperate for more flats/dark rides that can fill out the day and give more value for money.

I’ll fear for the future of Drayton manor the day they lose the Thomas ip but until that day I’m sure they will be fine for the foreseeable future.

It just seems so dodgy for me personally I think the red flags went up soon as they mentioned someone apparently is willing to invest 5bn but don’t want to be named. The more I see of this the more unrealistic it becomes and it just never ends. I still honestly think the site will be used not...

Anti vax propaganda was always here but low key and wasn’t wildly popular fast forward to the pandemic and the mainstream conspiracy theorists used it as another way to convince the gullible to go along with they are saying in affect keeping the profits flowing for the conspiracy theorists.

I had a long debate on social media’s with the anti vaccine passport brigade, it’s so hard to actually have a normal debate without them bring up their rights and it’s just like nazi Germany. End of the day if a business can get a guarantee that they won’t have to close again if they enforce it...

In interest of the peppa pig ip is there still a small possibility that the ip could be up soon and even if paultons wants to extend the contact that the ip holders could say no and offer the license to other park owners.

Difference is he hasn’t threw billions into a unknown venture he probably only spent about 25-50m. But with football long as the strategy works you could see a return on that investment within a couple of years, now compare to that to putting 5-10bn on a theme park where you wouldn’t see a...

In my opinion if you take away merlins constant cheap ticket offers and free tickets and they charged normal rates like every other park they wouldn’t have the visitor numbers they have now. That’s where they can financially dominant the market by being able to afford to give away cheap...

In my honest opinion the theme park industry is on its knees because it’s not popular as it used to be. Look at the most visited attractions and not one park in the top 20 and that’s from 2019. I have no idea what’s the best solution going forward but obviously the smaller parks are high on the...

Going forward after the pandemic no one knows what the future holds for many smaller parks in the UK. Every park has its own way of drawing customers in and it’s how they keep that going for the future. Take for instance DM having 1.2m visitors in 2019 once you break it down I’d say the large...

Without Thomas land regardless of any other ride in the park there wouldn’t be a Drayton manor it’s just what it is. Thomas land is what is pushing DM to survival if you take that away then it’s all over and the park is gone. I honestly think the new park owners have looked at what’s financially...

It’s a ride that’s over 20 years old and even tho obviously people can disagree but realistic why would a park keep a ride going and keep getting new parts for something that’s only busy/popular for 1/2 months of year. Think of those staff and electric costs they would have To pay every off peak...

Even if you look down the list of billionaires in the world the most realistic ones who have even ounce of chance of being connected to this project don’t have the realistic opportunity of throwing 5bn at a vanity project. Any investor who apparently is involved in this project I’d be interested...

Until it all comes out in the future I have no idea what actually it could be because any other project would of been dead and buried years ago. In my opinion it could be money laundering type venture or some way of getting the land easier and placing a lot of housing and selling for big money.

I wouldn’t say DM have taken a big draw ride out compare to Lightwater who only lasted as long as have with the ultimate bringing in customers. It’s a well loved ride in the enthusiast community but shouldn’t be the only reason for it to stay. If a ride is only busy for a 1/2 months out of a...

I can’t honestly work out why people are comparing DM taking out one ride to Lightwater. The biggest draw for most paying punters to DM these days is Thomas Land that’s just the reality of the situation. It’s how the new owners embrace the park and decide what they want to add to the park but...

I’m sure we can all agree that someone involved in this is making decent money surely or is it just the solicitors and the middle men making money from this.

Or maybe this investor has had a few dodgy dealings in his time so didn’t want people to investigate his previous investments.