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[2026] Bluey Coaster in CBeebies Land

Jb85 said:
So when was the last new hardware before then …. 2018?
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2021 Gangsta Granny the Ride was last new ride that did not replace a ride


Jb85 said:
you’re wrong.
It may be a new ride but it replaces something we’ve had before.
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I am not wrong because Toxicator is a new ride hardware system.

Getting back to the point Bluey Coaater is a decent investment and will likely be quite successful
 
Hid said:
2021 Gangsta Granny the Ride was last new ride that did not replace a ride



I am not wrong because Toxicator is a new ride hardware system.

Getting back to the point Bluey Coaater is a decent investment and will likely be quite successful
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Technically Gangsta Granny replaced Wobble World - albeit sometime apart
 
Jb85 said:
Wrong place for a debate ….. but you’re wrong.
It may be a new ride but it replaces something we’ve had before.

So when was the last new hardware before then …. 2018?
And when was the last new addition (ie not replacing an existing ride)…..

Probably Oblivion is my guess ….
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I think the frustrating thing is once upon a time the UK were pioneers of the theme park industry, a time some of us lived through. It was very exciting. What's coming next!!

Those are now distant memories and even our best parks are very much second or third tier on the global scene. We're left to get excited about a pair of childrens coasters that will likely be no different to rides that existed in the parks 40 years ago, simply with IP tacked on rather than a creative use of it. Otherwise it's Minecraft at Chessington, Paulton's developments and Universal. The remaining 3 Merlin parks have nothing we know of on the horizon. There's a general air of underwhelming investment in UK parks.

The most exciting thing in the past 10 years was the UK getting another hypercoaster, almost 30 years after the last one, of which there are many better elsewhere. A good coaster but didn't deliver on expectations imo. The UK arguably hasn't had a landmark statement ride since Thirteen in 2010. And we don't need to but it's a shame there's so little to be excited about, it's more often than not one (needed) patch job after another.
 
Bowser said:
I think the frustrating thing is once upon a time the UK were pioneers of the theme park industry, a time some of us lived through. It was very exciting. What's coming next!!

Those are now distant memories and even our best parks are very much second or third tier on the global scene. We're left to get excited about a pair of childrens coasters that will likely be no different to rides that existed in the parks 40 years ago, simply with IP tacked on rather than a creative use of it. Otherwise it's Minecraft at Chessington, Paulton's developments and Universal. The remaining 3 Merlin parks have nothing we know of on the horizon. There's a general air of underwhelming investment in UK parks.

The most exciting thing in the past 10 years was the UK getting another hypercoaster, almost 30 years after the last one, of which there are many better elsewhere. A good coaster but didn't deliver on expectations imo. The UK arguably hasn't had a landmark statement ride since Thirteen in 2010. And we don't need to but it's a shame there's so little to be excited about, it's more often than not one (needed) patch job after another.
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Well said mate
 
Bowser said:
I think the frustrating thing is once upon a time the UK were pioneers of the theme park industry, a time some of us lived through. It was very exciting. What's coming next!!

Those are now distant memories and even our best parks are very much second or third tier on the global scene. We're left to get excited about a pair of childrens coasters that will likely be no different to rides that existed in the parks 40 years ago, simply with IP tacked on rather than a creative use of it. Otherwise it's Minecraft at Chessington, Paulton's developments and Universal. The remaining 3 Merlin parks have nothing we know of on the horizon. There's a general air of underwhelming investment in UK parks.

The most exciting thing in the past 10 years was the UK getting another hypercoaster, almost 30 years after the last one, of which there are many better elsewhere. A good coaster but didn't deliver on expectations imo. The UK arguably hasn't had a landmark statement ride since Thirteen in 2010. And we don't need to but it's a shame there's so little to be excited about, it's more often than not one (needed) patch job after another.
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I would argue the Smiler was last statement ride it does hold the most inversions on one Coaster which is impressive.

UK has had a terrible time itself the past 14 years so that might contribute to why we have fallen behind
 
Bowser said:
I think the frustrating thing is once upon a time the UK were pioneers of the theme park industry, a time some of us lived through. It was very exciting. What's coming next!!

Those are now distant memories and even our best parks are very much second or third tier on the global scene. We're left to get excited about a pair of childrens coasters that will likely be no different to rides that existed in the parks 40 years ago, simply with IP tacked on rather than a creative use of it. Otherwise it's Minecraft at Chessington, Paulton's developments and Universal. The remaining 3 Merlin parks have nothing we know of on the horizon. There's a general air of underwhelming investment in UK parks.

The most exciting thing in the past 10 years was the UK getting another hypercoaster, almost 30 years after the last one, of which there are many better elsewhere. A good coaster but didn't deliver on expectations imo. The UK arguably hasn't had a landmark statement ride since Thirteen in 2010. And we don't need to but it's a shame there's so little to be excited about, it's more often than not one (needed) patch job after another.
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I'd say you missed another exciting thing in the last 10 years and that was a very decent wooden rollercoaster - the first one in the UK in 22 years (at the time of opening) - which for many did meet and exceed expectations (remember the initial video footage of the first run and everyone thought it would be slow and boring?!).
 
Steve74 said:
I'd say you missed another exciting thing in the last 10 years and that was a very decent wooden rollercoaster - the first one in the UK in 22 years (at the time of opening) - which for many did meet and exceed expectations (remember the initial video footage of the first run and everyone thought it would be slow and boring?!).
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Replacing a well loved flume ride that itself hasn’t been replaced - when there was plenty of space for Wickerman development
 
I went today, for the run, and we ran through CBeebies land (I wouldn't normally go, as I am a childless man so would probably look like a creep) but there is a new structure being built out of wood for one of the theming pieces (near where the fence is) it looks to be a house I am sure if I watched bluey I would know what it was but it dose look quite substantial and relatively well built for theming pieces
 
Steve74 said:
I'd say you missed another exciting thing in the last 10 years and that was a very decent wooden rollercoaster - the first one in the UK in 22 years (at the time of opening) - which for many did meet and exceed expectations (remember the initial video footage of the first run and everyone thought it would be slow and boring?!).
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Not within the past 10 years, I know, but as well as that, I’d also argue that The Smiler definitely counts as a statement ride that came later than Thirteen in 2010. Whether you like it or not, it broke the inversion record and crammed nearly 4,000ft of track into a very small space; that is a statement ride, if you ask me!

And as much as people will continually moan about it being short, I think Hyperia was also a statement ride. The tallest and fastest coaster in the UK, and one of the tallest and fastest in Europe, with a very unique layout design is definitely a statement ride, in my view!

I’m not saying that there isn’t valid critique of recent investments at Merlin, and I do think a lot of people’s criticisms are fair, but when you say things like that about what are in some cases pretty impressive attractions, it’s times like that that I do think the non-stop negativity is overcooked on here.
 
We've all missed the twist. Bluey is a dog from down under, where women glow and men plunder, can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover...

Obviously this will either be the world's first ART Engineering inverted coaster, or it'll run entirely backwards (aka counter clockwise).
 
Matt N said:
Not within the past 10 years, I know, but as well as that, I’d also argue that The Smiler definitely counts as a statement ride that came later than Thirteen in 2010. Whether you like it or not, it broke the inversion record and crammed nearly 4,000ft of track into a very small space; that is a statement ride, if you ask me!

And as much as people will continually moan about it being short, I think Hyperia was also a statement ride. The tallest and fastest coaster in the UK, and one of the tallest and fastest in Europe, with a very unique layout design is definitely a statement ride, in my view!

I’m not saying that there isn’t valid critique of recent investments at Merlin, and I do think a lot of people’s criticisms are fair, but when you say things like that about what are in some cases pretty impressive attractions, it’s times like that that I do think the non-stop negativity is overcooked on here.
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Fair points. I try not to be always negative as we generally enjoy our UK trips but every time we visit a European park it makes me sad in comparison. Maybe I should visit some awful parks for perspective!

My son doesn’t watch Bluey so can’t even get excited on his behalf. That’s the issue with these IP developments, the rides themselves offer nothing (unless they’re hiding something of course!)
 
Bowser said:
Fair points. I try not to be always negative as we generally enjoy our UK trips but every time we visit a European park it makes me sad in comparison. Maybe I should visit some awful parks for perspective!

My son doesn’t watch Bluey so can’t even get excited on his behalf. That’s the issue with these IP developments, the rides themselves offer nothing (unless they’re hiding something of course!)
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Aye, visit M&D's to know how I feel and you'll surely offer the other UK parks a apology for sure. Some folk really don't know how lucky where they have it so I laugh now when I see people lament the UK theme park scene when in reality they live in a bubble and have never been to a truly awful theme park to know what awful really is.
 
QTXAdsy said:
Aye, visit M&D's to know how I feel and you'll surely offer the other UK parks a apology for sure. Some folk really don't know how lucky where they have it so I laugh now when I see people lament the UK theme park scene when in reality they live in a bubble and have never been to a truly awful theme park to know what awful really is.
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I would agree with this, the UK market is very much middle of the isle, not the best but also not the worst.

it isn't the European parks with amazing massive rides and theming for a similar ticket cost,

however it isn't cedar point or six flags and our rides have a good amount of theming (toxicator is really good, hopefully they keep that up)

as for building new coasters, the park has what 7 big coasters and soon to be 3 kids coasters (although RMT has had its height raised) compared to a lot of parts that is a lot of rollercoasters, even big parks such as a lot of disney's and universal's have less coasters I think if they are investing they should focus on a lot of the gaps in their line up to make it a rounded experience before focusing on rollercoasters

for me the gaps are:
flat rides to absorb some capacity
non thrill rides, kinda similar to flat rides, however I go with some people who don't like coasters and get ill easily so they can only do rides such as RMT, TCAAM and gangster granny
 
Looks like the theming feature might be the Heeler’s House. Would be funny if the coaster is meant to be some sort of backyard coaster, as it looks like they’re going a bit heavier on theming compared to other CBeebies products.

Also seen communication elsewhere from the park about this being the ‘first’ Bluey addition to the area. So hopefully they might address the capacity issues this coaster will be facing, but unlikely that it’ll be within the same season as the coaster. Finally like there might be Bluey-themed uniforms, as per the AT Run event today, which is pretty cool. So that indicates they might develop a Bluey sub-area going forward, no point developing new uniforms for one kiddie ride alone.
 
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