Does anyone even believe this?
If they are as skint as we think they are, removing those two rides would be far more expensive than either shutting them sbno, or running them cheap at peak times.
Personally, I think it is a load of cobblers.
Camping at Drayton for the first time in eighteen years next year.
Playing out dippy?
It's apparently circulating around lots of people that both are going. I would not treat this rumor lightly
You’re right to suggest it would be expensive, given the foundations and how deep some of them are. It's most likely that they would be left SBNO as G force was , and eventually both Apocalypse and Shockwave would be melted down, rather than sold.
As the poster above says, it’s very American adventure sounding. Given Pirate Adventures fate, and splash canyon, and the removal of the chairlift, the place is sadly only going in one direction. As
@Ciaran points out above, this decision wouldn't make sense if they were truly shifting to a kids audience; two headline attractions leaving without immediate replacement will hurt guest numbers, especially families with kids between 1.2 and 1.4 m. Sadly, I think this move alone will decimate guest numbers and probably result in the business liquidating at some point or other, as I can't see them being able to pay off debts as things are going. Thomas land will survive in some form for sure though, but I imagine they'd have to sell both the IP and assets of it to a new operator perhaps?
But yeah, if they go ahead with this, I do believe this is the
end of Drayton Manor theme park.