Drayton Manor Park

[Poisson]

Good point, but blue markings are usually used for plumbing though, aren't they?

Half the time they seem to use whatever they fancy. Could be power, could be a buried Comms cable, could be a secret pipeline for transporting alien space monkeys. Could be to do with the coaster, who knows?

 

[TheMilanTooner]

From: https://twitter.com/AerialAmusement/status/1638584141682810896

A new building is going up at the loading bay for Thomas Land's new ride, and Maithwaite is getting a fresh coat of paint!

Didn't notice til now, but also saw another tunnel portal is going up there! Potential spot for future expansion?

 

[rob666]

Good point, but blue markings are usually used for plumbing though, aren't they?

On roads and big works yes, but for theme parks it is often whatever can is to hand.

 

[Quantum]

If it does turn out to be an intermin coaster, is there any chance of it being a hot racer model? they seem quite compact and it would certainly be unique in the UK?

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

Well to remove Pandemonium, Test track , Apocalypse and the fish and chip shop it must be. I wonder also if it for the 1.3 or 1.4m target audience.

 

[Shaggy_Dog_]

Well to remove Pandemonium, Test track , Apocalypse and the fish and chip shop it must be. I wonder also if it for the 1.3 or 1.4m target audience.

I can’t see the park putting in a 1.4m coaster, that’s not what a “Family thrill” coaster would be. It seems to be anyway that a 1.4m restriction is becoming less common for coasters these days anyway across the board.

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

I can’t see the park putting in a 1.4m coaster, that’s not what a “Family thrill” coaster would be. It seems to be anyway that a 1.4m restriction is becoming less common for coasters these days anyway across the board.

Maybe something like this then and they could easily have a drop tower in the centre of the Helix.

From: https://youtu.be/cqfkW7dP0LA

It also lists a 1.2m tall restriction which is Drayton current market.

 

[Kayden]

Maybe something like this then and they could easily have a drop tower in the centre of the Helix.

From: https://youtu.be/cqfkW7dP0LA

It also lists a 1.2m tall restriction which is Drayton current market.

I’ve ridden this before in my previous home park (Ocean Park) a number of times. It has some great airtime moments (more so than some drop towers of similar height I’d say), layout is good fun in general. My only concern is whether it fits the land Drayton has

 

[DistortAMG]

Maybe something like this then and they could easily have a drop tower in the centre of the Helix.

From: https://youtu.be/cqfkW7dP0LA

It also lists a 1.2m tall restriction which is Drayton current market.

I mean, they could design any coaster model on the market to have a space to put a drop tower in the middle.

 

[pjanvil]

But why add a drop tower literally as Apocalypse is removed. It would surely have been cheaper to refurbish that over buy a brand new one

 

[DistortAMG]

But why add a drop tower literally as Apocalypse is removed. It would surely have been cheaper to refurbish that over buy a brand new one

Because Apocalypse is not a family thrill drop tower. It was at the extreme end of thrill. This is not the market Drayton are going after. They have made no secret In saying they want more attractions the family can ride together. Apocalypse was absolutely not one of those attractions.

 

[Skyscraper]

An S&S shot n drop tower would be cool. Those are a little less scary than a free-fall tower.

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

But why add a drop tower literally as Apocalypse is removed. It would surely have been cheaper to refurbish that over buy a brand new one

The MD has said they haven’t ruled out getting another drop tower in the future and a sit down tower would work better for the park. I do feel Detonator at Thorpe park and Venom at the Safari park we’re more forceful than Apocalypse was.

 

[Shaggy_Dog_]

Maybe something like this then and they could easily have a drop tower in the centre of the Helix.

From: https://youtu.be/cqfkW7dP0LA

It also lists a 1.2m tall restriction which is Drayton current market.

There are some nice thrilling rides that are a 1.2m which would be very suitable for Drayton and would be much better than a Zamperla Mine Train.

Abyssus at Energylandia (Vekoma Shockwave multi launch) is 1.2m, as is Fonix at Farup Sommerland (Vekoma Bobcat). Even the mighty Lech coaster (Vekoma Bermuda Blitz) is surprisingly only 1.2m and that is a very intense ride. Things have changed a lot in recent years with regards to restraints and height restrictions, Vekoma especially are doing some brilliant stuff at 1.2m.

And then when you bear in mind that going up to 1.3m you’ve got fantastic thrill rides like Untamed, Ride To Happiness, Taron, Karnan, and Helix there’s plenty of scope for having good thrilling rides with lots of inversions that are more inclusive in terms of height restrictions. Not that Drayton are going to get an RMC of course, and some of those would be a bit too intense for their target audience. So if they want to go for one of the best “Family thrill” rides in the country then there’s an extremely high chance it will be a 1.2m Vekoma, quite possibly with inversions.

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

Just looking at how much budget the looping group will maybe have for this new area.
Shockwave cost 4 million which today would cost just over 10 million.
G Force cost £2500000 which today would cost roughly 5 million.
So maybe 7 to 8 million for the coaster, 1.5 on a flat ride and 1 million for removal Apocalypse and other building and landscaping and theming.

 

[Maelstrom]

Just looking at how much budget the looping group will maybe have for this new area.
Shockwave cost 4 million which today would cost just over 10 million.
G Force cost £2500000 which today would cost roughly 5 million.
So maybe 7 to 8 million for the coaster, 1.5 on a flat ride and 1 million for removal Apocalypse and other building and landscaping and theming.

I really don't think you can work out what the budget might be by looking at how much rides built in the past one nearly 30 years ago and one nearly nearly 18 years ago. The owners are different for one and many different factors come into play.

 

[Poisson]

Apocalypse was knackered. Adding a new tower is unrelated to its removal.

 

[Quantum]

Apocalypse was knackered. Adding a new tower is unrelated to its removal.

I bet it would have cost more to fix than replace. I could see them getting another shot/ drop tower as they don't take up much space.

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

Construction pics from today

Them flags are all around the corner of the site.


Pandemonium site been dug all up


Test track still the same

 

[Poisson]

They're standard survey flags. Combined with the markings, I imagine they're just working out what is where before someone has a rather unpleasant day by getting it wrong.