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That brings back memories! I loved Brum as a child, even if I don’t remember this specific episode!
 
slappyofmcguire said:
I'm right in thinking there is nothing new planned for this year is there, and there was nothing new last year?

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"New for 2025" was the Drayton Manor Park & Zoo Museum, previously the Falls Theatre / Drayton Theatre / Thomas & Friends 4D Cinema.

It has been suggested that the Drayton Manor Park & Zoo Museum will revert to the Falls Theatre and will house a new 4D film, for 2026. Though this remains unconfirmed.
 
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It has been suggested that the Drayton Manor Park & Zoo Museum will revert to the Falls Theatre and will house a new 4D film, for 2026. Though this remains unconfirmed.
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Confirmed in the January sale post on Instagram for the March Madness Event :).
 
Alfredo said:
Wasn't it part of the long term plan that new accomodation was coming this year
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I believe it was, last year on the Long Term Plan, there was supposed to be a ride relocation and a new flat ride which never came in the end which was speculated to be a Frontier Falls Phase 2.
 
I had a few quick questions regarding the Python / Klondike Gold Mine:-

1) Does anybody know why Drayton Manor replaced the Python with the Klondike Gold Mine in 1995 ?

For years / decades, I had always assumed that the Klondike Gold Mine was simply a repainted / rethemed version of Python, but ex-employees have recently claimed online that it was definitely a different ride, and had a slightly different station (I think).

Given that the track layout was more or less identical to Python, I’m not sure why it needed to be changed? Similar to Nemesis Reborn, most people (including me) probably mistakenly thought that it was just a repainted version of the old ride, and so the expense doesn't seem worth it! (unless there was perhaps an issue with the previous ride?)

2) The brown Klondike ride was apparently relocated to Hayling Island in 2005, but does anybody know what happened to the original yellow Python track? I can't find any record of its fate anywhere!

3) Does anybody know why Drayton Manor replaced Python with G-Force with 2005 ?

At the time, I assumed that Drayton Manor were simply in 'replacement' and/or 'upgrade' mode, given that they had recently replaced Sky Flyer with the similar Pandemonium, and had also replaced the log flume with the similar Stormforce 10 ride a few years earlier, but did Pinfari’s liquidation in 2004 have any bearing on their decision (e.g. the loss of technical support) ?

P.S. On a separate note: I posted links to some old news articles in the Ride Accidents thread earlier today which reported that there was apparently an accident on the Snake Train in 1995 (as well as an earlier incident in 1989), which was perhaps directly responsible for the park deciding to replace it with The Haunting in 1996 (although the park denied this in the report).
 
Secret Weapon said:
I had a few quick questions regarding the Python / Klondike Gold Mine:-

1) Does anybody know why Drayton Manor replaced the Python with the Klondike Gold Mine in 1995 ?

For years / decades, I had always assumed that the Klondike Gold Mine was simply a repainted / rethemed version of Python, but ex-employees have recently claimed online that it was definitely a different ride, and had a slightly different station (I think).

Given that the track layout was more or less identical to Python, I’m not sure why it needed to be changed? Similar to Nemesis Reborn, most people (including me) probably mistakenly thought that it was just a repainted version of the old ride, and so the expense doesn't seem worth it! (unless there was perhaps an issue with the previous ride?)

2) The brown Klondike ride was apparently relocated to Hayling Island in 2005, but does anybody know what happened to the original yellow Python track? I can't find any record of its fate anywhere!

3) Does anybody know why Drayton Manor replaced Python with G-Force with 2005 ?

At the time, I assumed that Drayton Manor were simply in 'replacement' and/or 'upgrade' mode, given that they had recently replaced Sky Flyer with the similar Pandemonium, and had also replaced the log flume with the similar Stormforce 10 ride a few years earlier, but did Pinfari’s liquidation in 2004 have any bearing on their decision (e.g. the loss of technical support) ?

P.S. On a separate note: I posted links to some old news articles in the Ride Accidents thread earlier today which reported that there was apparently an accident on the Snake Train in 1995 (as well as an earlier incident in 1989), which was perhaps directly responsible for the park deciding to replace it with The Haunting in 1996 (although the park denied this in the report).
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I went through the details of why Python was replaced here, I think the upgrade to G-force was more so the ride looked good on paper and I would assume they got a good deal given it was a new coaster type. The park were in a phase of upgrading hardware and moving away from travelling versions of rides.

The park always had bad accidents earlier on, I would assume most places did, given the primitive ride types and lack of health and safety (mainly because a proper industry had not been created at that point.

The snake train, as did the parks train have some quite bad accidents in the past. I seem to recall in the news and through word of mouth from people at the park that a particularly long scarf worn by a park guest, got caught around the axel of one of the trains wheels causing quite a bad accident. Details of this are scarse, but I believe this was sometime in the 1980's.
 
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