Merlin Entertainments: General Discussion

[AT86]

The current lease deal runs until 2077.

 

[flyingguitar]

2026 not exactly looking great so far regarding the Merlin parks.

Only Chessington to my knowledge with anything new coming for 2026, and the same for 2027 as well. You'd have to assume based on how early planning permission was put in for the Minecraft area that probably rules out anything of real note heading to Thorpe, Alton, or Legoland Windsor in the coming years.

For AT there are plenty of options they could build without requiring planning permissions as they have quite a few GDO's (I think submission, enterprise, blade, DF has a couple, etc) none of those would require planning, and could go along with that 3 ride huss deal thing (one flat per year).

whilst not a big addition flat rides really don't need that much work (unless you are building a concrete bridge for it) if they needed planning permission, it would probably come at like august / September so it can be approved for November closed season.

If they wanted to do something else such as a retheme (e.g Gal, TWODW), it would also not take too long to do, and planning permission would probably be submitted aiming for approval for November closed season.

It is only really big additions (rollercoasters or new lands) that would take a while to build, and probably approve)