Blackpool New Merlin Attraction

[Excalibur]

Seems like Merlin are at it again!


Thoughts? Surely not Shrek?

 

[AT86]

 

[Danny]

It'll be the canned Gruffalo attraction which was intended to go where Peter Rabbit is.

 

[Skyscraper]

It'll be the canned Gruffalo attraction which was intended to go where Peter Rabbit is.

Is there anything known about what that was supposed to be? Would be ironic if it was similar to the Peter Rabbit one.

 

[John_P]

I asked the people running the b and b last weekend if they had any idea and they reckoned it was a Shrek adventure thing like in London.

A gruffalo one surely wouldn't make any sense as its target audience must be the same age range as Peter Rabbit.

 

[venny]

Shrek would be a decent addition, which complemented the other offerings. Or are there any other Dreamworks IPs which might fit?

 

[Danny]

A gruffalo one surely wouldn't make any sense as its target audience must be the same age range as Peter Rabbit.

That's exactly why it does make sense, as it means people will pay for multiple attractions or get a combi ticket ala the midways in London, Birmingham and Manchester. Plus the theming is already half made from when they were going to put it into the Peter Rabbit unit, so it makes sense from a cost perspective rather than starting from scratch with a new theme.

 

[imanautie]

Shrek would be a decent addition, which complemented the other offerings. Or are there any other Dreamworks IPs which might fit?

Note that DreamWorks is now owned by universal so seems less likely to that unless it long since planned

 

[Stuie]

It'll be the canned Gruffalo attraction which was intended to go where Peter Rabbit is.

I went on the Gruffalo water ride at Chessington last week and I was rather pleasantly surprised! It's quite decent. I've not had reason to try it before but I now have a toddler niece and she loved it.