Work on the Haunted House is looking great from the outside. With the park open for its Christmas event it gives us a great view of some of the work that's been happening since the park shut for the main theme park season.
Work continues on removing Hocus Pocus Hall at Chessington. Although not much can be seen from the outside of the building the queue line for the old attraction has now been removed along with an old shed building that used to make sounds when guests pulled on an old iron Levar.
Merlin has reintroduced a monthly payment plan for Merlin Annual Passes allowing customers more options when it comes to purchasing Merlin's pass to 32 UK Attractions.
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Over the past few weeks, more of the Stargazing pods have been installed. Along with grass being laid in-between some of the pods. The toilet and facilities block is progressing nicely, we expect that in the next few days a roof will be adde
Work on removing Hocus Pocus Hall at Chessington has begun, the attraction closed at the end of the 2018 season and will be replaced with a new attraction called. Room on the Broom - A Magical Journey.
Yesterday signaled the end of the 2018 theme park season. Alton Towers put on a spectacular fireworks display on the lawns opposite the towers. With both days sold out the event was a huge success.
Work on removing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory continues at Alton Towers, the old pre-show to Charlie now looks to have been completely gutted ready for what will be the Alton Towers Dungeon.
Preparation for tomorrows fireworks display at Alton Towers continues today, a large scalding structure has appeared on the lawns along with fire effects on the lighting trusses that were used for Scarefest.
Stargazing Pods have started to be installed over at the Stargazing Accommodation center. Directly next to the Enchanted Village this new accommodation will be the cheapest in the Alton Towers Complex.
Tonight at 10 pm Thorpe Park Resort closed its doors to guest on the 2018 theme park season. Thorpe Park is the first of the Merlin parks to close for the end of the season.
Work on the new waterpark called Rulantica and the new 276 room hotel Kronasar is well underway at Europa Park in Germany. Opening in 2019 the hotel is now available to pre-book with the waterpark opening later in the year.